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Celebrating World Environment Day

Manaus Action Plan  Forest, Society, and Economy: New Development Model for the Future of the Planet Since 1974, World Environment Day has been celebrated every year on June 5th across the globe. Today the GCF Task Force joins this worldwide celebration by kicking off a collective drafting of the Manaus Action Plan (MAP). In the next […]

June 5, 2021

GCF Task Force Mexico y Reino Unido uniendo esfuerzos por la acción climática

Los bosques y selvas, en tanto agentes cruciales para sostener el bienestar del planeta y de los seres vivos, son una prioridad en la búsqueda de soluciones contra los retos que ya se viven y que se avecinan frente al cambio climático y sus efectos. En este sentido, son muchos los esfuerzos globales por protegerlos, […]

June 3, 2021

Oportunidade Profissional – GCF Task Force Brasil

  O Projeto Amazônia 4.0 é uma iniciativa coordenada pelos pesquisadores Carlos Nobre e Ismael Nobre, com o objetivo de promover a conservação Amazônica por meio de tecnologias 4.0, e a promoção do desenvolvimento sustentável. Atualmente uma das vias pelas quais o Projeto está fazendo isso são os Laboratórios Criativos da Amazônia (LCAs), que tem […]

June 1, 2021

Junho Verde no Brasil

Confira a programação dos eventos do mês do meio ambiente promovidos pelo membros do GCF Task Force Brasil: Clique aqui para acessar a programação completa 

Senator enables R$ 1.7 million for bioeconomy project for indigenous women in Acre

Senator Mailza Gomes (Progressistas-AC), a supporter of women’s policies, has allocated an amendment of R$1.7 million (one million and seven hundred thousand reais) to strengthen the entrepreneurship and autonomy of indigenous women in Acre. On May 25th, the parliamentarian met with First Lady Ana Paula Cameli and the State Secretary of Social Assistance, Human Rights […]

May 28, 2021

Ecuador moves forward with the registration and approval of the Implementation Plan for REDD+ Measures and Actions in Pastaza

On May 22nd the Decentralized Autonomous Government of Pastaza officially received the Letter of Approval for the REDD+ Measures and Actions Implementation Plan of the Province. The letter was issued by the Undersecretary of Climate Change of the Ministry of Environment and Water of Ecuador as the National REDD+ Authority, and will contribute towards national […]

May 24, 2021

Our condolences

We are very sorry to announce that on May 21st, Mr. Klemen Tinal, Vice Governor of Papua, Indonesia, passed away due to heart illness. He became a leader in Papua together with Governor Lukas Enembe and had been governing the state since 2013. He worked tirelessly to protect the Indigenous People’s rights in Papua and […]

GCF Task Force and TFA signed an agreement for coordinated actions to protect tropical forest landscapes

The agreement will guide collective efforts and support the development of a common work plan that aims to increase the visibility and effectiveness of jurisdictional approaches to reduce commodity-driven deforestation; improve collaboration between members of the two networks; support efforts to increase investments and foster jurisdictional supply agreements on a global and regional scale. The partnership establishes the immediate start of […]

May 20, 2021

GCF Task Force, NICFI and UNDP announce first round of the Innovation Funding proposals

Photo by Pedro Guerreiro (Agência Pará)   The Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force, along with partners the Norwegian Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are excited to announce the first round of successful proposals to receive a total $5.5M in finance through the Innovation Funding Window under the […]

May 13, 2021