Communities are aware that these large financing projects exist, but there is no change in the environmental reality in the landscape, nor resources that can positively impact the life of the communities, their rights or address the environmental crisis.CBD constituencies called for dedicated biodiversity funds to support actions of communities on the ground, as well as the delivery of the GEF’s “aspirational” portfolio-level target to allocate 20% of shares to finance actions by Indigenous Peoples and local communities for the conservation, restoration, sustainable use and management of biodiversity. Women, especially from IP&LCs, must be included in those shares. Rightsholders on the ground, particularly women’s groups, are not yet seeing any benefits. The existing financial mechanisms often implement controversial projects, with high risks and lack of free prior and informed consent. Furthermore, frontline communities in developing countries, especially women in all their diversity, have little or no access to these funds.
