🎧 In today’s episode, Fátima D. Gigante, Program Coordinator at CoalitionWILD, joins us to talk about shaping IUCN World Conservation Congress Motion 97: “Mainstreaming #mentorship for young ecological stewards to enhance conservation efforts.” 📣 The motion, submitted by WILD.org and co-sponsors, is now heading to a vote at the upcoming Members’ Assembly of the 2025 International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress. 💥 So, it’s time to get loud. Whether you're attending WCC in person, virtually, or supporting as an ally to member organizations from afar—your actions count. ➤ Share this #motion with your social networks by downloading our Motion guide here: https://wild.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Motion-097-Marketing-Brief.pdf ‼️ And don't forget to tag @IUCN accounts to amplify the voices pushing for their approval. Environmental challenges today demand more than technical expertise, they call for #intergenerational collaboration and leadership renewal. Mentorship is essential to ensure younger generations are prepared to lead. 🎙️ Fátima shares what meaningful mentorship in conservation really looks like, how to make programs accessible and culturally grounded, and how mentorship can foster both protection and resilience. 🔗 Find the #podcast episode here: https://smartlink.ausha.co/voices-of-wilderness/59-with-fatima-gigante If you enjoy our podcast Voices of Wilderness, please consider supporting our work at WILD.org, which allows us to dedicate time to creating these conversations for you. And please, leave comments and rate us on your favorite platform. ⭐ #Forthewild (fb)

Over the course of two months in May and June of this year, 18 young people, men and women, received their first forest monitor training. 🌿 In April of 2023, the Yawanawá Leadership Council, reeling from new threats to their territory brought on by Brazil’s former President Bolsonaro, set out to develop professional, paid patrols to help monitor and secure their land. 🌳 This initial round of training is just the first step towards a more comprehensive solution that involves a couple of strategically placed monitoring stations, a secure data room, and a first aid outpost, as well as annual trainings. This was made possible through a partnership with the Yawanawá Socio-Cultural Association, Chengeta Wildlife, Langland Conservation, and WILD.org. 🚩 The destruction of the Amazon accelerated under Bolsonaro prompting scientists to warn that Earth’s largest #rainforest is now so degraded that it may be on the threshold of an #ecological tipping point. If their predictions are accurate, this would result in a fundamental change in the ecological services that maintain the #forest and lead to the irreversible loss of the forest. 💥 The Yawanawá Rainforest Lifeways program is entirely funded by a network of donors like you! If you would like to see this work continue, please consider a donation here: https://wild.org/the-yawanawa-people/donate/ 📝 Learn more through the article: https://wild.org/blog/yawanawa-forest-indigenous-patrols-protect-amazon-rainforest/ #Forthewild (fb)