NEWS

When science touches consciousness: an immersion in the Colombian Amazon
By: Blanca Lucía Echeverry, director of IRI Colombia. Between November 20 and 22, in San José del Guaviare—the gateway to the Colombian Amazon and a

IRI Brazil scales up scientifc immersion trainings, bringing climate data to senior religious leaders
IRI Brazil is deepening a strategy it describes as “science-to-faith formation,” using intensive immersions to bring deforestation, climate and disaster-risk data directly to senior religious

IRI Peru media strategy expands, pairing journalism with rights-based narrative shift
IRI Peru brought journalists from major national outlets (including La República, El Comercio and La Encerrona) into an Amazon immersion press component designed to do more than “raise awareness.”

Scientific Immersion Day in the Amazon: science, territory, and public decision-making to protect Colombia’s most strategic biome
With unprecedented participation from congressmen, magistrates, national and regional government authorities, multilateral organizations, scientific institutions, strategic allies, religious leaders, and regional, national, and international media

IRI-Colombia training process in Villagarzón: a first step toward strengthening indigenous territorial organization in the municipality
On November 13, the Interreligious Initiative for Tropical Forests held a new training session in Villagarzón (Putumayo), aimed at members of its local chapters in

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