The long-standing need for a national land-use act

This policy brief produced by ANGOC and the FAO Legislative Advisory Group Philippines (FLAGPH) discusses the proposed National Land Use Act (NLUA). Recognizing the need to enact a systematic way of managing resources, communities, civil society, and government agencies alike have long-called for the passage of the NLUA. This legislation seeks to institutionalize a holistic, rational, and comprehensive land use and physical planning mechanism, which will appropriately identify land use and allocation patterns in all parts of the country. Enacting a NLUA would also provide for an environment that would better foster food security.

Founded in 1979, ANGOC is a regional association of national and regional networks of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Asia, actively engaged in food security, agrarian reform, sustainable agriculture, participatory governance, and rural development.