Acre, Brazil

Annual Meeting 2025

 Agenda

Monday, May 19th

Morning                   Executive Committee Meeting of the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF)
                                     (Closed Session; By Invite Only)

Afternoon               Technical Meeting – Global Committee of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
                                     (Closed Session; By Invite Only)

Tuesday, May 20th

09:00 – 16:00          Business Meeting/General Assembly (Closed Session; Invitation Only)

20:00                         GCFTF Delegate Dinner (Closed Session; Invitation Only)

Wednesday, May 21st

On Wednesday, the Government of Acre has curated a series of technical field visits for the participants of the annual meeting, offering a unique opportunity to explore firsthand innovative projects driving the New Forest Economy in the Amazon region. These visits will highlight successful territorial management efforts and sustainable practices in forest conservation, community development, and bioeconomy production. These field visits aim to provide a hands-on learning experience, highlighting both challenges and successes in the region, and to feed into the workshops scheduled for Thursday, May 22. See below for field visit descriptions and here for more details.

06:00/07:30 – 17:30/19:30             Field Visits (**times vary**)

1. Forest Restoration and Fire Management: From the nursery to the forest
This route offers an immersive experience with restoration efforts in the Rural Zone of the municipality of Capixaba, including agroforestry systems of fruit and coffee. Participants will visit an essential nursery to discuss the process of selecting and planting critical species to support restoration and economic development, as well as Acre’s state-of-the-art Integrated Center for Geoprocessing and Environmental Monitoring, which enables the government to monitor forest cover, conduct integrated fire management and command and control actions, and support sophisticated hydrometeorological monitoring,  land tenure analysis, restoration and forest replacement, and geoprocessing analysis.

2. Natural Infrastructure and Jurisdictional REDD+: Protecting Forests at the Landscape Level
Visit the home of the legendary Chico Mendes, located in the town of Xapuri, which gave rise to the rainforest protection movement. This visit will foster engagement on the current challenges and opportunities of large-scale forest protection initiatives and financing mechanisms, and will include visits to cooperatively managed and produced brazil nuts and rubber. This route will also help center ongoing implementation of jurisdictional REDD+ actions to protect Acre’s forests, with a focus on benefits for traditional communities.

3. Establishing a Thriving Bioeconomy: Centering on social inclusion and the strengthening of traditional communities
Discover how Acre is partnering with local communities to value biodiversity and empower communities in order to  build a more inclusive, sustainable and resilient economic development that respects nature and promotes people’s well-being. Participants will visit community producers like Fazenda Filipinas, Dom Porquito, and Epitaciolândia to learn how they combine innovative practices around honey, livestock, and other local production to establish a thriving bioeconomy.

4. Governance and Benefits Sharing: Indigenous Leadership from Acre
Indigenous Peoples play a crucial role in conserving forests and utilizing native biodiversity. This route will dive deeply into mechanisms to ensure full and effective participation of Indigenous and traditional communities in the planning, design, and implementation of Acre’s forest protection and economic development programs, as well as rich sharing of experiences across the GCFTF Global Committee of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. The visit will start at the Pro-Indigenous Commission of Acre (CPI-Acre), a Brazilian non-profit organization founded in 1979 whose mission is to support the indigenous peoples living in Acre in their efforts to exercise their collective rights – territorial, environmental, linguistic, socio-cultural – through actions that link the territorial and environmental management of indigenous lands, intercultural and bilingual education and public policies. This route will be led by Acre’s Extraordinary Secretary for Indigenous Peoples, Francisca Arara.

5. Intensifying Sustainable Production: Coffee and Cacao
This route offers participants the opportunity to exchange on best practices for increasing sustainably sourced commodities as a key New Forest Economy building block. The route will include visits to Agrarian Reform Settlements with a high degree of deforestation, where communities are using sustainable technologies and family labor to intensify and diversify production in a more sustainable manner, generating employment and income, as well as reversing effects of past deforestation that have aggravated environmental disasters and climate change.

Thursday, May 22nd

Venue: Universidade Federal do Acre, Theater & Convention Center
Public Space for World Cafe and Partner Exhibitions Open All Day

On Thursday, the GCFTF will organize a series of working sessions in order to bring experts from government, Indigenous Peoples and local communities, industry, private sector and investment leaders, civil society, academic, and research institutions together to co-construct targeted, new forest economy investment and capacity mechanisms in GCF Task Force member states. These sessions will build on subnational governments’ expertise in the realities of their states, provinces, and regions and will connect these realities to new partnerships and investment opportunities. Governments will enhance their engagement with investors and technical partners, and investors and technical partners will learn about the realities, capacities, challenges, and opportunities of subnational governments. These types of meaningful interaction and co-construction processes have never been more important. More details on each working session theme, organizers, and agenda is available here. The day’s overall agenda is shown below.
Subject to change. Check back regularly for changes and updates.

08:30 – 08:45         Opening Remarks (Theater)

08:45 – 09:00           Transfer from Theater to Convention Center Rooms0

9:00 – 10:30           NFE Working Sessions (Morning, Part A)

10:30 – 11:30         World Cafe & Bilateral Meetings                        
                                     (Networking/Coffee with Tables for meeting GCFTF member jurisdictions, partners, and local artisans)

11:30 – 13:00         NFE Working Sessions (Morning, Part B)

13:00 – 14:30         Lunch (Restaurante Universitario UFAC)

14:30 -16:00          NFE Working Sessions (Afternoon, Part A)

16:00 – 17:00         World Cafe & Bilateral Meetings                        
                                     (Networking/Coffee with Tables for meeting GCFTF member jurisdictions, partners, and local artisans)

17:00 – 18:00         NFE Working Sessions (Afternoon, Part A)

20:00                         Opening Reception (Museo de Povos)

Friday, May 23rd

Venue: Universidade Federal do Acre, Theater & Convention Center

Subject to Change: Check back for updates

08:00                        Welcome Remarks

08:20                        Keynote Speakers

09:00                        Governors’ Perspectives:
                                    GCFTF to Belem: Subnational Leadership is Crucial to Meet Global Pledges

Moderators:
Colleen Scanlan Lyons. GCFTF Project Director
Jason Gray. GCFTF Project Director

10:30                        Coffee Break

11:00 – 13:00        High-Level Announcements with Partners

Moderators:
Carlos Aragon. GCFTF Country Director for Brazil
Syahrina Anggraini. GCFTF Country Director for Indonesia
Carmen Delicia Antelo Natusch. GCFTF Country Director for Bolivia
Romeo Domínguez Barradas. GCFTF Country Director for Mexico
Bruno Santiago Paladines Puertas. GCFTF Country Director for Ecuador

Join us for exciting announcements to help move the GCFTF forward on all of our important work, including:

  • Country-specific announcements
  • Partnership announcements
  • Road to COP30
  • And more…

13:00 – 14:30        Lunch (Restaurante Universitario UFAC) 

14:30 – 16:30         World Cafe, Bilateral Meetings, & Side Events                        
                                    Networking/Coffee with Stands for meeting GCFTF member jurisdictions, partners, and local artisans                                        – 2 rooms available for side events
                                    – 2 rooms available for bilateral meetings
                                    For scheduling, please contact Martha Gutierrez Fontes, martha.gtzfontes@gcftaskforce.org 

16:30 – 17:30         Closing Ceremony & Awards (UFAC Theater)

20:00                         Closing Dinner

GOVERNORS’ CLIMATE & FORESTS TASK FORCE