Challenge and Opportunities for the VGGT Implementation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Aurelie Bres

Almost five years after the adoption of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (the Guidelines) by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), this paper will focus on the challenges faced and the opportunities generated for their implementation in a specific region: Latin America and The Caribbean (LAC). As a first part, the paper will explore some of the regional trends impacting governance of tenure. The paper will then develop a second part on the advances and limitations made and faced for improving the governance of tenure using the Guidelines in LAC at country level (drawing lessons from various countries), at sub regional level (in particular by Reunion Especialisada por la Agricultura Familiar ? MERCOSUR), and at stakeholders level (such as civil society, Indigenous People?).The third part of the paper will explore challenges ahead and suggest ways forward to enhance the Guidelines implementation in the region.

Event: Responsible Land Governance : Towards an Evidence Bases Approach : Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty

Document type:Challenge and Opportunities for the VGGT Implementation in Latin America and the Caribbean (1040 kB - pdf)