The handbook was presented and shared during the consultation, and member churches were asked to express their commitment to use it partially and/or integrally in their pastoral work. Eduardo Campaña, one of the editors of the handbook, said that the material comes in response to “a need felt in the churches and ecumenical organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean to include a real and concrete answer to the problems and consequences of an issue that is part of the daily life of our communities and people, especially women.”
“Ukweli unaojionyesha ni kwamba kama tukijikita katika sekta hii tunaweza kuongeza kasi ya ukuaji wa uchumi katika nchi yetu, nategemea kwamba sekta hii inaweza ikatuongezea mchango wake katika pato la Taifa hivyo tutumie rasilimali zilizopo kuwavutia watalii na wawekezaji wengine kuingia katika sekta hii”, aliongeza Rais Mkapa. Alibainisha kuwa hifadhi ya mazingira ni eneo ambalo linahitaji nguvu za pamoja na za haraka katika kuepusha athari zinazoweza kutokea kama hatujali na kutilia maanani hivyo jamii inahitaji kuhifadhi misitu, vyanzo vya maji na kupanda miti kwa wingi ili kuzuia nchi kuwa jangwa.