Disaster should unite efforts to create Indonesia s Garden of Eden
It s high time the Church came up with effective means to sustain nature and mitigate natural disasters
Environmental activists take part in an Earth Day rally against climate change in Surabaya, Indonesia, on April 22. (Photo: AFP)
By mid-April, the number of people who died due to the cyclone-induced flash floods and landslides in Indonesia’s Christian-majority region on Easter Sunday had surpassed 180, while nearly 50 remain missing.
The disaster precipitated by Cyclone Seroja has left thousands homeless in East Nusa Tenggara province and Timor-Leste, on the border with Indonesia, with the latter reporting 36 deaths.