An Appeal for Joint Commitment in Science and Religion
Global Forum on Religion and Ecology1990
In 1989, twenty two Nobel laureates and leading scientists spearheaded a joint appeal to the religious and scientific…
International declarations
Declarations of spiritual, scientific, political or social authorities in relation to the spiritual values of nature and the need to acknowledge them.
Indigenous Peoples’ Kyoto Water Declaration
2003
Statement made by representatives of indigenous peoples from around the world on the following topics: the relationship between…
The Uppsala Interfaith Climate Manifesto
2008
Statement made by representatives of different religious traditions on the global climate change crisis urging political and religious…
Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth
2010
Final declaration of the Working Group on the Rights of Mother Earth, part of the People of the…
If you want to cultivate peace, protect creation
Pope Benedict XVI2009
Message from Pope Benedict XVI during the XLIII World Peace Day, 1 January 2010, in which he refers…
Ten Commandments for the Environment
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace2005
In this document Bishop Giampaolo Crepaldi, Secretary in 2005 to the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, discusses…
The Aanaar / Inari Statement on the diversity of sacred natural sites in Europe
The Delos Initiative2010
Declaration drawn up by participants of the third workshop of the Delos Initiative, IUCN Specialist Group on Cultural…
What is Happening on Our Beautiful Land: A Pastoral Letter on Ecology
1988
Declaration by the Conference of Catholic Bishops in the Philippines in 1988 in response to the constant and…
Prespa Statement on the management of natural and cultural heritage in Mediterranean wetlands
Mediterranean Institute of Nature and Anthopos (Greece)2009
Declaration originating from an international workshop held on the Greek shores of Lake Prespa on 23–27 September 2009…
Declaration of Cusco on indigenous people, traditional societies and local communities
XI International Congress of Ethnobiology (Peru)2008
Declaration of the XI International Congress of Ethnobiology held in Cusco (Peru) on 25-30 Juny 2008 whose aim…