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CARE collaborates with young activist for climate justice and marine conservation
Dili, 22 August, 2024 – As part of the Coral Triangle, Timor-Leste’s coastal areas are home to extensive marine ecosystems that are crucial to the livelihoods, food security, defence against high waves during cyclones, and well-being of coastal communities. The effects of climate change and over-exploitation of marine resources are increasingly threatening marine biodiversity and the future of coastal communities. Global evidence demonstrates that women are key stakeholders in ensuring that community and marine resources are effectively managed to enable sustainable livelihoods activities within a protected environment for future generations. However, women are frequently underrepresented in community leadership roles, and face barriers to participating in conservation and climate decision-making, from global and national policy spaces to local resource management groups.
In the new Jornalista Ki’ik activity facilitated by CARE’s Lafaek project, we are excited to engage with Dircia Sarmento Belo, climate change activist and the founder of Local Conference of Youth (LCOY), an initiative committed to mobilising the youth to advance climate actions.
In her interview with CARE in 2021, Dircia revealed that her passion for climate justice and conservation originated as a 12 year old from reading CARE’s Lafaek magazine. A story about a child’s adventure in the forest would later inspire her to become a passionate activist. Now as a young adult, Dircia is being interviewed by two primary school students from Dili, and the content will be featured in the new edition of the Lafaek Ki’ik magazine, and Lafaek and CARE digital platforms. With this, she hopes to achieve a similar impact on other young people across Timor-Leste as she did at age 12.
The Jornalista Ki’ik activity reflects CARE’s climate justice approach which prioritises engagement and partnership with communities and local actors, thereby enabling the prioritisation of indigenous knowledge and capacities. Recognising the barriers to women’s participation in climate justice and conservation efforts, our approach uses a gender transformative adaptation lens to build agency, change power relationships, and transform structures so that disadvantaged, climate vulnerable women can participate and lead in adaptation decision making.
CARE’s work is rooted in community-based adaptation to climate change, and combines locally-led identification of the risks of climate change and biodiversity loss, with the aim of strengthening local capacities to adapt. This includes providing space to give voice to climate activists, such as Dircia. Through her engagement with the Lafaek magazine and social media channels, we hope to encourage the next generation of young people to follow her lead in taking positive action for climate change and conservation throughout the country.
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Tetun:
CARE kolabora ho ativista foin sa’e ba justisa klimatika no konservasaun tasi
Dili, 22 August, 2024 – Hanesan parte ida husi Triangulu Koral, área tasi-ibun iha Timor-Leste sai hanesan fatin ba ekosistema tasi nian ne’ebé importante tebes ba meius de subsistensia, seguransa ai-han, defeza hasoru anin no tasi boot, no moris-di’ak ba komunidade sira ne’ebé hela besik tasi-ibun. Efeitu husi mudansa klimátika no esplorasaun rekursu tasi nian fó ameasa liután ba biodiversidade tasi no ba futuru komunidade sira ne’ebé hela besik tasi-ibun. Evidénsia globál hatudu katak feto sira xave tebes hodi asegura katak komunidade no rekursu tasi nian bele jere ho efetivu hodi fasilita atividade sustentavel sira iha ambiente ne’ebé protejidu ba jerasaun sira iha futuru. Maske nune’e, feto sira dala barak iha reprezentasaun menus iha papél lideransa komunitária, no hasoru obstákulu barak atu partisipa iha esforsu sira iha konservasaun no foti desizaun klimátika, hahú kedas husi espasu polítika globál no nasionál to’o grupu jestaun rekursu lokál sira.
Iha atividade Jornalista Ki’ik foun ne’ebé fasilita husi CARE nia projetu Lafaek, ami kontente tebes atu dada-lia ho Dircia Sarmento Belo, ativista ba mudansa klimátika no fundadora ba Local Conference of Youth (LCOY), inisiativa ida ne’ebé komprimitidu atu mobiliza foin sa’e sira avansa asaun sira kontra mudansa klimátika.
Ho nia intervista ida ho CARE iha 2021, Dircia mensiona katak nia interese ba justisa klimátika no konservasaun komesa bainhira nia tinan 12 bainhira nia lee CARE nia revista Lafaek. Istória ida konaba labarik nia aventura iha ai-laran inspira tebes nia atu sai ativista loron ida. Agora hanesan foin sa’e ida, Dircia hetan intervista ho kanorin eskola primaria rua husi Dili, no konteúdu husi dada-lia ne’e sei uza ba edisaun revista Lafaek Ki’ik foun, no mos plataforma dijital Lafaek no CARE nian. Ho nune’e, Dircia iha esperansa atu lori impaktu ba foin sa’e sira iha teritoriu Timor-Leste hanesan impaktu ne’ebé nia hetan iha idade 12.
Atividade Jornalista Ki’ik ne’e refleta CARE nia aproximasaun ba justisa klimátika, ne’ebé mak prioritiza envolvimentu no parseria ho komunidade no autor lokál sira, hodi nune’e bele fó prioridade ba koñesimentu no kapasidade indíjena/lokál. Rekoñese bareira sira ba feto sira nia partisipasaun iha esforsu sira ba justisa klimátika no konservasaun, ami nia aproximasaun uza adaptasaun transformativu jéneru hodi harii ajénsia, muda relasaun podér, no transforma estrutura sira atu nune’e feto sira ne’ebé vulneravel ba efeitu husi mudansa klimátika bele partisipa no lidera iha prosesu foti desizaun ba adaptasaun.
CARE nia servisu iha area ne’e bazeia ba adaptasaun komunidade nian ba mudansa klimátika, no kombina identifikasaun ba risku sira husi mudansa klimátika no estragus ba biodiversidade ne’ebé lidera husi autor lokál sira, ho objetivu atu hametin kapasidade lokál atu adapta. Ida ne’e inklui mos fó espasu atu rona lian husi ativista mudansa klimátika sira hanesan Dircia. Liu husi nia envolvimentu ho revista Lafaek no plataforma media sosial sira, ami espera atu enkoraja foin sa’e sira husi jerasaun tuir mai atu tuir nia lideransa no foti asaun pozitivu ba mudansa klimátika no konservasaun iha rai-laran.
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