Please join us for this virtual side event of the United Nations Ocean Conference, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal from 27 June-1 July, 2022.
This panel will unite faith-based voices to highlight the challenges that deep seabed mining poses toward managing, protecting, conserving and restoring marine ecosystems.
This event will feature:
His Eminence Cardinal Soane Patita Paini Mafi, Bishop of Tonga & Niue
Rev. James Bhagwan, General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches
Avery Davis Lamb, Co-Executive Director, Creation Justice Ministries
Tevita Naikasowalu, JPIC Coordinator and HEIR, Columban Mission Office in Fiji
Sr. Wendy Flannery, RSM
Olivia Baro, Youth Engagement and Empowerment Ecumenical Enabler, PCC
Event will take place on Wednesday, June 29 from 1-2:30 p.m. Lisbon Time.
Event sponsors: NGO Mining Working Group, Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, VIVAT International, Pacific Conference of Churches.
