by gcftf | 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 | Jul 29, 2020 | Peru
In 2020, the Piura Regional Government assumed the presidency of the National Assembly of Regional Governments (ANGR), elected by the Governors of the Peruvian jurisdictions. Under Supreme Decree No. 006-2020-MINAM on July 21, 2020, the High Level Commission on...
by gcftf | Jul 20, 2020 | Brazil
Eduardo Taveira, Secretary of the Environment from Amazonas and GCF Task Force delegate, was appointed by Brazil’s Minister of Environment, Ricardo Salles, to the Committee for the Protected Areas of the Amazon Program (ARPA). In this role, Taveira will represent the...
by gcftf | May 8, 2020 | Nigeria
Dr. Alice Ekwu, a GCF TF delegate from the Cross River State, Nigeria, received the “Everyday Hero Award” at the GCF Task Force’s Eleventh Annual Meeting in Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia.  Alice, who has a PhD in Hydrobiology and Environmental Toxicology,...
by gcftf | May 1, 2020 | Brazil
The devastating widespread impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic are ravaging their way across the tropics—from Indonesia to Peru and nearly everywhere in between. In the face of the rapidly evolving situation across both cities and states and provinces, subnational...
