Rome, Italy - 16 June 2025. Today, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the World Bank and other partners, is launching a three-day Global Ocean Governance Workshop, which gathers legal experts, government officials...

To mark the 2025 Desertification and Drought Day, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is launching Living Land – Taking a sustainable land management approach in law, a new publication developed by the Development Law Service...

The IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) held its 4th World Environmental Law Congress from 5 to 7 May 2025 in Rabat, Morocco. Under the theme “Integrated Legal Protection of Air, Ocean and Land” participants of the Congress explored...

On 23 May 2025, the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) hosted a high-level side event at its headquarters in Rome, Italy. The event focused on two pivotal legal instruments supporting agricultural development: the UNCITRAL–UNIDROIT Model Law...

Over 20 legal experts, researchers and development practitioners gathered at FAO headquarters in Rome on 21–22 May 2025 for a key consolidation workshop on FAO’s new legal diagnostic tool dedicated to pastoralism. The tool is designed to assess and strengthen...