Indigenous & Local Communities
The international community has recognized the close and traditional dependence of many indigenous and local communities on biological resources, notably in the preamble to the Convention on Biological Diversity. There is also a broad recognition of the contribution that traditional knowledge can make to both the conservation and the sustainable use of biological diversity, two fundamental objectives of the Convention.
Given the commitment by Parties to the Convention to respect, preserve, maintain and promote the wider use of traditional knowledge with the approval and involvement of the users of such knowledge, indigenous and local communities have a direct interest in the work of the Convention.
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