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Businesses, Local Governments and Citizens Challenged to Conserve and Restore Land
As part of the Global Climate Action Summit, WWF, together with a broad coalition of partners, today issued the 30X30 Forests, Food and Land Challenge: calling on businesses, states, city and local governments, and global citizens to take action for better forest and habitat conservation, food production and consumption, and land use, working together across […]
June 25, 2018
Governors in Peru Discuss Finance, Engaging Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
On Tuesday, May 8, the Governor of Huánuco and current President of the Amazon Interregional Council, Rubén Alva, and the Governor of San Martín, Víctor Noriega, met with GCF Task Force Project Director Colleen Scanlan Lyons to strengthen integration of the Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force in Peru and discuss regional approaches to […]
May 23, 2018
GCF Task Force Indonesian Provinces Set 2018 Agend
GCF TASK FORCE REGIONAL MEETING (INDONESIA) JAKARTA 8-9 MAY, 2018 The Governors’ Climate & Forests (GCF) Task Force – Indonesia held its first regional meeting on 8-9 May 2018 at the Ra Simatupang Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. All seven GCF Task Force Indonesian provinces attended, with a total of thirteen representatives from Aceh, West Kalimantan, […]
May 15, 2018
California and Yucatán Consolidate Relationship to Combat Climate Change
Descarga la versión en español aqui Sacramento, California, May 8, 2018. In order to establish agreements for Yucatán and California to continue their roles as global leaders in mitigating climate change, the Governors of both states held a meeting where their joint relationship was consolidated. In a meeting with his counterpart from California, Jerry […]
May 11, 2018
The GCFTF Launches Global Steering Committee on Agricultural Production & Tropical Deforestation
GCF Members Lead a Bottom-up Approach to Tackling Commodity Driven Deforestation Download PDF version here. Delegates from the Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force subnational governments in Colombia, Brazil, Indonesia, Peru and Mexico have teamed up with supply chain stakeholders, civil society, foundations, and donors to launch a Global Steering Committee on […]
May 9, 2018
Brazilian GCF States Discuss Next Steps in Brasília, Meet With Experts and Partners
Secretaries of the Environment and delegates from the Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force in Brazil convened in Brasília, April 18-20th, 2018, to discuss the GCF Task Force’s structure and coordination and learn from leading experts on a range of technical and policy issues. As a result of the meetings, secretaries and delegates […]
April 25, 2018
New Jurisdictional Profiles Released for GCF TF Peru Members
The GCF Task Force in Peru, coordinated by Mecanismos de Desalrollo Alternos (MDA), has published the report “Jurisdictional profiles of the member regions of the GCF Task Force in Peru“. The profiles seek to establish a reliable baseline source of information on the state of deforestation, public policies, and ongoing projects and partnerships that contribute […]
March 29, 2018
Inclusive Forest Conservation Dialogue Continues to Progress in Brazilian Amazon
Brazilian members of the Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force took another step toward inclusive policy development by bringing together state and federal government with indigenous leaders and NGOs for a day long workshop in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. The workshop, organized by the GCF Task Force, Earth Innovation Institute, IPAM, Forest Trends, and […]
March 22, 2018
Study Shows Cash Payments Can Promote Forest Conservation
A study published recently in Nature Sustainability found that Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) could induce forest conservation even after the payments stopped. To conduct the study, lead author Krister Andersson and his colleagues traveled to 54 villages near tropical forests in Bolivia, Indonesia, Peru, Tanzania, and Uganda and conducted a table top scenario […]
March 20, 2018
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