Religion and Nature Conservation: Global Case Studies

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Table of Contents
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Biographies
PART I: Overview
	1 Introduction
PART II: Examples of Faith-Based Conservation from around the World
	2 Caring for the Land, Caring for the Dharma: The Environmental History of Buddhism at Pemayangtse Monastery, Sikkim, as a Resource for Contemporary Conservation Initiatives
	3 Of the Wheel of Life and Guardian Deities: How Buddhism Shapes the Conservation Discourse in the Indian Trans-Himalayas
	4 The Borgou and Its Spirits: Nature and the Traditional Faith Practice of the Baatɔnu People of West Africa
	5 Reinterpreting Beliefs and Transforming Ritual Traditions around the Ganesh Festival in Pune, India
	6 The Conservation of Maleku People’s Sacred Natural Sites in Costa Rica
PART III: Examining Themes in Faith-Based Conservation
	7 Legitimating and Respecting Sacred Groves – Important for Human Rights and Important for Conservation
	8 Spiritual Values and Ecosystem Services of Sacred Groves in Karnataka, India
	9 Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Forests and Pollination Services across an Agricultural Landscape
	10 Cultivating Faith: Exploring the Role of Faith-Based Relationships in a Christian Conservation Agriculture Programme in the Dakatcha Woodland, Kenya
	11 Shinto Shrine Forests and Happiness in Japan
	12 Spiritual Leaders Build Common Ground: Enacting Worldviews through Legal Pluralism in the Face of Neoliberalism
PART IV: Broader Perspectives, Applications, and Challenges related to Faith-Based Conservation
	13 International Human Rights Law Approaches in Support of Faith-Based Conservation Movements
	14 Praying in Brazilian Protected Areas: From Conflicts to Potential Alliances with Society for Nature Conservation
	15 Faith in the West? Engaging Christian Groups in Conservation in ‘Secular Western Societies’
	16 Hima as a Protected Area – Opportunities and Challenges in the 21st Century
	17 Birds as Bridges between Religions and People
	18 Green Sabbaths: Putting the Anthropocene Era to Rest (Once a Week)
	19 Ecology and Religion Walk Hand in Hand to Conserve Greater Adjutants in India
PART V: Last Glance
	20 Additional Snapshots of Faith-Based Conservation
	20a A Twist in Central Asian Snow Leopard Conservation: Restoring Ancient Ceremony in Support of Modern Conservation Methods
	20b Biocultural Importance of Sacred Groves in Kurdistan, Iran
	20c Faith-Based Environmental Action by Protestant Churches in Singapore
	20d Guardians of the Heart of the World: Indigenous Cosmovision and Conservation of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
	20e Tu Be’Shvat—The Jewish Festival of Trees
	20f Case Study of Forest of Grace in Mongolia
	20g Jainism and Nature Conservation
	20h Faith and Science Directing a Rocha’s Marine Conservation Work in Kenya
	20i Faith in Conservation in Papua New Guinea
	20j Vultures, Grief, and Interspecies Rituals
	21 Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Index