Paradise Lost: Environmental Crisis

MOD Filipina Vol. 24 No. 1057, December 6, 1991

On the cover: Martina Campos Asuncion

This article, “Pardise Lost: Environmental Crisis,” was written 26 years ago, but the lingering questions remained blunt and relevant. Mindanao, the once called “Promised Land,” now perennially flooded whenever it rains. This is because its once bountiful forests are almost denuded. Similar situation can be seen throughout the country.

“Many shepherds have ruined My vineyards and trampled the plants in my field. They have turned my field into a desert that is wilted and dead. The whole country is an empty desert, because no one who lives there cares.” – Jeremiah 12:10-11, The Everyday Bible, New Century Version.