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Loreto Forms Indigenous COVID-19 Command

On June 8th, the First Indigenous COVID-19 Command formed to address the urgent needs of COVID-19 patients in primary health care and amongst indigenous communities in Loreto. The Command includes representatives from the Peruvian Ministries of Health and Culture, the Regional Government of Loreto, the Peruvian Federation of Indigenous Peoples, and communities including Achuar, Ashaninka, Awajún, Kandozi, Machiguenga, Shipibo, Urarina, Wampis, and Yanesha, among others. The Command is the first of its kind to be established at the national level.

June 9, 2020

Economic Reactivation and Resilience: Governors of the Peruvian Amazon Region Against the COVID-19 Crisis

Technical note in response to the COVID-19 crisis from Governors of the Peruvian Amazon region.

Ucayali Advances Regional Plan for Addressing COVID-19 in Indigenous Populations

On May 30th, the Regional Government of Ucayali, in collaboration with the Regional Health Directorate of Ucayali and Indigenous Organizations, held a meeting with national agencies of health and culture to socialize the implementation of the Regional Plan for Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indigenous Populations.

June 5, 2020

Spotlight on World Environment Day: Mexican Events

The United Nations’ World Environment Day is coming up on June 5th. GCF Task Force member states are organizing various events to raise worldwide awareness and advance action to protect the environment.   Check out upcoming events organized by Mexican GCF Task Force members: Economy and environment: Challenges for the new normality (Jalisco) June 4th […]

June 4, 2020

Spotlight on World Environment Day: Brazilian Events

The United Nations’ World Environment Day is coming up on June 5th. GCF Task Force member states are organizing various events to raise worldwide awareness and advance action to protect the environment.   Check out upcoming events organized by Brazilian GCF Task Force members:   Green Week by the Secretariat of Environment (Amazonas, Brazil) June […]

June 2, 2020

Indonesia Releases REDD+ RBP Guide Following The Announcement of $56 Million from Norway

To assist provinces in developing a common understanding of opportunities and requirements for REDD+ Results-Based Payments in Indonesia, the GCF Task Force has developed an informative guide for provincial leaders and their partners. The document contains a short overview of progress in Indonesia and processes that have been established to date, and discusses key structures and mechanisms that provinces must establish to access results-based payments from the BPDLH.

May 29, 2020

Indonesian Provinces Advance Initiatives Through Virtual Collaboration

On May 14th, delegates from all seven GCF Task Force provinces in Indonesia gathered virtually to discuss their provincial responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and develop a plan for the provinces to continue to collaborate virtually in the coming months on issues related to deforestation, sustainable palm oil, and indigenous peoples and local communities.

May 28, 2020

Governor Barbalho Signs Law Establishing the State Policy on Climate Change in Pará

Policy objectives include support for research and promoting the use of technology to tackle climate change; making economic development compatible with policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and gradually and rationally replacing fossil energy sources; and ethno-mapping and ethno-zoning of the lands of indigenous, quilombola, and traditional peoples.

May 19, 2020

Letter from Governor Lima to the UN Gains Support from Governors of Peruvian Amazon States

Earlier this month, Governor Wilson Lima, Governor of Amazonas, Brazil, and 2020 chair of the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force, sent a letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations urging the international community to mobilize resources and support for urgent COVID-19 response measures in GCF Task Force states and provinces across the […]

May 14, 2020