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Blackfoot Confederacy

Montana, USA Alberta, Canada

Gabbra

Isiolo, Marsabit and Moyale counties in Kenya and Southern Ethiopia

Ju/'hoansi (Nyae Nyae Conservancy and Community Forest)

Namibia (Otjozondjupa region of Namibia, in the Tsumkwe East Magisterial District)

Lhoba

Nepal (Lo-menthang in Upper Mustang of Nepal)

Native American Land Conservancy

United States of America

Qqs Projects Society (Heiltsuk Nation)

Canada

Sungai Utik

Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Wampis Nation

Peru (Peruvian Amazon border region with Ecuador)

Warddeken Land Management

Australia (Arnhem Land, Northern Territory)

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