It was concluded that:
A BCP is context specific but it is also a tool that addresses a variety of contexts and issues.
A BCP can be used as a safeguard but could also be used by communities to self-determine
their futures.
A BCP is a communication tool – the voice of a community to connect to the outside world
BCPs can be used as negotiation tools with third parties (governments, business or other
communities sharing the same knowledge or territories or both).
BCPs could be a practical approach to land ownership and related issues. Being dialogic
and participatory BCPs could be a mechanism of conflict prevention.
BCPs could be used as tool for different activities such as cultural mapping and other
processes for community empowerment and development.
A BCP can be seen as a unifying tool with which communities are inviting government and
other institutions to engage with them.
19