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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

West Papua Proposes Vision to Become a “Conservation Province”

Article available in Indonesian here.   West Papua is an Indonesian province with tremendous economic potential stemming from agriculture, mining, forest products, and tourism. Pearls and seaweed are produced in the Raja Ampat district, pure fragrant nutmeg is exported from the Fak-Fak district, and ecotourism presents large potential in areas such as Cenderawasih Bay National […]

June 27, 2018

Businesses, Local Governments and Citizens Challenged to Conserve and Restore Land

As part of the Global Climate Action Summit, WWF, together with a broad coalition of partners, today issued the 30X30 Forests, Food and Land Challenge: calling on businesses, states, city and local governments, and global citizens to take action for better forest and habitat conservation, food production and consumption, and land use, working together across […]

June 25, 2018