Showcase on Indigenous contributions to biodiversity conservation: Transformative Pathways website launches

The website has two main goals, and two main audiences. One of these is local, national and global policymakers, who will be able to use the site to access direct testimonies and research on indigenous peoples’ contributions to biodiversity, organised by theme, country and region. By highlighting the vital role indigenous peoples play for the success of the Global Biodiversity Framework, the project hopes to encourage policymakers to create space for indigenous peoples to actively participate in biodiversity processes and monitoring frameworks.

The other aim of the website is to facilitate peer to peer learning among the Transformative Pathways partner organisations, which are from four countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America. Translated into the project languages of English, Ilocano, Spanish, Swahili and Thai, the website is a place for partners to share experiences, successes and learnings throughout the six-year project.

Through the new website, users will be able to explore the activities of the Transformative Pathways through the specific regions and countries, or by the key themes:

• Biodiversity Monitoring

• Community-led Conservation

• International Processes

• Land and Resource Rights

• Sustainable Livelihoods.

• Traditional and Local Knowledge

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Please note: The Transformative Pathways website is produced in close collaboration with Local Biodiversity Outlooks.

What is the Transformative Pathways Project?

Launched in the second half of 2022, Transformative Pathways is a joint initiative led by indigenous organisations in four countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and supported by a network of global partners, including Forest Peoples Programme. 

Our collective aim is to support improved conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity by recognising, supporting and expanding the actions and contributions of indigenous peoples. This multi-year project is planned to run for 6 years, from 2022 to 2028. 

The current and potential contributions of indigenous peoples and local communities are not sufficiently recognised, even though they are crucial to addressing global biodiversity and climate goals. This project aims to address this issue by supporting indigenous contributions and embedding them into the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, which was finalised at COP15 in 2022.

As this action is carefully designed to complement and engage with wider networks, we expect the impacts from project activities to extend well beyond both the project period and the countries involved. 

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Funding for The Transformative Pathways project is provided by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) through the International Climate Initiative (Internationale Klimaschutzinitiative; IKI).