Accelerating Momentum for Large-Scale Tropical Forest Conservation Through Jurisdictional REDD+
Please join the Forest & Climate Leaders' Partnership (FCLP) and the Jurisdictional REDD+ Technical Assistance Partnership (JTAP) in celebrating the progress that forest nations and indigenous partners have made in developing high-quality jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD+) programs amidst strong headwinds. The event, convened with support from JTAP partners Conservation International, Climate Law and Policy, Environmental Defense Fund, Wildlife Conservation Society and Winrock International, will feature remarks from speakers spotlighting critical JREDD+ progress and emphasizing the importance of increased and continued support to scale these results.
Speakers include:
Eliane Xunakalo, Coordinator, Federação dos Povos e Organizações Indígenas de Mato Grosso (FEPOIMT)
Eron Bloomgarden, CEO, Emergent
Fermin Chimatani, President, Asociación Nacional de Ejecutores de Contratos de Administración de las Reservas Comunales del Perú (ANECAP)
Francisca Arara, Secretary, Secretariat for Indigenous Peoples for the State of Acre
Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund
Leonardo Carvalho, President, Climate Change Institute of Acre, Brazil
Patricia Zurita, Chief Strategy Officer, Conservation International
Roselyn Fosuah Adjei, Director, Climate Change and National REDD+ Focal Point, Forestry Commission of Ghana; Co-chair sherpa of the FCLP