Indigenous peoples sustain many of the healthiest ecosystems on Earth: areas rich in biodiversity and systems essential to our global climate, fresh water, and food security. Nia Tero exists to ensure that indigenous peoples have the economic power and cultural independence to steward, support, and protect their livelihoods and territories they call home. These places are vital to us all.

Nia Tero fully supports the
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Our work

Sharing Commitments

Safeguarding Our Home

We all benefit when indigenous peoples have the means to protect their lands and seas. Nia Tero forges transparent and just agreements with indigenous peoples and local communities to ensure they can successfully defend and govern their territories, manage and protect their natural resources, and pursue their livelihoods.

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Our Partners

Strengthening collaboration

All of Nia Tero's work is done through and with others, from the indigenous peoples and local communities who inspire and lead us, to our founding partners and like-minded institutions.

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OUR INSPIRATIONS

Stories of Ingenuity and Action From Around the Globe

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Anointed

Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner is a Marshall Islands poet and spoken-word artist who works to empower Marshallese youth to seek solutions to climate change and other environmental impacts threatening their home island.

Photo: Daniel Lin

Nia Tero fully supports the
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

All of Nia Tero's work is done through and with others, from the indigenous peoples and local communities who inspire and lead us, to our founding partners and like-minded institutions.

About our Name

NIA TERO

Nia Tero fully supports the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

All of Nia Tero's work is done through and with others, from the indigenous peoples and local communities who inspire and lead us, to our founding partners and like-minded institutions.

About our Name

NIA TERO

Nia Tero fully supports the
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.