Media roundup on Guardians of the Forests at the Global Action Climate Summit

The presence of #GuardianesDelBosque at the Global Climate Action Summit (September 12-14, 2018, in California, # GCAS2018) was reported in international media. Here we publish a recomplilation of news about the event. English Daily Californian (USA) 10.09.2018 Indigenous organizations march in San Francisco climate protest (LINK) *** Portuguese AFP, 11/09/18 Cúpula em San Francisco busca …

Guardians of the Forests wave ties in Yurok territory, in California.

Indigenous leaders and forest communities of Mesoamerica, the Amazon and Indonesia, join efforts and strategies in the fight against climate change. Starting on September 3rd, delegations of the Guardians of the Forests global alliance traveled to California to attend a cultural exchange with the Yurok Ancestral People and learn about their successful model of territorial …

New Council in COICA

On July 20, 2018, we participated in different meetings organized by the new leadership of COICA, led by Gregorio Mirabal (Venezuela) as Coordinator and Tuntiak Katan (Ecuador) as Vice-Coordinator. Weaving Ties supported the visit of the Technical Secretary of the AMPB, Marvin Sotelo (blue shirt in the photo) representing his organization in this important moment …

See you at the Free Land Camp in Brazilia!

We will participate in the largest gathering of indigenous peoples of Brazil, with a small delegation of young people from the AMPB and the COICA. After participating in the event itself, we will visit a village. Many good things in perspective!

Planning meeting in NYC

After the strategic communication planning meeting in February in New York, where the joint Climate Action Summit of California and the COP of Poland were defined as strong moments of joint action in 2018, the organizations that participated in the «Guardians of the Forest» alliance  wanted to take advantage of the presence in New York …

Warrioresses meeting in Leticia, Colombia

Twenty leaders from 12 countries met on April 3 in the Amazonian city of Leticia, Colombia, in the tri-border sector between Colombia, Brazil and Peru, to get to know each other better and exchange experiences. They came from Central America, as delegates from the AMPB, from non-Amazonian Brazil, as delegates from APIB, at the invitation …

Stockholm Meeting

Participation in different events organized by RRI, SIDA and International Land Coalition in Stockholm in September, 2017. This participation was framed in the following objectives: To explore, build and strengthen alliances and networks with other research institutes,  accompaniment for the development and international cooperation dedicated to land access and territorial rights issues, focusing on developing …

GCF Annual Meeting in Balikpapan, Indonesia

After the meeting organized by the indigenous people and local communities work groups in August, 2017, in California, Weaving Ties concluded that it was strategic to actively follow the process approach between the global alliance and the Governors for Climate (GCF) work group. For this reason, and considering that the team was dedicated to the …

Workgroup exchange between Governors for Climate and traditional communities and indigenous people in California

This meeting was organized by the GCF Task Force’s technical secretary and the Earth Innovation Institute (EII). It took place between August 21st and 24th of 2017 in California with the following objectives: Exchange knowledge between Indigenous People, Traditional Communities and subnational governments in relation to existent alliances. Establish a community of actors that can …