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Support Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities to sustainably manage the wild plants that are important to them.
9. Co-develop and implement programmes with indigenous peoples, local communities and relevant stakeholders to sustainably maintain and manage wild plants that are of socioeconomic and cultural importance, as well as their ecosystems, and to enhance benefits for people.
“Socioeconomically important wild plants are interpreted to include, but are not limited to, crop wildrelatives, plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, forest genetic resources and plant species that are used directly for economic, social and cultural purposes. Action 9 aims to ensure that crop varieties, farmers’ varieties, plants of horticultural merit, landraces and other domesticated socioeconomically and culturally valuable plant species are available to support use in agriculture, forestry, horticulture, and other sustainable developmental and societal needs, as well as natural systems that provide ecosystem services.
This Action also focuses on respecting and securing the plant species and knowledge base of plant resources used to secure livelihoods, food security and health care, especially for indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) and contributes to the One Health approach. Action 9 may, in the long run, help IPLCs to adapt to emerging environmental challenges such as climate change and to ensure that future generations, accessing these resources, can continue to benefit from their sustainable use. This Action should be implemented consistent with the Convention’s programme of work on Article 8(j) and related provisions.”
Manage Wild Species Sustainably To Benefit People
“Ensure that the management and use of wild species are sustainable, thereby providing social, economic and environmental benefits for people, especially those in vulnerable situations and those most dependent on biodiversity, including through sustainable biodiversity-based activities, products and services that enhance biodiversity, and protecting and encouraging customary sustainable use by indigenous peoples and local communities.”
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