A/73/176 Sustainable Development Goal targets with the highest percentage of links to recommendations of Special Rapporteurs on the rights of indigenous peoples since 2005 (Percentage of total linked recommendations) Note: The percentage shares are provided in relation to the sum of all recommendations of Special Rapporteurs on the rights of indigenous peoples in their country reports since 2005 that have been linked to at least one of the 169 Sustainable Development Goal targets. A recommendation may be linked to more than one target and hence show up several times in the analysis. 63. The percentages indicate the importance of self-governance and participation of indigenous peoples, in particular with regard to their r ights to lands, territories and resources. Indigenous governance systems can play a crucial role in guiding and deciding how local implementation of the 2030 Agenda should be carried out. 64. Strengthening indigenous peoples’ own strategies for sustainable development is not only key to achieving the fulfilment of their economic, social and cultural rights, but can also play an indispensable role in overall global efforts to achieve sustainable development and adapt to climate change. As mentioned above, mu ch of the world’s biologically diverse areas are contained within the traditional lands and territories of indigenous peoples. Moreover, the wealth of their traditional knowledge and practices relating to sustainable agriculture, seed diversity, ecosystem management, biodiversity conservation and climate adaptation, among other concerns, may be beneficial for the global community as a whole (see A/HRC/36/46 and A/71/229). D. Examples of indigenous governance systems and their contributions to sustainable development at the national level 65. This section presents examples of self-governance by indigenous peoples to illustrate the broad diversity of existing indigenous governance systems, institutions 16/23 18-11856