From the Ground Up: Mobilizing Subnational Partnerships with the GCFTask Force to Build New Forest Economies

Subnational governments play a critical role in creating the enabling conditions for advancing new forest economies and rely on partnerships for effectively developing socio-bioeconomy and natural infrastructure solutions, implementing jurisdictional REDD+ programs, and promoting sustainable agriculture, restoration and wildfire management. Partnerships can facilitate access to markets, aid in contract negotiations, and foster better private sector-community-government alignment. But forging successful partnerships takes time, effort, and strategy. This panel explores the conditions for building partnerships that, over time, can help to unlock finance, reduce technical and capacity gaps, and move climate agreements to action. Member governments from across the Governors´Climate and ForestsTask Force and key partners of the global GCF Task Force network will provide insights on how partnerships between subnational governments and allies take root, endure, and promote tangible progress on integrated conservation and development. Join a vivid interaction among attendees with GCF Task Force leaders from Colombia, Mexico, Brasil and Peru, with counterparts from civil society, academia and private sector. GCF Task Force leaders Gov. Luis Francisco Ruiz Aguilar, Caquetá, Colombia Ms. Paola Bauche, Secretary of Environment, Jalisco, México Ms. Silvia Llamas, International Affairs Director, National Commission of Forestry, Mexico. Francisca Arará, Secretary of Originary Peoples, Acre, Brazil Andre Mauricio Granda Garrido. Prefect Pastaza Province, Ecuador. Henry Stern. Senator. California State Partners Sharon London, Partnerships Director, Forest Stewardship Council María Inés Rivadeneira, Policy Lead Latin America and the Caribbean, WWF Mary Grady. ART Trees. Andrew Mayock, Vice Chancellor for Sustainability, University of Colorado Boulder Juan David Ferreira, Programs Director of Latimpacto