What we do
Our 2026–2029 strategy is centered on two interconnected goals that strengthen Indigenous Peoples’ collective power and global influence.
First, we work to strengthen coordination across our global coalition, connecting Indigenous Peoples across seven socio-cultural regions to share strategies, respond to crises, and advance unified advocacy for territorial rights, climate justice, and self-determination.
Second, we work to transform recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ rights into real implementation by building strategic alliances with courts, climate institutions, human rights bodies, development banks, and research organizations, ensuring Indigenous Peoples are not only consulted, but actively shaping the decisions that impact their lands, rights, and futures.
Our approach
Land is Life’s work is built around three interconnected strategic pillars that reinforce one another: crisis response exposes systemic injustices, advocacy drives institutional change, and stronger Indigenous leadership and organizations sustain long-term territorial defense and policy transformation.
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We deliver rapid response within 48 hours to Indigenous defenders facing threats, covering relocation, legal defense, and medical assistance.
We provide culturally grounded protection: psychological support, collective healing, spiritual accompaniment, and traditional healers.
We build lasting protective capacity through physical and digital security training.
We document human rights violations and environmental harms to fuel advocacy and systemic change.
We deliver rapid emergency funding and coordination support to meet immediate needs after climate-related disasters strike Indigenous Peoples.
We support Indigenous-led initiatives grounded in traditional knowledge, helping communities respond to and recover from climate-related disasters.
We provide financial and technical assistance to strengthen Indigenous Peoples’ food systems threatened by climate change, industrial agriculture, and extractive industries.
We strengthen the cultural practices, traditional knowledge, and territorial relationships that sustain Indigenous Peoples’ food systems.
We partner with Indigenous Peoples’ organizations defending PIACI territories to monitor threats and provide emergency assistance, monitoring equipment, and legal advocacy.
We advocate at national and global levels, including UN mechanisms, for laws and policies that recognize and protect the rights of PIACI.
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We mobilize local and high-level advocacy, ensuring Indigenous Peoples are recognized as rights-holders and decision-makers in climate justice, conservation, and human rights.
We enable Indigenous Peoples’ direct and meaningful participation in UN forums and multilateral spaces where decisions about their rights and territories are made.
We pursue strategic litigation, amicus curiae briefs, parallel reports, and other legal interventions before regional and international judicial and human rights bodies.
We convene dialogues between Indigenous Peoples, governments, and multilateral institutions to drive systemic change in laws and policies that uphold their rights.
We create strategic campaigns and multimedia content that amplify Indigenous Peoples’ voices, strengthen their visibility, and challenge dominant narratives.
We build relationships with the media and mobilize strategic press opportunities to bring Indigenous Peoples’ rights, leadership, knowledge, and perspectives into public and policy conversations.
