Read the latest news about the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities and keep updated on how indigenous peoples and local communities are guarding the key ecosystems of our Earth.
The Indigenous Peoples communities of Balla, Bittuang, Pali, and Se’seng in Bittuang Subdistrict, Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi (Indonesia) are facing a serious threat to their ancestral lands. The project has moved forward without the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of the Indigenous Peoples who have governed and protected these territories for generations.
Born in the Brazilian Amazon, The Answer Is Us grew into a global Indigenous-led campaign shaping COP30, revealing victories and unfinished demands. This is how the world saw our answers at COP30.
At the Shandia Forum 2025 during COP30 in Belém, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities launched The Peoples’ Pledge, a global commitment to ensure that climate finance and policies directly reach their territories—building on international announcements to protect 160 million hectares of land and mobilize $1.8 billion for climate action.
Explore how Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities are leading the way from recognition to direct investment in traditional food and forest systems—key solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises. Read our policy recommendations for COP30 and beyond.
We at the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities endorse the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) Concept Note 3.0 as a direct result of the collective struggle of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities for fair and direct access to climate finance resources. Read our full statement here.
The Indigenous Women’s movement has transcended borders and established itself as a global force for resistance and transformation. From this articulation emerged the Indigenous Women’s Letter to the World, a historic document that brings together our voices, struggles, and demands.
From May 26 – 30, 2025, we held the First Global Congress of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities from the Forest Basins. The Brazzaville Declaration is more than words; it is a call for recognition, respect, and partnership.
From the heart of the Amazon to the living forests of the Congo Basin, from the sacred woodlands of Mesoamerica to the islands and jungles of Southeast Asia, we are preparing to come together as one voice, one territory, one struggle.
2025 must be the year where promises become reality.
Where territorial rights are protected.
Where funding flows directly to our communities.
As the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities (GATC), we reaffirm our commitment to a territorial agenda built from the ground up, governed by our territorial authorities and oriented towards the wellbeing of our peoples.
APIB’s 20th anniversary at ATL 2025 set the tone for indigenous leadership on climate action, with the launch of an Indigenous NDC, international coordination toward COP30 and powerful mobilizations.
Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities are essential to protecting our food systems, yet they are under severe threat from industrial agriculture and rampant land grabbing. From their perspective, COP16 presents a crucial moment to protect our food systems and the knowledge that sustains them.
Hosted by the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities during New York Climate Week 2024, the Shandia Forum will bring together Indigenous Peoples and Local Community leaders with government, philanthropy, and private sector leaders to reshape climate and biodiversity financing.
As we face growing pressures from oil, monoculture, mining, and other extractive industries, the climate crisis is intensifying, especially in indigenous and local community territories. Every day, indigenous and community leaders put their lives at risk to protect their lands and to denounce land grabbing and human rights violations. The degradation of our ecosystems and the destruction of biodiversity severely threaten our culture, our access to food and water, and our very lives. In response to these escalating challenges, we are proud to present our strategic plan for 2024 and 2025.
Indigenous Peoples of Brazil met with over a dozen of Brasilia’s ambassadors to call on governments to support their agenda towards COP30 with swift action to stop deforestation and violence in indigenous lands.
Indigenous land titling in Brazil has fallen behind as president Lula had promised to complete 14 processes in his first 100 days of government, but had only titled 10 in over a year in power.
As UN negotiators debate how to invest trillions, experiences and evidence presented at Dubai event suggest funds channeled through third parties ‘evaporate’ before reaching communities shown to excel in restoring forests and preventing deforestation.
The Global Alliance is ready to take centre stage at COP28. We Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities must be included in discussions about climate change. Check this page for information about where we’re going to be, articles to stay up to date about the negotiations and conversations at COP28, and subscribe to our newsletter to get round-ups directly in your inbox.
The workshop aims to improve funding access for Indigenous Peoples and local communities, addressing existing gaps in data collection and monitoring. Our goal is to come out with actionable recommendations, emphasising systematic monitoring for informed policy, accountability, and impactful strategies to direct funding to the peoples and communities protecting the world’s richest ecosystems.
This is a story of the peoples of the Ecuadorian Amazon, an account of the arrival of COVID-19 deep in the rainforest, and how communities came together and shared their knowledge to confront the pandemic and its far-reaching impacts.
The Global Alliance of Territorial Communities is excited to take centre stage at New York Climate Week, reaffirming how we indigenous peoples and local communities are the guardians of the Earth’s biodiversity and thus of humanity’s future. New York Climate Week presents an opportunity to forge a path towards a greener, more resilient world for generations to come.
In a world where the interconnectedness of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities is more vital than ever, the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities (GATC) has embarked on a transformative journey to redefine its identity. Over the course of a year-long process, our organisation has carefully crafted a new brand that
The Yasuni National Park in Ecuador, the most biodiverse place on Earth and a sanctuary for Indigenous Peoples, faces the looming threat of oil extraction that could devastate its delicate ecosystems. On August 20th the Ecuadorian people will vote on a groundbreaking consultation process to decide whether to keep exploiting oil or protect this crucial ecosystem and its cultural significance.
The Amazon Summit (8th and 9th of August) and the Amazon Dialogues (Diálogos Amazônicos) (4th to 6th of August) have sparked vital discussions about the preservation of the world’s largest rainforest and its immense ecological significance. However, it is crucial to emphasise that these discussions cannot be complete without the active involvement of the Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities who have historically been the most effective stewards of this invaluable ecosystem.
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