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T1 Legislative Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Governance - FAO Legislative Study No. 114
A1 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A2 Gobena, A
K1 sustainable development
K1 sustainable agriculture
K1 soil management
K1 water resource
K1 fishery
K1 nature conservation
K1 biological diversity
K1 petroleum law
K1 mining law
K1 forestry legislation
K1 rural development
K1 waste management
K1 legislative process
K1 international instrument
K1 human rights
K1 land legislation
K1 land
K1 soil
K1 land tenure
K1 water policy
K1 water management
K1 water quality
K1 water quality management
K1 aquaculture
K1 ecolabelling
K1 food security
K1 labour law
K1 genetic resource
K1 food waste
K1 natural resource
SN 978-92-5-132450-9
SN 2664-5106
SN 1014-6679
SN 2664-5106
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32567
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32567
NO With the premise that legislation forms the backbone of sustainable governance arrangements, this publication seeks to highlight some of the ways in which countries from different regions manage natural resources in a sustainable manner. The concept of sustainable development is predicated on three core and interconnected elements: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection. Sustainability, therefore, is much more than ensuring protection of the natural resource base. To be sustainable, agriculture must meet the needs of present and future generations for its products and services, while ensuring profitability, environmental health, and social and economic equity. This publication seeks to offer broad guidance to countries in the regulation of their natural resources by illustrating how other countries have recognized and addressed these connections and linkages. Using these pillars as a point of reference, and emphasizing a human rights-based framework, the study explores legislative approaches in the following sectors: land, water, fisheries and aquaculture, mining, petroleum, forestry and agriculture. This book is not intended to serve as a detailed manual on how to regulate each sector, rather, it presents a selection of provisions that allow a macro-level view of the linkages and connections that recognizes impacts in more than one pillar of sustainable development.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 16, 2026