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COMMUNITIES IN ECUADOR PROTEST DESTRUCTION OF LIFE AND BIODIVERSITY BY INDUSTRIES

14/10/2022 Climate Change, Ecuador, Emergencies, Extractive Industries, Migration by daniele piccini

Ecuador is one of the most biodiverse places in the world. From the Amazon rainforest, Andean highlands, coastal mangroves to the cloud forests. It harbours more than two thirds of the world’s biodiversity. At the same time, there are several problems associated with the violation on human rights of the communities that inhabit all these ...

Querida Amazonia: a Road Map for Caritas

13/02/2020 Advocacy, Africa, Asia, Brazil, Development, Europe, Extractive Industries, Latin America, Middle East & North Africa, News, North America, Oceania, Press Release, SDG by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis receives the post-synodal exhortation Querida Amazonia, calling it a new "Road Map" for the charitable action of the Church throughout the world.

Caritas and the path of the Amazon Synod

11/11/2019 Advocacy, Africa, Asia, Catholic Teaching, Climate Change, Development, Europe, Extractive Industries, Female face of migration, Latin America, Middle East & North Africa, News, North America, Oceania, Poverty Elimination, SDG, Trafficking by Caritas Communications

Hope has been awoken by the historic Amazon Synod. We reflect on this remarkable moment in the Church and what it means for Caritas and the people we work alongside.

Global voices on the Synod: Zambia

28/10/2019 Africa, Development, Extractive Industries by Caritas Communications

Respect for the fundamental human rights of the local community is a sacred principle. Attention for the safety and well-being of the people involved in mining operations and those who champion their cause is paramount.

Voices from the Amazon

2/10/2019 Brazil, Climate Change, Development, Extractive Industries, Latin America, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

The rights of the traditional peoples of the Amazon are vitally linked to the future of the region’s ecosystem and that of the whole planet.

Indigenous speaking out against human rights abuses

24/04/2017 Advocacy, Bolivia, Brazil, Development, Extractive Industries, Latin America, Peru by Caritas Communications

Mining and other extractive industries are driving human rights abuses and damaging the environment in the Amazon, say indigenous leaders. During meetings at the UN in New York 22 April to 1 May, community leaders supported by the Pan-Amazon Ecclesial network (REPAM) will raise the plight of their people. Caritas is a member of REPAM. ...

Caritas and climate change FAQs

18/06/2015 Climate Change, Development, Extractive Industries, Food, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

The world’s poorest people are being hit hardest by climate extremes. Typhoons and floods destroy entire communities, damaging homes and property. Drought, erratic rainfall, or unpredictable growing seasons lead to smaller harvests, or no harvests at all--leaving millions hungry.

Caritas awaits Pope Francis’ ecology encyclical

11/06/2015 Blog, Climate Change, Development, Extractive Industries, Food, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

Caritas is excited about the arrival of the encyclical. The theme chosen by our confederation to guide our work for the next four years is One Human Family, Caring for Creation. It lays the path for defending human dignity, building a peaceful coexistence between peoples and for safeguarding and caring for creation.