FAO is renewing and strengthening its efforts to meet the global climate emergency with its new Strategy on Climate Change and related action plan, which are expected to be endorsed by the FAO Council in June 2022.  The Strategy will provide FAO with a vision and a shared accountability framework for positioning agrifood systems and FAO’s work at the forefront of global efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the effects of climate change.

Transforming agri-food systems to make them more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable is key to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 “Hunger Zero”. FAO acknowledges this through its Strategic Framework 2022-2031 which includes a better environment as an aspirational goal. One way to achieve a better environment is through its global legal protection and global recognition of the human right to a healthy environment.

The Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme is an innovative, collaborative and scalable initiative developed by the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States and funded by the European Commission with...

The new FAO publication Thinking about the future of food safety - A foresight report – explores a selection of the most prominent drivers and related trends within and around...

FAO has published a Policy and Legal Diagnostic Tool to help fisheries actors implement the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty...

Combatting Illicit Trade in Food and Food Fraud On 3 March 2022, the Development Law Service (LEGN) participated in a Special Edition of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Dialogues on...

FAO and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have been collaborating to better understand the legal responses for combatting criminal activities in the fisheries sector. The FAO Development...

On 23 and 24 February 2022, the Development Law Service (LEGN) participated in the Global Seminar on strengthening regulations to protect pollinators from pesticides. Experts from recognized research institutions and international...

On 7 December 2021, Manuela Cuvi Rodríguez, Legal Officer at the FAO Development Law Service (LEGN) and Ornella Tiboni Oschilewski, Consultant in Nutrition and Food Systems at the FAO representation...

The Development Law Service (LEGN) and FAO El Salvador published a legal brief about the constitutional recognition of the right to adequate food in El Salvador. This brief is part...

In the context of Human Rights Day, the Legal Services for Development (LEGN) of FAO’s Legal Office and the Núcleo de Capacitación en Políticas Públicas launch the free and public course “Adequate food: a...

On International Human Rights Day, which marks the adoption on 10 December 1948 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, we celebrate the achievements by all members of the international community –...

On 2 December 2021, FAO’s Development Law Service (LEGN), FAO Chile and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), as part of the UN system in Chile, held a webinar...

The waters of the Pacific Island Countries (PIC) are home to numerous aquatic species that are listed in the CITES Appendices, and which support livelihoods and economic opportunities for communities...

On 13 October 2021, the FAO Development Law Service, in collaboration with Université Laval, WHO, UNICEF, IDLO and UN Nutrition, held a successful Side Event at the 49th Session of...

  In this issue: World Food Day Lecture – Transformative Change: the law as a driver of better agri-food systems Transforming agri-food systems Enhancing the impact and accessibility of legal knowledgeToo many cooks spoil..

La publicación, que se realizó con apoyo de la Cooperación Española y en el ámbito de la Iniciativa para Ampliar la Escala de la Agroecología, fue otorgada a la comisión...

  In this issue: Law as an indispensable tool to achieving SDG 16 on Indigenous Peoples' collective rights to land, territories, and other natural resources An online “Legal-Hub” to inform participatory law reform...

Land is central to the livelihood, culture and identity of millions of people across the world. But the relationships between geographical spaces, law, and society are complex and continue to...

The Development Law Service is pleased to announce the publication of the preliminary version of Transforming agri-food systems: Legislative interventions for improved nutrition and sustainability: Preliminary version for public consultation...