Amid mixed views of the final form of the 30x30 target agreed at the CBD COP15, Orla Corbisiero and Phil Franks review the reactions of many organisations that support Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IP and LCs) to consider whether the target presents more of an opportunity and less of a threat to IP and LCs than they had anticipated prior to COP15
The agreement made at the COP15 biodiversity summit balanced a recognition of the importance of Indigenous peoples and territories for conserving biodiversity without imposing on Indigenous sovereignty over those lands