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Forests for a Just Future

The ‘Forests for a Just Future’ programme of the Green Livelihoods Alliance (GLA) will contribute to the protection of tropical forests and the people who directly depend on those forests. With partner organisations in Africa, South East Asia and South America the GLA works to govern tropical forests in a sustainable and inclusive way.

The focus areas include indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) whose lives and livelihoods are directly affected by deforestation. They are often lack the power to end it, nor are they positioned and equipped to claim their right to sustainably govern and manage their territories, tropical forests and natural resources.

Combating deforestation and related human rights violations require the ability to stand up against vested interests. But IPLC leaders, environmental human right defenders and CSOs are confronted with medium to severe obstruction of civic space in the countries where GLA will operate.

In twelve tropical forest countries and internationally the GLA work with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), IPLCs and social movements to increase the participation of IPLCs in policy and decision-making regarding land rights and forest governance and to strengthen lobby and advocacy to hold governments and agro-commodity, extractives, energy and infrastructure industries accountable for deforestation and human rights violations