This policy protects communities’ rights over land, water, forests, and fisheries through free, prior and informed consent (FPIC), secure tenure, and community-based management. The design establishes legal safeguards against dispossession, community mapping and registries, and co-management agreements that define sustainable use. The goal is to prevent resource grabs, resolve conflicts, and enable livelihoods tied to commons.
Implementation requires tenure reform, accessible grievance and judicial remedies, and independent monitoring of concessions and public–private projects.
This policy is desirable because it prevents impoverishment through dispossession, strengthens local stewardship, and promotes equitable development.
