Forest Peoples Programme
@forestpeoplesp.bsky.social
Working with forest peoples to protect their rights and forests.
Filling the Right Finance Gap challenges the myth that finance to address the climate and biodiversity crises is scarce.
It shows how fair, rights-based reforms can fund real climate & biodiversity action.
Read the full report: www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
#COP30 #IndigenousPeoples
It shows how fair, rights-based reforms can fund real climate & biodiversity action.
Read the full report: www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
#COP30 #IndigenousPeoples
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Filling the Right Finance Gap challenges the myth that finance to address the climate and biodiversity crises is scarce.
It shows how fair, rights-based reforms can fund real climate & biodiversity action.
Read the full report: www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
#COP30 #IndigenousPeoples
It shows how fair, rights-based reforms can fund real climate & biodiversity action.
Read the full report: www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
#COP30 #IndigenousPeoples
Join Indigenous delegations in an informal, collaborative space to exchange priorities, knowledge, and strategies for territorial and climate defence.
🗓 10 November - 14:45 – 16:15
📍 Casa #COPdoPovo, Tv. Piedade, 426 – Reduto, Belém
copdopovo.org/event/exchan...
#COP30 #IndigenousPeoples
🗓 10 November - 14:45 – 16:15
📍 Casa #COPdoPovo, Tv. Piedade, 426 – Reduto, Belém
copdopovo.org/event/exchan...
#COP30 #IndigenousPeoples
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Join Indigenous delegations in an informal, collaborative space to exchange priorities, knowledge, and strategies for territorial and climate defence.
🗓 10 November - 14:45 – 16:15
📍 Casa #COPdoPovo, Tv. Piedade, 426 – Reduto, Belém
copdopovo.org/event/exchan...
#COP30 #IndigenousPeoples
🗓 10 November - 14:45 – 16:15
📍 Casa #COPdoPovo, Tv. Piedade, 426 – Reduto, Belém
copdopovo.org/event/exchan...
#COP30 #IndigenousPeoples
Reposted by Forest Peoples Programme
Climate journalists in Europe and North America often write about the forest as a resource, or something that can be quantified
But what if the forest is your home or a part of you?
For our first Cop30 story, we spoke to 100 Indigenous people from the world’s tropical forests
But what if the forest is your home or a part of you?
For our first Cop30 story, we spoke to 100 Indigenous people from the world’s tropical forests
October 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Climate journalists in Europe and North America often write about the forest as a resource, or something that can be quantified
But what if the forest is your home or a part of you?
For our first Cop30 story, we spoke to 100 Indigenous people from the world’s tropical forests
But what if the forest is your home or a part of you?
For our first Cop30 story, we spoke to 100 Indigenous people from the world’s tropical forests
Reposted by Forest Peoples Programme
📢 OPPORTUNITY: Call for case studies for LBO-3
Local Biodiversity Outlooks (LBO) is accepting case study proposals for the 3rd edition of Local Biodiversity Outlooks.
Deadline: 24 October
More details: bit.ly/4390ASo
@lisamcnamara.bsky.social @forestpeoplesp.bsky.social
Local Biodiversity Outlooks (LBO) is accepting case study proposals for the 3rd edition of Local Biodiversity Outlooks.
Deadline: 24 October
More details: bit.ly/4390ASo
@lisamcnamara.bsky.social @forestpeoplesp.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
📢 OPPORTUNITY: Call for case studies for LBO-3
Local Biodiversity Outlooks (LBO) is accepting case study proposals for the 3rd edition of Local Biodiversity Outlooks.
Deadline: 24 October
More details: bit.ly/4390ASo
@lisamcnamara.bsky.social @forestpeoplesp.bsky.social
Local Biodiversity Outlooks (LBO) is accepting case study proposals for the 3rd edition of Local Biodiversity Outlooks.
Deadline: 24 October
More details: bit.ly/4390ASo
@lisamcnamara.bsky.social @forestpeoplesp.bsky.social
Indigenous leaders and territorial defenders of the Wet’suwet’en Nation and Haudenausaunee Confederacy in Turtle Island (Canada) criminalised for challenging the mega Coastal GasLink Project – but remain defiant and celebrate legal win avoiding imprisonment.
pbicanada.org/2025/10/17/t...
pbicanada.org/2025/10/17/t...
October 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Indigenous leaders and territorial defenders of the Wet’suwet’en Nation and Haudenausaunee Confederacy in Turtle Island (Canada) criminalised for challenging the mega Coastal GasLink Project – but remain defiant and celebrate legal win avoiding imprisonment.
pbicanada.org/2025/10/17/t...
pbicanada.org/2025/10/17/t...
Across Africa, three-quarters of the continent’s land is customary land. These are lands possessed, occupied, and used over generations under community rules.
Our new briefing explores the progress and problems of securing community lands across Africa.
www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
Our new briefing explores the progress and problems of securing community lands across Africa.
www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
‘Still struggling with the commons’ An Overview of Progress & Problems Securing Community Lands in Africa
Article- Forest Peoples Programme - Working with forest peoples to secure their rights
www.forestpeoples.org
October 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Across Africa, three-quarters of the continent’s land is customary land. These are lands possessed, occupied, and used over generations under community rules.
Our new briefing explores the progress and problems of securing community lands across Africa.
www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
Our new briefing explores the progress and problems of securing community lands across Africa.
www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
Two protected areas in Peru have dispossessed the Kichwa people of their ancestral territories in the Peruvian Amazon.
This briefing looks at their struggle to demand restitution, reparations and benefits, and defend their rights.
Read the full briefing: www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
This briefing looks at their struggle to demand restitution, reparations and benefits, and defend their rights.
Read the full briefing: www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
From dispossession to territorial self-demarcation: the case of the Kichwa people and protected areas in the San Martin region of the Peruvian Amazon
Article- Forest Peoples Programme - Working with forest peoples to secure their rights
www.forestpeoples.org
October 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Two protected areas in Peru have dispossessed the Kichwa people of their ancestral territories in the Peruvian Amazon.
This briefing looks at their struggle to demand restitution, reparations and benefits, and defend their rights.
Read the full briefing: www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
This briefing looks at their struggle to demand restitution, reparations and benefits, and defend their rights.
Read the full briefing: www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
Headed to the #IUCNCongress2025?
We are excited to be a part of the 'Reimaging Conservation Pavilion', bringing together Indigenous representatives, conservationists and policymakers.
➡️ Swipe through the carousel to see our events
Want to learn more? www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
We are excited to be a part of the 'Reimaging Conservation Pavilion', bringing together Indigenous representatives, conservationists and policymakers.
➡️ Swipe through the carousel to see our events
Want to learn more? www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
October 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Headed to the #IUCNCongress2025?
We are excited to be a part of the 'Reimaging Conservation Pavilion', bringing together Indigenous representatives, conservationists and policymakers.
➡️ Swipe through the carousel to see our events
Want to learn more? www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
We are excited to be a part of the 'Reimaging Conservation Pavilion', bringing together Indigenous representatives, conservationists and policymakers.
➡️ Swipe through the carousel to see our events
Want to learn more? www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
Despite global calls to action, insufficient progress is being made to conserve our planet and climate. The world is calling for fresh, inclusive, and courageous approaches that honor both people and nature.
Join us soon at the Reimagining Conservation Pavilion
#IUCNCongress #conservation
Join us soon at the Reimagining Conservation Pavilion
#IUCNCongress #conservation
October 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Despite global calls to action, insufficient progress is being made to conserve our planet and climate. The world is calling for fresh, inclusive, and courageous approaches that honor both people and nature.
Join us soon at the Reimagining Conservation Pavilion
#IUCNCongress #conservation
Join us soon at the Reimagining Conservation Pavilion
#IUCNCongress #conservation
What does good allyship with Indigenous Peoples look like? 🤝
“We seek solidarity-based alliances that can provide technical and legal assistance to (defend) our territories.” - Omar Castro Suárez, Indigenous Nɨpódɨmakɨ leader
Omar’s perspectives were delivered yesterday at a #NYClimateWeek event.
“We seek solidarity-based alliances that can provide technical and legal assistance to (defend) our territories.” - Omar Castro Suárez, Indigenous Nɨpódɨmakɨ leader
Omar’s perspectives were delivered yesterday at a #NYClimateWeek event.
September 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
What does good allyship with Indigenous Peoples look like? 🤝
“We seek solidarity-based alliances that can provide technical and legal assistance to (defend) our territories.” - Omar Castro Suárez, Indigenous Nɨpódɨmakɨ leader
Omar’s perspectives were delivered yesterday at a #NYClimateWeek event.
“We seek solidarity-based alliances that can provide technical and legal assistance to (defend) our territories.” - Omar Castro Suárez, Indigenous Nɨpódɨmakɨ leader
Omar’s perspectives were delivered yesterday at a #NYClimateWeek event.
🌳 🎥 A new film by @thegeckoproject.org reveals the under-reported deforestation crisis in Bolivia, causing 1.5 million ha of forest destruction last year.
Discover what’s behind the deforestation, and hear from those resisting it.
Watch now: youtu.be/zn0Lg9BfEBY?...
#BoliviaBurning
Discover what’s behind the deforestation, and hear from those resisting it.
Watch now: youtu.be/zn0Lg9BfEBY?...
#BoliviaBurning
September 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🌳 🎥 A new film by @thegeckoproject.org reveals the under-reported deforestation crisis in Bolivia, causing 1.5 million ha of forest destruction last year.
Discover what’s behind the deforestation, and hear from those resisting it.
Watch now: youtu.be/zn0Lg9BfEBY?...
#BoliviaBurning
Discover what’s behind the deforestation, and hear from those resisting it.
Watch now: youtu.be/zn0Lg9BfEBY?...
#BoliviaBurning
FSC Rule Change Could Let Paper Giants Slip Back In.
Forest Peoples Programme, Greenpeace and Rainforest Action Network warn the change could let forestry giants such as APP and APRIL rejoin the FSC without fully remedying past deforestation and land conflicts.
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/crit...
Forest Peoples Programme, Greenpeace and Rainforest Action Network warn the change could let forestry giants such as APP and APRIL rejoin the FSC without fully remedying past deforestation and land conflicts.
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/crit...
Critics say FSC update risks weakening accountability for forest harm
JAKARTA — The world’s largest sustainable timber label is under fire for revising how it applies its rules on corporate accountability — a move activists say could let forestry giants long tied to def...
news.mongabay.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
FSC Rule Change Could Let Paper Giants Slip Back In.
Forest Peoples Programme, Greenpeace and Rainforest Action Network warn the change could let forestry giants such as APP and APRIL rejoin the FSC without fully remedying past deforestation and land conflicts.
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/crit...
Forest Peoples Programme, Greenpeace and Rainforest Action Network warn the change could let forestry giants such as APP and APRIL rejoin the FSC without fully remedying past deforestation and land conflicts.
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/crit...
FPP will be co-hosting an event during New York Climate Week – with Akar Initiative (Indonesia) and GTANW (Peru) – to talk about what good allyship with Indigenous Peoples looks like.
📅 Sept 24, 2:30–5:30 PM
📍 515 Madison Ave, NYC
Limited places.
Info: www.forestpeoples.org/nycw-2025/
#NYCW
📅 Sept 24, 2:30–5:30 PM
📍 515 Madison Ave, NYC
Limited places.
Info: www.forestpeoples.org/nycw-2025/
#NYCW
September 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
FPP will be co-hosting an event during New York Climate Week – with Akar Initiative (Indonesia) and GTANW (Peru) – to talk about what good allyship with Indigenous Peoples looks like.
📅 Sept 24, 2:30–5:30 PM
📍 515 Madison Ave, NYC
Limited places.
Info: www.forestpeoples.org/nycw-2025/
#NYCW
📅 Sept 24, 2:30–5:30 PM
📍 515 Madison Ave, NYC
Limited places.
Info: www.forestpeoples.org/nycw-2025/
#NYCW
🌱Across 46 countries, Indigenous Peoples & local communities are generating vital data on the social impacts of #conservation, but their efforts remain under-recognised & underfunded.
🔍Read the new briefing in English, Spanish and French for recommendations: www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
🔍Read the new briefing in English, Spanish and French for recommendations: www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
Building from the ground up: Opportunities to scale locally-led monitoring of the social impacts of conservation
This report presents the results of a global scoping exercise to identify and characterize monitoring initiatives led by or partnered with Indigenous Peoples...
www.forestpeoples.org
August 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🌱Across 46 countries, Indigenous Peoples & local communities are generating vital data on the social impacts of #conservation, but their efforts remain under-recognised & underfunded.
🔍Read the new briefing in English, Spanish and French for recommendations: www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
🔍Read the new briefing in English, Spanish and French for recommendations: www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
📣@ipbes.net is calling for case studies on Community-Based Monitoring & Information Systems #CBMIS
Help spotlight the vital role of #IndigenousPeoples & #LocalCommunities in biodiversity monitoring & governance🌿
Submit existing case studies by 15 Aug:
docs-google-com.translate.goog/forms/d/1nCE...
Help spotlight the vital role of #IndigenousPeoples & #LocalCommunities in biodiversity monitoring & governance🌿
Submit existing case studies by 15 Aug:
docs-google-com.translate.goog/forms/d/1nCE...
August 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
📣@ipbes.net is calling for case studies on Community-Based Monitoring & Information Systems #CBMIS
Help spotlight the vital role of #IndigenousPeoples & #LocalCommunities in biodiversity monitoring & governance🌿
Submit existing case studies by 15 Aug:
docs-google-com.translate.goog/forms/d/1nCE...
Help spotlight the vital role of #IndigenousPeoples & #LocalCommunities in biodiversity monitoring & governance🌿
Submit existing case studies by 15 Aug:
docs-google-com.translate.goog/forms/d/1nCE...
#Job: Senior Communications & Media Officer
🌍 Passionate about amplifying forest peoples’ voices locally & globally? Experienced in delivering high-impact, partner-centred comms?
🗓 Deadline: 5 Sept
Apply now 👇
🔗 www.forestpeoples.org/who-we-are/c...
🌍 Passionate about amplifying forest peoples’ voices locally & globally? Experienced in delivering high-impact, partner-centred comms?
🗓 Deadline: 5 Sept
Apply now 👇
🔗 www.forestpeoples.org/who-we-are/c...
August 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
#Job: Senior Communications & Media Officer
🌍 Passionate about amplifying forest peoples’ voices locally & globally? Experienced in delivering high-impact, partner-centred comms?
🗓 Deadline: 5 Sept
Apply now 👇
🔗 www.forestpeoples.org/who-we-are/c...
🌍 Passionate about amplifying forest peoples’ voices locally & globally? Experienced in delivering high-impact, partner-centred comms?
🗓 Deadline: 5 Sept
Apply now 👇
🔗 www.forestpeoples.org/who-we-are/c...
In #Colombia, the Cañamomo Lomaprieta Indigenous Reserve is a beacon of hope and resistance, showing why guaranteeing #IndigenousPeoples’ territorial rights and collective land tenure is key to transforming #biodiversity conservation
🔗 Read briefing here: www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
🔗 Read briefing here: www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
Territorial Resistance, Human Rights, Sacred Sites, Knowledge and Biodiversity in the Cañamomo Lomaprieta Indigenous Reserve of Colonial Origin in Colombia
This briefing paper provides a summary of the resistance struggles to defend ancestral territory as a collective right, the critical human rights situations ...
www.forestpeoples.org
August 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
In #Colombia, the Cañamomo Lomaprieta Indigenous Reserve is a beacon of hope and resistance, showing why guaranteeing #IndigenousPeoples’ territorial rights and collective land tenure is key to transforming #biodiversity conservation
🔗 Read briefing here: www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
🔗 Read briefing here: www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
In Baguio City #Philippines, a thriving community of home gardeners is doing their part to address #biodiversity loss and build a more sustainable city
Learn about the importance of seed sovereignty in the Philippines and globally
transformativepathways.net/baguio-home-...
#TransformativePathways
Learn about the importance of seed sovereignty in the Philippines and globally
transformativepathways.net/baguio-home-...
#TransformativePathways
August 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
In Baguio City #Philippines, a thriving community of home gardeners is doing their part to address #biodiversity loss and build a more sustainable city
Learn about the importance of seed sovereignty in the Philippines and globally
transformativepathways.net/baguio-home-...
#TransformativePathways
Learn about the importance of seed sovereignty in the Philippines and globally
transformativepathways.net/baguio-home-...
#TransformativePathways
Why is a small group of youth in #Thailand leaving the big city and going back to their village in the mountains of Mae Chaem District? 🍃
Find out how the Baan Mae Ning Nai youth are integrating modern concepts and local wisdom:
transformativepathways.net/baan-mae-nin...
#TransformativePathways
Find out how the Baan Mae Ning Nai youth are integrating modern concepts and local wisdom:
transformativepathways.net/baan-mae-nin...
#TransformativePathways
August 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Why is a small group of youth in #Thailand leaving the big city and going back to their village in the mountains of Mae Chaem District? 🍃
Find out how the Baan Mae Ning Nai youth are integrating modern concepts and local wisdom:
transformativepathways.net/baan-mae-nin...
#TransformativePathways
Find out how the Baan Mae Ning Nai youth are integrating modern concepts and local wisdom:
transformativepathways.net/baan-mae-nin...
#TransformativePathways
FPP's refreshed Annual Report is live!
We mark 2024 by celebrating the Indigenous peoples and forest peoples at the frontline of solutions to address interconnected human rights, climate and biodiversity crises.🌍
🔗 Read the report: www.forestpeoples.org/annual-repor...
#ForPeopleAndNature
We mark 2024 by celebrating the Indigenous peoples and forest peoples at the frontline of solutions to address interconnected human rights, climate and biodiversity crises.🌍
🔗 Read the report: www.forestpeoples.org/annual-repor...
#ForPeopleAndNature
July 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
FPP's refreshed Annual Report is live!
We mark 2024 by celebrating the Indigenous peoples and forest peoples at the frontline of solutions to address interconnected human rights, climate and biodiversity crises.🌍
🔗 Read the report: www.forestpeoples.org/annual-repor...
#ForPeopleAndNature
We mark 2024 by celebrating the Indigenous peoples and forest peoples at the frontline of solutions to address interconnected human rights, climate and biodiversity crises.🌍
🔗 Read the report: www.forestpeoples.org/annual-repor...
#ForPeopleAndNature
#IndigenousPeoples across Asia raised their voices on the International #Biodiversity Day through a digital campaign celebrating their role in biodiversity #conservation 🌱
Read about the milestone celebration co-created by AIPP:
transformativepathways.net/biodiversity...
#TransformativePathways
Read about the milestone celebration co-created by AIPP:
transformativepathways.net/biodiversity...
#TransformativePathways
July 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#IndigenousPeoples across Asia raised their voices on the International #Biodiversity Day through a digital campaign celebrating their role in biodiversity #conservation 🌱
Read about the milestone celebration co-created by AIPP:
transformativepathways.net/biodiversity...
#TransformativePathways
Read about the milestone celebration co-created by AIPP:
transformativepathways.net/biodiversity...
#TransformativePathways
🌎 Did you miss the #TransformativePathways July update?
🌿 Dive into recent updates from Indigenous-led #conservation and sustainable #biodiversity initiatives across Asia, Africa & the Americas
✍️ Read and subscribe - mailchi.mp/forestpeople...
#IndigenousPeoples #LocalCommunities
🌿 Dive into recent updates from Indigenous-led #conservation and sustainable #biodiversity initiatives across Asia, Africa & the Americas
✍️ Read and subscribe - mailchi.mp/forestpeople...
#IndigenousPeoples #LocalCommunities
July 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🌎 Did you miss the #TransformativePathways July update?
🌿 Dive into recent updates from Indigenous-led #conservation and sustainable #biodiversity initiatives across Asia, Africa & the Americas
✍️ Read and subscribe - mailchi.mp/forestpeople...
#IndigenousPeoples #LocalCommunities
🌿 Dive into recent updates from Indigenous-led #conservation and sustainable #biodiversity initiatives across Asia, Africa & the Americas
✍️ Read and subscribe - mailchi.mp/forestpeople...
#IndigenousPeoples #LocalCommunities
#Webinar
🌱 Gender Justice & Climate Action
🗓️ July 23, 1 pm –3 pm (UTC)
📍 Zoom (🗣️ ES, EN, FR, PT)
Join the conversation on feminist priorities and real solutions led by women for climate justice on the road to the People’s Summit and #COP30Brasil
Sign up now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🌱 Gender Justice & Climate Action
🗓️ July 23, 1 pm –3 pm (UTC)
📍 Zoom (🗣️ ES, EN, FR, PT)
Join the conversation on feminist priorities and real solutions led by women for climate justice on the road to the People’s Summit and #COP30Brasil
Sign up now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
July 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#Webinar
🌱 Gender Justice & Climate Action
🗓️ July 23, 1 pm –3 pm (UTC)
📍 Zoom (🗣️ ES, EN, FR, PT)
Join the conversation on feminist priorities and real solutions led by women for climate justice on the road to the People’s Summit and #COP30Brasil
Sign up now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🌱 Gender Justice & Climate Action
🗓️ July 23, 1 pm –3 pm (UTC)
📍 Zoom (🗣️ ES, EN, FR, PT)
Join the conversation on feminist priorities and real solutions led by women for climate justice on the road to the People’s Summit and #COP30Brasil
Sign up now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Reposted by Forest Peoples Programme
Two leaders of the Wampís nation will discuss land defence in the Amazon, autonomous self-government, and how international solidarity can support their community.
We're delighted to partner with @forestpeoplesp.bsky.social to host this unique event.
We really hope you can join us. 💚
We're delighted to partner with @forestpeoplesp.bsky.social to host this unique event.
We really hope you can join us. 💚
June 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Two leaders of the Wampís nation will discuss land defence in the Amazon, autonomous self-government, and how international solidarity can support their community.
We're delighted to partner with @forestpeoplesp.bsky.social to host this unique event.
We really hope you can join us. 💚
We're delighted to partner with @forestpeoplesp.bsky.social to host this unique event.
We really hope you can join us. 💚
🚨Amazonian leaders from the Wampís Nation visited the Scottish Parliament to call for an end to illegal logging links in wind energy supply chains.
👉 Scotland’s green transition must protect people AND the planet.
📷 Greg Macvean
👉 Scotland’s green transition must protect people AND the planet.
📷 Greg Macvean
June 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🚨Amazonian leaders from the Wampís Nation visited the Scottish Parliament to call for an end to illegal logging links in wind energy supply chains.
👉 Scotland’s green transition must protect people AND the planet.
📷 Greg Macvean
👉 Scotland’s green transition must protect people AND the planet.
📷 Greg Macvean