30x30 - A Guide to Inclusive, Equitable and Effective Implementation of Target 3

Contributions and rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities: The GBF acknowledges the important roles and contributions of Indigenous peoples and local communities as custodians of biodiversity and ecosystem services and partners in conservation, restoration and sustainable use. [...] The importance of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other human rights law is referenced and needs to form the basis for engaged partnership with and support for the contributions of Indigenous peoples and local communities. [...] “Ensure the full, equitable, inclusive, effective and gender-responsive representation and participation in decision-making, and access to justice and information related to biodiversity by Indigenous peoples and local communities, respecting their cultures and their rights over lands, territories, resources, and traditional knowledge, as well as by women and girls, children and youth, and persons. [...] “Ensure gender equality in the implementation of the Framework through a gender-responsive approach, where all women and girls have equal opportunity and capacity to contribute to the three objectives of the Convention, including by recognizing their equal rights and access to land and natural resources and their full, equitable, meaningful and informed participation.” 25 30x30: A Guide to Inclusi. [...] y Enable policy and legal frameworks that recognize and support diverse governance types, including privately protected and conserved areas, and areas and territories conserved by Indigenous peoples and local communities; and report such areas against the Target with the consent of the governing authority.