Join us for a discussion on how legal strategies have the potential to safeguard the rights of communities and nature in one of the most remote regions of Colombia.
Chocó (Colombia), one of the most biodiverse places on earth, is under threat from conflict, national and transnational armed networks and illicit economies, such as, coca, mining and logging.
Those seeking to defend Indigenous and Afro-Colombian community land rights and biodiversity are extremely vulnerable, in the most dangerous country on earth to be an environmental defender.
Ahead of COP16, come and hear from Colombian environmental defender Rodrigo Rogelis, about the struggle for the planet, for community and environmental rights in the midst of a brutal armed conflict.