What is the Transformative Pathways Project

Transformative Pathways is a joint initiative led by indigenous organisations in Peru, Thailand, the Philippines, and supported by a range of Global partners. Our collective aim is to support improved conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity by recognising, supporting and expanding contributions by indigenous peoples. 

Overall, the project directly supports collective actions towards self-determined land and resource governance, biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihoods. It will co-develop community-owned monitoring frameworks so that involved communities can collect, use and present evidence and demonstrate the outcomes of their actions.

On a wider scale, the project will work with national governments and other key actors to develop mechanisms that will allow full and equitable participation in national biodiversity-related policy and planning. This multi-year project will run for 6 years, from 2022 to 2028.

The project aims to achieve the recognition, support and scaling up of biodiversity conservation and sustainable use by indigenous peoples and local communities by:

strengthening land and resource governance at the territory level;

improving enabling conditions to recognize indigenous and local knowledge at the national level;

establishing or strengthening partnerships for participation in biodiversity planning and monitoring at the local, national and global levels, including CBD processes