by gcftf | Apr 25, 2018 | Brazil
Secretaries of the Environment and delegates from the Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force in Brazil convened in Brasília, April 18-20th, 2018, to discuss the GCF Task Force’s structure and coordination and learn from leading experts on a range of technical...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by gcftf | Mar 29, 2018 | Peru
The GCF Task Force in Peru, coordinated by Mecanismos de Desalrollo Alternos (MDA), has published the report “Jurisdictional profiles of the member regions of the GCF Task Force in Peru”.  The profiles seek to establish a reliable baseline source of...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by gcftf | Mar 22, 2018 | Brazil
Brazilian members of the Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force took another step toward inclusive policy development by bringing together state and federal government with indigenous leaders and NGOs for a day long workshop in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. The...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by gcftf | Mar 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
A study published recently in Nature Sustainability found that Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) could induce forest conservation even after the payments stopped.   To conduct the study, lead author Krister Andersson and his colleagues traveled to 54 villages near...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by gcftf | Mar 19, 2018 | Brazil
Between February 27th and March 1st, the Brazilian GCF Task Force states attended the first meeting for the construction of SISREDD+ (Information System on REDD+ Safeguards, in Portuguese). This system aims to ensure that REDD+ jurisdictional and national initiatives...