PROTOCOLE BIOCULTUREL COMMUNAUTAIRE DES COMMUNAUTES LOCALES DU FOKONTANY AMPANGALANTSARY, COMMUNE ANDASIBE, REGION ALAOTRA MANGORO

The 2023 Community Biocultural Protocol of Fokontany Ampangalantsary establishes a framework for external actors to access genetic resources and traditional knowledge. It outlines a mandatory process for obtaining prior informed consent through community meetings, defines the roles of local leadership (such as the President of the Fokontany and Tangalamena), and details the community's traditional taboos and customary land rights. The protocol emphasizes the fair and equitable sharing of benefits, preferring non-financial contributions like infrastructure development, and maintains community registers to document medicinal, cosmetic, agricultural, and food-related genetic resources.

• The protocol is not a legally binding contract but a guide designed to inform external actors of the processes required to obtain prior informed consent and establish benefit-sharing agreements.
• Access to genetic resources requires a specific multi-step consent process: informing government ministries, consulting community representatives (Chef Fokontany, Tangalamena, and VOI presidents), and holding a community meeting to achieve 'teny ierana' (free and common consent).
• The community maintains two specific registers to document and protect their heritage: one for genetic resources with medicinal and cosmetic properties, and another for those intended for food and agriculture.
• Benefit-sharing should prioritize non-financial contributions to avoid internal community conflict, with priorities including the construction of medical and school infrastructure, road development, and the support of community cooperatives.
• Local governance and resource management are shared between the Fokonolona (the general population) and Communautés locales de Base (VOI), with specific traditional taboos governing the use of water, flora, and fauna (e.g., prohibitions on working on Thursdays).
• Customary land tenure is recognized through long-term exploitation (at least 15 years for non-titled land) and traditional practices such as 'BAOMBE' for land sales and 'TAVIRANA' for parcel orientation.

APA

Natural Justice (2023). PROTOCOLE BIOCULTUREL COMMUNAUTAIRE DES COMMUNAUTES LOCALES DU FOKONTANY AMPANGALANTSARY, COMMUNE ANDASIBE, REGION ALAOTRA MANGORO. https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Protocole-Bioculturel-Communautaire-Ampangalatsary-VERSION-NUMERIQUE-1.pdf

Chicago

Natural Justice. PROTOCOLE BIOCULTUREL COMMUNAUTAIRE DES COMMUNAUTES LOCALES DU FOKONTANY AMPANGALANTSARY, COMMUNE ANDASIBE, REGION ALAOTRA MANGORO. 2023. https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Protocole-Bioculturel-Communautaire-Ampangalatsary-VERSION-NUMERIQUE-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{naturaljustice2023protocole, author = {{Natural Justice}}, title = {{PROTOCOLE BIOCULTUREL COMMUNAUTAIRE DES COMMUNAUTES LOCALES DU FOKONTANY AMPANGALANTSARY, COMMUNE ANDASIBE, REGION ALAOTRA MANGORO}}, institution = {Natural Justice}, year = {2023}, url = {https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Protocole-Bioculturel-Communautaire-Ampangalatsary-VERSION-NUMERIQUE-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }