Provide direct, patient, flexible, predictable and accessible funding

Ensure the provision of adequate, direct, transparent, gender-responsive funding – including core support – for long-term biodiversity protection, restoration and sustainable management.

Provide longer-term, predictable funding to Indigenous Peoples and local communities, people of African descent, women and youth groups, with a focus on supporting sustainable outcomes rather than short-term results.

Funders and intermediaries should be prepared and supported to hold risk, take a holistic and cross-sectoral approach, and invest in strengthening capacity at all levels.

• Download a briefing paper prepared by the FCDO Nature Facility on principle 5 (PDF)