Valuing Allyship: The case for pairing direct and unrestricted funding with solidarity-based allyship for grassroots Indigenous Peoples and forest peoples.

Achieving real change depends on more than how much funding is allocated in this way. It also depends on how those funds are aligned with the self-determined priorities of communities, and the kinds of additional, enabling support needed alongside the funding to maximise impact. 

This briefing presents six stories from longstanding partners of Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Each case highlights how transformation is made possible when financial resources are coupled with context-specific, responsive and long-term non-financial support underpinned by deep-rooted, trusting and transparent relationships.