Safeguarding Forest and People
To enhance environmental sustainability and social equity.
High integrity in Project Design and Implementation
Social and Environmental Safeguards are the key for mobilizing the investment at scale that is needed to end tropical forest loss.
Climate change threatens every part of the planet. It’s a global problem that requires cross-sectoral cooperation.
Our mission is to provide technical assistance to achieve more effective and equitable conservation outcomes in projects and programming that are underpinned by the recognition and respect for human rights.
Our Impact
We recognize human rights and make conservation approaches more equitable, just and inclusive. From our field projects to international policy negotiations, we endeavor to respect human rights, protect vulnerable groups and encourage good governance in project design and implementation.
“Indigenous peoples and local communities are estimated to hold as much as 65 percent of the world’s land under customary, collective tenure. Many governments formally recognize only a small fraction of their rights.”
— Rights and Resources Initiative
