Rights and Resources Initiative
• Securing forest tenure
• For – justice, social-economic development, conservation, climate change, etc.
• Strategic analysis, investments, networks
• Catalyzing solutions
THE TENURE FACILITYScaling-up Investments to Secure
Community Land and Forest Rights
London 10 June 2015
Alain FrechetteDirector, The Tenure
Facility
WHY A NEW INSTRUMENT?
Contested, insecure land rights are pervasive
• Source of conflicts, violence, risks – to all
• Undermines cultures, Peoples, livelihoods, investments
• Facilitates deforestation, constrains restoration
Some investment, many gaps
• Financing, thematic, geographic gaps (Indufor 2014)
• Inadequate investment in IPs & local community projects
• Lack of strategic, responsive, source of funds
• Need for an independent, third party
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4ADDRESSING THE GAPS
International Land and Forest Tenure Facility
• Strong global demand for solutions– from communities, private
• Many opportunities for impact – short-term
• Demand for a dedicated instrument – focused on collective land
• A low cost opportunity to secure forests, carbon, ecosystem services, natural infrastructure
5PURPOSE & OBJECTIVES
Advance land / forest tenure security, and the rights & livelihoods of IPs and local
communities
Provide funding and technical support for strategic tenure reform projects.
Create a convening space to coordinate commitments and develop shared strategies on tenure reform (public, community, private).
HOW IS IT DIFFERENT?
1. Focused on securing collective rights to land and forests
2. Strategic, responsive, nimble: ($ 0.2 – 2 M)
3. Direct funding to Indigenous Peoples and local CSOs
4. Independent – and complementary to existing initiatives
5. Multi-stakeholder governance: IPs, communities, international institutions, companies, and investors (public and private)
6. Intentionally engaged with companies, investors
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7DEVELOPMENT PROCESS:
AN OVERVIEW
Design & appraisal (2012 -2013)
Consultation/info sharing (2014)
Institutional set-up (2015)
Pilot projects (2015 – 2016)
Independence/operations (2016)
8PILOT PROJECTS
Approved Pilots (≤ $750 K) Concepts Under Consideration Indonesia (AMAN)
Panama (COONAPIP)
Mali
Cameroon
Liberia
Colombia
Philippines
Peru
• Pilot projects established to draw lessons and inform the future
• Demand studies / proposal development with Indufor support
• First pilots – securing community land rights, conflict resolution with companies, developing protocols with governments
INSTITUTIONAL SET-UP 9
1. Advisory Group• Overall guidance, linkages, oversight• Leaders from community, Indigenous, NGOs,
company, investor, international organizations
2. Institutional design, location
3. Fundraising • Design and appraisal supported by grants
from BMZ, Ford Foundation & SIDA
• Implementation supported by SIDA and the (private) Acacia Foundation
Strong demand for investment in collective rights
• Flexible / responsive modalities
• Generating excitement
Strong appreciation for complementarities
• Institutions / mechanisms (e.g., FIP, DGM, ILC, Farm & Forest Facility, …)
• Initiatives (e.g., REDD+, FLEGT-VPA)
Generating interest across sectors / agendas
• Including human rights, economic development, agriculture, forest conservation, climate change.
High demand for engagement by operational staff
• Critical to advance own projects which often require more laborious processes and government approval.
EMERGING LESSONS ON NICHE
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NEXT STEPS
1. Implement approved pilot projects
2. Appraise proposed pipeline of projects
3. Complete institutional set-up / identify host location
4. Accelerate learning on project preparation / implementation
5. Firm-up linkages with other initiatives
6. Raise additional support and funding
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