IRI Colombia participates in “S.O.S. Amazonia” event in congress
On 9 May, IRI Colombia participated in the “S.O.S. Amazonia” event convened by the Commission on Forests, the Senate of the Republic, and the House of Representatives. The event, chaired by House Representative Julia Miranda and Indigenous Senator Julio Estrada, presented the most recent data on deforestation and its consequences on the Colombian Amazon. The […]
IRI Brazil holds scientific immersion for interfaith leaders
From 23-24 May, IRI Brazil held its eleventh scientific immersion at the National Centre for Monitoring and Alerts of Natural Disasters (CEMADEN) and the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), which focused on climate change and the importance of the Amazon rainforest. The immersion brought together 17 Indigenous Evangelical leaders from the states of Rondônia, […]
Friends of the Amazon
One of the goals of IRI-Colombia is to consolidate itself as a great national movement for the protection of tropical forests and the defense of the rights of indigenous peoples and the peasant and Afro-descendant communities that inhabit them. This, with the aim of spreading throughout the country the message of the urgency of the […]
IRI-Colombia at the Oslo Forum on Tropical Forests
The Interfaith Initiative for Tropical Forests in Colombia participated in the Oslo Forum on Tropical Forests (OTFF), convened by Norad, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, on behalf of the Norwegian International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI). The global conference was held on 25 and 26 June in Oslo and brought together ministers, policymakers, multilateral […]
IRI-Colombia trained 220 leaders from Caquetá
Raising awareness about the crucial role played by the Amazonian tropical forests in the fight against climate change and their contribution to the well-being of humanity, as well as the urgency of acting to contribute to their protection, is one of the main mission lines of IRI-Colombia, which periodically carries out training processes for the […]
IRI-Colombia trained 30 leaders from San José del Guaviare and El Retorno
Ecotheology, the impact of deforestation in Guaviare and the process of savannization suffered by the Amazon biome, nature-based solutions and payments for environmental services, were the central themes of the training process that the Interreligious Initiative for Tropical Forests carried out on June 6, at the Facredig auditorium in San José del Guaviare. “We hope […]
