Aug 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
When territories are mapped by those who live them, consent can’t be faked. A dune-to-reef community facing a fast-tracked permit pulled their own tools together: a community protocol, hand-drawn sacred site map, and an eco-calendar showing spawning, harvest, and...
Aug 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
When Free, Prior and Informed Consent is led by the community, not performed on them. A coastal IPLC in Southern Africa was told a “low-impact” project would begin within weeks. Elders insisted on protocol first: a gathering under the big fig, with lineage holders,...
