The Protection of the Amazon and its Indigenous Peoples
This article looks at the protection of the Amazonian Region and its native peoples as a major challenge of our age and time. The author establishes a strong connection between the present crisis associated with climatic change and destruction of ecosystems around the world, and of biodiversity in p...
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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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SCM Press
[2018]
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Concilium
Year: 2018, Issue: 5, Pages: 108-112 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Catholic church, Pope (2013- : Franziskus), Verfasserschaft1, Laudato si'
/ Amazonastiefland
/ Environmental protection
/ Indians
/ Human rights
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IxTheo Classification: | KBR Latin America KDB Roman Catholic Church NCC Social ethics NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
Summary: | This article looks at the protection of the Amazonian Region and its native peoples as a major challenge of our age and time. The author establishes a strong connection between the present crisis associated with climatic change and destruction of ecosystems around the world, and of biodiversity in particular, with the long-lasting historical problem of affirming and defending the basic human rights of the surviving native peoples of the Amazonian Region. |
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ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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