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‘On the map’: App shines light on 5,000 ‘invisible’ families in Brazil’s Cerrado and beyond

Sarah Sax 10 Sep 2021

‘On the map’: App shines light on 5,000 ‘invisible’ families in Brazil’s Cerrado and beyond

Sarah Sax 10 Sep 2021

Brazil judge blocks appointment of missionary to indigenous agency

Sam Cowie 26 May 2020

COP25: Laura Vargas inspires with power of faith in defense of forests

Justin Catanoso 10 Dec 2019

Vatican calls landmark meeting to conserve Amazon, protect indigenous peoples

Justin Catanoso 4 Oct 2019

Interfaith leaders step up to protect the world’s ‘sacred’ rainforests

Justin Catanoso 17 Sep 2019

An indigenous Colombian takes in deforestation close to the Amacayacu National Park in the Colombian Amazon.

Scientists team up with indigenous, faithful to fight for forests

Andrew J. Wight 11 Dec 2018

Ecology monks in Thailand seek to end environmental suffering

Kiley Price 13 Aug 2018

Religious leaders mobilize to protect indigenous people and forests

Liz Kimbrough 2 May 2018

UN’s Tauli-Corpuz, accused of terrorism in her native Philippines, plans to keep investigating ‘atrocities’ against indigenous peoples at home

Philip Jacobson 20 Mar 2018

Faith in the forest helps Indonesia’s Dayaks keep plantations, loggers at bay

Hans Nicholas Jong, Indra Nugraha 8 Feb 2018

Pope’s message to Amazonia inspires hope, but will it bring action?

Justin Catanoso 22 Jan 2018

Pope set to visit site of deforestation, indigenous struggle in Peru

Mongabay.com 19 Jan 2018

People of all faiths face climate change with hope, action, urgency

Justin Catanoso 13 Jun 2017

Emmylou Harris links climate change to refugee crisis, lends her voice

Justin Catanoso 7 Jun 2016

Indigenous land and forest rights in the spotlight during pope’s visit to Mexico

Sandra Cuffe 17 Feb 2016

Top Vatican official: climate change action is a “moral imperative”

Justin Catanoso 1 Feb 2016

An unconventional trinity: conservation, religion, and evolution

Fred Bercovitch 22 Dec 2015

Catholic bishops ask for binding, transformative COP21 climate treaty

Justin Catanoso 27 Oct 2015

Papal encyclical draws harsh critique from Peru’s private sector

Justin Catanoso 24 Sep 2015

Pope’s encyclical draws support from Peru’s #1 environmental official

Justin Catanoso 23 Sep 2015

Pope and Peru’s top mining CEO agree and at odds on environment

Justin Catanoso 22 Sep 2015

Peru’s Conundrum: a Pope’s environmental message divides his people

Justin Catanoso 4 Sep 2015

Pope’s environmental encyclical arrives in Peru to mixed reviews

Justin Catanoso 11 Aug 2015

Of leopards and lemons: Superstition aids wildlife researchers in India

Trupthi Narayan 22 Apr 2015

Employing shame for environmental change

Jeremy Hance 3 Mar 2015

Reeling in religious messages: how faith impacts fisheries in Fiji

Amy West 25 Nov 2014

Pope Francis: ‘this is our sin: we exploit the earth’

Jeremy Hance 8 Jul 2014

Pope Francis: ‘if we destroy Creation, Creation will destroy us!’

Jeremy Hance 28 May 2014

Harnessing religious teachings about stewardship to protect the planet – an interview with Sikh activist Bandana Kaur

Rina Shaikh-lesko 28 Mar 2013

New pope: ‘let us be protectors of creation’

Jeremy Hance 20 Mar 2013

Prayers for dying elephants: Buddhists hold prayer ceremony for elephants decimated by poachers

Jeremy Hance 11 Mar 2013

Vatican condemns elephant poaching, pledges steps

Jeremy Hance 4 Feb 2013

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