Article 32
1. Indigenous peoples have the right to determine and develop priorities
and strategies for the development or use of their lands or territories
and other resources.
2.
States shall consult and cooperate in good faith with the Indigenous
peoples concerned through their own representative institutions in
order to obtain their free and informed consent prior to the approval
of any project affecting their lands or territories and other resources,
particularly in connection with the development, utilization or
exploitation of mineral, water or other resources.
4.1.2. Convention on Biological Diversity
Article 8(j):
Malaysia and the state of Sabah specifically, shall 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.
Article 10(c):
Malaysia and the state of Sabah specifically, shall protect and encourage
customary use of biological resources in accordance with traditional
cultural practices that are compatible with conservation or sustainable use
requirements.
4.2. Sabah State Laws
a)
Sabah Biodiversity Enactment - Section 9(1)(j): The Sabah
Biodiversity Centre shall establish or cause to be establish a system
for the protection of biological resources or associated relevant
knowledge so that the native and local communities shall, at all
times and in perpetuity, be the legitimate creators, users and
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