Introduction

Abstract

Environmental law scholars and scientists have highlighted the conspicuous absence of awareness or obscured understanding of rights, particularly socio-environmental rights, within contemporary society.1 Therefore, there exists an urgent call for legal researchers to develop innovative strategies that can augment the comprehension of law, particularly targeting those who are most vulnerable and historically marginalized, such as Indigenous communities. Additionally, fostering the inclusion of ostensibly ‘unscientific’ knowledge into legal frameworks is deemed indispensable based on their expert signals and observations.