Indigenous Knowledges and Data Sovereignty

Conservation projects gather data on lands and communities, and how that data is governed decides whether a partnership is accountable or extractive.  This course prepares conservation professionals to assess, design and redesign projects with Indigenous communities as governing partners.

Across three applied modules with case studies, you learn to recognize extractive data practices and apply three Indigenous data governance frameworks — the CARE Principles (Collective benefit, Authority to control, Responsibility, Ethics), OCAP® (Ownership, Control, Access, Possession) and FPIC (Free, Prior and Informed Consent) — to concrete decisions. You redesign engagement, consent and data-governance structures, and you complete a capstone audit and redesign you can use in your own work.