Article 8(j)

Wednesday // 10.4.2023

Article 8(j) - Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices

Introduction

Article 8(j) states

Each contracting Party shall, as far as possible and as appropriate:

Subject to national legislation, respect, preserve and maintain knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and promote their wider application with the approval and involvement of the holders of such knowledge, innovations and practices and encourage the equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of such knowledge innovations and practices.

In September 2020, Local Biodiversity Outlooks 2 (LBO-2) was launched. LBO-2 is a landmark piece of collaborative research and analysis that features contributions from over 50 indigenous and local authors and communities. The report highlights the critical roles played by IPLCs in maintaining and enhancing biological and cultural diversity and outlines indigenous and local perspectives on the transformational changes needed in order to realise the vision of a world living in harmony with nature.

Click here to see a digital version of the report.

LBO-2

Traditional Knowledge Information Portal

Training Manuals for IPLCs

Module 1-Eng

Module 1-Sp

Module 2 to come in 2023

Module 3 to come in 2023

Non-state actors: Make a commitment in the Action Agenda

8 August 2023

Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, 9 August 2023

18 April 2023

Statement by the Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the twenty-second session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues during the discussion of item 3, on the discussion of the theme “Indigenous Peoples, human health, planetary and territorial health and climate change: a rights-based approach”, New York, 18 April 2023

17 April 2023

Statement by the Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the twenty-second session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues during the discussion of agenda item 5 (f), on dialogue on Indigenous platforms established within United Nations entities, New York, 17 April 2023

4 October 2023

International dialogue with indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant stakeholders on the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the Gender Plan of Action

2 October 2023

Selected representatives of indigenous peoples and local communities to receive funding for their participation in the twelfth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the First meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

22 August 2023

Selected representatives of indigenous peoples and local communities to receive funding for their participation in the Twenty-fifth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

9 November 2023 - 10 November 2023, Geneva, Switzerland

International dialogue with indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant stakeholders on the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the Gender Plan of Action

12 November 2023 - 16 November 2023, Geneva, Switzerland

Twelfth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity

21 November 2023, Online

Integrating traditional and scientific knowledge for biodiversity conservation