22 October 2026, Rome, Italy. A new FAO Legal Guide on advancing gender equality through legislation was launched today at a side event at the 54th session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 54). Entitled

At CBD COP17, FAO brought together high-level government representatives from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Madagascar, Senegal and Zimbabwe, alongside representatives of biodiversity-related conventions, to discuss how sound legal and institutional frameworks can help translate...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 1 October 2026. Representatives of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and fisheries authorities from 22 African countries met in Addis Ababa from 29 September to 1 Octob...

17-18 September 2026, Libreville, Gabon. The FAO-led project “Strengthening Biosafety Legislation”, funded by the Japan Biodiversity Fund (JBF) through the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), is supporting Gabon in implementing the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB...

In a recent virtual webinar on Understanding Contract Farming: Lessons and Knowledge-Sharing for Inclusive Agribusiness and Value Chain Development, Carmen Bullon, Legal Officer, and Gabriella Prado, International Legal Consultant, LEGN gave an overview of contract farming from a legal perspec...

On 28 September 2026, the Development Law Service (LEGN) of the FAO Legal Office and the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) held a joint webinar on the draft UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD Legal Guide on Collaborative Legal Structures for Agricultural Enterprises (CLSAE)....

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released a new publication, Legislating on Biosafety: A Legal Diagnostic Tool to implement the Cartagena Prot...

Sao Tome, 29 July 2026 | Since 2023, with support from the EAF-Nansen Programme, the Development Law Service (LEGN) of the FAO Legal Office has worked closely with the Directorate of Fisheries and Aquaculture (DFA), und...

21 July 2026 | Santiago, Chile. An event organized by FAO’s Representation in Chile and the Development Law Service (LEGN), brought together students from Chile’s Andrés Bello Diplomatic Academy to l...

8 July 2026 | Santiago, Chile. At a training workshop on Chile’s Clean Production Agreements (APL in Spanish), Imahue Muñoz Carrasco, International Legal Consultant with LEGN, ...

On World Rural Development Day July 6, a podcast on how the law can strengthen cooperatives for susta...

As part of an academic visit to the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (RLC), law students from the Universidad Autónoma de Chile learned about FAO’s work on the right to adequate food, including on legal and policy frameworks and advancing the ...

19 May 2026 | Mahé, Seychelles. The FAO-led project “Strengthening Biosafety Legislation”, funded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), supports countries to implement the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the Nagoya–Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liabi...