environmental-defenders-fr-12da4596a23307cb.pdf

This fact sheet describes the Solidarity for Environmental Defenders (STAND) initiative, a collaboration between the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Alliance for Land, Indigenous, and Environmental Defenders (ALLIED). The initiative aims to support Local Environmental Defenders (LEDs) who face security risks, criminalization, and violence, particularly in countries dependent on extractive industries or large-scale infrastructure.

• Local Environmental Defenders (LEDs) face severe security threats, including criminalization, physical attacks, murders, and the loss of assets and livelihoods. These risks are most prevalent in nations reliant on large-scale infrastructure promotion or the extractive exploitation of natural resources. Root causes of these attacks include corruption, the failure to apply environmental protection laws, and a lack of recognition of LED rights by private sector and government institutions.
• The STAND initiative, funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of State, provides support to LEDs and civil society organizations targeted by government-sanctioned harassment and judicial abuse. The program focuses on underserved and underrepresented communities in areas of weak governance, seeking to integrate environmental defense into broader frameworks of climate change, forestry, and livelihoods.
• The STAND initiative employs three primary strategies to support defenders: capacity building and training (covering advocacy, data use, legal accountability, and psychosocial support), a Small Grants Fund for Defenders (FPSD) to provide financial resources for evidence-based advocacy and protection, and collaborative partnerships to strengthen local solidarity networks and increase participation in environmental governance events.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). environmental-defenders-fr-12da4596a23307cb.pdf. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2024-03/environmental-defenders-fr.pdf?VersionId=nSeBfbtig.Yr128i6gS7PjeELNB1RDM2

Chicago

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BibTeX

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