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Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force Kicks Off Annual Meeting in Heart of the Amazon Basin

This week, on the banks of the largest river system in the world, Governors, environment secretaries and civil servants, Indigenous peoples and local community leaders, national governments, the private sector, and partner organizations will be meeting to discuss innovative partnerships and solutions to the threat of tropical deforestation at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) […]

March 17, 2022

Governors Launch Action Plan to Reduce Deforestation and Improve Lives in Forested Regions

For more than a decade of leadership and innovation, member states and provinces of the Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force have been developing strategies, programs, investment plans, and new legal structures to address tropical deforestation, embark on a low-emissions development path, and benefit their populations and the climate. These governments have developed jurisdiction-specific, regional, and […]

The New GCF presidency and the approval of the Manaus Action Plan are the highlights of the second day of the 12th Task Force Meeting of Governors for the Climate

The host of the 12th Meeting of the Governors’ Climate Task Force (GCF Task Force), Wilson Lima, the governor, highlighted this Thursday morning (03/16), the importance of discussing the conservation of forests and aligning this with the fight against poverty and social inequalities. “We can no longer accept that people from other countries, who do […]

March 16, 2022

Executive comittee meeting

On Tuesday afternoon, the 12th Annual Meeting of the Governors’ Climate Task Force (GCF Task Force) with the participation of Environment Secretary Eduardo Taveira, continued explaining that the basis for real change is knowledge in technology and innovation. For secretary Taveira, it is necessary to leave the old thinking that technology is only developed in […]

March 15, 2022

Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force Kicks Off Annual Meeting in Heart of the Amazon Basin

12th Annual Meeting of GCF Task Force hosted by Governor of Amazonas in Manaus, Brazil, March 15-18, 2022 This week, on the banks of the largest river system in the world, Governors, environment secretaries and civil servants, Indigenous peoples and local community leaders, national governments, the private sector, and partner organizations will be meeting to discuss […]

International Women’s Day 2022

Yesterday marked International Women’s Day 2022, with a unique theme: Gender Equality Today for Sustainable Tomorrow. We recognize the numerous women across the GCF Task Force who ensure we have a “sustainable tomorrow” through forest protection and climate mitigation. Gender equality goes hand in hand with the missions of the GCF Task Force: to protect […]

March 9, 2022

Jason Gray has joined the GCF Task Force Secretariat

We are thrilled to announce that Jason Gray has joined the GCF Task Force Secretariat. Jason will serve as a Project Director along with Colleen Scanlan Lyons, Project Director, William Boyd, Project Lead, Michelle Siqueira, Associate Director of Public Relations and Fernando Briones, Senior Program Officer. Jason brings a wealth of experience to the GCF Task Force, including […]

March 2, 2022

Un paso más cerca para lograr una ganadería libre de deforestación en Madre de Dios

Mediante un modelo de alta calidad, sostenibilidad y responsabilidad ambiental, el sector ganadero de la Amazonía peruana apunta a una ganadería libre de deforestación. Sistema de producción que le permitirá a este mercado emergente tener gran potencial de crecimiento. Especialmente Madre de Dios, es una región clave para la ganadería, posee más de 25 mil […]

December 17, 2021

Lessons from the Governors’ Climate & Forests Task Force

From 2018 – 2020, UNDP, with funding from the Government of Norway, supported 35 jurisdictions in the Governors’ Climate & Forests Task Force (GCFTF) to develop and/or revise jurisdictional strategies and investment plans to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+) and promote low-emissions development. The purpose of this review is to present the findings […]

November 30, 2021