The catholic church teaches that humans have a special relationship with creations because in both Genesis accounts, god give humans responsibility over his creation.
in Genesis 1 man is given dominium over creation , to rule and care for it, while in Genesis 2 man is given the job Tending to creation. both stories show that humans have stewordsgip over gods creation.
Catholics believe its human's duty to care for the world as god gifted us his creation.