Amazonia 2021/4: Gift and Tasks

Editorial 7 Part One: The Global Issue Amazonia 4.0: An Innovative Socio-Bio-Economy 14 for a Standing Forest CARLOS A. NOBRE, ISMAEL NOBRE, MARITTA KOCH-WESER The Ecological Crisis and Tropical Forest Ecosystems: 24 Cases from Africa, Asia, and Melanesia NICOLE BERNEX Extractivism: A Perspective of Social Ethics 36 GERHARD KRUIP Part Two: Analysis of the Issue The Politics of Forest Conservation: Ethical Dilemmas 49 and Impact on Peacebuilding LÉOCADIE LUSHOMBO Amazonia Gift: to Right the Wrongs 61 CEDRIC PRAKASH Supporting Indigenous Peoples to Defend Amazonia 73 BIRGIT WEILER Part Three: Reflection on the Issue A New Look at Creation Theology from Amazonia 85 FERNANDO ROCA ALCÁZAR Gift and Task: From Differentiation to Solidarity 95 CRISTINO ROBLES PINE Ecclesial Unity and Diversity from the Amazon Synod 105 VÍCTOR CODINA Part Four: Response to the Issue Incarnation, Territoriality, and New Pastoral Paths: 119 the Itinerary of REPAM and the Amazon Synod MAURICIO LÓPEZ OROPEZAR Social and Environmental Pastoral Theology in the Church 130 in Africa: the Case of the Congo Basin Ecclesial Network RIGOBERT MINANI BIHUZO Theological Forum Canonical Observations on the Instruction 143 The Pastoral Conversion of the Parish Community MARTIN REHAK A Contextual Reading of the Instruction 148 The Pastoral Conversion of the Parish Community in the Service of the Evangelizing Mission of the Church CAROLINA BACHER MARTÍNEZ