Reclaiming Global Welfare: The Critical Role of Indigenous Legal Systems in Addressing Climate Change, Overconsumption, and Biodiversity Loss

<div>Indigenous people are practitioners and inheritors of distinctive cultures, in which they have their own way <span style="font-size: 1rem;">of relating to the surroundings and the people. Indigenous people are known for their local wisdom and </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">discrepancy in customary law. In contrast to the traditional cultures, the planet we call home keeps </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">evolving, and so do complex issues around us. Humanity nowadays is no stranger to problems that are the </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">cost of modernization such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and overconsumption. Studies and research </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">never stop at one point to find a way to overcome those issues. There goes a saying ‘modern problem </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">requires modern solution’, in lieu of the statement, the existence of indigenous people and their customary </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">law have proven that they indeed have their own unique regulations to preserve nature and prevent </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">overconsumption, which is what modern people need the most to reach the idea of sustainable living and </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">development. For instance, people could reflect on the Dayak Kenyah Leppo’ Ke tribe in North Kalimantan, </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">to find a solution to conquer our urgent global situation. In fact, Indigenous law communities can be </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">included to participate in climate change and biodiversity loss. Empowerment of indigenous peoples with </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">their local knowledge through environmental empowerment based on local wisdom can provide support, </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">use and management of natural resources while maintaining the strength of their law, their spiritual </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">abilities and the beliefs they embrace. The appliance of the indigenous law itself to solve climate and </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">consumption issues might be the key to humanity and nature welfare for a lifetime. By delving into the law </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">of the predecessors, we would be given an opportunity to analyze Indonesia's legal vacuum in terms of </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">nature perseverance and fix the behavior of people living in the modern era in order to keep mother nature </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">last longer</span></div>