Abstract
This research aims to investigate the development projects in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) areas of Bangladesh and intends to determine the effectiveness and functioning of the FPIC properly before taking development projects. The indigenous community has the right to approve or reject any proposed initiatives that might have an impact on them. This study will demonstrate that local residents, such as Indigenous Peoples (IPs), were not involved in the policy-making process and that the policy lacks instructions on how IPs were to freely agree to development on their territories. Lack of legal legitimacy in the decision-making process and FPIC of indigenous people is obviously extremely detrimental to the achievement of SDG. Therefore, mixed method research techniques have been used to get in-depth views. The proposed research is expected to reveal that due to the lack of FPIC applicability and engagement in the decision-making, the result of the development project is not benefiting the IPs but rather destroys their culture and normal life. However, finally, the research is also expected to propose solutions to the challenges as identified by the proposed study.
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Dilruba Sharmin, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
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