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Protecting the Amazon: an ethical duty and collective mission
From a perspective that integrates spirituality, social justice, and integral ecology, IRI Colombia’s Scientific Immersion Day fostered a dialogue between faith, science, and community action
The Amazon from the air: when the territory becomes evidence
Members of the legislative and judicial branches, religious leaders, academics, and journalists from national and international media outlets took an aerial tour of the areas
Challenges for the protection of the Amazon biome
IRI Colombia’s Scientific Immersion Day brought together scientists, local authorities, and experts to analyze the critical challenges facing Amazonian conservation. Climate change, biodiversity loss, deforestation,
Our visit to La Lindosa, an immersive experience to understand and protect the Amazon
Through a tour of the Serranía de La Lindosa and Cerro Azul, the IRI Colombia Scientific Immersion Day allowed decision-makers, academics, and religious leaders to
The advance of deforestation and its consequences: a critical portrait of the Amazon
At the Scientific Immersion Day in the Amazon, organized by IRI Colombia, José Yunis and Sandra Castro offered a complementary analysis of forest loss: from
Scientific Immersion Day in the Amazon: an introduction to the reality of Amazonian tropical forests
For three days, congressmen, magistrates, local and regional authorities, academics, religious leaders, and communicators enjoyed an immersive experience in the Amazon, where faith, science, and
They are irreplaceable. Not only do they exhibit creation in its most exquisite beauty, they provide millions of people with food, shelter, livelihoods, medicine and clean water. They are also the best climate solution we have. If protected and restored, rainforests can provide an indispensable contribution to sustainable development. Instead, they are at grave risk.
Extractive industries and land conversion for agricultural products like beef, soy, palm oil, and pulp and paper are driving tropical deforestation. In the last decade alone, an area of forest the size of the United Kingdom, France and Germany combined has been lost forever. This destruction is unnecessary and is undermining efforts by the international community to address climate change, sustainable development and human rights.
A coalition of indigenous peoples, government, business, science, NGO and civil society partners are working to halt deforestation. However, to achieve the speed and scale of change required, we need to bring the moral, ethical and spiritual dimension of humanity to bear more strongly on these efforts.
ABOUT US
The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative is an international, multi-faith alliance that aims to bring moral urgency and faith-based leadership to global efforts to end tropical deforestation. It is a platform for religious leaders to work hand-in-hand with indigenous peoples, governments, civil society and business on actions that protect rainforests and safeguard those that serve as their guardians.
We focus on three main goals:
Raise awareness of the tropical deforestation crisis by equipping religious leaders with the science, information and tools needed to serve as effective advocates for rainforest protection.
WHERE WE WORK
We work globally and in major rainforest countries to support religious leaders and spiritual communities that are mobilizing to protect rainforests.
We currently work in Brazil, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia and Peru, which together contain 70% of the world’s remaining tropical forests.
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