The Garden of God: Toward a Human Ecology

I Warmly Hope … the Amazon River will once again attract the attention of peoples and governments to the problems, needs, and emergencies of a region so harshly tried and whose ecological balance is so threatened: in their majestic beauty, its rivers and forests speak to us of God and of his grandiose work for humanity. This immense region, where waters are an incomparable source of harmony and riches, is presented as an open book whose pages reveal the mystery of life. How is it possible not to feel urged, both as individuals and as communities, to acquire a responsible awareness that is expressed in consistent decisions to protect such an ecologically rich environment.