The Coordinator of the Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests (AMPB) held a meeting this September 31 with the new Executive Secretary of the Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD), Jair Urriola Quiroz, and his team, in which they agreed on the relevance of joint work in the region to promote the forestry and territorial governance agenda.
The CCAD was established with the mission of developing a regional regime for environmental cooperation and integration that contributes to improving the quality of life of the populations of its Member States. The Commission belongs to the Central American Integration System (SICA).
At the SICA offices in San Salvador, the AMPB presented territorial perspectives on the region’s forestry agenda, the progress of the Mesoamerican Territorial Fund, and its participation in the initiative 5 Mesoamerican Forests. In addition, they discussed Mesoamerican participation in New York Climate Week and COP 26 in Glasgow.
“The results were very positive, we are going to continue working on an agenda for the issue of forests with community participation. The Secretariat is willing to coordinate participation where we can integrate indigenous peoples and local communities,” said Levi Sucre.
CCAD reaffirmed its support for the Mesoamerican Territorial Fund, which it had expressed for the first time in 2017.
The Commission is putting into practice the Regional Framework Environmental Strategy, which establishes principles of interculturality and intersectorality in its work. Both organizations agreed on a follow-up route to joint work.
