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producción agrícola, no siendo necesario referirse a un tipo de producción que refuerza sólo
la dimensión ambiental de la producción agrícola sostenible.
“States shall take measures aimed at the conservation and sustainable use of land and other
natural resources used in their production and necessary for the enjoyment of adequate
living conditions, including through agroecology, and ensure the conditions for the
regeneration of biological and other natural capacities and cycles.”
EU
Title: Right Access to land and other natural resources
1.
States shall make efforts in order to favour the access to Peasants peasants and
other people persons living in rural areas have the right to land, individually and
collectively, including the right to have access to, use and manage their land and access to
the water bodies, coastal seas, fisheries, pastures and forests therein, in a sustainable
manner and in line with the pertinent requirements set out in environmental
protection legislation to achieve an adequate standard of living, to have a place to live in
security, peace and dignity and to develop their cultures.
2.
States are invited to implement the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible
Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food
Security.
2.3
States shall make efforts in order to remove and prohibit all forms of
discrimination related to land tenure rights, including those resulting from change of marital
status, lack of legal capacity or lack of access to economic resources. In particular, States
shall ensure equal tenure rights for women and men, including the right to inherit and
bequeath these rights. Such State actions should be consistent with their existing
obligations under relevant national law and legislation and international law, and with
due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable regional and international
instruments.
3.4
Based on examination of tenure rights in line with national law, States states
shall make efforts in order to provide legal recognition for land tenure rights, including
customary land tenure rights, not currently protected by law. States should protect
legitimate tenure rights, and ensure that people are not arbitrarily evicted and that
their legitimate tenure rights are not otherwise extinguished or infringed. All forms of
tenure, including tenancy, must provide all persons with a degree of tenure security that
guarantees legal protection against forced evictions. States shall recognize and protect the
natural commons and their related systems of collective use and management.
4.5
Peasants and other people persons working in rural areas have the right to shall be
protected against arbitrary displacement from their land or place of habitual residence, or
from other natural resources used in their activities and necessary for the enjoyment of
adequate living conditions. States shall incorporate protections against displacement into
domestic legislation that are consistent with international human rights and humanitarian
law standards. States shall prohibit arbitrary forced evictions, the demolition of houses,
the destruction of agricultural areas and the arbitrary confiscation or expropriation of land
and other natural resources, including as a punitive measure or as a means or method of
war.
5.6
Peasants and other people persons working in rural areas shall have the right
opportunity, individually or collectively, in association with others or as a community, to
return to the land and to have restored their access to the natural resources used in their
activities and necessary for the enjoyment of adequate living conditions, of which they
were arbitrarily or unlawfully deprived, or to receive just and fair compensation when their
return is not possible. States shall take measures to restore access to land and other natural
resources to those peasants and other people working in rural areas that have been displaced
by natural disasters and/or armed conflict.
6.7
Redistributive reforms can facilitate broad and equitable access to land and
inclusive rural development. In this regard, where appropriate under national
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