Strengthening Capacities of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on Land and Carbon Rights for Inclusive Climate Finance (WB-P513226)

Regions
  • Africa
  • Latin America and Caribbean
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Colombia
  • Congo, Democratic Republic of
  • Costa Rica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea
  • Mexico
  • Mozambique
  • Peru
  • Zambia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Sep 15, 2026
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Center for Intl. Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR); Intl. Land Coalition (ILC)
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Climate and Environment
  • Law and Government
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 5.50 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 5.50 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Sep 20, 2026

Disclosed by Bank Apr 24, 2026

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the Bank’s website, the objective of this project is to strengthen the institutional and technical capacities of Indigenous Peoples (IP), traditional Local Communities (LC), and their representative organizations to be aware of, understand, engage in and be positioned to benefit from carbon markets and land-linked performance-based climate finance.

The project is expected to strengthen the ability of IPs, traditional LCs, and their representative organizations to understand land, natural resource and carbon rights frameworks, assess the implications of carbon crediting, and take initial steps to translate this knowledge into territorial governance and community decision-making and action plans to engage. Key expected results include strengthened institutional and technical capacities, improved enabling environments, strengthened understanding of land and resource tenure and carbon-rights interfaces, and the development and early implementation of action plans reflecting vulnerable communities-defined priorities.

According to the Project Information Document, the Project Beneficiaries are: Benin, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Mexico, Mozambique, Peru, Zambia. 

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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Environmental and Social Risk Classification: Moderate

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

Total Project Cost: US$ 5.50 million
Trust Funds: US$ 5.50 million

Private Actors Description
A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

The Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR) is anon-profit global research organization headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.

The International Land Coalition (ILC) is a global alliance focused on promoting people-centred land governance. Founded in 1995 and hosted by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), it unites civil society, grassroots groups, indigenous peoples, research institutes, and intergovernmental agencies.

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR) Client -
- - - - International Land Coalition (ILC) Client -

Contact Information
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World Bank
Stamatis Kotouzas - Senior Land Administration Specialist

Borrower/Client/Recipient
Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)

Implementing Agencies
International Land Coalition (ILC)

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF THE WORLD BANK

The World Bank Inspection Panel is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who believe they are likely to be, or have been, adversely affected by a World Bank-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the Inspection Panel, they may investigate to assess whether the World Bank is following its own policies and procedures for preventing harm to people or the environment. You can contact the Inspection Panel or submit a complaint by emailing ipanel@worldbank.org. Information on how to file a complaint and a complaint request form are available at: https://www.inspectionpanel.org/how-to-file-complaint

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