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Today is International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples! ❓ Did you know that lands inhabited by Indigenous Peoples contain 80% of the world’s remaining biodiversity? 🌱 Their stewardship of these lands is a crucial component to protecting our natural environment. 🤝 That's why we're committed to cultivating strong partnerships with these communities – to ensure their livelihoods are supported, and nurture legal and sustainable harvesting and trade. Check out how we’re empowering communities 👉 https://loom.ly/47FE9Ko United Nations

Learn more about L’OCCITANE Foundation’s three key areas of action... The L’OCCITANE Foundation is committed to Caring for Sight, Empowering Women and Respecting Biodiversity – and here’s how we’re showing our support:  👁️ Caring For Sight: We support projects that provide quality eye care and preventative treatment to some of the most vulnerable people in communities around the world. So far, we’ve helped ensure that around 19 million people have received the eye care they needed.   ♀️ Empowering Women: We’re committed to empowering women in Burkino Faso by promoting their financial independence – as well as supporting projects to ensure access to education for girls with disabilities, orphans, and those from displaced populations.   🌿 Respecting Biodiversity: The Foundation supports reforestation, agroforestry and endangered species projects around the world – all in our efforts to promote respect for biodiversity. #LOCCITANEFoundation #BCorp #LOCCITANEGroup

🌍🌱 On #EarthDay, Equitas stands firm in our belief that environmental justice is inseparable from human rights. Today, we celebrate not just the beauty of our planet, but also the interconnectedness of all life forms. Our #ProForestWomen project in Guinea exemplifies this vision, empowering women to safeguard their forests, their livelihoods, and their rights. 🇬🇳 Through Equitas' collaboration on this project, we not only contribute to protect biodiversity but also advance the rights of local communities, particularly women, who are often disproportionately affected by environmental degradation and climate change. Let's continue to champion the rights of both people and the planet, forging a future where dignity, equality, and sustainability go hand in hand. Chaire de recherche du Canada en économie écologique UPA Développement international Université du Québec en Outaouais Affaires mondiales Canada | Global Affairs Canada #HumanRights #EarthDay2024 #ForestProtection #WomenEmpowerment #ClimateJustice #Guinea

Today is International Women's Day – an important moment to celebrate and thank the incredible women staff at TRAFFIC who contribute to our mission to ensure that trade in wild species is legal and sustainable, for the benefit of the planet and people. The IWD theme this year is "Inspire Inclusion." TRAFFIC has made a strong commitment in our new 2030 Strategy to deepen our work to reduce gender inequalities and marginalisation of women in wild species supply chains. We are focusing on scaling up support for activities that ensure the full, equitable, and effective representation and participation of women in decision making, implementation, and monitoring in our projects. We are already having impact on the ground, as you can from this article about how we are empowering women who harvest jatamansi in Nepal. https://lnkd.in/eSERpYdw Internally, we are committed to nurturing a strong organizational culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion – and ensuring that the composition of our staff and leadership reflects the broad diversity of the stakeholders we work with. While International Women's Day is a welcomed time to celebrate continued progress for women, we are cognizant that gender inequality persists throughout the world – not only in the communities where we work on the ground but also in our own conservation organizations.  A recent article in Frontiers flags that women in US conservation organizations often feel they have less influence and scope for contribution to conservation and science than men, and face multiple barriers across their conservation careers due to gender bias (see: https://lnkd.in/eq62XS8d) We need to continue to take strong action for gender equality within our own organizations and in our work on the ground – on every day of the year.

In the rich tapestry of Brazil's rural landscapes, women are the unsung heroes of conservation, their daily efforts integral to the health of our forests and rivers. Recognizing this, the Floresta+ Amazon Project, in partnership with Ministerio do Meio Ambiente and supported by PNUD Brasil, takes a significant step in supporting these stewards of the land: https://shorturl.at/bHPW4

Empowering #indigenous youth is key to a brighter future for our planet. ☀ 🌿 In #Colombia, we sponsored a #youth advisory board to uplift younger voices in our partner communities. 🗣 🌴 The nine youth that comprise the board are aged 10-16, and come from an array of different #ecosystems. Incorporating younger, more diverse perspectives into our work informs the future needs of our programs and initiatives, so that we can best support our indigenous partners. 🌎 ⏩Learn more about ACT-Colombia’s Youth Advisory Board here: https://bit.ly/3P7o7fr #youth #noplanetb #futuregenerations #environmental #amazonia #amazonas #sustainability #indigenousyouth #indigenousrights #indigenouspeoples

We're supporting World Female Ranger Week on June 23-30 2024 to amplify the voices of female wildlife rangers on a global stage. This pioneering awareness week, spearheaded by Holly Budge and her NGO, How Many Elephants - International NGO, celebrates and supports female wildlife rangers globally - They're bold, changing the game and paving the way for women to stand alongside men at the forefront of conservation, but they need allies. As champions of wildlife conservation, role models, educators, and beacons of hope, female rangers are not only transforming attitudes towards women's roles around the world; they are also showing the capabilities and success of females in traditionally male roles. With less than 11% of the global wildlife ranger workforce being female, bringing gender equity into the workforce is enhancing community conservation efforts and relationships. You can support World Female Ranger Week, too, by visiting https://lnkd.in/eDYdi23m #worldfemalerangerweek

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🐾 A youth advisory board sponsored by our Colombia program works towards the inclusion of #younger voices within our partner communities. 🍃 It convenes nine members of 10 to 16 years of age hailing from the #Colombian departments of Amazonas, Putumayo, Caquetá, Cauca, Cesar and Magdalena. 💚 The youth contribute vital perspectives to our Colombia-wide activities. The cross-cultural and on-the-ground perspective that the board offers helps shape our programs and initiatives to be more in tune with the needs of all members of our partner communities. 🍃 🌸 The exchanges also help the youth determine shared #conservation goals across their diverse ecosystems. 🌿 ⏩ Learn more about ACT-Colombia’s Youth Advisory Board here: https://lnkd.in/eadbXSuZ    #youth #noplanetb #futuregenerations #environmental #amazonia #amazonas #sustainability 

🌿 **FairWild's cultural impact in 2023!** 🌿 FairWild's vision is of a world where biodiversity, people, and businesses thrive in harmony, and we measure our impact in these three strategic areas. We connect harvesters and their communities with markets for wild plant products, enhancing livelihoods and community well-being. Highlights from 2023: 📖 Empowered collectors: Initiated training for 200+ collectors on resource sustainability and good collection practices 👥 Community benefits: Supported 12,319 collectors following FairWild best practices, with 23,061 people benefiting from FairWild premium payments ✅ FairWild Certification: 45 Certified Collection Operations—10% from 2022! 🚺Gender empowerment: Approximately 50% of collectors in certified operations were women, highlighting a significant step towards women empowerment 💸Ongoing support: The Operator Support Fund was launched to provide financial and technical aid, especially in vulnerable regions like Ukraine 💚🌿FairWild’s initiatives exemplify how sustainable wild harvesting fosters global conservation, ethical markets, and community empowerment. 🌍🌱 🔗Stay tuned for more details and see what we've achieved for yourself by reading the report here: https://lnkd.in/gJwyn9Sk Join us in celebrating these milestones and #ThePowerOfWild. #WeUseWild #Sustainability #FairWild #Conservation #CommunitySupport #EcosystemConservation #Biodiversity #EthicalSourcing #WildImpact