by gcftf_login | Sep 27, 2023 | Peru
From September 21-24, the city of Tingo María in the Huánuco region of Peru hosted the ExpoAmazónica 2023, with over 60,000 people in attendance. The Expo is one of the most important events focusing on products of the Peruvian Amazon, with delegations from Huánuco,...
by gcftf_login | Sep 15, 2020 | Brazil
Today, Governor Wilson Lima of Amazonas, Brazil launched the “Amazonas Mais Verde” program to strengthen sustainable economic development, land and environmental regularization as a strategy to contain deforestation and forest fires—with particular attention to...
by gcftf_login | Aug 26, 2020 | Brazil, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Initiatives are underway to empower and strengthen indigenous women in Acre, Brazil. On August 20th, the Government of Acre joined the Office of the First Lady and Secretariat for Social Assistance, Human Rights and Policies for Women (SEASDHM), together with the...
by gcftf_login | Jun 9, 2020 | Peru
After three months since the first outbreak in Lima, Peru, the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the country by overwhelming health systems, putting front-line workers in vulnerable positions, and halting the economy. While the virus poses a threat to everyone, rural...
by gcftf_login | Apr 7, 2020 | Peru
As COVID-19 has swept across the globe it is clear that we are confronting not just a worldwide health pandemic, but also a deepening economic crisis. While the financial impact of COVID-19 is in the early stages of taking root across the tropics, in Peru, GCF Task...
