Press Releases — Field Notes — Reserva: The Youth Land Trust

Our Letter to Parties at Resumed COP16 in Rome

We are Reserva: The Youth Land Trust, a collective of over 125 people aged 26 and under from 30+ countries working to mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation through youth action.

We look to you—the Parties of the UN CBD COP16—to urgently approve an effective resource mobilization strategy with sufficient commitments to achieve the ambitious goals set in 2022, when you signed the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). We also ask that as these funds are put into action, you commit to monitoring techniques that are transparent, inclusive and collaborative, bearing in mind the varied challenges of local circumstances.

Press ReleasesReserva Youth CouncilFebruary 25, 2025FAOPolicyComment

Javier Robayo Named One of "50 People Changing the World" by The Explorers Club

Ecuadorian conservationist, biologist, and educator Javier Robayo was recognized today as one of “The Explorers Club 50: Fifty People Changing the World the World Needs to Know About” (“EC50”). Since 1904, The Explorers Club has supported scientific expeditions of all disciplines, including several “famous firsts”—first to the North Pole, South Pole, summit of Mt. Everest, deepest point in the ocean, and surface of the moon—and the work of household names including Jane Goodall, Theodore Roosevelt, Buzz Aldrin, and Sylvia Earle.

Press ReleasesCallie BroaddusMarch 16, 2022Ecuador, AwardsComment