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About CLARIFI

CLARIFI's mission is to raise public and private funds to strategically extend flexible resources directly to organizations led by Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant Peoples, and local communities to advance their approaches and priorities for land rights, conservation, climate change adaptation, and sustainable management of their territories. To advance this mission, we invite Indigenous Peoples', Afro-descendant Peoples', local communities – along with their allies and collaborators – to pitch innovative project ideas in keeping with our mission and the thematic priorities below.

Submit a Concept Note

CLARIFI is an innovative funding mechanism established by CLARIFI represents the next generation of an Indigenous-led global movement to halt biodiversity loss and combat climate change—and champion and secure the rights of 1.8 billion Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local community members across the world. Launched in 2022 by Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and Campaign for Nature (CfN), CLARIFI builds on the RRI coalition's 20 years of experience in grantmaking, support, and achievement when it comes to protecting rights and CfN's global advocacy for a rights-based approach to conservation.

Our concept note template is intended to be user-friendly, quick, and flexible to limit the amount of time and effort required to make a pitch and receive feedback from CLARIFI on your project concept.

You may send us your pitch in written form, by video, or audio recording in the language of your choice. If you prefer, you can . For video or voice recordings, please limit your submission to no more than 10 minutes in length.

Personal Information

Given Name

Family Name

Email address

Country of residence

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Organizational Information

Organization Name

Lead Organization

Please indicate the lead organization responsible for coordination of submission if applicable. If not applicable or relevant, please write "N/A".

Organizational Leadership

Who holds the decision-making power in your organization? (Select all that apply)

CLARIFI Thematic Priorities

Please select under which of CLARIFI's six thematic priorities your proposed initiative falls (you may choose more than one priority but please indicate the one that is most aligned to your project first).

Project Information

Project Location

Provide the name of the project's location or a general description of the location, if other details are not available currently.

Territory Size

Enter the size of the Indigenous, Afro-descendant or local community (in hectares) if known, otherwise provide a description.

Name of Community

What is the name of the community the proposed project will serve or represent?

Type of Ecosystem

What type of ecosystem will the proposed project take place in?

Project Details

Please answer the following four questions in 250 words or less (or 2 minutes of audio/video for each).

1) What is the major problem you wish to address with this initiative and why is it important to address this problem now? Please be specific in terms of how this problem is affecting the community or territory you are intent on supporting.

2) What measures or activities are you proposing to address the problem?

3) How did you develop your proposed strategy and activities?

4) What change do you expect to see in the targeted community or territory if this strategy is implemented? Please be as specific and realistic as possible given a timeframe of up to 2 years maximum.

Submission

I confirm that I will not share any personally identifiable information beyond what is requested (e.g., bank details, names of individuals without their consent). This information will only be used for evaluating concept notes and will not be shared outside the CLARIFI team. I understand that this information will only be used by the CLARIFI team and consent to being contacted as part of my submission.

Thematic Priorities

CLARIFI is a flexible funding mechanism that supports locally led efforts that have potential to secure rights and conservation outcomes. Attention to gender justice and youth inclusion are integrated into all CLARIFI funded projects. The table below provides some indicative funding windows that CLARIFI will focus on in coming years:

Tenure security, advocacy and legal support

Legal aid
Mapping
Strategic analysis
Policy development
Global advocacy support for Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local community networks

Conservation and resource management

Community conservation plans and monitoring
Community-forest management and conservation
Restoration
Training and capacity building for conservation staff

Organizational capacity

Financial and fundraising capacity building
Funding for key staff and core operational costs

Environmental / human rights defenders

Legal support
Advocacy
Safe housing
Scholarships to support extraction / safety during moments of physical threats

Indigenous and local economies

Traditional livelihoods
Subsistence activities
Rights-based business
Business plans
Marketing studies

Gender justice

Legal aid
Strategic analysis
Advocacy support for women's networks and organizations

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