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The Global Biodiversity Framework: A Guide for Indigenous Peoples

This guide seeks to explain the importance of the 23 targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework from the perspectives of Indigenous Peoples. It seeks to set out some potential opportunities and risks of each target, describe some ways in which Indigenous Peoples contribute to its achievement,…

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Malaysia Baseline Study: Indigenous Land Rights and Biodiversity Stewardship

This baseline study assesses the "enabling conditions" for Indigenous Peoples' rights in Malaysia, with a specific focus on the State of Sabah. Conducted as part of the Transformative Pathways project, the report analyzes the extent to which current legal and policy frameworks recognize, protect, or…

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Indigenous Peoples’ Experience with the Revision of Nepal’s NBSAP

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), adopted in 2022, marks a historic milestone in international environmental policy through its explicit and unequivocal recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ rights and contributions to conservation.As a next step, Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity were required to…

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Strengthening Collaborative Biodiversity Conservation in the Mt. Elgon Ecosystem, Kenya

A meeting in Kitale, Kenya, on 13th March 2026, brought together participants from the state, research organisations and communities to discuss collaborative biodiversity conservation. The meeting was intended to showcase community-based biodiversity monitoring and Ogiek traditional stewardship, to assess the status of Mt. Elgon ecosystem,…

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Building financial capacity for conservation in Mt. Elgon, Kenya

Access to financial skills and capital is something many Indigenous communities have long gone without.Through land use plans and sustainable livelihood activities as part of the Transformative Pathways project, that gap is beginning to close as nine community-based organisations (CBOs) across three regions have received…

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Community Monitors track biodiversity across Mt. Elgon, Kenya

Every three months, trained teams of community monitors from CIPDP set out across Mt. Elgon region to document biodiversity. The teams apply several data collection methods. Some work with quadrats, sampling fixed plots to assess bamboo health, regeneration and patterns of use. Others work with…

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The Global Biodiversity Framework: A Guide for Indigenous Peoples

Malaysia Baseline Study: Indigenous Land Rights and Biodiversity Stewardship

Indigenous Peoples’ Experience with the Revision of Nepal’s NBSAP

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Strengthening Collaborative Biodiversity Conservation in the Mt. Elgon Ecosystem, Kenya

Building financial capacity for conservation in Mt. Elgon, Kenya

Community Monitors track biodiversity across Mt. Elgon, Kenya

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The Global Biodiversity Framework: A Guide for Indigenous Peoples

Malaysia Baseline Study: Indigenous Land Rights and Biodiversity Stewardship

Fighting for a Seat at the Table: Indigenous Peoples and Thailand’s Biodiversity Strategy

From Consultation to Leadership: Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Philippine NBSAP

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