Detection and Protection for Environmental Defenders
Franciscan Solidarity Service
- Program Environment
- Program Area Transforming Development Finance
- Grant Amount $200,000
- Grant Period January 1, 2025–December 31, 2026
- Location São Paulo, Brazil
- Geographic Focus Brazil, Norte
About this grant
The Franciscan Solidarity Service is a Catholic association based in Brazil that began working in 2018 on strategies to protect environmental defenders in the Brazilian Amazon. During the past grant period, the grantee helped create a network of community-led territorial funds in the Amazon and contributed to developing a national environmental defenders program. In the next grant period, the organization will monitor the implementation of the national program and will continue to strengthen the capacity of its network to support Indigenous and traditional community funds.