{"id":3363,"date":"2020-12-01T13:22:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T18:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.org\/?p=3363"},"modified":"2021-01-26T11:03:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T16:03:23","slug":"catholic-leaders-urge-tougher-policies-to-protect-arctic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.org\/catholic-leaders-urge-tougher-policies-to-protect-arctic\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic leaders urge tougher policies to protect Arctic"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"OXFORD, England (CNS) \u2014 Two European Catholic commissions warned that Arctic warming is intensifying competition over the region\u2019s resources and urged tougher policies to protect its biodiversity and Indigenous communities.<\/span><\/p>\n

As exploration, mining, investment, and military activities increase, predatory practices also can increase, said the Brussels-based Commission of Bishops\u2019 Conferences of the European Union, or COMECE, and Justice and Peace Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSuch exploitative tendencies may not only exclude local communities from a fair share in the profit, but also lead to grave human rights violations and cause irreparable environmental damage,\u201d said the joint statement, issued in mid-November. The statement, issued as a contribution to the European Union\u2019s current Arctic policy review, said the region\u2019s four million inhabitants included at least 40 Indigenous ethnic groups, whose \u201csocial, cultural, religious and linguistic rights\u201d needed greater protection.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OXFORD, England (CNS) \u2014 Two European Catholic commissions warned that Arctic warming is intensifying competition over the region\u2019s resources and urged tougher policies to protect its biodiversity and Indigenous communities. 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