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(CFS), 38th Special Session - Adoption of global guidelines on tenure of land, forests, fisheries

Countries adopt global guidelines on tenure of land, forests, fisheries
Historic international agreement on how tenure and access rights to natural resources key to food production should be handled

11 May 2012, Rome - In a landmark decision the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) today endorsed a set of far-reaching global guidelines aimed at helping governments safeguard the rights of people to own or access land, forests and fisheries.
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