The Diocese of Boac and environmental advocates on the Philippine island province of Marinduque have welcomed the release of an official government communication related to a proposed US$100 million settlement involving Barrick Gold, while calling for urgent environmental rehabilitation and greater transparency in the use of the funds.
Environmental protection is a shared human and moral responsibility, said Dr. Arook Toppo, regional director of Caritas Rajshahi Region, as staff members observed Creation Season Sunday on September 6.
Young farmers of the Chicalim Youth Farmers Club in Goa, India, recently transplanted paddy in the fields where their former parish priest, Fr. Bolmax Fidelis Pereira, had encouraged them to revive agriculture and care for the environment.
