From Rights to Partnerships: Working with Indigenous Peoples for Nature

Indigenous Peoples protect and steward many of the Earth’s most vital ecosystems. While global conversations increasingly recognize their rights and knowledge, the financial systems meant to support climate and nature action often exclude them and fail to recognize their contribution to climate and nature action. It is no longer enough to treat Indigenous Peoples as stakeholders, rather than as rights-holders and leaders of climate and nature action.

This session will be a showcase and panel discussion that brings together exciting examples of Indigenous Leadership at the cutting edge of climate and nature action. Demonstrating examples to the corporate and investment sector of cutting edge place-based leadership, participatory decision making,  metrics and nature tech monitoring, delivering results-based finance, bioeconomy, and community-defined impacts.

This session will spotlight how Indigenous-led approaches are setting new standards for a nature-positive and net-zero aligned economy, not only offering corporates a roadmap for credible nature investment but examples of innovation in corporate strategy. Indigenous panelists will share examples of what works, and what still needs to change, for financial flows to deliver real, lasting impact for nature, climate, and Indigenous Peoples.

Leading examples covered

The FSC Indigenous Foundation
FSC’s Economic Viability Tool & Verified Impact
Nia Tero
4 million hectare and the first Indigenous-Led, Multi-National Ocean Reserve on Earth –  The Melanesian Ocean Reserve
Global Alliance of Territorial Communities
Indigenous Chambers of Commerce
leadership from Peru on  5 million hectare Indigenous led jurisdictional REDD+
Climate Champions Team
Launch of IP data study into indigenous leadership and contribution to climate action
Cali Fund – an introduction to the latest innovative financing mechanism for benefit sharing