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Better Climate Funding Means Centering Local and Indigenous Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Twenty-five percent of the entire Amazon Basin is on legally recognized Indigenous Territories, which are generally better protected than even government parks and reserves. Even less support has reached rightsholder women , despite the essential role of women in forest management and their exclusion from many governance structures.

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Leading to Local

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As a result, due diligence, risk assessments, proposal development processes, grant agreements, and accountability reporting all need to incorporate the extent to which locally led organization are lifted, strengthened, and connected. Ultimately partnerships are human relationships, and entities need to expect missteps.