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The first meeting of the Bureau of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean will be held in the Bolivar Palace, the main office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Panama, in Panama City on 20 May 2026.

This meeting will provide an opportunity to define the Forum’s strategic direction, building on the outcomes of the 2024 Special Session and its previous meeting held in October 2025 in Lima, Peru. It will enable the agreement on a clear, prioritized, and results-oriented roadmap for 2026–2027, which will strengthen the Forum’s capacity to promote more integrated, coherent, and effective regional action.

Provisional Agenda [ENG] [ESP]

Provisional Annotated Agenda [ENG] [ESP]

Provisional Participants List [ENG and ESP]

Meeting brief [ENG] [ESP]

Report [ENG] [ESP]

Presentation deck [ENG and ESP]

 

Priorities of work proposed by the Presidency [ENG] [ESP]

Comments to the priorities of work proposed by the Presidency [ENG] [ESP] 

Forum´s Roadmap for 2026 [ENG] [ESP]

Forum´s Work Plan for 2026 - 2027 [English only]

 

Session 5.1 - Ecosystem Restoration Initiative: "Restoration for water and people" [ENG] [ESP]

Session 5.2 - Financial instruments to support ecosystem conservation and restoration - Concept note [ENG] [ESP]

Session 5.3 - Regional Cooperation Programme for Reducing Methane Emissions from organic waste and Closing Dumpsites in Latin America and the Caribbean [ENG] [ESP]

Session 5.4 - CopernicusLAC - Concept note [ENG] [ESP]

Information and logistics note [ENG] [ESP]

 

Ibero-American Environmental Agenda [Spanish only]

Briefing note on the 2027 World Protected and Conserved Areas Congress [ENG] [ESP]

Briefing note on Panama´s Nature Pledge [ENG] [ESP]

Briefing note on Panama´s proposal on the Rights of Nature [ENG] [ESP]

 

Report of the High-Level Officers meeting, 14 April 2026 [ENG] [ESP]

Documents of the XXIV Meeting of the Forum, Lima, Peru, October 2025