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IRI Brazil holds 21st Scientific Immersion Religious Leaders, Evangelical group
IRI Brazil also held a scientific immersion training for 36 young Evangelical leaders discipled by Pastor Paulo Júnior, from various regions of Brazil and different
IRI Brazil publishes Op-Ed in Comunhão Magazine
IRI Brazil has published a well-received op-ed on faith-based environmental leadership in the magazine Comunhão. The magazine has invited regular contributions going forward from IRI Brazil,
Religious leaders from Villagarzón, Puerto Umbria and La Castellana joined IRI-Colombia
In compliance with its mission mandates, which aim to protect tropical forests from the Amazonian municipalities most affected by deforestation, the Interreligious Initiative for Tropical
Protecting the Amazon is an ethical, spiritual and collective decision: IRI-Colombia in the Congress of the Republic
In partnership with the Accidental Committees on Forests and Climate Change of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Republic, under the leadership
Connecting science and spirituality in the Amazon: IRI-Colombia holds the first day of scientific immersion in Bogotá
40 religious leaders from Caquetá, Meta, Guaviare and Putumayo, participated in the first day of scientific immersion, carried out by IRI-Colombia with the purpose of
Iri Colombia advances strategic communications and campaigns, reaching over 2 million people
To awaken public consciousness and mobilize faith and citizenship, IRI Colombia launched a six-month radio campaign on more than 80 stations, including 14 Amazonian municipalities
They are irreplaceable. Not only do they exhibit creation in its most exquisite beauty, they provide millions of people with food, shelter, livelihoods, medicine and clean water. They are also the best climate solution we have. If protected and restored, rainforests can provide an indispensable contribution to sustainable development. Instead, they are at grave risk.
Extractive industries and land conversion for agricultural products like beef, soy, palm oil, and pulp and paper are driving tropical deforestation. In the last decade alone, an area of forest the size of the United Kingdom, France and Germany combined has been lost forever. This destruction is unnecessary and is undermining efforts by the international community to address climate change, sustainable development and human rights.
A coalition of indigenous peoples, government, business, science, NGO and civil society partners are working to halt deforestation. However, to achieve the speed and scale of change required, we need to bring the moral, ethical and spiritual dimension of humanity to bear more strongly on these efforts.
ABOUT US
The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative is an international, multi-faith alliance that aims to bring moral urgency and faith-based leadership to global efforts to end tropical deforestation. It is a platform for religious leaders to work hand-in-hand with indigenous peoples, governments, civil society and business on actions that protect rainforests and safeguard those that serve as their guardians.
We focus on three main goals:
Raise awareness of the tropical deforestation crisis by equipping religious leaders with the science, information and tools needed to serve as effective advocates for rainforest protection.
WHERE WE WORK
We work globally and in major rainforest countries to support religious leaders and spiritual communities that are mobilizing to protect rainforests.
We currently work in Brazil, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia and Peru, which together contain 70% of the world’s remaining tropical forests.
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