‘Family Forest Movement’ To Fight Global Warming
11/4/08
Priests on predominantly Catholic Flores Island have introduced a movement to get parishioners to plant a variety of trees at home. After discussing a “family forest” project at a recent recollection, 53 priests serving in Ende episcopal vicariate of Ende archdiocese decided to launch it. The project calls for each Catholic family to plant at least five kinds of trees during the rainy season that starts in November. The March 12 discussion on Responding to the Impact of Climate Change and Global Warming was part of a three-day recollection that started the day before. The recollection was held at the Franciscan sisters’ convent in Detusoko, Ende district, 1,630 kilometers east of Jakarta.
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Tags: Christianity, Environment, Indonesia
April 15th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
According to a research the poorest people in the world’s poorest countries will suffer the earliest and the most from climate change, according to this year’s edition of the Environmental Review. The report says that, due to their geographical location, low incomes, and low institutional capacity, as well as their greater reliance on climate-sensitive sectors like agriculture, the poorest countries and people are suffering earliest and are poised to suffer most.