10 April 2026 - La Antigua, Guatemala. The “II Ibero-American Food First Dialogue” was held in La Antigua, Guatemala on 8-10 April 2026. The event was organized by FAO, together with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and the Mexican Agency for Inter...

Achieving One Health goals in agriculture through sound legal and institutional frameworks Implementing the One Health approach in the Agricutlure sector is an important area of the FAO manadate. The support...

Accra, Ghana. Delivered by the Development Law Service (LEGN) and the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (FI), the workshop on strengthening policy and legal frameworks for the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF),...

On 1 and 2 October 2025, more than 200 people participated in a dialogue that took place at the Faculty of Law of the University Santiago of Cali, entitled “Justiciability...

The legal platform for sustainable wildlife management, known as the “Legal Hub”, was officially launched in Cameroon on 7 November 2025 during a ceremony organized by FAO and the Cameroon...

Manuela Cuvi, Legal Officer of the FAO Development Law Service, explains how legal assistance to countries in the Latin American and Caribbean Region promotes laws that are more inclusive, sustainable,...

09 December 2025 | Rodney Bay, Saint Lucia. The Validation Workshop on Biosafety Legislation was organized by the Department of Sustainable Development of Saint Lucia, in close collaboration with the Food...

The Development Law Service of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) participated in the 2nd International Symposium on Pathways to Reduce the Need for Antimicrobials to Support Sustainable Agrifood Systems Transformation, held in Rongchang, Chongqing, China, on 28–...

On Thursday, April 30, LEGN had the pleasure of hosting an engaging webinar on the Rights of Nature. 

Hua Hin, Thailand - 29 April 2026. The implementation of the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty ...

Delivered by the Development Law Service (LEGN) and the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (FI), the workshop on strengthening policy and legal frameworks for the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) took place between 2 and 4 December in Accra, Ghana.

Representatives of national minist...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with the support of its Development Law Service (LEGN) and the EAF-Nansen Programme, has been working on the implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF) through national policy and legal frameworks. Since 2023, tec...

Rome, 2026 – A new FAO publication, “Rooted in the law: Innovative and evidence-based legal frameworks in the forestry sector to promote climate-resilient agriculture in West Africa,” explores how legal frameworks can help transform agrifood systems and strengthen resilience to climate change....

Panama, 24 March 2026. FAO was invited by the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (PARLATINO) to present preliminary elements for a proposed new Model Law on the Promotion of Healthy Diets. The presentation took place on 24 March 202...

FAO has launched the new version of the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme’s Legal Hub, a publicly accessible online platform providing comp...

The FAO-led Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme participated in the International Parliamentary Roundtable on Human–Wildlife Coexistence (HWC), that took place in Gaborone, Botswana from 19 to 21 January 2026. The team contributed to the high-level HWC policy discussions with field...

On 23 March 2026, the French National Human Rights Commission (Commission nationale consultative des droits de l’homme – CNCDH) published its “Avis consultatif” on the right to healthy, sustainable and chosen food (

26-27 February 2026, Libreville, Gabon. The National Consultative Workshop on the Strengthening of Biosafety Legislation in Gabon was organized in the context of the project “Strengthening Biosafety Legislation” funded by the Japan Biodiversity Fund (JBF) through the Secretariat of the Co...

Rome, 18 February 2026. The FAO Development Law Service (LEGN) welcomed Prof. Margaret Young for an in-house seminar dedicated to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. During the sessio...

The Global Legal Brief on Legislating to realize the right to feed oneself in dignity was developed under the German‑funded global project GCP/GLO/1287/GER‑F Legislating for the ...