This rapid scoping of the Food and Agricultural Organisation Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) sought the views of different organisations, individuals and activists on the usefulness of the guidelines for promoting forest tenure reform in support of secure community land rights. The work aimed to inform and update Fern policy analysis and assess the potential for applying the VGGT standard in Fern’s advocacy strategies and campaigns on EU trade and forest policies. The main analysis and findings are shared in this document.