This is a simple yes or no question to assess whether your people/community experiences conflicts related to lands and natural resources. Such conflicts are situations where state institutions, settlers, neighbouring communities, private companies or other external actors claim the land or natural resources that belong to your community/people.

This question monitors whether indigenous peoples have effective control over their lands, territories and resources, as provided for in Art. 26(2) of UNDRIP. The state duty to consult with indigenous peoples in good faith, in order to obtain their free, prior and informed consent prior to approving any project that affects their lands, territories and resources, is enshrined in article 32(2) of UNDRIP.
Data sources: Reporting on land grabbing in indigenous territories from the media, indigenous organizations, NGOs, international organizations, etc..
Please mark the ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer option, and use the comment box to provide additional information as relevant.

If you answer yes to the previous question, you are asked to specify the reasons for these conflicts. Note that you can tick as many boxes as relevant, including the box “others”. If you tick that box, please provide more information about the other reasons for conflicts experienced by your people/community.

This is a simple yes/no question to assess if any lands or resources have actually been taken from your people/community or used by outsiders without your free, prior and informed consent (FPIC). If you answer yes to this question, please provide additional information about any such events.

This question seeks to generate data on the characteristics of your community/people's own land tenure systems. These will vary from people to people, and you should chose the option/s that most closely describe the system as follows:
§  Lands and resources are not considered property and cannot be held by people or communities = land is e.g. considered the mother of all living beings and human beings must obtain permission by the mother-land or related spirits to obtain permission to use the land and resources
§  Lands and resources are held and managed collectively by the community = the entire community collectively own and manage the land and related resources
§  Land and resources are held and managed by families, clans or other groups within the community= within the overall territory, families, clans or other groups within the community own and manage specific parts of the land and related resources
§  Land and resources are held and managed individually = land and related resources are divided into individual property.
§  Other=if none of the above options reflect the land tenure system of your people/community then tick this box and specify the characteristics of the system in the box below.

This question seeks overall information about the government's official recognition of your right to land.
You are given five response options, and will have to assess which option best reflects the government's official recognition of your land rights:
• Not at all = The collective land and resource rights of your community or people are not officially recognized in any laws or other official regulations.
• To a limited extent = There are few provisions in the legislation or other official regulations that recognise a few aspects of the collective land and resource rights of your community or people (e.g. the recognition is limited to land directly cultivated or used for housing, or to certain resources, or covers only a few villages)
• To some extent= There are some provisions in the legislation or other official regulations that recognise some aspects of the collective land and resource rights of your community or people (e.g. the recognition covers some of the key areas or resources occupied and used by the community, and extends to most of the villages/communities)
• To a considerable extent= There are ample provisions in the legislation or other official regulations that recognise most aspects of the collective land and resource rights of your community or people (e.g. only a few resources or marginal areas of your land are not recognised)
• Fully = The collective rights of your community or people to all lands, territories and resources that it has traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired is fully recognised in national legislation.
Please note that this question does not attempt to assess whether these rights are respected in practice (this is addressed in other questions).

Indigenous peoples’ collective right to the lands, territories and resources they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired are key provisions of the UNDRIP, and intrinsically linked to their collective right to self-determination, non-discrimination, cultural and spiritual integrity, and development as distinct peoples.
This question monitors States’ structural recognition and protection of indigenous peoples’ collective land rights.
Data sources: National legislation.
If collective land rights are recognized, please provide details on the relevant laws in the box, and add other relevant information too as you see fit.

This question monitors States’ implementation of a fair, independent, impartial, open and transparent process, with participation of indigenous peoples, to recognize and adjudicate their rights to lands, territories and resources in accordance with their customs and procedures.
The International Land Coalition summarizes the guidance provided by the UNDRIP and ILO Convention No. 169 on adequate procedures for States’ official recognition or registration of indigenous peoples’ land ownership:
Specific procedures to identify and demarcate indigenous peoples' land rights should be decided upon in consultation with indigenous and tribal peoples. At a minimum, they should contain the following components: (a) identification of the area and rights that correspond to the indigenous or tribal community, or group of communities, under consideration; (b) resolution of conflicts over competing uses and claims; (c) delimitation and demarcation; and (d) issuance of title deed or other appropriate document that clearly describes the nature of the right or rights in lands and resources.
Data sources: Ministries and government agencies mandated to oversee land administration (land reform / agriculture / forestry, etc.)
Please use the text box to provide references to additional information, as relevant.

Please indicate whether your people/community has been subject to displacement or relocation without their free, prior and informed consent since 2008. If you answer yes, please provide additional information about the incident(s) as possible.

Many indigenous peoples have areas within their territory where they for a certain period of time, establish restrictions with regards to cultivation, fishing, hunting etc. to allow the ecosystem to regenerate or develop. Here you have to assess whether your people/community has established such areas, either as part of their traditional management of lands and resources or as a formally established conservation areas If you answer yes, please provide additional information on any such areas your people or community has established.

If you replied "yes" to the previous question, and your people/community has established a conservation area on your land, please indicate how many hectares it comprises (one hectare = 10’000 square metres). Otherwise, please enter "0".

The question is to assess if any of the world’s threatened species are conserved within your territory. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is a searchable database (www.iucnredlist.org) where you can apply filters to the database to show all threatened species (including animals, plants, fungi etc.) in a given country or region. You can then assess with the community members if any of these species are found within the territory. Alternatively, you can search the database to see if it provides information about species present in the territory where your people or community resides.

Only answer this question if you replied "yes" to the previous question. Insert the number of threatened species found on your territory. Please also indicate the name of these species in the box below.

Please indicate whether any part of your territory has been turned into a protected conservation area without the free, prior and informed consent of your people/community. If yes, please supply additional information as possible, e.g. on the responsible institution, the purpose of conservation, etc.

Only answer this question if you replied "yes" to the previous question.
One hectare = 10’000 square metres.

According to Article 29(2) of UNDRIP, "States shall take effective measures to ensure that no storage or disposal of hazardous materials shall take place in the lands or territories of indigenous peoples without their free, prior and informed consent."
Data sources: Reporting from indigenous organizations, NGOs, international agencies, or the media.
Please use the ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answer-options, and use the comment-box to provide additional information if the answer is ‘Yes’.

Please indicate whether, since 2008, any hazardous materials have been stored or disposed on the lands or territory of your people/communities without your free, prior and informed consent. Hazardous materials include, among others, any explosive, flammable, poisonous, corrosive, or radioactive substances. They can originate, for example, from industrial facilities, mining and construction sites.

This question too assesses whether military activities are taking place on indigenous peoples’ lands without their agreement – here with a specific focus on paramilitary activities. Paramilitary forces are widely understood as groups that are organized in a military fashion, but do not represent a part of the official armed forces of a sovereign country.
Data sources: Reporting from indigenous organizations, NGOs, international agencies, or the media.
Please use the ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answer-options, and use the comment-box to provide additional information if the answer is ‘Yes’.

This question too assesses whether military activities are taking place on indigenous peoples’ lands without their agreement – this time using refugees or internal displacement as an indicator.
Data sources: Reporting from indigenous organizations, NGOs, international agencies, or the media.
According to the 1951 Geneva convention, a refugee is "a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it."
Conversely, the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, which restate and compile human rights and humanitarian law relevant to internally displaced persons, hold that internally displaced persons are "persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized border."
Please use the ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answer-options, and use the comment-box to provide additional information if the answer is ‘Yes’.

Please indicate whether any military activities have been conducted on your lands or territories since 2008 without any prior consultation with your people or community. If yes, please provide further information on the nature and extent of these activities.

Paramilitary forces are understood as groups that are organized in a military fashion, but do not represent a part of the official national armed forces. The question is whether any such groups have been operating on the lands/territory of your people/community.

A refugee is any person who has fled to another country owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted. Conversely, internally displaced persons are persons who have been forced or obliged to flee, but who have not crossed an international border. Indicate here whether any members of your community have had to flee because of conflict or violence, ending up as either refugees or internally displaced people.