Fiji is currently reviewing the Mining Act 1965 and the Quarries Act 1939. In this episode of The Customary Land Podcast, Spike Boydell reflects on why that matters for customary landowners, and why compensation, royalties and consultation are not enough unless legitimacy, stewardship and long-horizon responsibility come first.

This episode explores the deeper structural mismatch between inherited extractive law and living customary systems, and asks what must be in place before development on customary land can be treated as legitimate at all

A video version is available here.
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Host: Spike Boydell

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