The settlement made on the COP15 biodiversity summit balanced a recognition of the significance of Indigenous peoples and territories for conserving biodiversity with out imposing on Indigenous sovereignty over these lands
Environment
20 December 2022
Viviana Figueroa from Argentina speaks throughout the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity at COP15 Lars Hagberg/AFP through Getty Images
A world settlement reached this week to halt and reverse biodiversity loss might usher in a brand new period of Indigenous-led conservation because the world seeks to preserve 30 per cent of the globe’s land and oceans by 2030.
The agreement, adopted on the COP15 biodiversity summit in Montreal on 19 December, consists of language recognising the position of Indigenous folks as “custodians of biodiversity and partners in the conservation” of nature, and says Indigenous rights and …