Putting Indigenous Peoples and local communities at the centre of the Global Biodiversity Framework

Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) are of pivotal importance to achieving the ambitious goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). To address widespread exclusion of IPLCs from GBF implementation, this briefing highlights the clear legal obligations States have under the Convention on Biological Diversity, the GBF and international and regional human rights law to respect, recognise and promote the rights of IPLCs in all conservation interventions.