Human societies around the world, regardless of their religious, cultural or geographical characteristics, need healthy and functional ecosystems to support human life on earth. The biodiversity of the environment that God found good according to Genesis is nevertheless declining at a rate 1,000 times higher than the natural rate. In the fight for the conservation of biodiversity, scientific and political efforts at the global level are more visible than those at the local level.
On Thursday, 21 November 2024 at 1400 UTC, Dr Sambo Ouédraogo, Assistant Professor and Researcher of Plant Biology and Ecology at Norbert Zongo University in Burkina Faso, will discuss his analysis that offers a synthesis of the efforts made by local government and church actors in the restoration of degraded ecosystems and the conservation of biodiversity, to highlight the potential of the evangelical church for intervention, and to suggest how to actualize that potential. His research compares initiatives, both those committed and those carried out, by academic, government and religious actors.
His presentation examines the relevance and the resources mobilized by these initiatives in terms of restoration of ecosystems and conservation of biodiversity in three spheres in Burkina Faso: agriculture, the environment and livestock. Finally, he offers his perspective on alerting and supporting the Burkinabé Church in its role of steward of the created world.
Be sure to join the conversation to learn more about how the Christian faith is rooted in the earth and how we can honour God by valuing and preserving God’s good creation.
Note that the Q&A will be in both French and English, moderated by Laurent KAYOGERA, a scholar of communication sciences, a leader of SCS Burundi, a training coordinator for the Burundian IFES movement, and a senior catalyst in the Logos and Cosmos Initiative, and Stephen NEY, a scholar of literature from Canada who teaches academic writing and critical thinking in Sierra Leone and coordinates theology-and-science training for the IFES Logos and Cosmos Initiative.
