Contents below:
~ Non-UN
· Professional, research & academic associations, societies & initiatives
Also see:
· Institutions listed at Traditional ecological knowledge
Directories & listings
List of Indigenous rights organizations @ Wikipedia
Indigenous Peoples organizations @ UN
World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples @ Minority Rights Group International
International organizations ~ UN system
UN General Assembly (UNGA)
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
UN Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC)U
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
State Of The World’s Indigenous Peoples (SOWIP)
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
UN Development Program (UNDP)
International Commission of Traditional Communities, Afro-descendants, and Family Farmers
Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Traditional Knowledge Information Portal (TKIP)
International organizations ~ Non-UN
Forest Tenure Funders Group (FTFG)
· "The COP26 and COP30 Pledges did not create an independent or pooled fund and do not have a
central allocation mechanism. Each donor operates independently, funding activities that align
with the goals of the Pledge according to their individual mandates and priorities. The FTFG has a
rotating chair model, where the chairs consist of one philanthropy and one government donor. The
FTFG has designated spaces to track progress towards its commitment and to learn and reflect on
how best to support Indigenous Peoples, local community, and Afro-descendant community rights.”
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB)
International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IIFBES)
United League of Indigenous Nations
Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organization (UNPO)
World Council of Indigenous Peoples
· 1974-1996
Professional, research & academic associations, societies, and initiatives
Anthropology and Environment Society
Center For World Indigenous Studies
Centre for Indigenous Conservation and Development Alternatives (CICADA)
· @ McGill University
Center for Native Peoples and the Environment
· @ SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry
docip: Indigenous Peoples' Centre for documentation, research and information
Indigenous @ Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology
Insitute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) @ Northern Arizona University (NAU)
International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW)
International Society of Ethnobiology
Indigenous Data Sovereignty & Governance
Yellowhead Institute @ Toronto Metropolitan University
NGOs & networks
Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership [Canada]
Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)
Global Alliance of Territorial Communities (GATC)
Global Indigenous Data Alliance (GIDA)
· “...a network of Indigenous researchers, data practitioners, and policy activists advocating for
Indigenous Data Sovereignty within their nation-states and at an international level. GIDA
welcomes the participation of Indigenous data users, networks, community groups, information
and communications technologies providers, researchers, policymakers, planners and businesses
that share our aim. The aim of the Global Indigenous Data Alliance is to progress International
Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Indigenous Data Governance in order to advance Indigenous
control of Indigenous Data.”
Indigenous Environmental Network
Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) [USA]
International Land and Forest Tenure Facility
· See Tenure Facility below
International Indian Treaty Council (IITC)
· “...an organization of Indigenous Peoples from North, Central, South America, the Caribbean, Arctic
and the Pacific working for the Sovereignty and Self Determination of Indigenous Peoples and the
recognition and protection of their Rights, Treaties, Traditional Cultures, Sacred Lands and Waters”
International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
· “...a global human rights organisation dedicated to promoting, protecting and defending
Indigenous Peoples’ rights.”
· “...a diverse, Indigenous-led, international coalition working to advance the self-deterination
and collective rights of Indigenous peoples."
Minority Rights Group International
World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples
· “...an Indigenous-led organization dedicated to building Indigenous power. Through organizing,
activism, philanthropy, grantmaking, capacity-building and narrative change, we are creating
sustainable solutions on Indigenous terms.”
Reconciling Ways of Knowing society
Rights + Resources Initiative (RRI)
Selvagem [Brazil]
· “...a non-governmental organization that involves a cycle of studies about life, the Indigenous
Living Schools movement and a collaborative network oriented towards ways of knowing and
translations between worlds.
SIRGE Coalition (Securing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Green Economy Coalition)
Guide On Free, Prior And Informed Consent
Society for Threatened Peoples (STP)
Tebtebba: Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education
· “...a non-profit organisation that provides grants to secure the rights of Indigenous Peoples and
local communities to their lands and forests, thereby strengthening their communities and
reducing global climate change and poverty in forest areas in the world.”
Water Protector Legal Collective