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European Union announces EUR 25.5 M investment in Mesoamerica’s Five Great Forests
Today at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), the European Union (EU) announced a 25.5 million euro investment in the protection and sustainable use of the Five Great Forests of Mesoamerica, and the Indigenous Peoples and local communities that risk...
European Union announces EUR 25.5 M investment in Mesoamerica’s Five Great Forests
Today at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), the European Union (EU) announced a 25.5 million euro investment in the protection and sustainable use of the Five Great Forests of Mesoamerica, and the Indigenous Peoples and local communities that risk their lives as their frontline defenders. This new funding will build upon the ongoing EU-funded pilot project implemented by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), in partnership with Re:wild, the Central American Commission for...
World fails to address indigenous contributions to climate change mitigation
Territorial leaders denounce ‘carbon piracy’ of ecosystem services provided by their forest communities on this Indigenous Peoples Day. UN scientific report released today states that forests are essential to retaining the store of carbon. Photo: If Not Us Then Who...
FEPROAH creates women’s organizations and affiliates new cooperatives
From July 28 to 30, the Federation of Agroforestry Producers of Honduras (FEPROAH) held an Extraordinary Assembly as part of the project: "Identity, territory, local communities and intergenerational integration for the promotion of sustainable development and...
Territorial authorities in Washington: Without our communities, global climate goals will not be achieved
Representative authorities of the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities (GATC) advanced towards an effective participation of indigenous peoples and local communities in climate and conservation mechanisms, during a political mission in Washington D.C., United States.
Global Alliance and the U.S. Department of State discuss priorities for indigenous peoples and local communities
The U.S. Department of State and the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities (GATC) had a fruitful discussion on the inclusion of indigenous peoples and local communities in the climate financing and biodiversity protection mechanisms promoted by the country. In a...
Territorial Authorities arrive in Washington D.C. in defense of life and forests
The Global Alliance of Territorial Communities (AGTC) set up in Washington DC, United States, with the mission of ensuring the participation of indigenous peoples and local communities in the mechanisms to combat climate change and protection of biodiversity promoted...
Cabécar indigenous women association wins prestigious Equator Prize
The Kábata Könana Indigenous Women's Association, from Talamanca Cabécar (Costa Rica), was announced this July 15 as the winner of the 12th Equator Prize, awarded by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and its partners. The prestigious award recognizes local...
Guatemala joins list of countries that will sign an ERPA with the World Bank
Guatecarbon will become the first community project at Guatemalan level to receive payment under FCPF - World Bak scheme The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) approved the entry of Guatemala as a signatory of the Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement (ERPA)...
Mesoamerican Leadership School presents its training process to the General Guna Congress
The facilitators of the Mesoamerican School of Leadership (EML by its Spanish initials) in the Guna Yala Comarca, Panamanian Caribbean coast, validated the EML leadership training process at the Assembly of the Guna General Congress that took place from May 18th to...
Contribution of Indigenous Peoples highlighted in celebration of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
This Thursday, June 17, the high-level virtual forum in commemoration of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought highlighted the fundamental role that indigenous peoples and local communities play in the protection of ecosystems that prevent...
Mayangna women celebrate their first meeting focused on governance and current challenges
This June 10 and 11,Mayangna women held their first meeting about governance and challenges of the current context with the participation of more than 120 women leaders representing the 75 communities that make up the Mayangna PANASANGWAS Women’s Government.
AMPB technical team continues to respond to community territorial agenda in the context of a pandemic
The Technical Secretariat of the Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests (AMPB) and the technical teams of the semi-autonomous units have strengthened their efforts to support the region’s land rights agenda and continue to coordinate efforts virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic.
United Kingdom Ambassador to Costa Rica highlights role of indigenous peoples at COP26
Representative territorial organizations of indigenous peoples and local communities are of vital importance to the success of COP 26. The leaders of the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities (AGCT), Tuntiak Katan and Levi Sucre, and the British Ambassador agree on this. Designated for Costa Rica and Nicaragua, Ben Lyster-Binns.
FOMUJER opens call to strengthen food security and traditional medicine
The Mesoamerican Fund for Strengthening Political and Business Capacities of Indigenous Women and Local Communities (FOMUJER) opened calls with the objective of improving the food security of the indigenous and community-based peoples of the Mesoamerican region who protect, care for and manage important areas of forests.
Women territorial leaders celebrated regional exchange of forest entrepreneurship
This week, April 26-30, the "Regional Exchange of Indigenous and Community-Based Women's Forestry Entrepreneurship" took place in Nicaragua, to facilitate sharing knowledge and experiences among women forestry producers from Mesoamerica and Colombia to improve...
Mesoamerican Leadership School reactivates its training workshops in the Honduran Mosquitia
The Mesoamerican Leadership School provided a workshop to update files to young people in the process of training in the Territorial Council Auya Yari, belonging to the Honduran Mosquitia. This activity took place on April 8 and 9 with 26 participants made up of young...
Global Alliance of Territorial Communities at Climate Leaders Summit convened by Biden Administration
Forests are not empty spaces: to save the climate, recognize our land rights. The Global Alliance of Territorial Communities (AGCT), the coalition of organizations representing indigenous and local communities from Brazil, Indonesia, and the Amazon and Mesoamerican...
Mesoamerican Leadership School consolidates presence in Guna Nation
In March of this year, the Mesoamerican Leadership School took another step in consolidating its work in Panama by incorporating two facilitators from the Assudub and Manssugum communities of the Guna Yala Comarca, Panama's Caribbean coast, into the team. Yanisbeth...
Mesoamerica celebrates approval of extension for Forestry Concessions in Petén
Renewal will continue to benefit the sustainable management of economic and social resources, as well as the protection of the Maya Biosphere Reserve. The Government of Guatemala, through the National Council of Protected Areas (CONAP), granted a 25-year extension to...
New podcast will tell the stories of Mesoamerica’s indigenous peoples and local communities
AMPB initiative will disseminate stories and anecdotes of the region's forests and those who inhabit them. All episodes will be published on Spotify and different digital platforms, and will also have subtitles on Youtube. The Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and...
ADITICA promotes agricultural enterprises of indigenous families in Talamanca through a business conference
Five organizations of plantain producing families presented their offerings in this commercial activity This Wednesday, February 17, a business roundtable was held at the headquarters of the Association for the Integral Development of the Indigenous Territory...
Women leaders in the region empowered to promote sustainable rural development
Mesoamerican women trained in financial education workshop To provide the participants with administrative and financial knowledge, the Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests (AMPB), in collaboration with the Coordinator of Territorial Women Leaders of...
Economic reactivation advances in the indigenous territory of Talamanca
To promote the economy of the communities of the Talamanca Cabécar territory, the Indigenous Virtual Produce Exchange of the Kábata Könana Women's Association, in collaboration with the Association for the Integral Development of the Talamanca Cabécar Indigenous...
AMPB celebrates virtual Annual Assembly: A decade in the frontlines of territorial rights
The Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests celebrates 10 years of promoting, defending and implementing the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities and, as part of the celebration, held its Annual Assembly this Thursday, December 10 during the VIII Mesoamerican Territorial Congress.
Mesoamerican Leadership School: empowering young people is vital for biodiversity protection and territorial management
The VIII Mesoamerican Territorial Congress was held and continued this Wednesday, December 9th with the execution of the panel “contribution and challenges from Mesoamerican youth” by the Mesoamerican Leadership School.
Territorial Women’s Assembly: gender equity is part of the solution to climate change
Coordinator of Territorial Women Leaders of Mesoamerica (CMLT) report reveals that gender-based violence is the main cause of women’s absence in local political processes; CMLT positioned as a unique space in the region due to the territorial leaders’ legitimacy and its local agenda with global echo.
AMPB will celebrate a decade in the frontlines for the defense of land rights
The Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests (AMPB) reaches 10 years of being the voice of indigenous peoples and local communities in the region. “We are 10 years in the frontlines, we are forests of people” is the slogan of the celebrations which will begin with...
AMPB territories build vision of future challenges in virtual exchange
As part of the Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests’ (AMPB) 10th anniversary, member organizations held the Virtual Exchange on the Indigenous and Local Agenda to provide a space for reflection and discussion regarding the situation faced by indigenous territories and local communities before the recurrent social, political, and economic crisis that the region is experiencing.
Guatemala is elected member of the Committee of Participants of the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF)
During the 29th World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) meeting, Guatemala was elected as a new member to represent Latin America on said committee, along with other countries in the region. This appointment gives it a participatory leadership in a...
Utz Che’ Network communities in Guatemala face forest fires with ancestral practices such as k’axk’ol
The attention of the COVID-19' pandemic has shifted to a problem that affects forests around the world: forest fires. The communal forests of the grassroots community organizations of the Utz Che' Network have been seriously affected by this problem derived from...
Indigenous peoples and local communities of Mesoamerica respond to COVID-19 pandemic from territories
The indigenous peoples and local communities of Mesoamerica that make up the Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests (AMPB) are implementing local actions to ensure the health of their population in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Territorial...
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