by gcftf | Jun 12, 2019 | Indonesia, United States of America
Governor Dominggus Mandacan receiving the Global Conservation Hero Award by Conservation International for his commitments to sustainable development in West Papua, Indonesia. Â Last Friday, the UCLA School of Law hosted a workshop discussing the implementation...
by gcftf | Apr 8, 2019 | Indonesia
On April 4th, over 50 participants gathered in Banda Aceh to launch the provincial government’s new efforts to develop an Integrated Low Emissions Development Strategy to tackle deforestation and promote sustainable development. The strategy is an effort by the...
by gcftf | Jan 9, 2019 | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, United States of America
States and provinces from the world’s largest network of tropical forest states and provinces, the Governors Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force traveled to Katowice, Poland, to take part in this year’s 24th Conference of the Parties (COP 24) to the UN Framework...
by gcftf | Oct 17, 2018 | Indonesia
As the largest island in Indonesia, Papua is divided into two Provincial Governments administratively, namely Papua Province, with an area of 319,036 square kilometers and West Papua Province, with an area of 140,376 square kilometers. This land, which is the second...
by gcftf | Sep 11, 2018 | Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, United States of America
San Francisco. On September 11, 2018, the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force unveiled a set of unifying principles to address deforestation, climate change, and the rights of Indigenous Peoples and forest communities. During the Global Climate Action...
by gcftf | Jun 27, 2018 | Indonesia
Article available in Indonesian here. Â West Papua is an Indonesian province with tremendous economic potential stemming from agriculture, mining, forest products, and tourism. Pearls and seaweed are produced in the Raja Ampat district, pure fragrant nutmeg is...
