Global Indigenous Development Trust

Global Indigenous Development Trust (GIDT) is a not-for-profit working across the Americas to empower Indigenous communities to develop their people along with their resources. We are working for a world where Indigenous People are respected and empowered as decision makers in the development on their lands and natural resources, to the benefit of their communities and the global collective. Currently, there are There are currently more than 400 serious conflicts between communities and natural resource developers in Latin America. Indigenous Peoples are losing livelihoods and their lives. But above all, we as a society are losing their voice in the development of our collective future. Indigenous Trust has been invited to work with indigenous communities across North and South America, Africa and Asia. We are curators of successful models and capacity building programs in economic governance, negotiating equitable partnerships and implementing effective benefit-sharing mechanisms, around the world where communities are faced with development on their lands. We are currently working to raise money to scale up our models of indigenous empowerment, helping Indigenous Peoples around the world have a seat at the decision-making table on issues that affect their lands and the future of our societies. Indigenous Peoples have a lot of knowledge to share. Wand we have a lot to learn, and not a lot of time to learn it. Indigenous Peoples are the guardians of 80% of Earth’s remaining healthy ecosystems. Yet they receive less than 1% of global aid. We are working for Indigenous People and the future of natural resource development, for the benefit of all of us, today and for future generations.