At the halfway point to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is more important than ever that youth contribute in high-level discussions to ensure our voices are heard. This was one of the many topics discussed at the 8th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Read MoreFifty years ago, world leaders met in Stockholm for the world’s first international conference devoted to the environment. This meeting led to the landmark Stockholm Declaration and the creation of the United Nations Environment Programme, the body that oversees all UN work related to the environment. To commemorate the original Stockholm conference and the last fifty years of environmental governance, the United Nations General Assembly voted to reconvene for “Stockholm+50.”
Read MoreOrchid Conservation Alliance’s first-ever Orchid Conservation Symposium showcased conservation and research of the orchids of Ecuador and Colombia. In a day packed with presentations with over 100 live viewers, we particularly enjoyed seeing the fantastic work of our friends, Lou Jost and Youth Council member Marco Monteros from Fundación EcoMinga.
Read MoreEcuadorian 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.
Read MoreThe recent, rapid rise of the youth environmental movement has been well documented, with young people being increasingly recognised as ever more influential agents of change in the political space. But did the so-called ‘global youth’ receive this same level of recognition at one of history’s most pivotal climate conferences, COP26? Last November, I was lucky enough to join some of my fellow Reserva team members at the conference to get involved with the action and see for myself.
Read MoreToday we said goodbye to half of the Herp Team as Juanito and Mario were headed three hours away to Altotambo in search of other exciting finds. We didn’t know it at the time, but this was, unfortunately, the last we would see of Mario before we left Ecuador. Though Callie, Natalia, and Javier had left early that morning to go inspect a potential new property to add to Dracula Reserve, the rest of the expedition team lined the dirt road in front of the campsite and waved goodbye.
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