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GCF Task Force Performs First Workshop for Low-Emissions Rural Development In Jalisco

Guadalajara, Jal., October 10, 2018 See original article in Spanish   The Trust Fund for the Administration of the Forest Development Program (FIPRODEFO) from the state of Jalisco, in coordination with the Ministry of Environment and Territorial Development (SEMADET), the Earth Innovation Institute, the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF), and Pronatura Sur, A. C., […]

October 15, 2018

The New Yorker: How Carbon Trading Became a Way of Life for California’s Yurok Tribe

See article on The New Yorker here.

October 10, 2018

Key Outcomes Of The 2018 GCF Task Force Annual Meeting

We are pleased to announce the following key outcomes from the 2018 GCF Task Force Annual Meeting: Leading into the 2018 Annual Meeting, California released a draft California Tropical Forest Standard which is now open for public comment through Fall 2018. The 38 GCF Task Force members welcomed four new observers to the fold: Tarija, Bolivia; Michoacán, […]

September 12, 2018

UNDP Announces First Group Of Projects To Support Jurisdictional REDD+ Strategies & Investment Plans

SAN FRANCISCO. The Climate and Forests Team of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced the first round of projects under the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF) to support jurisdictional REDD+ strategies and investment plans during the GCF Annual Meeting on 11 September in San Francisco. The range of projects approved reflects the […]

GCF TF Unveils Guiding Principles Of Collaboration And Partnership

San Francisco. On September 11, 2018, the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force unveiled a set of unifying principles to address deforestation, climate change, and the rights of Indigenous Peoples and forest communities. During the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS), GCF Task Force members representing millions of indigenous peoples across Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Indonesia, […]

September 11, 2018

Statement on the Protest Actions Conducted by RISE Against Climate Capitalism

Statement from Colleen Colleen Scanlan-Lyons, Project Director of the Governors’ Climate and Forest Task Force (GCF) on the protest actions conducted by RISE Against Climate Capitalism and other groups during  GCF’s Annual Meeting in San Francisco:   “We welcome constructive criticism and diverse perspectives and firmly believe that successful efforts to address climate change must […]

September 10, 2018

Updates from the GCF Task Force in Mexico

Lea este artículo en español aquí EDITORIAL With the inclusion of the State of Oaxaca at the last Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force annual meeting held from September 25-29, 2017 in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, the GCF now has 7 member states in Mexico.  Globally the GCF Task Force is now comprised of 38 […]

September 5, 2018

ExpoAmazonica Advances Partnerships, Dialogue In Peru

Lea este artículo en español aquí   Pucallpa, Peru – The Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force members in Peru participated in three forums during the 2018 Expo-Amazonica from August 9-11, in Pucallpa, Peru. The themes of the forums were the sustainable development of the Peruvian Amazon, the development of public policies for 2021, […]

August 21, 2018

Jalisco Launches Public Consultation On REDD+ Strategy

Leer este artículo en español aquí.   On July 17th the State of Jalisco took another step forward with its jurisdictional program to reduce deforestation by opening its draft State Strategy for the Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (EE-REDD+ for its acronym in Spanish). Since 2011, the State of Jalisco has been […]

July 20, 2018