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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
GCF States Participate in Development of the National Monitoring System for REDD+ Safeguards
Between February 27th and March 1st, the Brazilian GCF Task Force states attended the first meeting for the construction of SISREDD+ (Information System on REDD+ Safeguards, in Portuguese). This system aims to ensure that REDD+ jurisdictional and national initiatives in Brazil are aligned with the commitments undertaken to enhance their positive socio-environmental impacts and reduce […]
March 19, 2018
Pará and Mato Grosso Take Center Stage at TFA2020 Implementation Dialogue
Over the past two days, companies, civil society organizations, private sector representatives, and governments have come together in São Paulo, Brazil to assess and collectively mobilize to reduce commodity-driven deforestation in South America. Hosted by the Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA) 2020, of which the GCF Task Force is a member, the 2018 Latin American Implementation […]
March 13, 2018
Dialogue Between Indigenous Peoples & Subnational Gov.’s Seeks to Halt Deforestation in the Amazon
MEDIA ADVISORY March 2 in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil WHAT: Workshop – Paths for Dialogue Between Indigenous Peoples and Subnational Governments of the Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force in Brazil WHO: Participants in the workshop will include indigenous leaders and representatives of the Brazilian Ministry of Environment (MMA), the National Indian […]
March 1, 2018
GCF Task Force & UNDP Release Guidance on Norway Pledge
The Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force is pleased to release the draft concept note and proposal template for Funding Window A – Jurisdictional Strategies and Investment Plans. These documents are designed to assist GCF Task Force jurisdictions and their selected partner to formulate and submit a proposal for funding through the Norwegian government’s pledge […]
February 16, 2018
From the Amazon to California
In a recent letter published in the Sacramento Bee, the President of the Coordinating Group of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA), Edwin Vazquez, highlights the importance of engaging indigenous communities in efforts to conserve tropical forests — something he notes is already occurring within the Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force. The […]
February 2, 2018
Transition to a Conservation Economy in the Amazon
Economist João Tezza Neto, Ph.D. candidate at the Federal University of Amazonas (Brazil), visited the Governors’ Climate & Forests Task Force (GCF) Secretariat at CU Boulder’s Laboratory for Energy & Environmental Policy Innovation (LEEP). The lecture he delivered, titled “Transition to a Conservation Economy in the Amazon: Economic Perspectives of Zero Deforestation,” made the case […]
January 2, 2018
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