Recognizing Indigenous peoples' and local communities' rights and agency in the post-2020 Biodiversity Agenda
Reyes-García, Victoria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro (University of Helsinki. Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science)
Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Yildiz (University Montpellier. Centre for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology)
Benyei, Petra (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Bussmann, Rainer (Ilia State University. Department of Ethnobotany)
Diamond, Sara K. (The University of Texas at Austin. College of Liberal Arts)
García-del-Amo, David (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Guadilla-Sáez, Sara (Independent Researcher)
Hanazaki, Natalia (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia)
Kosoy, Nicolas (McGill University. McGill School of Environment)
Lavides, Margarita (Earth Law Center)
Luz, Ana Catarina (Universidade de Lisboa)
McElwee, Pamela (Rutgers University. Department of Human Ecology)
Meretsky, Vicky J. (Indiana University. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs)
Newberry, Teresa (Tohono O'odham Community College. Department of Science)
Molnár, Zsolt (Centre for Ecological Research)
Ruiz Mallén, Isabel (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3))
Salpeteur, Matthieu (French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development)
Wyndham, Felice S. (University of Oxford. School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography)
Zorondo-Rodríguez, Francisco (Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Departamento de Gestión Agraria)
Brondizio, Eduardo (Indiana University Bloomington. Department of Anthropology)

Date:	2021
Abstract:	The Convention on Biological Diversity is defining the goals that will frame future global biodiversity policy in a context of rapid biodiversity decline and under pressure to make transformative change. Drawing on the work of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, we argue that transformative change requires the foregrounding of Indigenous peoples' and local communities' rights and agency in biodiversity policy. We support this argument with four key points. First, Indigenous peoples and local communities hold knowledge essential for setting realistic and effective biodiversity targets that simultaneously improve local livelihoods. Second, Indigenous peoples' conceptualizations of nature sustain and manifest CBD's 2050 vision of "Living in harmony with nature. " Third, Indigenous peoples' and local communities' participation in biodiversity policy contributes to the recognition of human and Indigenous peoples' rights. And fourth, engagement in biodiversity policy is essential for Indigenous peoples and local communities to be able to exercise their recognized rights to territories and resources.
Grants:	European Commission 771056 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CEX2019-000940-M
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Biodiversity policy ; Convention on Biological Diversity ; Indigenous and local knowledge ; Nature's values ; Right-based approach
Published in:	Ambio, Vol. 51, Issue 1 (May 2021) , p. 84-92, ISSN 1654-7209

DOI: 10.1007/s13280-021-01561-7
PMID: 34008095

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