Laudato Si' and Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Land

UNCC300
JUSTICE AND
CHANGE IN A
GLOBAL
WORLD
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
The sustainable goal of life on land is goal number 15 in the sustainable development goals of
United Nations. As per the sustainable development goal, it is essential to work towards
restoration of ecosystems and sustainable management of forests. The target of this SDG include
conservation and restoration of terrestrial and freshwater forests, repairing degraded forests,
conserving mountain ecosystem, protecting biodiversity and natural ecosystem, eliminating
poaching and trafficking of natural species and increasing financial resources to preserve natural
ecosystems among others. These targets need to be attained for creating a sustainable and healthy
environment where human population is able to grow sustainable with other creatures of the
planet. Laudato Si’ is the recently released and encyclical by Pope Francis, which focuses on the
natural environment with subtitle as on care for our common home (Blaney, 2021). This essay
looks at the Sustainability development goal of life on land in context of the recently released
and cyclical by the Pope Francis. In addition to this a community organization chosen for
completing this essay and showcasing how Laudato Si’ and principles of Catholic school of
thought interact with community organization. The community organization selected for this
essay is international TEAR Australia.
MAIN BODY
Laudato Si’ second encyclical of Pope Francis. This encyclical is defined as an official
letter sent out by the Pope to roman catholic Bishops. Encyclicals are released by the Pope in
order to make statement about the official teachings of the church. This is one of the oldest
traditions in Roman Catholic religion, under which letter is sent out by the Pope to communicate
their bishops about statements related to church teachings (Blaney, 2021). The seconded
encyclical of Pope Francis was released in June of 2015, which focused on natural environment
as well as sustainability. It related the teachings of Catholic Church to sustainable development
and protection of the environment. It was eagerly awaited by many following the Roman
Catholic religion because an encyclical plays an important role in supporting truthful teachings
of Roman Catholic religion. It is an enlightening, challenging and inspiring and cyclical released
by Pope Francis, which is relevant in the current times, as the world is split, seeing a climate
change crisis and it is important that religious institutions also support the fight against climate
change and global warming.
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