Governing Tenure Rights to Commons

Beckh, C.; Gärtner, E.; Rauch, T.; Bleeser, I.; Weigelt, J.; Müller, A.

Governing Tenure Rights to Commons

A technical guide to support the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security

Year of publication 2016

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 100 p.

Author Beckh, C.; Gärtner, E.; Rauch, T.; Bleeser, I.; Weigelt, J.; Müller, A.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-109483-9

Series title Governance of Tenure Technical Guides

Series number no. 8

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) This Technical Guide on Governing Tenure Rights to Commons aims to support states, community-based organizations and civil society organizations, the private sector and other relevant actors to take proactive measures to implement the standards and recommendations of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (Tenure Guidelines) for lega lly recognizing and protecting tenure rights to commons and community-based governance structures.

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