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Inclusive Conservation Initiative

Transforming Conservation Finance

Transforming Conservation Finance

Scaling Indigenous-Led Solutions for Nature

Scaling Indigenous-Led Solutions for Nature

 

Enhancing Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Communities’ efforts to steward land, waters, and natural resources to deliver Global Environmental Benefits through large-scale and longer-term conservation finance for Indigenous-led organizations

 

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Indigenous Led

The GEF-7 Inclusive Conservation Initiative (ICI) works in partnership with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPs and LCs) in their continuing efforts to safeguard Earth’s natural ecosystems, recognizing the historical roles they have played in nature conservation. ICI works inclusively with IPs and LCs, their regional and local organizations, governments, NGOs, civil society, and others to further strengthen their capacity to conserve globally significant biodiversity and ecosystems.

ICI’s Indigenous Leaders

Circular logo with yellow background and red symbols. Green text around the circle reads 'Fundación Para La Promoción Del Conocimiento'. Red symbols inside the circle are connected with yellow lines.
Logo of the Inner Mountain Peoples Education and Culture in Thailand Association, featuring a mountain landscape, sun, and seven people in traditional clothing holding hands.
Logo of the Confederation Mapuche of Neuquén with four illustrated figures representing indigenous culture.
Circular logo with four images and text in a Southeast Asian language, including scenes of rice fields, a body of water, and bamboo plants.

12 countries

World map showing countries in different shades of green, brown, and blue, with most of the world in white.

10 projects