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Saving the environment through dialogue and transparency
… the ozone layer. But the international community has made little progress in protecting biodiversity, stopping desertification, or reducing greenhouse gasses because of a “lack of … of ecosystems which may be gravely upset by human intervention,” he writes. “Moreover, biodiversity is considered at most a deposit of economic resources available for exploitation, … do not calculate “the losses entailed in the desertification of the land, the harm done to biodiversity or the increased pollution.” Profits are increased by ignoring externalities, the …
Is Francis a pope for Asia?
… to environmental pollution, climate change, the poisoning of water and land, and the loss of biodiversity. If you think that this ecological destruction is just a natural cycle and not a …
Pope Francis: 'Facts are more important than ideas'
… with serious consequences for all of us." Chapter 1 devotes an entire section to the loss of biodiversity, its causes and consequences. "Each year sees the disappearance of thousands of …
The Pope in Ecuador: He Never Read the Federalist Papers
… call attention to the presence of residents o the Amazon basin, the need to protect the rich biodiversity of the Amazon, its essential role in the climate of the world, concluding, “Ecuador …
Pope Francis to head to Latin America for 'homecoming' trip
… last month. The country is home to the Galapagos Islands, known globally as a haven of biodiversity, but Ecuador's government has come under pressure for its management of its natural …
Vatican-sponsored conferences further unpack 'Laudato Si'' from frames of farming, climate
… and floods caused by climate change, depletion of freshwater resource, and loss of vital biodiversity,” Turkson said. The cardinal said that the current agricultural model “leaves us …
Lex credendi, lex vivendi: A response to 'Laudato Si''
… data that indicates that Earth is in crisis: Global warming, water scarcity, loss of biodiversity and other declining factors show that we cannot sustain a first-world lifestyle …
A readers' guide to 'Laudato Si''
… a description of other threats to the environment, including threats to water supplies and biodiversity. He also looks at how environmental degradation has affected human life and society. … do not have access to it (27-31). Why is this? What can be done? Why does the pope think biodiversity is important (32-42)? What are the threats to biodiversity? What are the effects on people's lives of environmental deterioration, current …
Peace: an unexpected reaction to 'Laudato Si'
… climate change (#20-26); contamination and lack of fresh water (#27-31); and “loss of biodiversity” (#32-42). He emphasizes the interrelatedness between all parts of creation and …
Francis' encyclical an urgent call to prevent world of 'debris, desolation and filth'
… by the letter: Environmental degradation causing lack of access to drinking water, loss of biodiversity, and decline in quality of human life; Pervasive global inequity that leaves … … US church grateful for Pope Francis' 'marvelous' encyclical … Climate change, loss of biodiversity, global inequity … Before addressing scientific matters, Francis first acknowledges … of and, as such, is a condition for the exercise of other human rights." On the issue of biodiversity, he is likewise clear: "Because of us, thousands of species will no longer give …
Francis' encyclical is a step in the right direction, those outside the church say
… issue of poverty to loss of life on the planet with these incredible threats we are seeing to biodiversity, I think it's naive to think that activity can be understood as anything other than …
Laudato Si' arrives
… The Holy Father goes on to consider other environmental issues, such as water use and bio-diversity, similarly relying on the scientific consensus and urging us to moral vigilance. 4. …
Leaked encyclical text puts climate change on humans
… linked to the encyclical, a number of them controversial, including the loss of the planet's biodiversity and continuing inequity between the global North and the global South. The document … including emerging scarcity of water for some populations of the world and a loss of biodiversity because of the extinction of species. The pope first states clearly: "Access to … and universal human right because it determines the survival of persons." On the issue of biodiversity, he is likewise blunt: "Because of us, thousands of species can no longer give glory …
Valuing creation a long-held Catholic tradition
… of productivity in vast agricultural areas, the pollution of rivers and aquifers, the loss of biodiversity, the increase of natural catastrophes and the deforestation of equatorial and …
Pope's Eco Quotes: An inalienable right
… nature to sustain consumption at the frenetic level it needs. Climate change, the loss of biodiversity, deforestation are already showing their devastating effects in terrible cataclysms …
Food experts warn genetically modified crops are 'false miracles'
… in the Global South. But these are false miracles," the statement said. “Indigenous biodiverse varieties of food grown by women provide far more nutrition than the commodities … low in quality and diversity compared to those grown by native women. Monoculture in place of biodiversity “reduces the amount of nutrition per acre.” Added chemicals and synthetic … of our food systems and knowledge systems. We do not have to go down the road of replacing our biodiversity with GMO monocultures and our rich knowledge of food and nutrition with scientific …
Journeying into the ‘Great Work’
… and the United States on the impacts of escalating climate disruption and the massive loss of biodiversity leading to ever greater extinction of species? How are people manifesting their …
Perspectives on GMOs grow from 'Sacred Seed'
… Shiva -- probably one of the most internationally-known environmentalists and defenders of biodiversity -- started Navdanya, a network of seed keepers and organic producers in 1987,when …