Date: September 24, 2025
This second edition of the State of Funding for Tenure Rights provides an updated analysis of international donor funding for Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and Afro-descendant Peoples in tropical countries from 2011 to 2024. This edition includes an expanded scope to all terrestrial ecosystems, recognizing the importance of tracking funding beyond forests.
Since the 2021 COP26 Forest Tenure Pledge, annual funding has increased by 46 percent compared to the previous four-year period, averaging $728 million per year. The Pledge has been successful in mobilizing new resources for communities’ tenure rights, with over half of the global increase in funding since 2021 attributable to the Pledge signatories. This increase reflects mobilization of resources by both new and historical donors, with key donors such as Germany and the World Bank doubling their disbursements relative to the prior four-year period.
Despite this growth, funding for tenure rights remains below 1 percent of climate aid. Tenure rights funding has also declined gradually since a 2021 peak, potentially signaling waning momentum and a need for renewed commitments. This report highlights a $2.9 billion funding gap toward meeting the $10 billion Path to Scale target if current trends continue.
https://doi.org/10.53892/JLMJ6325