Eye health partnership supports indigenous Amazon communities
IRI Brazil advanced a new partnership and advocacy agenda to expand access to eye health care in Indigenous Peoples’ communities in the Amazon. On 8 April, IRI Brazil convened the Suel Abujamra Institute, Federal Deputy Marina Silva and Frank Hida of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness to explore support for Aldeia em […]
Interreligious mini-station network expands local climate monitoring
IRI Brazil continued expanding the Inter-Religious Network of Amazon Meteorological Mini-Stations as a community-based tool for climate monitoring and early warning. The network now includes 20 operational stations, with 10 more in installation, increasing locally generated climate data in priority Amazon territories. March technical meetings with leading partners helped validate equipment, improve data transmission to […]
IRI Brazil premieres the virtual reality film Amazônia Forever at COP30 in Belém
On November 17th, IRI Brazil premiered the film Amazônia Forever as part of the program “Religious Leaders in Defense of Forests and Sustainable Development.”, in Belém, where COP30 is taking place. The event offered an immersive experience grounded in reflection, spirituality, and dialogue on the crucial role of religious traditions in responding to the urgent […]
IRI Brazil launches inter-religious network of meteorological mini-stations of the Amazon (RIMME)
IRI Brazil launched a community-based climate data initiative called the Inter-Religious Network of Meteorological Mini-Stations of the Amazon (RIMME). The program distributed 30 low-cost mini weather stations to faith-linked community sites and provided hands-on training for installation and use, allowing local leaders to generate and access territory-based data directly. RIMME also established publicly accessible, real-time […]
IRI Peru launches “No Forest, No life” Campaign
Religious leaders, Indigenous Peoples representatives, and social organizations came together in Iquitos to launch the “Sin bosques, no hay vida” (“Without Forests, There Is No Life”) campaign — a call to action against deforestation and illegal mining threatening the Peruvian Amazon. The event united Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, Muslim, Bahá’í, and Jewish communities with local Indigenous […]
IRI Brazil promotes agenda in Assis, São Paulo
IRI convened religious leaders, officials, and civil society in Assis for a three-part event: a lecture at the Independent Presbyterian Church, a screening of Amazônia Viva, and a City Forum on climate, rainforests, and public policy. The film sparked a grounded conversation on how drought, fires, and waste management intersect with daily life and local development. […]
