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… a new national park would seem a more-than-welcome proposal in the middle of an international biodiversity summit in search of solutions to reverse global trends of ecosystem destruction. In … , or Mohawk, Nation, during a Dec. 14 press conference at COP15, the United Nations biodiversity conference, in Montreal. Their worries are rooted in examples of Indigenous …

… As representatives from nearly 200 countries gather for the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, environmental activists living in the Amazon region hope the … Vieira says it is a consensus in the scientific community that the Amazon is key in conserving biodiversity and regulating the planet's climate and that Brazil has already shown it is possible …

… in greater harmony with nature, a multifaith coalition stressed to the United Nations top biodiversity official in a meeting here at COP15, where nations are negotiating a global deal to … For instance, environmental activists have pushed for the 30% target to include important biodiverse areas and the creation of ecological corridors rather than a patchwork of protected …

… Through a series of events on the second day of the United Nations biodiversity summit known as COP15, faith-based organizations displayed not just an elevated … efforts to protect and preserve nature. "We're facing a climate emergency and we're facing a biodiversity crisis. And the toolbox [to address them] contains a number of tools … faith is …

… fossil fuels which have caused the warming. The loss of islands, the destruction of land and biodiversity, the unusual and brutal weather patterns lead to greater migration, while the …

… a global, once-in-a-decade conservation pact to protect ecosystems amid increasing threats to biodiversity and warnings that upwards of 1 million species could face extinction by century's … of the world's religions will also be in Montreal for COP15, the United Nations biodiversity summit, where they hope to raise both moral principles and policy priorities on … Dec. 7 and is scheduled to continue until Dec. 19. Formed in 1992, the convention sets global biodiversity targets once a decade. The latest convening is expected to finalize a post-2020 …

… message, where he pressed for decisive action at both COP27 and the COP15 conference on biodiversity next month in Montreal. "You can't be outside of this and be the size the Catholic …

… and water grabs, experienced pollution of their water and soil by pesticides, and were losing biodiversity and traditional seeds, according to the bishops. "Communities share the experience …

… fuels makes us dependent on a handful of dictatorships. It causes us to wipe out the rich biodiversity that sustains all human life. America is just 4.25% of the world's population but …

… fuel projects displace countless poor families, pollute our air and water, and destroy our biodiversity and social fabric, while entrenching corruption and enriching local and Northern …

… Francis' Season of Creation message that addressed leaders at COP27 and the COP15 summit on biodiversity. Among the religious groups that signed the treaty-endorsing letter were two dozen …

… that contaminated water would have on human beings to the river's surrounding forests and biodiversity. "We cannot exist if we lose the water, the river [because] the cost of living would …

… the pope to discuss  Laudato Si'  and the growing global threats of climate change and rapid biodiversity loss. They include Arouna Kandé, a climate refugee in Senegal; Cacique Dadá, an … science issue. But then to suddenly realize that at heart, protecting climate change and biodiversity loss, because of the components involved, it's a moral issue as much as a … who they are as people so that we can start to think of the climate change problem and the biodiversity problem less in terms of statistics and more in terms of human beings. And so that …

… all of which at that time made the river more technologically efficient, but robbed it of the biodiversity a river should generate. In The New York Times , Washington correspondent Charlie …

… and in every country," he said. Czerny also said tourism must be restructured to protect biodiversity. He said it needs a "perspective of integral ecology" that fosters dialogue between … of tourism, in fact, is measured not only in terms of pollution, but also in the impact on the biodiversity of natural and social ecosystems," he said. "There is a need for a sensibility that …

… emissions, Africa faces a disproportionate level of devastating climate impacts, among them biodiversity loss, water shortages, reduced food production, and loss of lives and livelihoods, …

… of years disappears. That's a wake-up call to humanity that the process of extinction of biodiversity is followed by the process of extinction of human beings," José Gregorio Diaz … pressures. In Ecuador, the Tagaeri and Taromenane, two isolated peoples living in the highly biodiverse Yasuni National Park, are increasingly threatened by activities related to oil …

… summits may unite the human family in decisively addressing the twin crises of climate and biodiversity loss." In addition to the pope's suggestions, as I reflect on what to focus my …

… the cry of the earth," Orzechowski said. "The issue of climate justice and the issue of the biodiversity crisis are among the most urgent and significant moral issues facing us as a church …

… it was only natural for the Missionary Society of St. Columban to relaunch its podcast on biodiversity loss. The six-episode season follows the 2019 debut of the "Jubilee for the Earth: Biodiversity and Our Sacred Story" podcast , and looks at the threats facing ecosystems and …