GOVERNORS’ CLIMATE & FORESTS TASK FORCE
Protecting forests, reducing emissions, and enhancing livelihoods across 1/3 of the world’s tropical forests
2024 Annual Meeting in Ucayali, Peru
The 2024 Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force Annual Meeting, hosted by Governor Manuel Gambini Rupay and organized by the GCF Task Force and the Mancomunidad Regional Amazonica, took place in Ucayali, Peru, from October 7-11, 2024. This important gathering brought together hundreds of participants from local, regional, and global communities, featuring a special convening of Indigenous leaders. The focus was on advancing the New Forest Economy, with a particular emphasis on innovative financing for sustainable development.
More information on the meeting is available on the meeting webpage and in our detailed agenda.
Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force at Work
Tocantins, Brazil Advances ART/TREES Requirements
Potential for $430M Sale in Recognition of Efforts to Reduce Deforestation On November 14, 2024, the Secretary for the Environment and Water Resources of Tocantins, Brazil, Marcello Lelis, presented to the Executive Director of the Architecture for REDD+ Transaction –...
COP29 and the New Forest Economy: Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force Represents at UNFCCC
Baku, Azerbaijan Today, the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF), together with the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART), Pronatura Sur (the GCFTF coordinator for Mexico), ABEMA, and the University of Colorado Boulder, hosted an official side event...
Pando Finalizes its Land Use Plan (Pando PLUS)!
On Wednesday, November 6, the Autonomous Departmental Government of Pando, Bolivia, delivered a foundational tool to help transform the development efforts in the department – after 28 years, Pando has completed its Land Use Plan – Plan de Uso de Suelos (PLUS) in...
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opportunities to implement jurisdictional strategies and investment plans.
Tracking impact and performance
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“The parts of the Amazon that are not protected by law are protected by the attitudes, passion and initiatives of the local communities… In spite of our seasonal extremes, growing levels of deforestation and increasing wildfires, there is a commitment to mobilize and show the world infinitely greater results.”
—Former Governor Waldez Goés of Amapá, Brazil