IRI Peru mobilizes the Parliamentary Group for a Healthy Amazon, secures new members
IRI Peru activated the offices of Congresswomen Karol Paredes and Ruth Luque for a session of the Parliamentary Group for a Healthy Amazon, a group created by IRI Peru. The topic for discussion is illegal activities in the Amazon, growth in deforestation and forest degradation, and increasing threats to forest defenders and indigenous leaders defending […]
IRI Colombia supports the development of environmental and pastoral action plans in 14 departments
IRI Colombia completed and expanded the formulation of 14 environmental and pastoral action plans focused on the departments where it operates local chapters. The expansion process was based on inputs obtained in workshops on climate change adaptation and mitigation that were part of a comprehensive series of trainings and workshops focused on developing the capacities […]
IRI Colombia holds training events for 238 religious leaders in Curillo (department of Caquetá) and Puerto Leguízamo, Puerto Guzmán and Puerto Asís (department of Putumayo)
IRI Colombia held a series of training events for local chapters in the departments of Caquetá and Putumayo. In total, 238 religious leaders participated in the training events. The trainings focused on advancing strategies and pastoral action plans for each chapter that promote the defense of forests and advocate for their restoration, examining the science […]
IRI Peru trains more than 527 religious leaders in “Save the Forests” workshops
Between April to June, IRI Peru held a series of “Save the Forests” training workshops for religious leaders in the different regions where the its local chapters are located (Chiriaco, Bellavista, Moyobamba, Pucallpa, Quillabamba, Puerto Inca and Yurimaguas). The workshop sessions allowed the active participation of religious leaders to become informed advocates for the protection […]
IRI Brazil facilitates training for Evangelical leaders on tropical forests, climate change and the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities
IRI Brazil facilitated an in-person training event for a group of 35 evangelical leaders from eight out of the nine states of the Legal Amazon. The trainings took place at the National Center for Monitoring and Alerts of Natural Disasters (CEMADEN) and the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and focused on tropical forests, climate […]
IRI Colombia delivers extensive communications campaign for World Environment Day
IRI Colombia celebrated World Environment Day with an extensive communications campaign that included various activities and a number of graphic and audiovisual pieces. At the regional level, IRI Colombia reached more than 120,000 people in Caquetá, Guaviare and Putumayo as a result of interviews that the coordinators of IRI San José del Guaviare, IRI Puerto […]
