Fact Sheet: Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests

On May 11, 2012, members of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) unanimously endorsed the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests. The occasion signaled an unprecedented recognition by governments and civil society around the world of the importance of improving land and other resource governance systems as a strategy for improving food security and sustainable development.