Biodiversity - a visual guide
What is biodiversity and why should Christians care about it?
The Anglican Fifth Mark of Mission is: To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth.
The integrity of creation is dependent on biodiversity – the extraordinary variety of plant and animal life in the world. However, biodiversity is under threat and so, therefore, is the integrity of creation. Our common home, God’s beautiful gift to all his creatures, is in urgent need of our prayer, action and love. This visual guide to biodiversity was created by Elizabeth Perry for Christian Concern for One World, and has been adapted here for the Anglican Alliance. It offers food for thought and reflection…
The sections are:
- Introduction and part 1: What is Biodiversity?
- Part 2: Planet Earth, a place of astonishing variety
- Part 3: We are utterly dependent on biodiversity
- Part 4: Biodiversity in our faith heritage
- Part 5a: Biodiversity under threat
- Part 5b: What’s driving biodiversity loss?
- Part 6: What needs to be done, what is being done and causes for hope
- Part 7: What can we do?
- Part 8a: A Christian prayer in union with creation, from Laudato Si’, Pope Francis
- Part 8b: Prayers for the Earth based on the fifth mark of mission written by Anne Richards
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