It is ironic that a pope must remind humankind of two ecological principles that are as fundamental to life as the laws of thermodynamics:
“ [I wish to note] that the Covid-19 pandemic brought out the close relation of human life with that of other living beings and with the natural environment. But in a special way, it confirmed that what happens in one part of the world has repercussions on the entire planet. This allows me to reiterate two convictions that I repeat over and over again: ‘Everything is connected’ and ‘No one is saved alone’.
If we save a condor’s genes but then put her out into a former mountain habitat
Without training to hunt by her mother, father or surrogate puppet, she dies.
If we save a rare Tibetan macaque in captivity without the gut microbes
Their ancestors had while free-ranging in the wild, they succumb to illness.
If the last Pele Lobelia flower in Hawaii had had access to its pollinator,
A now-extinct honey creeper, how much longer would this plant had survived
In healthy populations in the wild? The endangerment of healthy interactions-
Not just a species or a culture in isolation is the key cause of biodiversity loss.
