This presentation by The Tenure Facility Rights and Resources Initiative's Alain Frechette was given at a session titled "Scaling up Investments to Secure Community Land and Forest Rights" at the Global Landscapes Forum: The Investment Case on June 10, 2015. For more, please visit http://www.landscapes.org/london/

1. Rights and
Resources
Initiative
• Securing forest tenure
• For – justice, social-
economic development,
conservation, climate
change, etc.
• Strategic analysis,
investments, networks
• Catalyzing solutions

2. THE TENURE FACILITY
Scaling-up Investments to Secure Community
Land and Forest Rights
London 10 June 2015
Alain Frechette
Director, The Tenure Facility

3. WHY A NEW INSTRUMENT?
Contested, insecure land rights are pervasive
• Source of conflicts, violence, risks – to all
• Undermines cultures, Peoples, livelihoods, investments
• Facilitates deforestation, constrains restoration
Some investment, many gaps
• Financing, thematic, geographic gaps (Indufor 2014)
• Inadequate investment in IPs & local community projects
• Lack of strategic, responsive, source of funds
• Need for an independent, third party
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4. ADDRESSING THE GAPS
International Land and Forest Tenure Facility
• Strong global demand for solutions– from
private
• Many opportunities for impact – short-term
• Demand for a dedicated instrument – focused on
collective land
• A low cost opportunity to secure forests, carbon,
ecosystem services, natural infrastructure
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5. PURPOSE & OBJECTIVES
Advance land / forest tenure security, and the rights &
livelihoods of IPs and local communities
Provide funding and technical support for
tenure reform projects.
Create a convening space to coordinate
commitments and develop shared strategies on
tenure reform (public, community, private).
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6. HOW IS IT DIFFERENT?
1. Focused on securing collective rights to land and forests
2. Strategic, responsive, nimble: ($ 0.2 – 2 M)
3. Direct funding to Indigenous Peoples and local CSOs
4. Independent – and complementary to existing initiatives
5. Multi-stakeholder governance: IPs, communities, international
institutions, companies, and investors (public and private)
6. Intentionally engaged with companies, investors
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7. DEVELOPMENT PROCESS:
AN OVERVIEW
Design & appraisal (2012 -2013)
Consultation/info sharing (2014)
Institutional set-up (2015)
Pilot projects (2015 – 2016)
Independence/operations (2016)
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8. PILOT PROJECTS
Approved Pilots (≤ $750 K) Concepts Under Consideration
 Indonesia (AMAN)
 Panama (COONAPIP)
 Mali
 Cameroon
 Liberia
 Colombia
 Philippines
 Peru
• Pilot projects established to draw lessons and inform the future
• Demand studies / proposal development with Indufor support
• First pilots – securing community land rights, conflict resolution with
companies, developing protocols with governments
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9. INSTITUTIONAL SET-UP 9
1. Advisory Group
• Overall guidance, linkages, oversight
• Leaders from community, Indigenous, NGOs, company,
investor, international organizations
2. Institutional design, location
3. Fundraising
• Design and appraisal supported by grants from BMZ,
Ford Foundation & SIDA
• Implementation supported by SIDA and the (private)
Acacia Foundation

10. Strong demand for investment in collective rights
• Flexible / responsive modalities
• Generating excitement
Strong appreciation for complementarities
• Institutions / mechanisms (e.g., FIP, DGM, ILC, Farm & Forest Facility,
• Initiatives (e.g., REDD+, FLEGT-VPA)
Generating interest across sectors / agendas
• Including human rights, economic development, agriculture, forest
conservation, climate change.
High demand for engagement by operational staff
• Critical to advance own projects which often require more laborious
processes and government approval.
EMERGING LESSONS ON NICHE 10

11. NEXT STEPS
1. Implement approved pilot projects
2. Appraise proposed pipeline of projects
3. Complete institutional set-up / identify host location
4. Accelerate learning on project preparation / implementation
5. Firm-up linkages with other initiatives
6. Raise additional support and funding
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12. THANK YOU!
Alain Frechette
afrechette@rightsandresources.org
www.TheTenureFacility.org
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