The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative

The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative

Report on Achievements in 2019

The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative is an international multi-faith alliance that works to bring moral urgency and faith-based leadership to global efforts to end tropical deforestation.  The initiative was launched in June of 2017 at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway in a first-of-its-kind summit of Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu and Taoist religious leaders, climate scientists, rainforest experts and indigenous peoples’ representatives from Brazil, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, Meso-America and Peru.  https://www.interfaithrainforest.org/

Here is a link to a report on what happened in 2019:  https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/what-did-interfaith-rainforest-initiative-achieve-2019