A global network to support inclusive, local natural resource governance
The food, fuel, and materials that sustain our way of life come from local communities. Too often, they are not included in development decisions such as whether and how resources are developed.
Community-led or sanctioned decisions and management will result in better conservation and restoration management, cultural and traditional land use, and natural resource development such as mining, forestry, renewables, and agriculture.
To achieve this, the Resource Exchange connects people to the tools, information, funding, expertise and networks they need to drive community-led natural resource decisions and management.
The Resource Exchange is composed of global and local partnerships, serving a large but niche user group including community leaders, grass roots organizations, land use planners and other government officials, and members from the private sector. These stakeholders may have differing objectives, approaches and experiences but all want to see more inclusive, local natural resource management.
Our first target for the Resource Exchange is to connect 100 leaders from Tanzania, Sierra Leone, British Columbia, South Africa, Nicaragua and Guyana by early 2024 and 1000 by December 2026. Then we will scale globally, creating a global website hub and facilitating regular in-person dialogue, engagement and training.
The Resource Exchange has anchor funding from BHP Foundation and includes four implementing partners: RESOLVE, Landesa, Conservation International and the University of Queensland’s Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining.
At RESOLVE, we’re here to tackle the toughest global challenges. The ones nobody else wants to touch. Where people are in conflict and planet problems are stuck. We’re here to unstick them. It’s not easy. It takes grit and ingenuity. And finding and working with the right partners. But we’re not called RESOLVE for nothing.
