Indigenous Peoples And Local Communities Financial Pledge

Press Briefing Venue and Information 

Address: TheStudio Conference Center, 67 Hope St, Glasgow G2 6AE, The Climb Room

Time: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 8:15-9:00 a.m. GMT (Complimentary buffet breakfast will be served from 8 a.m. GMT. )

About: This briefing will offer reporters a deeper look into a major public-private donor funding pledge for Indigenous People and local community tenure rights and forest guardianship, what the funds will support and it signifies for the COP26 and beyond.

Who:

• Victoria Tauli Corpuz, an Indigenous Activist and former UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. She is also on the board of Nia Tero, one of the funders. 

• Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation

• Laura García, President and CEO of Global Greengrants Fund

• Nonette Royo, Human Rights and Environment Lawyer and Executive Director of The Tenure Facility   

• Moderator: Tony Bebbington, International Program Director at the Ford Foundation for Natural Resources and Climate Change 

Press Materials on the Indigenous Peoples And Local Communities Financial Pledge (Available for Immediate Release)

IPLC Pledge Press Release and Statement 

Indigenous Peoples And Local Communities COP26 Webinar (Available for Immediate Release, Oct 27)

Background Information and Resources

Peer Reviewed Study in PNAS on Community Forestry Monitoring in the Peruvian Amazon

New Report from World Resources Institute on Community Land and Climate Mitigation

2021 FAO Report on Forest Governance by Indigenous and Tribal Peoples

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