This National Outlook on Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) of Biodiversity in Namibia (National ILK Outlook), commissioned by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) and implemented by the Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF), provides a baseline assessment of the status and documentation of ILK, and its level of mainstreaming in biodiversity policies and plans in Namibia. It is part of a global pilot initiative under UNESCO's Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) Programme, contributing to the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF). Indigenous Peoples and local communities in Namibia are central to biodiversity stewardship. Their knowledge, transmitted orally and through practice, underpins conservation and sustainable management of land, water, and natural resources across diverse ecosystems. However, their ILK remains under-documented, often fragmented, and insufficiently mainstreamed into national biodiversity strategies and policy frameworks.