COMMUNITY INVESTOR NEGOTIATION Two new guides for community members and advocates to support empowered interactions with potential investors seeking community lands and resources. » Learn how to prepare in advance for interactions with potential investors, taking into account the interests of all community members » Explore what to include in a community-investor contract and what language to avoid. GUIDES OUT MAY 2018!
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COMMUNITY!INVESTORNEGOTIATION
Two new guides for community members and advocates to support empoweredinteractions with potential investors seeking community lands and resources.
» Learn how to prepare inadvance for interactions withpotential investors, takinginto account the interests of all community members
» Explore what to include in acommunity-investor contractand what language to avoid.
Deciding whether or not to allow an investor to usecommunity lands andresources is one of the mostimportant decisions that a community can make. If a community wishes towelcome an investor, carefullynegotiating a community-investor agreement is crucial. These guides aim to equipcommunities to protect theirinterests when interacting with investors.
“These much-neededguides fill an important gap:only if local communitiesare empowered can theymake free, informedchoices and developmeaningful partnershipswith government and the private sector.”