CSVPA visitors may be interested in the news that an Interfaith Rainforest Initiative was launched in Oslo, Norway, on 19 June 2017. In a first-of-its-kind summit, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu and Taoist religious leaders joined forces with indigenous peoples from Brazil, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Meso-America and Peru to make the protection of rainforests an ethical priority for the world’s faith communities. The result is a new, multi-faith initiative that aims to bring moral attention and spiritual commitment to ending tropical deforestation and protecting the planet’s rainforests [link to press release and media coverage].
Among the key outcomes of the meeting was a statement committing participants to the formation of an “international, multi-faith rainforest alliance” that will rally spiritual and religious communities to act for the protection of rainforests and the rights of the indigenous peoples who safeguard them [link to statement].
