INDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION

National indian carbon coalition:the national indian carbon coalition (nicc) works to build capacity for indigenous-led carbon sequestration projects that include tribal nations, alaska native villages & corporations, native hawaiian organizations, and first nations in canada. Nicc has received philanthropic dollars to establish the revolving project fund, which advances our efforts significantly towards building nicc's longer-term support for indigenous projects. Nicc conducts all of the supporting work on indigenous lands as the project proponent and continues to partner with the indigenous organization for a forty (40) year duration. This removes the significant burden of project management from the indigenous organization, thus assuring long-term benefits to indigenous communities.there is significant demand for carbon projects on indigenous lands and this funding will allow nicc to build our internal capacity to respond in the most effective ways possible. Nicc is a trusted resource, and a critical bridge that enables the development of successful projects on indigenous lands that may not otherwise happen due to the significant capital, time and capacity investment needed to secure and develop projects. The environmental impact of these projects will be tracked using an efficient, transparent system, along with a robust forest certification.