Viviana Figueroa from Argentina speaks during the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity at COP15 Lars Hagberg/AFP via Getty Images
A global agreement reached this week to halt and reverse biodiversity loss could usher in a new era of Indigenous-led conservation as the world seeks to conserve 30 per cent of the globe’s land and oceans by 2030.
The agreement, adopted at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Montreal on 19 December, includes language recognising the role of Indigenous people as “custodians of biodiversity and partners in the conservation” of nature, and says Indigenous rights and knowledge must be respected…
