FPP operates through two connected, but independent, organisations based in the United Kingdom (FPP UK) and the Netherlands (FPP NL), with a shared vision and mission. Forest Peoples Program (FPP) was founded to support forest-dwelling peoples who depend on them for their livelihoods. FPP aims to create a political space for these peoples to secure their rights, control their lands and decide their own future. FPP’s teams have expertise in land rights, environment, development, and indigenous affairs with high-level qualifications in social anthropology, human rights law, tropical forest ecology and environmental science. The team has longstanding and extensive experience working directly with indigenous and forest peoples around the globe.
