Conclusions and recommendations

Conservation and climate change

90. The Special Rapporteur commends the Government for its positive recognition of customary practices for natural resource management. She encourages the Government and international donors, at the request of and in consultation with local communities, to support traditional authorities and communities to further strengthen the use of customary practices for conservation and climate change adaptation.

Free, prior and informed consent

91. The Government should further strengthen its awareness of and revise the legal framework to incorporate provisions on free, prior and informed consent, guided by international legal documents elaborating on this principle, and ensure that this principle is respected in all matters. The Environmental Licensing Law, for example, should be revised to explicitly incorporate the principle of free, prior and informed consent.