We have created Topical Primers that provide more detailed information on several key topics referenced throughout the RIPL Guidebooks. These approximately 10-page briefs are designed to complement the step-by-step guidebooks, and include a list of additional resources for further learning.
Only have a few minutes? Here's where to start:
This primer describes the four key elements of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), and provides detailed steps that business enterprises and governments can take to ensure compliance with FPIC.
This primer outlines step-by-step what is required to ensure that women, as well as men, are aware of and benefit from a proposed land transaction.
The primary purpose of this primer is to outline the importance of identifying and engaging with vulnerable groups, who often have weak claims to land rights and are particularly susceptible to negative impacts from changes in land use.
This primer provides practical guidance for business on how to design, implement, manage and monitor a company-based grievance mechanism.
This primer describes how to develop and implement valuation and compensation practices that lead to fair and adequate compensation to the community and individual land users (both women and men) impacted or displaced by an investment.
This primer on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) offers a brief explanation of what M&E is, why it is important and what common best practices are associated with it, all in the context of supporting the implementation of a socially responsible land-based investment.