After denouncing the record number of wildfires in the Amazon in August and the growing deforestation of the region, the Brazilian Catholic Church is pressuring the government to guarantee the safety of several Amazonian indigenous people.
Religious leaders in Colombia promised to step up efforts to prevent the destruction of rainforests in the South American country, as they launched a coalition known as the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative.
Religious and indigenous leaders from 21 countries gathered in Norway June 19 to launch a new initiative aimed at saving the world's tropical rainforests from the impact of deforestation and climate change.
