The maximum area allocated for the Indigenous Peoples’ Forest Tenure solution is 1,155 million hectares, which represents the projected future nondegraded, unprotected area available for protection. Because it’s hard to predict future changes, we assume the total land area remains constant. We then classify the AEZs into “degraded” and “nondegraded.” Finally, we allocate the solutions to AEZs, with the solution most suited to a given AEZ or sets of AEZs assigned first, followed by the second-most-suited solution, and so on. First, we classify the global land area into agro-ecological zones (AEZs) based on the land cover, soil quality, and slope and assign AEZs to different thermal moisture regimes. To avoid double counting, we use an integration model that allocates land area among all Food, Agriculture, and Land Use sector solutions. To evaluate the extent to which a Food, Agriculture, and Land Use sector solution can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon, we need to identify the total land area available for that solution in millions of hectares. The Indigenous Peoples’ Forest Tenure solution has highly desirable human rights co-benefits, leading Project Drawdown to prioritize it for forestlands wherever possible. It can be seen as a form of productive forest protection, given sustainable management and utilization of forest products. Secure tenure that makes it possible for Indigenous peoples and local communities to manage their forestlands results in carbon benefits in the form of reduced emissions from deforestation and continued carbon sequestration. Indigenous peoples have claim to large tracts of forestland around the world, and Indigenous peoples’ legal forest tenure is on the rise. Under Indigenous peoples’ forest tenure, emissions from deforestation are significantly lower than they would be if not under their tenure, with deforestation and degradation rates significantly lower than the global average. We use the UN’s definition of Indigenous peoples as “inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to people and the environment.” This practice replaces nondegraded forest without such tenure. Project Drawdown’s Indigenous Peoples’ Forest Tenure solution provides Indigenous communities with secure legal tenure rights to their traditional forestland. Increasing the amount of land under secure Indigenous land tenure can increase carbon stocks and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation. Their resistance prevents land-based carbon emissions, and maintains or increases carbon sequestration. Indigenous peoples have long been the frontline of resistance against deforestation mineral, oil, and gas extraction and the expansion of monocrop plantations.
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