Global

Goal

We support international public and private sector policies, programs, and finance that help conserve forests and lands, and increase their ability to remove carbon from the atmosphere, while securing the rights and livelihoods of indigenous peoples and rural communities, and protecting biodiversity and ecosystem services.

Global Initiative

The Alliance focuses our efforts at the global level on promoting forests and sustainable land use within international climate and development arenas—highlighting not only their mitigation potential but also the social, environmental, and economic benefits they provide. Download the Global Initiative Summary:

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Why a Global Initiative?

The world’s growing global population demands more food, fuel, fiber, and feed. This demand drives the expansion of industrial-scale agriculture and infrastructure and extractive industries, resulting in massive deforestation, conflict over land, and violations of forest peoples’ rights. As forests are lost, so is their ability to provide clean air, fresh water, medicines, and support to livelihoods and biodiversity. Deforestation also fuels climate change—worsening global poverty and hunger and threatening human health and security.

Globally, finance that promotes deforestation outpaces funding for forest protection by 40 to 1. But if the right policies, practices, and finance were in place, the world could produce sufficient food and forest products sustainably, and in ways that protect the climate. Forests are essential to a more secure and sustainable future for people and planet.

International Forest Policy & Funding

Promoting international policies and programs that support an enabling regulatory environment and provide additional and more effective finance to actions that reduce deforestation and land use emissions and protect indigenous and community rights.

Where we Focus

Recognition of Forests in Climate Goals
Reporting on Forest Emissions and Removals
Robust Public Sector Funding
Effective Market-Based Investments

Secure Land & Resource Rights

Helping indigenous peoples and local communities who manage tropical forests secure their land and resource rights.

Where we Focus

Recognition & Reform
Evidence & Awareness
Protection of Land & Environmental Defenders
Connected Forest Communities

Deforestation- & Conflict-Free Commodities

Eliminating forest and peatland loss and degradation, and associated rural conflict and violations of indigenous and community rights, from beef, soy, palm oil, pulp and paper, illegal timber, and biofuel supply chains.

Where we Focus

Private Sector Action & Reporting
Sustainable Investments
Supportive Government Policy

High Standards for Infrastructure & Extractives

Advancing global social and environmental standards, transparency, and legal oversight of investment in and development of infrastructure and extractive industries to reduce negative impacts on forests, associated violations of indigenous and community rights, and other environmental, social, and governance risks.

Where we Focus

Corporate Commitments & Behavior
Binding International Agreements

Awareness of Forests as a Climate Solution

Increasing understanding of the importance of protecting forests and sustainably using land to global climate commitments and sustainable development.

Where we Focus

Building Evidence
Profiling Forests & Climate

Grants

The Alliance partner foundations work closely together to identify funding opportunities that create impact. Explore our Grants Database to learn more about what we support. The Climate and Land Use Alliance does not accept unsolicited grant proposals.

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¿En qué nos enfocamos?

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Global Initiative

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Why a Global Initiative?

Strategic Priorities

International Forest Policy & Funding

Where we Focus

Secure Land & Resource Rights

Where we Focus

Deforestation- & Conflict-Free Commodities

Where we Focus

High Standards for Infrastructure & Extractives

Where we Focus

Awareness of Forests as a Climate Solution

Where we Focus

Grants

¿En qué nos enfocamos?

Brasil

Indonesia

México y Centroamérica

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