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On Friday 22nd January 2021, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) in collaboration with the Friends of Nature (FON) organized the third webinar set to convene Chinese and African youth to discuss the integral role the Indigenous People and Local Communities (IPLCs) play in conservation and how best to engage.
Global experts urge involvement of indigenous communities in biodiversity conservation
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NAIROBI, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) Multilateral institutions and governments should harness traditional knowledge, practices and innovations possessed by indigenous people in order to revitalize the biodiversity conservation agenda, experts said on Tuesday evening.
Speaking at a virtual forum for indigenous communities leaders from Asia, Africa, Caribbean and Latin America, the experts said that forest dwellers, hunter-gatherers and nomads are endowed with expertise that can be tapped to strengthen protection of habitats. We need to recognize the contribution of indigenous people to the global conservation agenda, said Viviana Figueroa, a legal expert from International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity.