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ReviewCommunications earth & environment2026

Indigenous Peoples and local communities as agents of transformative change for sustainability.

Victoria Reyes-García, Valerie Nelson, Martha Bonilla-Moheno, Vera H Hausner, Julia Leventon, Helen C Wheeler, Zuhre Aksoy, Peter Bates, Joji Carino, Juan Martin Dabezies and 19 more

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Review in Communications earth & environment, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

29 authors.

Victoria Reyes-GarcíaInstitut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Valles, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2914-8055
Valerie NelsonNatural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Kent, UK.
Martha Bonilla-MohenoRed Ambiente y Sustentabilidad. Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-2403-2002
Vera H HausnerArctic Sustainability Lab, UiT-Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Julia LeventonGlobal Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences: CzechGlobe, Brno, Czech Republic.
Helen C WheelerSchool of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
Zuhre AksoyDepartment of Political Science and International Relations, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Peter BatesThe Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems Programme, UNESCO, Paris, France.
Joji CarinoForest Peoples Programme, Moreton-in-Marsh, UK.
Juan Martin DabeziesDepartamento de Sistemas Agrarios y Paisajes Culturales, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Rocha, Uruguay.
Niki FrantzeskakiDepartment of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Ethan GordonCollege of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR USA.
Hannah GosnellCollege of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR USA.
Camille GuibalDepartment of Structuring Programs, Support Office for International Outreach and Attractiveness, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Janita GurungRegional Community Forestry Training Centre for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand.
Máret J HeattaSámi University of Applied Sciences, Guovdageaidnu, Norway.
Yesenia HernandezAlianza para el Financiamiento a la Conservación y Restauración Comunitaria de la Biodiversidad, México, DC Mexico.ORCID 0009-0000-1883-8010
Mariaelena HuambachanoNative and Indigenous Studies, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY USA.
Chinwe Ifejika SperanzaInstitute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-1927-7635
Rafael A MagrisChico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, Brazilian Ministry of the Environment, Brasília, Brazil.
Lelani MannettiUrban Studies Institute, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia USA.
Andressa V MansurBasque Centre for Climate Change, BC3, Leioa, Bizkaia Spain.
Maiko NishiDepartment of Global Coexistence Studies, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7323-9168
Karen O'BrienDepartment of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Sherry PictouDalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Kristina RaabGlobal Fishing Watch Inc, Washington, DC USA.
Nick RoskrugeTe Atiawa iwi, Tahuri Whenua National Maori Horticultural Collective, Manawatū, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Rodion SulyandzigaCenter for Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North (CSIPN), Moscow, Russia.
Sebastian VillasanteOportunius Research Professor, CRETUS-EqualSea Lab, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Achieving just, equitable, and effective sustainability transformations requires diverse social engagement. This paper identifies five key roles played by Indigenous Peoples and local communities as agents of transformative change: embodying sustainable lifeways, resisting harm and defending rights, extending their practices to influence broader systems, and offering foundational models for care-oriented economies and governance. Through illustrative examples, we show how Indigenous Peoples and local communities actively contribute to global transformation. We emphasize the importance of engaging with a wide range of actors in supporting, expanding, and deepening these contributions to realize meaningful, systemic change toward a sustainable and just future.

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AnthropologySocial sciencesSustainability

Identifiers

PMID41625200
PMCPMC12858394

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