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ChileFlood

Restoration of urban wetlands for flood prevention in Llanquihue, Chile

In Llanquihue (Los Lagos Region), the Legado Chile Foundation, created by young professionals, faces flooding due to extreme rains by restoring degraded urban wetlands with green infrastructure that restores the soil's ability to absorb water. It transformed micro-gardens into socio-ecological parks, removed more than 900 tons of garbage, planted more than 6,000 native trees and trained the community with the Naturalist School program.

Measure: Ecosystem restoration
Territory: Valdivian temperate forests
Youth participation: The foundation was created by a team of young professionals between 27 and 28 years old. Boys, girls and young people participate through the Naturalist School program, volunteer days of reforestation with native flora, wetland cleanups and educational contests.

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BrazilFlood

Participatory construction of a municipal climate agenda for mitigation and adaptation to floods in Belém, Pará

The Jandyras Network is a network of young Amazonian women from Belém, aged 18 to 35, created to face in an intersectional way the effects of the climate crisis in the city, such as the recurring floods in the outskirts. Launched the Climate Agenda for Belém (2021) and managed to include the Municipal Climate Change Forum in the PPA 2022-2025, becoming a reference in the urban Amazon.

Measure: Policy
Territory: Amazonia
Youth participation: The network was born from a free online training in which 40 women aged 18 to 35 participated, the majority of whom were non-white, who collectively built their own network from it. After graduating, the members become multipliers for other women and young people in Belém.

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