LandMark Indigenous and Community Lands (IPLC)
This layer maps the lands of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC) — formally recognised or documented territories held by Indigenous and community groups.
Category: Transition risks · Sensitive areas Coverage: Global (48 countries) Format: Boundary polygons Used in risk analysis: Yes — gates Sensitive areas
What it shows
This layer maps the lands of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC) — formally recognised or documented territories held by Indigenous and community groups. It matters because activity on or near these lands raises land-rights and biodiversity-sensitivity considerations, and the data is a key reference for nature-related disclosure frameworks such as TNFD and CSRD.
How it is built
The dataset is compiled by LandMark, the global platform for Indigenous and community land rights. It contains 88,680 polygons across 48 countries, covering both Indigenous Lands and Community Lands — including native title areas, indigenous reserves, community forests and customary land areas. It integrates government records, community contributions and publicly available spatial data into a single set of mapped boundaries.
How to read it
This is a boundary layer. A site that intersects, or lies close to, one of the mapped territories should be flagged as relevant to Indigenous and community land rights and to biodiversity-sensitive-area screening. The relevant consideration is overlap with recognised or documented IPLC land.
Source
LandMark — The Global Platform of Indigenous and Community Lands.
Comparison with the WWF Risk Filter Suite
There is no standalone equivalent indicator in the WWF Risk Filter Suite. This layer supports the social and area-sensitivity dimension of risk assessment rather than mapping to a specific WWF Biodiversity Risk Filter risk indicator, so it functions as a complementary extension.
Risk analysis
A site is flagged on a dimension by combining a proximity trigger (this layer) with an activity trigger (the entity's ENCORE pressure/service). Proximity only → Potentially material; proximity and the matching ENCORE pressure/service is material → Very material; neither → Not material.
| Dimension | ENCORE service / pressure | Proximity trigger (this layer) | Activity trigger (entity) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sensitive areas | Sensitive area disturbance | Site overlaps / is near the feature | impact ratio ≥ 10%; “Disturbances (e.g noise, light)” pressure ≥ 4; “Introduction of invasive species” pressure ≥ 4; “Area of freshwater use” pressure ≥ 4; “Area of seabed use” pressure ≥ 4; “Area of land use” pressure ≥ 4; “Other biotic resource extraction (e.g. fish, timber)” pressure ≥ 4; “Volume of water use” pressure ≥ 4; “Emissions of non-GHG air pollutants” pressure ≥ 4; “Generation and release of solid waste” pressure ≥ 4; “Emissions of toxic soil and water pollutants” pressure ≥ 4; “Emissions of nutrient soil and water pollutants” pressure ≥ 4 |
Generated from darwin/layers/layer-landmark-indigenous-and-community-lands-iplc.toml and risk_indicator_pairs.toml (develop).