Protecting the Environment and Securing the Rights of Forest Peoples in International Development Finance
Forest Peoples Programme
- Program Environment
- Program Area Transforming Development Finance
- Grant Amount $125,000
- Grant Period January 1, 2016–December 31, 2016
- Location Moreton-in-Marsh, United Kingdom
- Geographic Focus Africa, Europe, South America
About this grant
This grant will continue to support the work of the Forest Peoples Programme to ensure that the rights and interests of forest-dependent communities are given priority in the policies and programs of the World Bank Group, as well as the United Nations’ Green Climate Fund. The grantee is an international nonprofit that has played a vital role in ensuring that the concerns of indigenous peoples and other forest-dependent communities are taken into consideration in the review processes of the World Bank Group’s safeguards and standards. This project will continue to assist forest-dependent communities to engage in key debt finance policy debates.