The Indigenous Guardians program funds projects that:

• support Indigenous rights and conservation activities
• maintain sustainable economies, and
• continue connections between natural landscapes and Indigenous cultures.

Examples of eligible projects, include but are not limited to:

• land and water data collection and monitoring
• conservation, land use, and land relationship planning, and
• gathering and application of Indigenous laws, teaching and knowledge.

These projects and others support Indigenous communities and their traditional ecological knowledge as they adapt to a changing climate.