Free, prior and informed consent
The principle that a smallholder or community has the right to give or withhold their consent to proposed projects that may affect the land they own, occupy or otherwise use.
Glossary. "Plan Vivo Standard 2012 Draft for Consultation". 2012 http://www.planvivo.org/wp-content/uploads/Plan-Vivo-Standard-2012-cons…
Indigenous Peoples have fought for the recognition by their national governments, the international community and by companies of their right to give or withhold consent for project development. The right relates directly to the right for Indigenous Peoples to control their own future and the future of their people. It has been stated as the right "to give or withhold their free, prior and informed consent to actions that affect their lands, territories and natural resource".
Responsible Governance of Tenure: A Technical Guide for Investors, FAO, 2016 (http://www.fao.org/3/i5147e/I5147E.pdf).