On September 19, 2024 Ecuadorian Assemblywoman Gissella Molina Álvarez launched, with the support of her peers in the National Assembly as well as the ICCF Group, the first legislative caucus in the history of the nation.
Co-chairs and members of the new conservation-driven group were immediately engaged in a roundtable discussion moderated by the ICCF Group's Vice President of Global Strategy Keith Alger on the topic of integrated fire management for the Amazon Region.
This roundtable received broad support among the country’s main political parties and was followed by a celebratory launch event for members of the Ecuadorian Assembly. Special guests included the co-chairs of conservation caucuses in Colombia and Peru, alongside representatives of government entities, businesses, NGOs, and international cooperation.
The objective of the Ecuadorian caucus will be to create a space for parliamentary dialogue and promote conservation policies in a nonpartisan fashion, as well as to strengthen regional collaboration in the Amazon Basin within the framework of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), revived and now led by the Brazil conservation caucus founder and Co-Chair Senator Nelsinho Trad.
Colombian Conservation Caucus Co-Founder and Co-Chair Germán Blanco addresses Ecuadorian parliamentarians on the benefits of the model
Through its caucus model and with a regional approach, the ICCF Group has been actively supporting the treaty organization since 2022, bringing together parliamentarians from eight key countries to collaborate and coordinate on public policies that mutually reinforce and benefit each other across borders.
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