Voices at the Water’s Edge

Voices at the Water’s Edge is a practical guide for funders seeking to support more inclusive and durable natural resource decisionmaking. Drawing from lived experiences and field-based research, the Brief highlights the participatory infrastructure needed for meaningful engagement to endure over time and explores how local, Indigenous, and technical knowledge are taken into account in decisions. The guide also supports funders in thinking through their role in shaping these processes, offering tools and templates to help them consider who is included, how input is carried through, and what that means for how decisions play out over time.