IRI leadership teams from Brazil, Colombia, DRC, Indonesia and Peru meet for in-person learning exchange
From 23-30 April, the National Facilitators and leadership teams of all five IRI country programs from Brazil, Colombia, DRC, Indonesia and Peru met together with representatives of Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN), Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre, and Religions for Peace to share lessons […]
IRI’s national programs share experiences and lessons learned to strengthen their work for the world’s tropical forests
The IRI-Colombia national team participated in the Second IRI Learning Exchange, held in São José dos Campos (Brazil), a meeting led by the Interfaith Initiative for Tropical Forests at the global level (IRI), whose objective is to strengthen the capacities of IRI’s national programs around the world. through collective learning, the result of reflection on […]
The environment, another casualty of the armed conflict
On April 4, the Interfaith Initiative for Tropical Forests in Colombia participated in the forum “The Contribution of Faith Actors in Peace Negotiations,” a space for dialogue in which leaders of different churches and faith communities reflected on their shared responsibility to promote actions, from diverse spiritualities, that contribute to the construction of a reconciled […]
IRI-Colombia discusses the challenges of the environment at the National Meeting of Directors of Social Pastoral Care
The balance of the protection and care of the environment and biodiversity in our country, as well as the challenges that the Interreligious Initiative for Tropical Forests has encountered in this matter in the exercise of its mission, were the topics on which Blanca Lucía Echeverry, national coordinator of IRI-Colombia, reflected during the “National Meeting […]
IRI Colombia looks ahead to COP 16
The Interfaith Initiative for Tropical Forests in Colombia is preparing to participate in the next Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Biodiversity, COP 16, which will be held from October 21 to November 1 in Cali. The objective of this important global event is to review the fulfilment of the […]
IRI DRC strengthens collaboration with Norwegian Embassy on involvement of religious leaders in fight against deforestation
Rev. Matthieu Yela Bonketo, IRI DRC National Facilitator, held recent meetings with the Norwegian Embassy. The first meeting focused on the presentation of IRI’s theory of change and the successes of IRI DRC. The discussions also revolved around the work on the Contribution Note to the Six Commitments of the President of the DRC, which […]
