by gcftf_login | Sep 8, 2023 | Brazil
The Amazon rainforest is crucial for global biodiversity, climate regulation, and indigenous cultures. It harbors an astonishing variety of plant and animal species, acts as a vital carbon sink, and plays a key role in stabilizing the Earth’s climate....
by gcftf_login | Aug 4, 2023 | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, Peru
The GCF Task Force is honored to participate in the Amazon Dialogues that are launching today in Belem, Brazil in the lead up to the Presidential Amazon Summit. Today, August 4, from 18h00 to 20h00, with the support of SDSN Amazonia, GCF Task Force leaders will join...
by gcftf_login | Jul 20, 2023 | Brazil, Capacity Building
The GCF Task Force’s first cross-sector “Pilot Bioeconomy Planning Workshop” was held in Manaus, Amazonas (Brazil) on July 12-13, 2023 with funding support from USAID, the US National Science Foundation’s PIRE grant, and NICFI. The agenda and participants list is...
by gcftf_login | Jul 20, 2023 | Brazil, Capacity Building, United States of America
We know that solving complex socio-environmental sustainability challenges requires an interdisciplinary and systems-thinking approach that accounts for the perspectives of multiple stakeholders. We also know that Brazil’s Amazon and Atlantic Forest biomes are of...
by gcftf_login | Jul 19, 2023 | Bolivia, Brazil, Carbon Finance, Colombia, Ecuador, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, Mexico, Peru
On July 13, 2023, the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) organized a digital forum on leveraging finance for nature, investing in equitable futures in Latin American and the Caribbean. The event was billed as an opportunity to “support the stewardship of local communities...
by gcftf_login | Jul 10, 2023 | Brazil, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Last week, Governor Gladson Camelli announced the formation of a new Secretariat for Indigenous Peoples for the State of Acre. Francisca Arara, a seasoned leader in the GCF Task Force in both its global and Brazilian Regional Committee for Indigenous Peoples and Local...
