We are delighted to announce that thanks to a grant from PWRDF / Alongside Hope, the Communion Forest has just appointed a facilitator for the Americas.

The Revd Dr Rodrigo Espiuca joins the team with outstanding skills and experience. Rodrigo is both an Anglican priest and an environmental and human rights lawyer from Brazil. He is a university professor and, since 2020, has overseen the Anglican Diocese of Brasilia’s advocacy strategies on human and environmental rights in connection with the National Congress and the Supreme Federal Court in Brazil.

Rodrigo will be the principal point of contact for the Communion Forest and its activities as they relate to the Americas, especially the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries of Latin America. By having a regional facilitator who speaks Spanish, Portuguese and English, Rodrigo’s appointment will enable the region to be more naturally connected into the Communion Forest and invested in it. It will also enable us to sustain Spanish and Portuguese as routine languages of the Communion Forest.

In the video, Rodrigo introduces himself and the work he is about to embark on.

Rodrigo’s appointment will also allow us to grow the advocacy aspect of the Communion Forest’s work. We look forward to hosting webinars and producing resources to connect, equip and inspire Anglicans across the world to advocate effectively for ecosystem conservation and protection.

We are immensely grateful to PWRDF / Alongside Hope for the grant that has enabled this appointment and for their warm support of the Communion Forest since its inception.

Welcome, Rodrigo, and thank you PWRDF / Alongside Hope!