Patterns of long-standing land and resource usage in accordance with Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ customary laws, values, customs, and traditions.^*

• Such rights apply to the lands, resources, and territories that Indigenous Peoples and local communities have traditionally owned, occupied, or otherwise used. They do not apply to lands, territories, and resources that these groups have acquired in other ways, such as by purchase or part of a compensation package.
• These rights are a collective human right of Indigenous Peoples and local communities that exists whether or not a title from the state has been issued.

^{* Source: RSPO Principles and Criteria}