This article resumes the meeting of Indigenous Peoples, local communities and family smallholders during the 14th World Forestry Congress in Durban this week, and their voice was heard. Representing many millions of those who live in and live off the forest, they shared their views at a weekend-long pre-Congress meeting, and during dozens of dedicated side events and sessions during the following days. Coalescing around the Building Momentum initiative of the Forest and Farm Facility and numerous partners, “this focus on producer organizations is unprecedented, compared to any previous congress”, one senior analyst commented.