biodiversity protection, conservation and restoration activities guided by “the free, prior, and informed consent of indigenous peoples, and with appropriate recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples to their lands, territories and resources, as set out under the United Nations Rights of the Indigenous People (UNDRIP), and full respect for their diverse knowledge systems” (Manifesto, 2021). This would be especially beneficial if applied within the Heart of Borneo Initiative (see Section 5.1.2) as it envelopes a huge expanse of pristine natural forested areas, which is home to IPLC. Once the cultures, rights and traditional knowledge of IP are also immersed deeply into the global biodiversity framework to save the planet, humankind could at least retrospectively learn more about sustainability and how to live in harmony with Nature, as they have done for centuries.
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