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Second and Third Online Regional Workshops on the use of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Legal Diagnostic Tool
18/12/2020
In November and December 2020, the second and third online regional workshops on the use of the Diagnostic Tool on Implementing an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries through policy and legal...
Development Law - Issue #3 of 2020
17/12/2020
In this issue:
FAOLEX database – A researcher’s perspective
AGROVOC and FAOLEX
Overview of the dynamic collaboration between the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub and FAOLEX
FAOLEX promotes valuable information on family far
Course on "Monitoring the right to adequate food"
14/12/2020
Between August and October of 2020, a course on “Monitoring the right to adequate food” took place at the capacity building FAO platform “Núcleo de Capacitación en Políticas Públicas”. The...
FAO publishes new sourcebook to facilitate the implementation of CITES for marine species and fisheries
16/11/2020
The new sourcebook entitled “Implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) through national fisheries legal frameworks: a study and a guide” was...
Development Law - Issue 2 - 2020
25/09/2020
In this issue:
Introduction
FAOLEX - Sus orígenes y desarrollo
L’identité FAOLEX
Open Data and Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities
Introduction
This is the first of a special series of Development
The Development Law Service publishes its second COVID-19 Policy Brief
27/05/2020
As part of FAO’s response to support countries in their efforts against COVID-19, and following its earlier COVID-19 policy brief Legal considerations in the context of responses to COVID-19 to mitigate...
Harmonization of seed management legislation in the SADC region
05/05/2020
LEGN led the assessment of the legal frameworks of eight countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), in collaboration with the FAO Subregional office for Southern Africa. The laws...
Antimicrobial Resistance
05/05/2020
LEGN has developed a Methodology for the assessment of national legislation in AMR-relevant areas in the food and agriculture sector. Between 2019 and 2020, LEGN supported 20 countries to analyse their legislation...
Nicaragua Plant Protection Legislation
04/05/2020
Nicaragua passed a new Law on Plant Protection (Ley 1020 de Protección Fitosanitaria de Nicaragua– DO 26-03-2020) on 11 March 2020. The Development Law Service (LEGN) provided technical support to...
LEGN assists Peru with food losses and waste legislation
01/05/2020
The Development Law Service (LEGN), together with the Parliamentary Front against Hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean, supports the development of legislation to prevent and reduce food losses and waste...
LEGN assists Paraguay to pass law on family farming
01/05/2020
In 2019, the Development Law Service (LEGN) assisted Paraguay to develop and adopt Law No. 6286 on the “Defense, restoration and promotion of family farming”. This law was promoted by...
LEGN, FIAF and EAF-Nansen Programme holds EAF Mock Training on Zoom
28/04/2020
Date: 28-29 April 2020
A virtual mock training on the Practical Guide on Legislating for an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF) was held as part of the collaboration between the Development...
Food fraud research
23/04/2020
LEGN is collaborating with the Food Safety and Quality Unit and the Fisheries Division in FAO, as well as the Resnick Centre for Food Law and Policy, University of California...
International Bar Association Webinar
22/04/2020
Valerie Johnston of the Development Law Service, FAO, presents LEGN's work on law, agriculture and climate change at a webinar hosted by the IBA (International Bar Association), which was attended...
The Development Law Service publishes COVID-19 Policy Brief
10/04/2020
As part of FAO’s response to support countries in the wake of the COVID19 crisis, a policy brief prepared by the Development Law Service on Legal considerations in the context...
Webinar on Model Law on Warehouse Receipts
07/04/2020
On 26 March 2020, LEGN participated in a webinar organized by UNIDROIT and UNCITRAL on developing an international model law on warehouse receipts. LEGN's participation was sought in light of...
Supporting Belize to develop a Law on Contract Farming
28/02/2020
LEGN, in collaboration with ESA, organized a two-day workshop on the legal and operational aspects of contract farming in Belmopan, Belize on October 22-23, to strengthen Belize’s approach to managing...
CITES Expert Meeting
17/02/2020
17-18 February 2020: An experts meeting on the Next Steps for Implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) through fisheries legal frameworks...
Development Law - Issue #1 of 2020
13/02/2020
In this issue:
El derecho como herramienta para reducir la pérdida y el desperdicio de alimentos: la experiencia en América Latina
Food for Thought on Food Fraud
Les mécanismes d’incitations...
LEGN trains Sri Lankan legal professionals
03/02/2020
In October 2019, the Development Law Service (LEGN), in collaboration with the Fishing Operations and Technology Branch (FIAO), the Sri Lanka Judges Institute and Attorney General’s Department, delivered a training...