The Network of the Centers of Distinction on Indigenous and Local Knowledge (COD-ILK) is composed of indigenous leaders, experts, professionals and advocates of indigenous and local knowledge as vital for nature and nature’s linkages with people. The network promotes the integrity and value of the knowledge of indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) in science and policy. It was organized in 2016 during the 4th Plenary Meeting of the Intergovernmental Platform on on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services in Malaysia. The COD-ILK is building synergies with other IPLCs and institutions to widen reach and amplify their worldviews and knowledge on conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystems.
Current members of the COD-ILK network:

• Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North (CSIPN) ILK Centre, Russia
  Sotzi’l Centre, Guatemala
  Fundacion para la Promocion del Conocimiento Indigena (FPCI), Panama
  MELCA Ethiopia ILK Centre, Ethiopia
  African Biodiversity Network (ABN), Kenya
  P’gakenyaw Association for Sustainable Development (PASD), Thailand
  Institute for Culture and Ecology (ICE), Kenya
  Indigenous Peoples and Biodiversity Program (IPBP), Tebtebba, Philippines
  Te Kopu Pacific Centre of Distinction on Indigenous and Local Knowledge
  Partners for Indigenous Knowledge Philippines (PIKP), Philippines
  Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), Thailand
  Forest Peoples Programme (FPP), United Kingdom