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Governor Barbalho Signs Law Establishing the State Policy on Climate Change in Pará

Policy objectives include support for research and promoting the use of technology to tackle climate change; making economic development compatible with policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and gradually and rationally replacing fossil energy sources; and ethno-mapping and ethno-zoning of the lands of indigenous, quilombola, and traditional peoples.

May 19, 2020

Letter from Governor Lima to the UN Gains Support from Governors of Peruvian Amazon States

Earlier this month, Governor Wilson Lima, Governor of Amazonas, Brazil, and 2020 chair of the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force, sent a letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations urging the international community to mobilize resources and support for urgent COVID-19 response measures in GCF Task Force states and provinces across the […]

May 14, 2020

GCF Task Force Pays Tribute To The Admirable Environmental Work of Dr. Alice Ekwu

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, has been a Commissioner for Forests and Climate Change of Cross River State, Nigeria […]

May 8, 2020

Recordando la vida de Hernán Reategui Baldeon

It comes with much sorrow to announce the passing of Hernán Reategui Baldeon on May 1, 2020. Hernán will be remembered not only as an invaluable member of the GCF Task Force, but as a remarkably kind and caring person whose professional service inspired the climate and forests agenda in the Peruvian Amazon region and […]

May 5, 2020

Governor Lima Calls for one Million COVID-19 Tests for the Amazon Region

In Amazonas, Brazil, Governor Wilson Lima is pleading for the international community to mobilize resources and support for COVID-19 response measures. Specifically, Governor Lima has requested support from the United Nations and related bodies to mobilize resources responding to the urgent needs of GCF Task Force states and provinces across the tropics.

May 1, 2020

Ucayali Releases Regional Plan for Addressing COVID-19 in Indigenous Populations

In Perú, the Regional Government of Ucayali is working quickly to mobilize a Regional Plan for Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indigenous Populations. The Plan, developed by the Regional Government of Ucayali and the Regional Management for the Development of Indigenous Peoples of Ucayali, in conjunction with AIDESEP and CONAP (two of the tree national […]

Mexican State Governments Act on COVID-19 Social, Economic, and Environmental Impacts

In the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic, GCF Task Face Governors are demonstrating bold leadership and affirming that moments of crisis bring out the best in government and humanity. From ensuring citizens’ basic needs are met while they shelter in place to developing economic support programs to mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19, their leadership brings symbols of hope and inspiration in a time of uncertainty and fear.

April 21, 2020

Amazonas Launches COVID-19 Guide for Conservation Units

The new manual is part of the #FicaNaCumunidade (Stay in Your Community) campaign and is intended to disseminate official information about COVID-19 to people who live in Conservation Units in the Amazon. The campaign is part of a series of actions aimed at combating the pandemic in protected areas in the State. The material combines the main World Health Organization recommendations with other measures taken by the Government of Amazonas.

April 17, 2020

Resilient Amazon: From Emergency to Sustainable Development in the Wake of COVID-19

As COVID-19 has swept across the globe it is clear that we are confronting not just a worldwide health pandemic, but also a deepening economic crisis. While the financial impact of COVID-19 is in the early stages of taking root across the tropics, in Peru, GCF Task Force Governors are keenly aware that we must […]

April 7, 2020