Paula has been working for A Rocha Portugal for the last 21 years on environmental education and conservation. She’s a Biology and Geology Teacher with a Master’s on Conservation Biology and a PhD in Biology with the theme of Pollination Networks. She is married to Marcial Felgueiras and they have two children, Beatriz (25) and Zé (23).
Our own preoccupation with the usefulness of wider creation for our own gain is symptomatic of our selfishness. We forget that the world was not created for humankind, but rather for God. From the start of creation there is a relational context of interdependence.
I still remember how it all started seven years ago… We heard the trucks going down to the eastern marsh and saw the smoke rising. Somehow, we knew this was going to be a long battle, but we didn’t know how it was going to end.
