NIA TERO FOUNDATION
501 E PINE ST NO 300, SEATTLE, WA 98122 www.niatero.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: NIA TERO WORKS ALONGSIDE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO SECURE THEIR GUARDIANSHIP OF VITAL ECOSYSTEMS. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ARE GUARDIANS OF EARTH. THEIR TERRITORIES COVER AN AREA THE SIZE OF THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND RUSSIA COMBINED, AND ARE HOME TO 80% OF THE EARTH'S

TO SECURE INDIGENOUS GUARDIANSHIP OF VITAL ECOSYSTEMS.

PLACE-ANCHORED PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES:NIA TERO IS COMMITTED TO WORKING ALONGSIDE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN GEOGRAPHIES CENTRAL TO THE WELL-BEING OF ALL HUMANITY. OUR INITIAL REGIONS INCLUDE THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, AMAZONIA, AND THE BOREAL FOREST OF CANADA, WHERE WE WORK WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO SHARE A COLLECTIVE TERRITORY AND HAVE STRONG GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO PROTECT THEIR LANDS AND WATERS. BY HEARING AND WORKING WITH INDIGENOUS LEADERS, WE ENSURE THEIR VISION GUIDES DEVELOPMENT OF SOUND LOCAL, NATIONAL AND GLOBAL POLICIES.THE AMAZON BASIN IS HOME TO MORE PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES THAN ANY OTHER TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM MOSAIC ON THE PLANET INCLUDING AT LEAST

AMPLIFICATION AND SCALING:ENABLING CONDITIONS ARE NEEDED FOR EACH OF NIA TERO'S PLACE-ANCHORED PARTNERSHIPS TO SUCCEED AND FOR NIA TERO TO ACHIEVE ITS MISSION. TO SECURE AND AMPLIFY OUR PARTNERSHIPS, NIA TERO IS INVESTING IN KEY ACTIONS THAT SUPPORT POLICY ESSENTIAL TO THE SECURITY OF INDIGENOUS GUARDIANSHIP, CULTURAL CONTINUITY AND SPIRITUALITY AMONG OUR PARTNERS, ECOSYSTEM AND SOCIAL MONITORING SYSTEMS, AND MECHANISMS TO SECURE DURABLE SUPPORT FOR INDIGENOUS GUARDIANSHIP. OUR EFFORT HAS BEEN TO TRAIN INDIGENOUS NEGOTIATORS, TO GIVE THEM THE RESOURCES TO ATTEND KEY POLICY FORA AND TO CO-DESIGN WITH THESE INDIGENOUS PARTNERS, THE VISUALIZATION TOOLS NEEDED TO CONVINCE THE POLICY FRAMEWORKS TO ACKNOWLEDGE, ENGAGE, AND SUPPORT INDIGENOUS PARTNERS IN ADDRESSING BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE SOLUTIONS. ADDITIONALLY, NIA TERO SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO REDUCE AND END THE CRIMINALIZATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN OUR THREE PRIORITY REGIONS. WE ARE ALSO INVESTING IN STORYTELLING TO AMPLIFY THE IMPORTANCE OF EQUITABLE PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AS A WAY OF ADDRESSING SOME OF THE GREAT SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL/CULTURAL CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME. IN 2019 WE ADVANCED THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR STORYTELLING STRATEGY AND IDENTIFIED THREE PRIORITIES: 1. SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS STORYTELLERS 2. INVESTING IN PARTNERSHIPS THAT ELEVATE VISIBILITY OF INDIGENOUS STORIES AND STORYTELLERS IN OUR PLACE-BASED REGIONS AND GLOBALLY 3. INVESTING IN PLATFORMS TO ACCELERATE AND EASE ACCESS TO PRODUCTION FACILITIES FOR INDIGENOUS STORYTELLERSNIA TERO CONVENINGS AND STORYTELLING WORK CULMINATED IN THE FIRST SKY ISLANDS NETWORK GATHERING IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, WHERE THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT RECENTLY REINFORCED THE SKY ISLANDS PLEDGE BANNING ALL LOGGING AND MINING ACROSS 20% OF THE COUNTRY'S LAND AREA ABOVE 400 METERS. THROUGH FILM AND SOCIAL MEDIA, OUR STORYTELLING WORK HAS RESULTED IN A GROWING COALITION OF CUSTOMARY LANDHOLDERS FORMALLY JOINING THE PLEDGE. LANDHOLDERS FROM THE LARGEST SKY ISLAND AREAS IN VANUATU AND KANAKY (A.K.A. NEW CALEDONIA), THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF MALAITA (IN THE SOLOMONS), AND KEY GROUPS FROM PAPUA NEW GUINEA HAVE ALL MADE COMMITMENTS TO GUARDIANSHIP AT SCALE.

SCIENCE & LEARNING:NIA TERO IS COMMITTED TO GATHERING KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN ENABLE MEASUREMENT OF THE IMPACT OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH BOTH STANDARD SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS AS WELL AS INDICATORS OF WELL-BEING DEFINED BY OUR INDIGENOUS PARTNERS THEMSELVES. THIS WILL REQUIRE DEVELOPING SYSTEMS THAT COMBINES TRADITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL METRICS WITH BIOCULTURAL METRICS TO BE DEFINED AND MEASURED BY OUR INDIGENOUS PARTNERS. ADDITIONALLY, NIA TERO RECOGNIZES THE ESSENTIAL NEED TO PROLIFERATE LEARNING FROM INDIGENOUS GUARDIANSHIP OF VITAL ECOSYSTEMS AROUND THE GLOBE. WE SUPPORT RESEARCH TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND GLOBAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND IMPROVE BIO-CULTURAL APPROACHES TO MEASURING PROGRESS AGAINST LOCALLY- DEFINED GOALS FOR ALL OUR PARTNERSHIPS. WE SEEK TO BUILD A ROBUST EVIDENCE BASE TO MAINSTREAM INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S' GUARDIANSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING OF WELL-BEING, GLOBALLY. 2019 FOCUSED ON DEFINING APPROACHES AND PERSPECTIVES FOR NIA TERO'S MONITORING SYSTEM, THE BEGINNING DEVELOPMENT OF A BETA VERSION OF THE MONITORING SYSTEM, AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF PILOT TERRITORIES TO MODEL A DRAFT DASHBOARD.

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