Capacity Building

The funding dilemma: How do we turn pledges into action?

In 2021, at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, a group of environmental conservation donors made a historic $1.7 billion pledge to support Indigenous Peoples' and local communities' forest guardianship. But getting conservation funding to lndigenous or local community-led groups can be a challenge, particularly for larger funders. Commissioned by the Ford Foundation on [...]

By |2024-02-29T19:54:38+00:00February 29th, 2024|Approach, Capacity Building, Funding, Indigenous Peoples, Philanthropy|Comments Off on The funding dilemma: How do we turn pledges into action?

Towards better climate funding: centring Indigenous Peoples and local communities

“Money earmarked for Indigenous people that sits in a bank because of worries about Indigenous ‘capacity’ is water sitting in a locked fire hydrant while a city burns down because you’re worried the firefighters can’t handle the job.” This is how Tapestry Institute’s  Standing Our Ground for the Land: An Indigenous Philanthropy describes a key [...]

By |2023-11-29T16:05:47+00:00October 16th, 2023|Approach, Capacity Building, Funding, Indigenous Peoples, Philanthropy|Comments Off on Towards better climate funding: centring Indigenous Peoples and local communities

Recognising the power of the youth movement: the Chrysalis Youth Fund

We are very excited to announce the launch of Synchronicity Earth’s new fund to support the emerging leaders of the youth movement pioneering action for the environment: the Chrysalis Youth Fund. “Whenever I talk to people who want to support youth, I tell them: We already did all the work. [...]

By |2023-10-16T15:23:33+00:00September 19th, 2023|Advocacy, Capacity Building, Chrysalis Youth Fund, Indigenous Peoples, Youth|Comments Off on Recognising the power of the youth movement: the Chrysalis Youth Fund

On a learning journey to support locally-led conservation

Sophie Grange-Chamfray, Synchronicity Earth Knowledge and Learning Manager, reflects on what she has learnt through her work with locally-led conservation organisations in the Congo Basin.  At Synchronicity Earth, developing trusted and open relationships with our partners (‘grantees’) is at the core of our conservation programmes. This approach is deeply rooted [...]

By |2022-07-14T09:04:39+00:00July 14th, 2022|Approach, Capacity Building, Collaboration, Community|Comments Off on On a learning journey to support locally-led conservation
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