Protocols developed by Indigenous peoples or mobile or local communities ("community protocols") are gaining recognition as a useful means by which a range of peoples and communities can engage with others according to their values, and on the basis of customary, national and international rights and responsibilities.

This website is intended for Indigenous peoples, mobile and local communities, their community-based and non-governmental organizations, governmental agencies, and researchers, among others, to:

  • Provide information about community protocols,
  • Share good practice about the development and use of community protocols,
  • Highlight the questions that peoples and communities are raising about community protocols,
  • Provide a range of resources relevant for the development and use of community protocols, and
  • Act as a clearing house for protocols developed by Indigenous peoples and local communities.

Latest News

  • African Indigenous Peoples Declaration on Rio +20
    Via www.mpido.orgA gathering of indigenous African communities adopted the Declaration of Indigenous Peoples of Africa on Sustainable Development and Rio +20 in Arusha, Tanzania on 19 April 2012. The …

  • Seeking ICT Support: May-July, 2012
    Natural Justice is seeking a Cape Town-based service provider to support our organisation in maintaining, updating and occasionally developing further Natural Justice’s internet presence. Successful a …

  • New IUCN-CEESP Newsletter
    The International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy’s (IUCN-CEESP) latest newsletter was released in May. The newsletter reports on the act …

 

Featured Publications


Biocultural Community Protocols: A Toolkit for Community Facilitators
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Biocultural Community Protocols and Conservation Pluralism (IUCN-CEESP Policy Matters 17, 2010)
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Videos


Maldhari Biocultural Community Protocol Photo Story (Natural Justice, 2012)
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