Hi Thirza, 

Thanks for your comment. Re the roots of the Biocratic Governance proposition ->

• The 4-part strawman has of course deep roots in the land-based governance mechanisms of indigenous and traditional peoples,
• These concepts have been translated into a form that could be actually adopted into a Western governance structure 
• And using language and concepts that align with or are familiar to Western governance systems.

In addition, we see movements such as Rights of Nature flourishing in part as people are hungry for that felt connection and story with earth, with their local landscape (the living epistemology -> 're-story-ing' the landscape) to translate into concrete ways of caring for and protecting that land. 

However RoN has its limitations in terms of how litigation works (once and when harm is done), guardianship models applied, the risk of a tremendous patchwork of RoN cases across a landscape, and the inability to govern a bioregion on the basis of a collection of multiple legal RoN designations. At the same time, many bioregional efforts have yet to deeply touch the governance question at the most foundational level. 

So I've also been looking at how this reconnecting with and caring for the local land can be translated into and inform more directly the foundations of governance. 

Hence the next thing would: let's try and prototype an MVP. Not as a rigid mechanism; any party would and should adapt this to their own circumstances & governance structures -> 

• Which can subsequently be trialled and tested by one or more local governance parties in real-world conditions.
• And thereby also actively exposing its friction points within current gov, policy, and decision making settings. That’s where a lot of the real learning happens
• Preferably in the form of a small cohort, such that trialling parties can support, exchange, and learn from each other (what do they run into, what novel or innovative ways have they found to overcome these hurdles, etc)
  
  
• So now the main question is how in 2027 we can identify some format to collaboratively prototype a first Minimum Viable Proposition V1.0 (ideas welcome), with whom (suggestions welcome), and then how we can insert that into one or more real world applications to see what happens and learn from it. 
   

Yes, please do although wait till beginning of next week I would say. We also have an upcoming learning session (see separate Event post) on Public Governance Beyond the Human on November 10: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/public-governance-beyond-the-human-co-creation-with-the-more-than-human-registration-2003582619550?aff=oddtdtcreator
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"The 18th learning session of the Co-creation with the More-than-Human sandbox on November 10 will explore Public Governance Beyond the Human with Mumta Ito from Nature's Rights: What if the challenge isn't simply how we give the more-than-human a voice in governance, but how we redesign the foundations of public governance itself?

If we aim to rethink public governance to be in right relationship with the living world, how would it shape how public institutions understand their responsibilities, establish priorities, and make decisions about and with the places we inhabit? This and more we’ll discuss in our next learning session, taking the UK Nature’s Rights Bill and its proposed Integrated Rights Framework as a case study. Register on EventBrite to join us."

Yes, please share widely! :-)

thanks so much again!

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Hi Tara, yes recorded & also sharing a Synthesis of Insights (on Substack) afterwards - usually 2 wks after the session. 

Thank you Flavia! Please tag me tomorrow :-)