Strengthening the commitment to the Amazon
On May 28th, IRI-Colombia met with its Advisory Council to present the Initiative’s progress during 2023 and socialize the work plan for 2024. During the meeting, the coordinator of IRI-Colombia, Blanca Lucía Echeverry, explained in detail the local intervention strategy developed through 42 local chapters -located in the so-called “deforestation arc”-, and the advocacy process […]
IRI-Colombia, present at the Forests and Climate Change Commission of the Congress
The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative participated in the “S.O.S. Amazonia” session, convened by the Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Forests and Climate Change, in order to analyze the most recent data on deforestation and its consequences in the Colombian Amazon. This space, held on May 9 and led by House Representative Julia Miranda and […]
Deforestation in the Amazon: Like the crab
“These (armed) groups are using the Amazon as a means to advance a comprehensive peace process, which seems to lack the necessary political and economic will to implement mitigation measures in the face of increased forest fires and deforestation,” said Siri Damman of the Rainforest Foundation Norway in the op-ed “Deforestation in the Amazon: like […]
Congressmen for the life of the Amazon
Within the framework of the nationwide advocacy actions carried out by the Interreligious Initiative for Tropical Forests, on May 7, the coordinator of the Initiative, Blanca Lucía Echeverry, and the president of the Interreligious Council of Colombia, Monsignor Francisco Duque, met with Senator Lorena Ríos Cuéllar, specialist in environmental law and human rights and member […]
The Savannah and the Amazon: A Bond of Sustainability
With the purpose of bringing the economic sector of the Bogotá Savannah closer to the Amazon, through awareness of the importance of tropical forests and the urgency of stopping deforestation, on May 8 the Interreligious Initiative for Tropical Forests in Colombia held the seminar “The Savannah and the Amazon: a link of sustainability”, in alliance […]
IRI Brazil secures commitment from Movimento Renovar Nosso Mundo Brasil to mobilise “For the Right to Breathe Clean Air” as a joint campaign
In meetings with Raquel Arouca, National Mobiliser and theologian Timóteo Carriker from the Renovar Nosso Mundo Brasil (MRNM), IRI Brazil secured their commitment to mobilise “For the Right to Breathe Clean Air” as a joint campaign. It was agreed that the MRNM will sign a service contract with IRI Brazil to work on mobilisation and […]
