IRI Brazil conducts training for leaders in the Amazon
At the end of May and beginning of June, IRI Brazil held two in-person trainings on the themes of climate change and preservation of the Amazon at the Center for Monitoring and Alert of Natural Disasters (CEMADEN) and at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), in São José dos Campos (SP). The first training […]
IRI Peru undertakes planning and training with local chapters in priority regions
IRI Peru is in the midst of a process of training and planning with local chapters in Tarapoto, Chiriaco, Yurimaguas and Bellavista to review their formation, support them in the organisation and implementation of their work plans, and to consider actions to be taken in relation to the upcoming electoral process in Peru. The IRI […]
IRI Colombia continues work through Escucha la Amazonia
Since December 2021, IRI Colombia has been actively working with Escucha la Amazonia, an alliance made up of recognized environmental, indigenous and academic organizations that have united and mobilized to position the Amazon in public debates so that the new Colombian government includes programmes and policies aimed at its protection in its National Development Plan. In […]
IRI Colombia organizes radio spots on deforestation
“The Amazon is dying and you are not understanding, you are not understanding that our survival is in danger,” warns the latest radio spot created by IRI Colombia. Two new radio spots are being broadcast on seven radio stations in the municipalities where forests face the greatest threats in the country, and where IRI Colombia has […]
IRI Indonesia meets to set strategies and activities, appoint new interim National Facilitator
June 2022 Religious leaders representing Indonesia’s eight Religious Councils met recently for an in-person meeting to discuss in detail strategies, tactics and activities for IRI Indonesia in the second half of 2022. IRI Indonesia is preparing to get back into action after investing heavily in a months-long consultation and planning exercise, which culminated in this […]
Dialogue on legislative priorities for sustainable forests
IRI Peru held coordination meetings with the office of Congresswoman Ruth Luque and the Peruvian Society of Environmental Law to consolidate a strategy to define legislative priorities for the defence of sustainable forests and forest defenders. A document of priority forest legislation (which was created by IRI Peru in February) which will be presented when […]
