<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">FYI - this is interesting! Back when I got involved with stoves (1979) deforestation was the #1 reason for improving wood and charcoal burning stoves (and addressing charcoal production).<div class="">Laurie Childers<br class="">
<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Parliament of Religions <<a href="mailto:info@parliamentofreligions.org" class="">info@parliamentofreligions.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Unprecedented Meeting of World Faith Leaders to Take on Global Deforestation</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">June 15, 2017 at 9:39:46 AM PDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Laurie <<a href="mailto:childers@peak.org" class="">childers@peak.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Parliament of Religions <<a href="mailto:info@parliamentofreligions.org" class="">info@parliamentofreligions.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><center style="font-family: Helvetica; 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padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: left;" class=""><br class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class=""><strong class="">For Immediate Release<br class=""> </strong></span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 22px;" class="">Unprecedented Meeting of World Faith Leaders to take on Global Deforestation Monday, June 19,<br class="">at the Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, Norway</span></strong></span><br class=""> </p><ul class=""><li class=""><span style="font-size: 18px;" class=""><em class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Norway to host leaders from world’s spiritual and religious traditions, engaging faith communities to protect rainforests </span></em></span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 18px;" class=""><em class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Daoist, Jewish leaders to join with indigenous forest guardians to express moral commitment, explore faith-based mobilization to end deforestation</span></em></span></li></ul><div style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: left;" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">For the first time, leaders from many of the world’s religions will meet to discuss the spiritual and ethical responsibility they share to protect rainforests, one of the planet’s most vital life-support systems. Besieged by growing global demand for commodities, tropical rainforests are being cleared at a perilous rate, with an area the size of Austria chopped down each year. </span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">The meeting, which will take place in the presence of His Majesty King Harald V of Norway, will discuss how to activate the collective moral influence of religious communities across the planet. Based on sheer numbers, they could prove decisive in protecting the world’s last standing rainforests. </span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">There is growing consensus among the world’s religions that environmental concerns are closely linked to social justice, a position reinforced by Pope Francis’ Laudato si and high-level declarations from many other faiths about the spiritual imperative of protecting the planet and its most vulnerable people.</span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">The multi-faith summit marks the first significant engagement by the world’s religions with an issue that climate scientists and development experts argue is a lynchpin for global efforts to address climate change, poverty, food insecurity and violations of human rights. It also heralds the first time that religious leaders from a broad spectrum of faiths will work hand-in-hand with indigenous peoples, the historical guardians of rainforests, on an action agenda to end deforestation. </span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class=""><strong class="">Host:</strong> His Excellency Vidar Helgesen, Minister of Climate and Environment (Norway)</span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class=""><strong class="">Partners: </strong>The meeting is being convened by Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI), Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in cooperation with the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University, GreenFaith, Parliament of the World’s Religions, Religions for Peace, REIL Network, and the World Council of Churches.</span><br class=""> </p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class=""><strong class="">Where:</strong> Nobel Peace Center, <a href="http://parliamentofreligions.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=15d4f7de1064a5171ce87bc0e&id=e5d56fd03d&e=27afb6d62f" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Oslo</a>, Norway</span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class=""><strong class="">When: </strong>Monday, 19 June 2017 - <em class="">Detailed schedule to come</em></span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class=""><strong class="">Who:</strong></span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class=""><strong class=""> Indigenous Peoples Leaders</strong></span></p><ul class=""><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Sônia Guajajara, National Coordinator, Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil – APIB (Brazil)</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Joseph Itongwa, executive Committee Member, Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee – IPACC (Democratic Republic of Congo)</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Abdon Nababan, Vice Chairperson, National Council, Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago, AMAN (Indonesia) </span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: left;" class=""><br class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class=""><strong class="">Religious Leaders </strong></span></p><ul class=""><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">H.E. Metropolitan Emmanuel, Exarch, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (Christian)<em class=""> </em></span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Dr. Nanditha Krishna, Founder, The C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation (Hinduism)<em class=""> </em></span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Abbot Phra Paisal Vongvoravisit, Co-Founder, Sekiya Dhamma (Buddhism)<em class=""> </em></span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Sir Rabbi David Rosen, International Director of Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish Committee and Director, Heilbrunn Institute for International Interreligious Understanding (Judaism)<em class=""> </em></span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">H.E. Monsignor Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Chancellor, Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (Catholic)</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Bishop Emeritus Gunnar Stålsett, Honorary President, Religions for Peace (Lutheran) <em class=""> </em></span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Dr. Din Syamsuddin, Chairman, Center for Dialogue and Cooperation Among Civilizations (Islam) <em class=""> </em></span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">The Right Reverend Bishop Pierre W. Whalon, Bishop-In-Charge, Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe (Episcopal)<em class=""> </em></span></li></ul><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: left;" class=""><br class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class=""><strong class="">Interfaith Leaders </strong></span></p><ul class=""><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Reverend Henrik Grape, Coordinator, Working Group on Climate Change, World Council of Churches</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Reverend Fletcher Harper: Executive Director, GreenFaith</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Dr. Kusumita Pedersen, Vice Chair, Parliament of the World’s Religions</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker: Director, Forum on Religion and Ecology, Yale University</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Dr. William F. Vendley: Secretary General, Religions for Peace</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: left;" class=""><br class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class=""><strong class="">Academics and Experts </strong></span></p><ul class=""><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Lars Løvold, Director, Rainforest Foundation Norway </span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Dr. Antonio Donato Nobre, Visiting Scientist at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and Senior Researcher at the National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA)</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Frances Seymour, Distinguished Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: left;" class=""><br class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Among the questions to be addressed at the event:</span></p><ul class=""><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">How do religious and spiritual teachings support the care and protection of rainforests, and how do they relate to environmental, socio-cultural and economic justifications for ending deforestation?</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">How can religious and spiritual communities contribute to the battle to protect rainforests and stop deforestation? What are the specific actions on the ground undertaken by spiritual groups and mainstream religions to protect forests?</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Where are forests most under threat and what do spiritual and religious leaders, and their communities and constituencies, propose to do to protect them?</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">What can indigenous forest communities teach that can help influence a world that judges the value of forests through<em class=""> </em>the<em class=""> </em>lens of price, utility, or efficiency?</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">How does this initiative complement and add to other interfaith efforts?</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Why are the Norwegian government and civil society convening this event? Why now?</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">What are the planned next steps for this initiative?</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: left;" class=""><br class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class=""><strong class="">About Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI)</strong></span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Since its launch in 2007, the Government of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) has cooperated with international partners, governments in forest and donor countries and a broad range of non-governmental organizations to reduce tropical deforestation and forest degradation. </span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: left;" class=""><br class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class=""><strong class="">About </strong><a href="http://parliamentofreligions.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=15d4f7de1064a5171ce87bc0e&id=1417713c83&e=27afb6d62f" style="color: rgb(26, 80, 141); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Rainforest Foundation Norway</a></span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" class="">Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN) is one of the world's leading organizations in the field of rights-based rainforest protection. We support Indigenous Peoples and traditional populations in the three main rainforest regions of the world: the Amazon, the Congo basin and Southeast Asia. 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