13/10/2025
11:00 - 12:00
Global Environment Facility
, Onsite
Why attend
Discover practical pathways for direct funding to Indigenous-led conservation. Hear candid lessons from pilots and case studies, and see how long-term instruments like the Legacy Landscapes Fund are shifting to provide direct support. Contribute your insights on what it takes to make these funding models work in practice.
Session Description
his session examines how funders are responding to Indigenous Peoples’ calls for direct financing of conservation, drawing on pilots and concrete case studies to surface lessons learned. It will spotlight the Legacy Landscapes Fund’s evolution—from not initially designed for direct Indigenous funding to adapting its model to meet growing demands for direct support. Speakers and participants will unpack enabling conditions, fiduciary and safeguard considerations, governance arrangements, and partnership approaches that ensure effectiveness and accountability while respecting Indigenous rights and leadership. Through an interactive dialogue with the audience, we will co-identify what is needed—capacity, policy shifts, risk-sharing, and flexible modalities—to make direct funding instruments successful and scalable for Indigenous-led conservation.Organised by
GEF
Partners
Environmental Defense Fund ( United States of America )
Legacy Landscapes Fund (LLF)
Indigenous People’s Rights International (IPRI)
Speaker
Moderator
