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08 October 2024 General
Tropical forests are vital for life on Earth, harbouring unique biodiversity, regulating the climate, and providing livelihood opportunities for 1.6 billion people. However, unsustainable land use is driving deforestation and degradation at alarming rates. In 2023 Tropenbos International, continued its efforts to reverse this trend by strengthening communities in implementing locally owned solutions for sustainable forest governance and management, benefiting both people and forests.
03 October 2024 the Netherlands
Biza Akienboto is a Saamaka youth leader from Suriname and also one of the grassroots of the VSG (Association of Saamaka Traditional Communities) youth group, where young people are strengthened in good governance.
03 October 2024 the Netherlands
Denis Omondi is a Baganda youth leader and field project officer at Uganda's Ecological Trends Alliance (ETA). He was a teacher and has been working at ETA for five years, mainly supporting the implementation of field activities and stakeholder engagement. He has also been at the forefront of youth, women, and disadvantaged groups in conservation within the Green Livelihoods Alliance (GLA) programme.
03 October 2024 the Netherlands
Camilo Yepes is a young Indigenous leader from the Yucuna people in Colombia. For several years, he has participated, together with other young people, in a process of strengthening traditional dances and songs led by grandparents and elders.
03 October 2024 the Netherlands
Rosalina Pesoa is a youth leader of the Monkoxi Nation. She is part of Lomerio’s Indigenous Women Organization (OMIML), Comunidad Monterito’s Chief Leader, and partner of the community-based economic organisation OECOM Monterito, which cultivates and transforms Almendra Chiquitana (Chiquitana almond) products.
03 October 2024 the Netherlands
Monitte Lantas is a Tagbanua Indigenous youth leader from Narra, Palawan, Philippines. She is the President of Nagkakaisang Kabataang Katutubong Narra (NKKN) and part of the Board of Trustee of UGNAYIN National Indigenous Youth Network Philippines.