Governors' Climate & Forests Task Force

Global Committee For Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

Building low-Emissions
Development

Partnerships Across more than 1/3 of the world's tropical forests

Supporting partnerships between subnational governments, indigenous peoples and local communities for forest conservation, climate change mitigation, territorial rights, and well-being

WHO WE ARE

Protecting the Forest from Within

Indigenous peoples and local communities own or manage...

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28%

of the world's land

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1/8

of the planet's forests

1/4

of total above-ground carbon storage in the world's tropical forest regions

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The Guiding Principles for Collaboration and Partnership

Between Subnational Governments, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

ENDORSED BY:

17 NGOs

34 Governments

18 Indigenous Peoples Organizations