Challenging power from the bottom up? Community protocols, benefit-sharing, and the challenge of dominant discourses

摘要: Abstract This article discusses the ways in which community protocols might challenge dominant discourses that guide environmental law and policy at local, national international levels makes suggestions about conditions need to be fulfilled if such a is effective. Community have attracted attention of many scholars as they are recognised Convention on Biological Diversity’s Nagoya Protocol. They argued hold potential achieve fair equitable benefit-sharing by allowing local voices express their customary law, worldviews, ideas benefit development among other things. While much existing literature legal tools, also tools may policy. The takes up this question basis findings from five original case studies. It by: facilitating articulating recognition communities indigenous peoples; providing source for understanding worldviews; empowering them long term. In order these outcomes, protocol must understood processes pay political contexts, how organise, role supporting actors, articulation benefits.