Guidance for Integrating Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) in IUCN Red List Assessments FINAL DRAFT FOR COMMISSION REVIEW/SIGNOFF NOVEMBER 2017 Rebecca Cross 1,2* , Sarah Doornbos 1,3 , Rosie Cooney 1,4 , Pamela Wong 5 , Aroha Mead 6 , Ken Lindeman 7,8 , Arun Kanagavel 1,9 , Sethu Parvathy 9,10 , Sabrina Tomasini 11,12 , Bernadette Montanari 1,13 , Kasia Gabrys 1,14 , Trisha Kehaulani Watson-Sproat 6 1 IUCN CEESP/SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi) 2 University of Sydney, Australia 3 WWF Netherlands 4 University of NSW, Australia 5 University of Toronto, Canada 6 IUCN Commission for Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) 7 IUCN SSC Snapper, Sea Bream and Grunt Specialist Group (SSG) 8 Florida Institute of Technology, USA 9 Conservation Research Group, St Albert’s College, India 10 Women in Conservation and Climate Action Network International 11 University of Copenhagen, Denmark 12 University of Padova, Italy 13 University of Illinois, USA 14 Kakadu National Park, Australia * Corresponding Author, Rebecca Cross, suli.iucn@gmail.com Acknowledgements We are extremely grateful for detailed reviews, comments, and inputs from the following people: Dena Cator, Marina Rosales Benites de Franco, John Cheechoo, Guy Dutson, Sutej Hugu, Danna Leaman, Milton Lewis, Helene Marsh, Vivienne Solis Riviera, Perran Ross, Sian Waters, and Anita Varghese.