Yet, in practice, indigenous people continue to play a very limited role in biodiversity discussions. The secondof the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, held in Rome in February, is a case in point. We sat at the back of the room listening to delegates tout the benefits of indigenous knowledge for protecting nature and debate the legitimacy of our rights to our biodiversity-rich territories.
The construction will go ahead despite “the developer’s heritage impact assessment, which has to be submitted in terms of the National Heritage Resources Act and the National Environmental Management Act, having been roundly rejected by the HWC [Heritage Western Cape],”in August this year. Objections to the construction have been received from 180 First Nation groups, civil society organisations and citizens.
More countries should follow this example, enshrining in legal frameworks the rights of indigenous people to govern their own territories and practice their knowledge. This means recognising our governments and laws, which are essential to ensure that our knowledge is transmitted through generations for the benefit of biodiversity.
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