by gcftf | Aug 23, 2017 | Brazil, Indonesia
A newly released report from the non-governmental organizations Environmental Defense Fund and Forest Trends highlights success that has been achieved through innovative multistakeholder approaches to addressing deforestation in the tropics. Titled Collaboration...
by gcftf | Aug 21, 2017 | Brazil
15th Legal Amazon Governors’ Forum The representatives of the states of the Legal Amazon met in Cuiabá last August 10 and 11 for the 15th Legal Amazon Governors’ Forum. The event took place at the Pantanal Events Center, in the capital of Mato Grosso, and raised...
by gcftf | May 9, 2017 | Brazil
The gathering of Brazilian Amazonian states for the development of the region was the motto behind the 14th Forum of the Governors of the Legal Amazon, held this Friday, May 5, in Porto Velho, Rondônia. The Forum began this Thursday, May 4, with state secretaries...
by gcftf | Apr 11, 2017 | Brazil
The 14th session of the Forum of State Environmental Secretaries of the Brazilian Amazon met in São Luís, in the state of Maranhão, on April 6-7, 2017, with support of the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force. The event had representatives from all nine states of...
by gcftf | Feb 13, 2017 | Brazil, United States of America
This past January, Governor Tião Viana spent two weeks promoting scientific, technical, and business partnerships between the Brazilian State of Acre and higher education, business, governmental and civil society leaders in Colorado. Governor Viana and a delegation...
by gcftf | Nov 18, 2016 | Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, United States of America
This year’s 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP 22) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has been coined the “The COP of Action,” promising to put the Paris Agreement into action. In response, jurisdictions from the Governors Climate and Forests...
