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New release!
This is the Tebtebba Foundation's 2026 Annual Bulletin, covering a year of Indigenous Peoples' rights advocacy across Asia-Pacific and beyond.It opens with tributes to Victoria Tauli-Corpuz's legacy while chronicling Tebtebba's work on climate adaptation, biodiversity conservation, and Indigenous women's rights through CEDAW capacity-building.
Feature stories highlight community-led initiatives such as the revival of the sulagad farming system among the Teduray and Lambangian peoples in Mindanao and sacred site preservation in Sagada, Mt. Province, Philippines. The issue also highlights land rights struggles of the Toba Batak people against a pulp company in Indonesia, alongside irrigation projects in Bangladesh and other Indigenous led-projects in Asia-Pacific under the Indigenous Peoples Assistance Facility.
What's New
Learn about the latest news, articles, announcements and more!
From Local Solutions to Global Impact: Strengthening Community-Based Adaptation
Women’s Leadership, Youth Engagement, Community Solutions for Eco-resilience Highlighted in IPAF Learning Exchange
Indigenous Leaders Push for Direct and Rights-Based Climate Finance at UNPFII Side Event
Social Media Updates
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On this International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (#IDWIP), we spotlight the contributions of Indigenous midwives and reaffirm the value of Indigenous knowledge in advancing culturally appropriate care. Let us not only celebrate Indigenous midwives but also demand… pic.twitter.com/GPt7PFXcdx
— Tebtebba (@tebtebba) August 9, 2026
Events
Our Work
Indigenous Peoples Rights/
Human Rights
Promotion and Implementation of International Human Rights Law and the UNDRIP; Philippine National Program for Indigenous Peoples’ Empowerment and Sustainable Development
Climate Change Adaptation
and Mitigation
These initiatives aim to strengthen indigenous peoples’ capacities for climate change adaptation and mitigation through research, policy advocacy, rights monitoring, sustainable livelihoods, and active participation in climate governance and knowledge exchange.
Philippine
Program
The Philippine Program is an initiative within Tebtebba that directly deals with community strengthening and operationalizing the Indigenous Peoples Sustainable Self-Determined Development (IPSSDD) framework in its pilot areas in the Philippines.
Indigenous
Women
This program aims to promote gender equality and strengthen the leadership, participation, and advocacy of indigenous women through research, capacity building, and collaboration with women’s organizations and networks.
Elatia Indigenous Peoples'
Training Institute
“Learning. Engaging. Transforming.”
These three principles serve as guide for the training institute in the development and implementation of its programs as regards enhancing the capacities of young and second-generation indigenous peoples.
Community
Empowerment
We support initiatives of indigenous peoples’ and indigenous women’s organizations in strengthening their communities so that they are able to fully implement indigenous peoples’ sustainable, self-determined development (IPSSDD). In this process, they are able to empower themselves as self-determining communities and peoples.
Networks
Partners
Resources
Publications
Books, Training Modules, Tebtebba Magazines, Indigenous Perspectives, Resource Materials, Brochures
Policy Briefs, Information Services
Briefing Papers, Policy Briefs, Feature, Opinion and Updates
Collections of the Tebtebba Library
Books, Pamphlets, Serials, Unpublished documents, Brochures, and Non-print materials
Photo Gallery
A photographic compilation documenting the global, regional, and local activities of Tebtebba.
Monitoring for and by Indigenous Peoples
Community-Based Monitoring and Information Systems (CBMIS)
CBMIS a process where indigenous peoples are able to generate data and information for the analysis, monitoring, and use of the community. It is geared towards community organizing, community empowerment and the realization of indigenous peoples’ sustainable, self-determined development.
Indigenous Peoples Tracker on GCF Projects
The Indigenous Peoples Tracker on GCF Projects is a platform dedicated to monitor GCF-approved projects in indigenous peoples' territories.
Indigenous Navigator
A global tool for Indigenous Peoples: This data portal is dedicated to providing tools and inspiration by Indigenous Peoples, for Indigenous Peoples to assess the realisation of Indigenous Peoples' rights.
