Indigenous Peoples from different regions of the world have been conserving their natural resources for decades, they have had deep interdependence between their social, cultural, spiritual, economic, environmental, and political, systems. All this, through their traditional knowledge and understanding of holistic ecosystem management. These are valuable contributions to the whole world. Despite this, Indigenous Peoples because of the lands that they live in have high rates of vulnerability, for which it is necessary to continue strengthening their capacities and promoting their participation in key decision-making spaces, advocating for their voices to be heard, their rights and their ways of life to be respected. There is need to continue enhancing and promoting the full and effective participation ensuring that their perspectives and strategies related to biodiversity issues, are taken into account in the work that is being carried out in the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Considering that the efforts of conservation of biological diversity. With the impact of climate change seen as one of the underlaying causes of the loss of biodiversity it will be important during side event to have a discussion to share ideas, innovations, Challenges, way forward while at the same time emphasis on Traditional knowledge role in achieving which has been key to IPLCs in conservation.