Beyond Words: Storytelling for Rainforest Conservation
Storytelling has proven to be essential in mobilizing people for rainforest conservation and environmental advocacy - especially the youngest generations. It comes in different forms and shapes and needs to be tailored to the target audience in order to be effective. In these times of social distancing, there is a growing need for creative, off-the-beaten…
Risk Financing for Nature-based Solutions
Message from the organizer: Nature plays a significant role in reducing risks for coastal communities, flooding, food security, and a range of other ecosystem services that often remain undervalued and inadequately financed in our market economy. This inspiring webinar will look at innovative ways in which the risk abatement value of nature can be monetized…
Film Screening: Guardians of the Forest
Message from the organizer: "Guardians of the Forest is an award-winning documentary film that tells the inspiring story of the Maijuna Indigenous group of the Peruvian Amazon as they fight for their biologically rich ancestral lands and cultural survival. The Maijuna culture is sustained and nourished by their heavily forested ancestral territory, which is increasingly…
Ocean and Climate Ambition from COP25 to COP26 and Beyond
Message from the organizer: Registration required prior to event. "As the Earth’s temperature rises, climate change and ocean acidification are affecting species, ecosystems, and people around the world. Greenhouse gas reduction targets are critical to protecting the ocean. In addition, nature-based solutions like marine protected areas (MPAs) are widely recognized as an effective, nature-based solution…
IUCN Vital Sites: ‘Privately Protected Areas On the Move’ – Part III
Message from the organizer: "This year, nations of the world are expected to set ambitious new targets for protecting biodiversity. In much of the world, achieving spatial targets will require conservation of areas under private ownership. Throughout June IUCN will devote its Vital Sites webinar series to exploring the potential for privately protected areas (PPAs)…
Gestión de los bosques bajo un enfoque de paisajes sostenibles
Mensaje del organizador: Este evento busca generar un espacio de intercambio de experiencias sobre los retos de la gestión de los bosques, a partir de iniciativas implementadas por actores privados, poblaciones locales y autoridades gubernamentales de América Latina y otras partes del mundo.
30 años del conocimiento constitucional de la diversidad étnica y cultural en Colombia
Conversación entre Martín von Hildebrand, Presidente honorario de @gaiaamazonas y Paulo Ilich Bacca, Director de la línea de Justicia Étnica y Racial @Dejusticia; sobre 30 años del reconocimiento constitucional de la diversidad cultural.
Lanzamiento de Earth Defenders Toolkit
En todo el planeta, los pueblos indígenas y las comunidades locales están al frente de la protección de los bosques, pastizales y otros ecosistemas fundamentales, de las amenazas ambientales. A menudo lo hacen con un riesgo extremo para su seguridad personal y sin apoyo externo. Únase a nosotros el 14 de julio para celebrar el…