Dive in as we share some regional examples of communities living adjacent to forests as well as stories from youth who work with forest and forest-communities around the world!
The role of forests in enhancing sustainable conservation and utilisation of wildlife resources
Forests are among the most complex ecosystems in the world, supporting many layers of life, from canopies, to undergrowth, to the microbial life at the bottom floor of the forests. Additionally, forests have strong historical, social and cultural attachments, developed over centuries, for adjacent communities.
Wildlife Conservation in a Snapshot
Among many other roles, healthy wildlife and wildland resources are the cornerstone of maintaining the ecological equilibrium of nature. Presence of wildlife shapes the character of its habitat, continually supporting the evolutionary adaptations of all complex ecological interactions in its environment, and on Earth. The presence of wildlife is an effective way to…
Juventudes Líderes en Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza para la Adaptación
Previo a la Cumbre de Adaptación Global, la Red Global de Jóvenes por la Biodiversidad - Capítulo México en conjunto con Youth4Nature, con el apoyo del Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Cambio Climático de Canada (ECCC) y el Programa de Acción de Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza (NBS) de la Comisión Global de Adaptación, organizaron un evento para discutir las oportunidades y desafíos en la ampliación de la implementación de NBS y EBA (adaptación basada en ecosistemas).
Leadership des jeunes pour les solutions d'adaptation fondées sur la nature
En avance du Sommet mondial sur l'adaptation, Youth4Nature et le Réseau mondial de la jeunesse pour la biodiversité - Mexique, avec le soutien d'Environnement et changement climatique Canada (ECCC) et du volet d'action de la Commission mondiale sur l'adaptation, ont organisé un événement pour discuter des opportunités et des défis liés à l'extension de la mise en œuvre des solutions fondées sur la nature (SfN) et de l'ABE (approaches basée sur les écosystèmes).
Youth Leadership in Nature-Based Solutions for Adaptation
In advance of the Global Adaptation Summit, Youth4Nature and The Global Youth Biodiversity Network – Mexico, with the support of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the Global Commission on Adaptation’s Nature-Based Solution (NBS) Action Track, organized an event to discuss the opportunities and challenges in scaling up implementation of NBS and EBA (ecosystem-based adaptation).
#Y4NSpotlightSeries with Chile Kangwa
In the month of February 2021, we embarked on our Y4N Spotlight Series. On this feature, we hosted Mr. Chile Kangwa, a youth leader from the southern African country of Zambia, to understand more about his story and his organisation, action for nature. Here is the conversation Chile had with our Regional Director for Africa, Kaluki.
We're looking for a Media Director to join our team!
We’re looking for a part-time Media Director to join our team! The Media Director will work collaboratively with the Communications Director to support the media-production related needs of the full Y4N team. They will work directly with project leads and teams to ideate, create, manage and deliver audio and video assets that reflect our organisational values, are engaging and relevant to our audiences, and realistic within our organisational capacities.
Nature-based Solutions: Cases in African cities
Adoption of Nature-based Solutions specifically within cities has as well been identified to address a wide range of societal challenges; climate change mitigation and adaptation, disaster risk reduction, economic and social development, human health, food security, water security, environmental degradation and biodiversity loss. A great deal of emphasis thus should be put on practical NbS so as to boost greening and eco-friendly cities across the African continent.
Art + Activism
Youth4Nature recently introduced the use of art as a unique and particularly accessible form of storytelling, one which can transcend language barriers and draw others to empathize with the storyteller. We believe that art is a powerful tool in improving individual mental and emotional well-being, a powerful tool for activism and the dissemination of important messages, and a strong part of the identity of a culture.
Youth4Nature joins Youth In Landscapes Initiative
Youth-led international environmental organization Youth4Nature (Y4N) has just become the latest member of the Youth In Landscapes Initiative (YIL) steering committee, thus expanding both organizations’ networks while offering valuable opportunities for collaboration, mutual learning and growth.
LESSONS FROM THE WEBINAR ON POLLINATORS FOR OUR SURVIVAL IN AFRICA
Y4N 2019-2020 Impact Report
We wanted to make sure that our talk of impact wasn't just that - talk. The results of our Impact Report showed us that our Y4N work is making meaningful and authentic impact on the ground and at the global level. We're talking everything from almost 20 webinars and a storytelling exhibit with 1000 visitors up to dialogues with government officials from over 9 countries and 1 million (!) people reached on social media. Read our full 2019-2020 Impact Report here.
Focus on Europe & Central Asia: Time for a Climate of Change
How much nature can address climate change depends on us
“Planting new trees is undoubtably an important piece of the climate puzzle, but it’s not a silver bullet, nor should it be the first nature-based climate solution we turn to” - Canada released their renewed Climate Plan in December, and it includes an entire section about nature. Here’s why it misses the mark.
Statement in Response to Climate Ambition Summit
Venezuela: Mining impacts on Indigenous Communities
Increasingly, the traditional territories of Indigenous communities in Venezuela have become areas where Colombian Guerrillas, illegal miners and Venezuelan military forces openly cooperate to mine, coercing them to destroy their own ancestral lands, resulting in a large migration to neighboring countries, most notably Brazil. And yes, you read it right. The crises that Venezuelan Indigenous communities are facing are so devastating that they have no option but to go to the very same country that is all over main stream media because of the environmental crisis.
Entrevista com a contadora de histórias de 2019, Renata Alvarenga
#JusticeForAfrica
This blog began from our desire to bring awareness to the #endSARS crisis that is ongoing in Nigeria. From there, we have been in conversation with our brothers and sisters in Africa and want to open this conversation to bring light to the array of hardships they are facing at this very moment. We stand in solidarity with all who are affected by these crises, and we hope that we can help bring attention - and therefore action - to support our community in Africa.
RECAP: FOR FORESTS’ SAKE
As part of Global Landscape Forum’s Biodiversity Conference in November 2020, Y4N Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Vinamra Mathur, joined forest experts from around the world for a panel titled: For forests’ sake: Transforming extractive industries and infrastructure to achieve NYDF Goal 3. The panel addressed the urgent need for…