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IRI Initiates Work in the DRC
Above: The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative delegation met with leaders of all major religions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the inception mission in
IRI at the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 (TFA 2020)
Above: Cardinal Pedro Barreto speaks at the press conference of the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 annual meeting. Credit: Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 Bogotá, Colombia In
IRI at the Governors’ Climate and Forest Task Force (GCFTF)
Above: Rev. Edgar Castaño, President of the Consejo Evangélico Colombiano (CEDECOL), the national Evangelical association in Colombia, spoke during the Governors’ high-level lunch. Credit: Governors’
Forest Defenders at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Above: Hosted by actor and activist Alec Baldwin, the Forest Defenders event featured a panel of distinguished indigenous and interfaith leaders. Credit: Interfaith Rainforest Initiative
IRI Event at the UN Environment Assembly
Above: Panelists presented the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative among other faith-based responses to the climate crisis at the UN Environment Assembly in March 2019 in Nairobi.
The Vatican’s International Conference on Religions and the SDGs
Above: IRI Special Advisor Bishop Gunnar Stålsett greets His Holiness Pope Francis in March in the Vatican. Credit: Religions for Peace Vatican City, Rome In
