IRI launches new issue primer on forest restoration as contribution to UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
The IRI partnership has launched a new issue primer for religious leaders and faith communities called, Forest Restoration: Healing Tropical Forests for Spiritual Renewal. The new IRI resource outlines why forest restoration is an essential complement to forest protection and details how and why faith groups should participate in forest restoration projects that contribute to the UN […]
IRI Bellavista organizes a reforestation event for World Environment day
On World Environment Day, IRI Bellavista organized a reforestation day to plant trees around the new MINSA hospital in Bellavista. Participants included students from IESTP Bellavista and CEBA Bellavista in partnership with the municipality of Bajo Biavo, UGEL Bellavista, Big Change and the local Economic Development Agency. The activity was in line with the “Generation […]
IRI Colombia’s forest restoration campaign inspires faith communities to hold events for World Environment Day
From June 2-5, several IRI Colombia local chapters carried out activities to commemorate World Environment Day and join the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Religious leaders from IRI-San José del Guaviare conducted a collective exercise of imagining what the future of the Amazon would look like, writing down their ideas on a sketch of the […]
IRI Colombia launches campaign to promote UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
On the eve of World Environment Day, June 4th, IRI Colombia launched a country-wide campaign as a contribution to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The campaign, “Sueña un jardín de ideas” (Dream a Garden of Ideas), includes a series of activities to reimagine, recreate and restore the tropical forests of the Colombian Amazon. The […]
IRI DRC planning meetings with government leaders, parliamentary groups and religious delegations
During the month of June, Reverend Matthieu, the National Facilitator of IRI DRC will prepare the groundwork to meet with the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, and the Ministers of the Environment and Sustainable Development, of Land Management, of Agriculture, of Planning. He will meet with the Secretary General of Environment to organize […]
IRI DRC prepares strategy to influence national policies on forests and land use
IRI DRC has convened a team of five experts in collaboration with religious denominations members of the IRI DRC Advisory Council to produce an advocacy document to protect the tropical forests of the country. The team is in the process of identifying sectors that contribute to the protection of forests and analyze the legal frameworks […]
