The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative is conducting an online conference. The IRI Colombia 2020 National Conference, where national and global experts will discuss the vital importance of the Amazon rainforest and the work that IRI Colombia – Iniciativa Interreligiosa Para Los Bosques Tropicales is doing to mobilize action across the country to protect forests and the rights of indigenous peoples. Online on 3 December 2020. All interested persons are invited.
Join us for the IRI Colombia 2020 national conference, where national and global experts will discuss the vital importance of the Amazon rainforest and the work IRI Colombia is doing to mobilize action across the country to protect forests and the rights of indigenous peoples.
OPENING
Satya Tripathi, Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations
John Petter Opdahl, Ambassador to Colombia, Government of Norway
Blanca Lucia Echeverry, National Facilitator, IRI Colombia
FORESTS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Frances Seymour, Distinguished Fellow, World Resources Institute
Gregorio Diaz Mirabal, Director, Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin (COICA)
THE CHALLENGES OF THE AMAZON AND CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
Ruby Marcela Perez, Director of Sustainability Week, Semana Magazine
Rodrigo Botero, Director, Foundation for Conservation and Sustainable Development
Javier Ortiz, Colombia Coordinator, Tropical Forest Alliance
Claudio Maretti, Vice Chair, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
ECOLOGY AND THEOLOGY: THE MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT FORESTS
Father Alfredo Ferro Medina, Coordinator, Pan-Amazonian Jesuit Service
Rabbi Yerahmiel Barylka, Director, Centro de Estudios Judaicos
Monsenor Omar de Jesus Mejia Giraldo, Archbishop, Florencia
Pastor Janier Islen Cardona Leal, Pastor, Iglesia Mision Panamericana de Colombia
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: DEFENDING RIGHTS AND PROTECTING FORESTS
Martin von Hildrebrand, Founding Director, Gaia Amazonas
Sonia Guajajara, Executive Coordinator, Association of Indigenous People of Brazil (APIB)
Delio Siticonatzi Camaiteri, Ashaninka Indigenous Peoples, Peru
Maria Apolinar Jimenez, Comisión para el Esclarecimiento de la Verdad
Link to Conference: https://conferenciairicolombia.edepro.live
