Colombia
Governor and Delegates
Caquetá
Governor
Arnulfo Gasca Trujillo
Delegates
Lorenzo Andrés Vargas Gutiérrez
Advisor
lorenzoandresvg@gmail.com
Ancizar Marin
Secretary of Planning
planeacion@caqueta.gov.co
News from Colombia
Thanks to our Annual Meeting Sponsors!
The GCF Task Force, together with the Government of Yucatan, could not have organized our 13th Annual Meeting without the support of our incredible sponsors. You helped ensure not only the success of this meeting - but also the strengthening of this important network...
Highlights from Yucatan: Thought Leaders & Field Visits
In addition to the partnership announcements, MOU endorsements by Governors and delegates, and incredible level of dialogue and discussions throughout the 13th Annual Meeting of the GCF Task Force in Merida, Yucatan last week, participants were able to engage with and...
More on 3 New Bolivian Members of GCF Task Force
As previously reported, three departments from Bolivia - Pando, Santa Cruz, and Tarija - were voted in as full members of the Task Force at our 13th Annual Meeting in Merida, Yucatan last week! Fundacion Natura Bolivia has been supporting each of these departments and...
“The most important part of the deforestation reduction strategy that we have been implementing in the department of Caquetá is our efforts to reclaim the ancestral knowledge of ethnic and peasant groups related to forests, as well as aligning the different national, territorial and institutional planning tools with sustainable forest management to generate a forest economy framed in green growth. Together, the efforts of the national, regional, departmental and local government are aligned to reduce deforestation with the support of the international community, NGOs and, most importantly, the civil society of the Department.”
–Lorenzo Andrés Vargas Gutiérrez, Advisor to the Governor of Caquetá