Elvia Gomez Troya is a daughter of 12 years who lives in the Egüés Valleywho was contacted a few days ago by Colombia with a very special proposal: to be invited to participate in one of the activities that were going to be carried out in the last days of the COP16THE Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
He October 27he Dagrosabia Interactive Club of Colombiawhich is dedicated to empowering “environmental guardians” and empowering children as environmental leaders, contacted Elvia through her account. Instagram (Elvia the Tracker) in order to request your online participation in one of the final acts of the COP16to which she replied in the affirmative almost without thinking.
THE Conference of the Parties (COP) is the governing body of Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)an international treaty adopted in Earth Summit of Rio de Janeiro In 1992and which is celebrated every 2 years. THE COP16 was detained in Cali (Colombia) of the October 21 to November 1with the motto “Peace with nature“.
With two clear areas of participation, the green space was intended for the participation of civil societywith exhibitions, workshops, conferences, etc. Within these activities, the objective was also to give a voice to younger people, on whom the future of the planet will largely depend. In this line, Yauriany Maurygeneral director of Dagrosabia interactive clubcontacted Elvia to offer to participate online in one of the events with Valeriea Colombian girl, known for her work as a “guardian” of the jungle in which she lives.
This way, Elvia and Valeria appeared together virtually in a video, crossing borders to send their message of love to the world. conservation inside the COP16.
Elvia had not yet recovered from the emotions she had experienced Valencewhere he had attended, barely a week ago, the Édu-con 2024 Congresswho had become the youngest finalist of the history of EDE Price (Digital educators from Spain), more precisely in the category of Social and environmental awarenessin collaboration with professionals in the category of Angel Martin either Rocio Vidal (journalist and popularizer with Schrödinger’s cat).
This restless and passionate girl has reached both the EDE Price love it COP16 precisely through his work in the social networksspecifically with your account Instagram @elvialarastreadora managed by their parents. He mainly shares his knowledge on the animalstransmitting both his undeniable and contagious passion for natureacquired from his parents by follow upbeing his father professional tracker with field experience in 40 countries.
But Elvia didn’t just become a little influencer of nature on the networks, but a few months ago, following in the footsteps of his parents, Fernando Gomez And Troy Dovepublished his first book “What fascinates me about animals” with which she continues to try to spread her love for nature to all types of audiences, which has made her known precisely for this work of awareness and of conservation of nature, both in our country and outside our borders.
Without a doubt, we are faced with a concerning close and real for all the boys and girls on the planet and in particular in our country, at a time in history where precisely the technologiesTHE portable and the networks They have disconnected us from nature. At a time when we are worried about the state of the planet, plastic pollutionhe climate change and the deforestationthey must make us react and put us to work.
As she says, “if you love someone, no one has to tell you to take care of them because it comes from within”, which is what she aims to do with her work , make more people fall in love with nature and join in. in your movement Wildlife lovers.
Without a doubt, a promising young woman worth keeping track of, as she has managed to leave her mark even in the COP16.
