Representantes de Povos Indígenas, Povos Afrodescendentes, comunidades locais e tradicionais, organizações e redes associadas, bem como aliados, elaboraram esta Declaração para afirmar a necessidade urgente de transformar os atuais modelos de desenvolvimento, conservação e financiamento, reconhecendo os modos de vida coletivos e as economias comunitárias como pilares centrais para enfrentar as crises climáticas, ecológicas e sociais.
Representatives of Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant Peoples, Local and Traditional Communities, associated organizations and networks, and supporting allies created this declaration to affirm the urgent need to transform current development, conservation, and financing models, recognizing collective livelihoods and community economies as central pillars for addressing the climate, ecological, and social crises.
Sustaining Resilient Pathways is the first thematic analysis of how international funding supports the interconnected dimensions of tenure security. Drawing on data from the Path to Scale Funding Dashboard, the brief examines not only how much funding is being mobilized, but how it is distributed across five thematic areas: territorial recognition, implementation of existing rights, policy reform, livelihoods, and organizational strengthening.
A new analysis by RRI finds Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant Peoples, and local communities have recognized rights to just 16% of forests. This is despite mounting evidence that secure tenure is vital to achieving global climate and biodiversity commitments and to sustaining the livelihoods, cultures, and self-determined economies of communities that have stewarded these forests for generations.
In 2025, the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) advanced land and livelihood rights for Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant Peoples, and local communities while marking its 20th anniversary with a renewed focus on rightsholder-led governance and coalition expansion.
This report includes a brief presentation of findings across seven countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America on the legal status of pastoralist and mobile communities’ and women’s rights to mobility and access, key barriers and implementation issues, and a collection of eight case studies across these countries providing insights into the lived realities of pastoralists.