A gathering of selected practitioners, researchers, rights-holders, and advocates working at the intersection of financial architecture reform and forests, land, and rights.
By invitation only
TIERRA—Transformations in Economies for Rights and Resources Alliance—is a newly established Alliance that aims to enable a transformation in the forest and land sectors away from systems of extraction, by identifying and disrupting the interrelated structural mechanisms and policies that keep extraction in place, while building a new vision of transformational development, rooted in communities’ rights and ecological stability.
Connecting nearly 100 people from around 20 countries, and steadily growing, TIERRA takes collective action to drive new pathways for economic and ecological prosperity that move away from reliance on extraction and specifically support thriving land, forests, and rights.
TIERRA is a connector of networks, an incubating space for concrete solutions and bold visions, and an energizing and supportive space to work across agendas. TIERRA is an early stage collaborative effort that seeks to fill an important gap in the civil society landscape, bridging communities of practice across financial architecture reform on the one hand and the forests, land and rights community on the other.
Our work moves across three functions: equipping networks and partners with the analysis and strategy they need to act in their own spheres; growing the movement and alliances necessary to create real political force; and identifying priority areas for coordinated collective action.
More About the EventBuilding on the Bogotá (2024) and Madrid (2025) preparatory convenings, our first global gathering as TIERRA brings together a selected group of activists, researchers, policymakers, and rights-holders for three days of shared learning, strategic alignment, and collective action planning.
Each convening has deepened the group’s shared analysis, sharpened its strategy, and strengthened the trust needed to work across movements and geographies. Jakarta continues that work, with a sharper focus on turning shared vision into coordinated action.
Governments have repeatedly committed to protecting forests. Yet deforestation continues. The reason is rarely discussed openly: the rules of the global economy actively incentivize extraction.
Debt obligations, austerity conditions, tax rules, and investor pressures push countries especially in the Global South to expand mining, industrial agriculture, and fossil fuels to maintain financial stability. These same industries are the leading drivers of forest and biodiversity loss. A recent study found that participation in an IMF program correlates with an additional 9.2% of annual deforestation on average.
The conflict is structural. Countries face simultaneous pressure to secure financial stability and ecological stability, and the current global rules make it nearly impossible to pursue both. Reforming those rules across debt, tax, trade, subsidies, and capital flows is the work TIERRA was built to do.
Participation in the Jakarta Convening is by invitation. Attendees are selected individuals and group representatives whose work touches one or more of the network's core areas:
Sovereign debt is one of the most direct drivers of deforestation. Countries under pressure to service debt turn to extractive industries to generate revenue, often at the cost of forests, land rights, and community sovereignty. This track works to connect debt reform movements with forest and rights advocates.
Nearly half a trillion dollars is lost annually to tax abuse, much of it by multinational corporations operating in resource-rich countries. Without fair taxation and financial transparency, governments lack the resources to protect forests, fund public services, and pursue a just transition.
Indigenous peoples and local communities manage some of the world's most biodiverse and carbon-rich landscapes. Their rights, land tenure, and governance systems are central to any credible strategy for forest protection, yet they remain chronically underfunded and politically marginalized.
Industrial agriculture and the financial systems that support it are among the largest drivers of deforestation globally. Shifting toward agroecology, food sovereignty, and territorial markets requires confronting the trade rules and financial flows that lock the current system in place.
Systemic change requires more than good policy. It requires narrative power, stories that connect the lived realities of communities with the structural reforms needed to protect them. This track builds the messaging, coalitions, and political momentum necessary to win.
Explore Sessions1st TIERRA Meeting Indonesia · June 30 – July 02, 2026
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