Often we have found that indigenous communities themselves have drawn our attention to the need to include more local, regional and national stakeholders and organizers into the project in order to ensure its long term sustainability. Without a degree of government buy-in, or the involvement of local NGOs the project may be jeopardized by a change in political will or otherwise might face difficulties coordinating between different communities.

It is therefore common that the indigenous communities themselves will choose to share some of the revenue from the project with these regional and national stakeholders, meaning that in practice the communities themselves may receive less than 90%. However this is never a requirement made by Native - and is made entirely at the discretion of the communities themselves. This is in line with our policy of allowing the communities to determine how the funds are spent without interference from us.

Furthermore we anticipate some projects which do not have a clear connection to a particular indigenous community, e.g. Marine Protected areas or Seabed Mining Avoidance Credits. In such cases the 90% will go to the Project Owner, who might include a national government, an NGO or a private landowner.