Intercambios de Experiencias – San Martin, Peru – October 2022

Under the leadership of Governor Pedro Bogarin Vargas, the Government of San Martin, Peru and the GCF Task Force hosted an Intercambio de Experiencias in San Martin from October 10-13, 2022. This important technical exchange promoted the sharing of experiences from within and across the GCF Task Force network of subnational governments, with a particular focus on the 7 Peruvian members of the network.

Throughout the exchange, more than 500 participants

1. Went into the field to observe and discuss relevant practices to reduce deforestation and promote a new forest economy, including:

  • Initiatives with standing forests (ecotourism, sustainable forest management, etc.)
  • Impacts on drivers of deforestation (coffee, cocoa, etc.)
  • Inclusion and gender approaches (small producers, women, etc.)
  • Innovation and technology (solar energy, technical irrigation, satellite monitoring, etc.)

2. Empowerment and scalability (social organizations, cooperatives, etc.). We presented important international experiences to reduce deforestation and promote a new forest economy considering objective criteria such as:

  • Impact on the enhancement of standing forests
  • Impact on reducing deforestation
  • Inclusion and gender approaches
  • Innovation and technology
  • Empowerment and scalability

3. Organized around the 4 pillars of the Manaus Action Plan for a New Forest Economy that was endorsed by the GCF Task Force at our Annual Meeting in Manaus, Brazil in March 2022:

  • People and Communities
  • Knowledge, technology and innovation
  • Finance, investment and private sector
  • Government and public policies

4. Held a “High Level Segment” with the participation of Governors and other authorities regarding commitments to the climate agenda and to promoting jurisdiction-scale efforts to reduce deforestation and low emissions rural development strategies

The program agenda is available here and most recent information for the meeting is available in Spanish

A detailed agenda of the field visits is available here.

GOVERNORS’ CLIMATE & FORESTS TASK FORCE