bcp-toolkit-part-iv-a2cff6f34c7be41e.pdf

This guide from Natural Justice provides a framework for communities to monitor, evaluate, and revise biocultural community protocols. It details methods for assessing internal community changes, managing relationships with external stakeholders, and updating the protocol as a living document to reflect evolving visions and priorities.

• Developing a biocultural community protocol is described as a transformative process that can help communities organize around a shared vision or respond to common threats, often leading to unexpected insights and opportunities.
• The guide emphasizes the importance of reporting progress back to the community, particularly to local leaders who act as catalysts for action, and suggests using diverse, non-formal communication tools like photography exhibitions, short films, and role plays to engage different age groups.
• In Sri Lanka, partners used 'Most Significant Change' stories to measure community wellbeing, as quantitative indicators were found insufficient for capturing the material, social, and spiritual dimensions of holistic development.
• Engagement with external actors (such as NGOs, government agencies, and donors) is essential for implementing a protocol. The guide recommends monitoring these relationships through qualitative techniques or quantitative scales (e.g., 1 to 5) to adapt strategies and maintain stakeholder confidence.
• In Lamu, Kenya, a coalition of Indigenous communities is developing a biocultural community protocol to demand transparency and participation regarding a multi-billion dollar port project (the Lamu Port and Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor) that threatens ecosystems and traditional livelihoods.
• The guide asserts that a community protocol should be a 'living instrument' that is updated over time. Revisions may be necessary to reflect new information, lessons learned, or changes in community priorities, ranging from minor amendments to in-depth revisions.
• When assessing the impact of a protocol, the guide notes that changes cannot be attributed to the protocol alone; other influencing factors include political administration changes, extreme weather events, market fluctuations, and improved access to communication technologies.

APA

Natural Justice (n.d.). bcp-toolkit-part-iv-a2cff6f34c7be41e.pdf. https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/BCP-Toolkit-Part-IV.pdf

Chicago

Natural Justice. bcp-toolkit-part-iv-a2cff6f34c7be41e.pdf. n.d. https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/BCP-Toolkit-Part-IV.pdf.

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