Preserving Biodiversity: Creation Care from Faith to Action
Channel: Citizens for Public Justice
Date: 29/03/2023

Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) and For the Love of Creation (FLC) hosted a conversation on Biodiversity and Creation Care in Canada. Our expert and diverse panelists talked about our planetary boundaries, the latest updates from COP15, and Indigenous perspectives on biodiversity. Our gathering concluded with a theological reflection on creation care.

REFERENCE LINKS:
Multi-Faith Pavilion website: https://www.weacreationcare.org/faith-biodiversity-call-to-action 

Multi-Faith Response and Recommendations to the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: https://www.biodiversity.faith/policy
 
Recording of Catholic mass for delegates and participants of COP15, Cathedral of Mary Queen of the World, Montréal, Dec 10, 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60MTaZiScZQ 

March for Biodiversity and Human rights organized by Québec Civil Society group collectif cop15.org/générations vivantes: https://collectifcop15.org/en/issues/ 

The Indigenous Village at COP15, hosted by the Indigenous Leadership Initiative, December 9 – 11, 2022: https://www.ilinationhood.ca/news/indigenousvillagecop15

Recording of the discussion with the Dzunuḵ̓wa Society women who brought the piece of Douglas Fir from Fairy Creek, BC  to COP15: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0WxNxUWHcSssKBhQXMLt9MuWNiA8ECG8UJNYNdTY9J93VxdcmZP5Faymak5MfzbCJl&id=100011931766421&mibextid=qC1gEa

The #Ada'itsx/Fairy Creek Blockade Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FairyCreekBlockade 

Text of Healthy Planet Healthy People petition delivered to COP15 delegates and Secretary General by Laudato Si’ Movement’s Caroline Kiiru: https://healthyplanetandpeople.org/ 

Text of Mouvement Laudato Si’ Movement – Canada statement to COP15 delegates and Environment and Climate Change Canada Assnt. Deputy Minister Stephen de Boer: 
- In English https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LfJkM4vepbLPExZ7L-2xKzt_LkvezS0U/view
- In French  http://mydo.cx/NWE5ZDg0

Joint Ecological Ministries letter to Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, Steven Guilbeault: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18mytLhTAVgWUN5JxCSUhrEuxhePgNB2T/view

Avaaz petition to make Ecocide a crime in the International Criminal Court. https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/make_ecocide_illegal_loc/?btkeMnb&v=146136&cl=20282484649&_checksum=266a0104a24846a87295392c352fdb5be6632d521d2c6ff8c6476512cd2da605

Detailed descriptions of MLSM Canada at COP15 in our Thinking Nature Positive blog series: https://www.faithcommongood.org/mlsm_canada_latest_news

Canada's Conserved Areas: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/conserved-areas.html

Coastal First Nations' Guardian Watchmen program: https://coastalfirstnations.ca/our-stewardship/coastal-guardian-watchmen/