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Additional Reading - Strategic Plan 2011-2020, including Aichi Biodiversity Targets

… and safeguarded, taking into account the needs of women, indigenous and local communities, and the poor and … the traditional knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communi- ties relevant for the … Convention with the full and effective participation of indigenous and local communities, at all relevant levels. By …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… Act of Lagos as well as the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, and stresses the necessity to work closely … of local communities including farmers’ rights. Access to indigenous knowledge must be subject to the prior informed … and emphasizes “the enormous contribution that local and indigenous communities and farmers of all regions of the …
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Establishing marine protected area networks

… Networks Establishing Marine Protected Area Networks | 5 indigenous and local groups have gained about an area’s … spatial scales are critical to success.These include indigenous community meetings led by traditional leaders, … Conservancy, Jon Day, Director, Conservation, Heritage & Indigenous Partnerships, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park …
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Conservation and Sustainable use of PGRFA

… complementary way. While emphasizing the role of farmers, indigenous and local communities for on-farm and in situ … http://www.informea.org/terms/indigenous-people … is a strategy for ensuring food security and improving peoples’ well-being and livelihoods; this requires an optimum …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Global Warming of 1.5°C - an IPPC special report on the impacts of global warming

… include disadvantaged and vulnerable populations, some indigenous peoples, and local communities dependent on agricultural or … Examples include coral reefs, the Arctic and its indigenous people, mountain glaciers, and biodiversity …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

Major Components of the Cartagena Protocol - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… allows for the recognition of the value of biodiversity to indigenous and local communities and the protection of … http://www.informea.org/terms/indigenous-people/ … http://www.informea.org/terms/indigenous-knowledge …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners

… strategies. It is unsurprising that traditional and indigenous natural resource management systems, where these … what information is taken into account. Traditional and indigenous knowledge, and knowledge of resource users As … conservation approaches. Advocates for indigenous peoples’ rights have argued that precaution is used by …
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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… 192 10.4.4 Considering indigenous participation and rights … of landscapes in law as an essential component of peoples’ surroundings, an expression of the diversity of … and enjoyment of present and future generations, including indigenous peoples. Use and management of natural resources …
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Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts

… 55 2.3.4.2 ‘Industry-wide custom and practice’ 56 2.3.4.3 Indigenous and traditional law 56 2.4 Enforceability: … arises out of the fact that benefits are not shared with indigenous groups and communities, but are distributed in … received if such IPR claims could operate to limit other peoples facilitated access to same genetic resources;97 • If …
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Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas

… to address the needs of these unique regions and their peoples. Good policies are mountain-specific because … with mid- to high-level marginality, particularly in the indigenous ethnic groups. In the Guatemalan zone, productive … to live, are often left to marginalized people, such as indigenous communities and cultural minorities. Pushed uphill …
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