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The Next Level Grant Facility (NLGF) – Voices for Climate Action (VCA)

The Voices for Climate Action (VCA) program is a global initiative to empower local communities and grassroots organizations to participate in climate decision-making processes. It aims to amplify the voices of marginalized groups in the development and implementation of climate solutions, promoting a bottom-up approach to climate action.

The Next Level Grant Facility (NLGF) is a…

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Strategic Collaborative Responses Towards Environmental Sustainability (SCORES) Project
Project Objectives/ Outputs: 

Objective 1: Indigenous governance strengthening and participatory formulation of Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development and Protection Plan (ADSDPP) or community development plans

  • Output – Two (2) Calamian Tagbanwa ancestral domains increased their conservation efforts, through integration of conservation into the ADSDPP, and improved rights…
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    Forests for a Just Future – Green Livelihood Alliance (GLA 2) - Northern Mindanao Landscape
    Project objectives

    The project wants to strategically address those issues following the three pathways of the GLA 2 programme. Specifically, the project objectives are:

  • To help build capacities of two Indigenous communities in asserting their rights, through strengthening of their Indigenous Political Structure and supporting the CADT application process;
  • To build capacities of…
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    Expanding Community Rights, Livelihoods Innovation and REDD+ in Indonesia (PERMATA)
    Project objectives

    The overall objective of the project is to support the recognition of the rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) who live in and around forest areas to obtain sustainable livelihoods and improve sustainable forest and land sector management. It aims to contribute in overcoming the problem of deforestation and forest degradation in Indonesia. In particular…

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    Support for Grassroots Environmental Action in Southeast Asia

    Project Objectives

    General small grantsmaking:

    1. To provide flexible and direct funding support to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Southeast Asia, in line with Samdhana’s areas of work;
    2. To provide capacity building support to Grantee-Partners to enable them to better manage their grant projects and resources;

    Project components

  • Indigenous…
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    Advancing Fair and Green Trade in Value Chains, Shifting Power to People

    Project objectives

    For this five-year project, Samdhana aims to achieve the following outcomes:

  • To increase IPLC tenure rights security in Southeast Asia (SEA) – by supporting tenure security processes, improving management and governance; conducting research and documentation on Southeast Asia IPLC tenure and the impacts of trade and investment policies for policy recommendations…
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