7.2.2

Principle 7: Clarity about land tenure, right of use and access to natural resources

Criteria Guidance Evidence & Scoring Importance & Applicability
Criteria 7.2: Criteria 7.2: The rights and traditional practices of indigenous peoples and local communities are respected


7.2.2

Cultural, environmental and social concerns and interests of indigenous peoples and local communities, including women, children and other vulnerable groups, in cultivation and wild collection areas are taken into account.



There is evidence that these groups have been consulted and their views and concerns considered and supported especially on activities likely to affect them.

INTERVIEWS

Conversations (without the organisation present) with the relevant groups to understand if and how their concerns have been taken to account. Children should not be interviewed without presence of the adults/guardians


DOCUMENTATION


  • minutes or records of meetings with vulnerable groups
  • Scoring guidance

    0 - Sourcing activities do not take into account any of these groups and/or concerns/interests
    1 - Some concerns/some groups have been considered and actions support these concerns
    2 - Most vulnerable groups and local communities are considered when making decisions regarding sourcing activities for the most relevant interests/concerns for those groups
    3 - There is a systematic assessment of the interests of local communities including vulnerable groups when making decisions on sourcing activities that may affect them regarding environmental, social and cultural con erns/interests. This is documented and available

    Score 2 to be reached by second year

    Importance
    Critical stepwise


    Applicability
  • Cultivation & wild collection
  • OaS
  • Comment:

    Notes

    Meeting notes

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