The Amazon Calls Us
By: Blanca Lucía Echeverry, national coordinator of IRI-Colombia. The Amazon, one of the richest and most diverse ecosystems on the planet, is at a critical point. Accelerating deforestation, agricultural expansion, illegal mining, and climate change are devastating the region, putting at risk not only its unique biodiversity, but also the survival of the indigenous peoples […]
The Listen to the Amazon alliance presented a series of recommendations to the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development
On August 31, the organizations that make up the Listen to the Amazon alliance met at a working table with the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Susana Muhammad, and representatives of the Ministry, Visión Amazonia, the Humboldt Institute and the Sinchi Institute, with the purpose of addressing different issues of interest to this region […]
NGOs make key proposals for deforestation control to the national government
Convened by Visión Amazonía, of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, IRI-Colombia participated on August 1 in the day of dialogue with various environmental organizations, whose objectives were to reflect on the situation of deforestation in Colombia, to know the vision of the different environmental organizations that work in the Amazon region and to […]
Proposals for the care of biodiversity
The celebration of the United Nations Conference on Biodiversity in Cali (COP16), next October, represents a unique opportunity for the Amazon and its biodiversity. For this reason, the Listen to the Amazon alliance, of which IRI Colombia is a member, continues to prepare a series of actions and activities that will be developed within the […]
Reducing deforestation by 2023, a starting point towards protecting our forests
By: Blanca Lucía Echeverry, national coordinator of IRI-Colombia. The Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Ideam) recently presented the report “Monitoring of Forest Surface and Deforestation in Colombia – 2023”, which offers a detailed and updated view on the dynamics of deforestation in the country, with a special focus on the Amazon region. This […]
IRI-Colombia on the road to the Biodiversity Summit
As an active member of the Listen to the Amazon Alliance, IRI-Colombia is committed to preparing key activities for the upcoming COP 16. This conference, which is the biannual meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, aims to assess progress and set new targets to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. […]
