Statement and Guidelines on Free, Prior, Informed Consent

This document, compiled by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) International Affairs program, provides information for applicants and grantees of the program’s Division of International Conservation. The guidelines presented here summarize the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) FPIC manual for practitioners and project managers: Free and Prior Informed Consent: An Indigenous Peoples’ Right and a Good Practice for Local Communities manual for project managers.