This project examines how Indigenous territorial defense can be better supported through climate justice and climate-finance mechanisms. Working with Indigenous partners in Ecuador, the project focuses on the relationship between extractive pressures, forest protection, territorial rights, and emerging forms of climate funding.
About the project
Indigenous territories are often central to forest conservation and climate mitigation, yet communities frequently face continuing threats from extractive industries while receiving limited direct benefit from climate-finance systems.
This project explores a different model: one that links support for territorial defense against extractive industries with climate financing in ways that strengthen Indigenous governance and community-defined priorities.
Current research
Current work focuses on developing and evaluating mechanisms that can connect territorial defense, forest protection, and climate justice while remaining accountable to Indigenous communities and organizations.
Related work
Publication: Climate justice, forests, and Indigenous Peoples: toward an alternative to REDD + for the Amazon
Postdoctoral Research with the UC Center for Climate Justice at University of California, Merced
