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

My Time at COP16

My name is Sakshi M Krishna, and I am a passionate advocate for climate justice from India. At home, I focus on creating climate content in local languages to reach diverse communities. Here, I am one of 30 people wearing a Reserva badge at the UN CBD COP16 in Cali, Colombia.

Youth Council, Stories, EventsSakshi M. KrishnaDecember 10, 2024Youth Council, Policy Comment

United Effort: Review of 8th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals

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.

EventsReserva Youth CouncilNovember 1, 2023UNGA, United Nations, Youth CouncilComment

Presidents Recommend Youth Policy Paper at Stockholm+50

Fifty 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.”

EventsJoe WilkinsJune 27, 2022Policy, Youth Council Comments

First Orchid Conservation Alliance Symposium Features Reserva Partners

Orchid 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.

Youth Council, EventsCallie BroaddusMay 13, 2022Dracula Youth ReserveComment

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