11/05/2008 | 04:30 AM
MANILA, Philippines - Church social action officials blamed environmental destruction for worsening and "dehumanizing" poverty and hunger in Mindanao at a recent general assembly in Surigao.
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines website also said there is worsening food security brought about by landlessness and development aggression.
Participants also pinpointed as the cause of such a situation land use conversion, poor governance, ongoing mining, logging, mono-cropping and irreversible destruction of the environment as the further marginalization and displacement of communities, especially the indigenous peoples.
Attending the two-day meet were Bishops Nereo Odchimar (Tandag, Surigao del Sur), Juan De Dios Pueblos (Butuan), Antonieto Cabajog (Surigao del Norte), Dinualdo Gutierrez (Marbel, South Cotabato) and Patricio Alo (Mati, Davao Oriental).
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines website also said there is worsening food security brought about by landlessness and development aggression.
Participants also pinpointed as the cause of such a situation land use conversion, poor governance, ongoing mining, logging, mono-cropping and irreversible destruction of the environment as the further marginalization and displacement of communities, especially the indigenous peoples.
Attending the two-day meet were Bishops Nereo Odchimar (Tandag, Surigao del Sur), Juan De Dios Pueblos (Butuan), Antonieto Cabajog (Surigao del Norte), Dinualdo Gutierrez (Marbel, South Cotabato) and Patricio Alo (Mati, Davao Oriental).
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