Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities-Led Financing Mechanisms: Mapping of Existing Funds in Tropical Forest Countries
Across tropical forest countries, Indigenous peoples and local communities have established funds rooted in their own organizations and governance systems. These mechanisms offer pathways for directing resources toward territorial stewardship and self-determined development. Yet limited documentation of how these funds operate and the challenges they face has made it harder for donors and policymakers to […]
Forest communities are changing the rules of forest finance. Will they see the results?
The Global TFFF Steering Committee, including key GATC leaders and RFUS Policy Director Josh Lichtenstein, meets in London, UK, in July 2025.
The Role of Intermediaries in Enabling Direct Funding for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities: Reflections From the Practice of Rainforest Foundation US
Published by the ICCA Consortium
10 Years of Community-Based Forest Monitoring
Since 2015, Rainforest Alert has trained 400+ community members to monitor millions of acres of Peruvian Amazon.
Fall 2026 Newsletter
Leaders from AIDESEP and ORPIO, members of the Matsés people, and RFUS team members at the inauguration of a new territorial monitoring hub in Peru, September 2026.
Rainforest Foundation US’s Climate Impact Report: 12M+ Metric Tons of CO₂e Removed in 2025
Forests within RFUS’s program footprint removed the CO2 equivalent to the annual electricity use of over 2.5 million U.S. homes.
The Role of Intermediaries in Enabling Direct Funding for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (Published by the ICCA Consortium)
The Living Infrastructure We Can No Longer Afford to Underfund
Indigenous-led forest protection is ready to scale. Are we ready to invest?
Meet the All-Women Indigenous Firefighting Team Charting a Path for Climate Resiliency in the Brazilian Amazon
In Roraima, Brazil, an all-women Indigenous firefighting brigade is carrying forward generations of ecological knowledge to protect their land — and rewriting who gets to lead the fight.
TREES 3.0: Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Secure Key Wins in Revision of Leading Carbon Market Standard
How Indigenous and local community advocacy strengthened consent, benefit-sharing, and transparency requirements in the world’s leading jurisdictional REDD+ carbon standard.
