TY - BOOK AU - Palmer,Martin AU - Finlay,Victoria TI - Faith in conservation : new approaches to religions and the environment T2 - Directions in development SN - 0821355597 U1 - 200 PY - 2003/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - World Bank KW - Human ecology KW - Nature conservation N1 - Included Index; pt. 1. Worlds of Difference -- 1. Changing Worlds -- 2. How Did We Get Here? -- 3. Changing Minds -- 4. Investing in the Future -- 5. Celebrating the Environment -- -- pt. 2. The Faith Statements on Ecology -- 6. Introduction -- 7. Baha'i Faith -- 8. Buddhism -- 9. Christianity -- 10. Daoism -- 11. Hinduism -- 12. Islam -- 13. Jainism -- 14. Judaism -- 15. Shintoism -- 16. Sikhism -- 17. Zoroastrianism N2 - Faiths can take direct action by leadership in the initiation of conservation projects, and they can seek to persuade their members that each individual has a moral obligation to contribute to the ecological conservation. This work describes the logic for conservation afforded by the major faiths ER -