What do house sparrows in London, vultures in Mumbai, white-headed ducks in Turkey and yellow-eared parrots in Columbia have in common?
Apart from the obvious - that they’re all birds in trouble which the RSPB or its partners in BirdLife International are trying to help - the answer is that they are all cases where conservationists have worked alongside faith communities to save nature.
Equally, how about the Lee Valley, London; Gower, south Wales; the Alvor Estuary, Portugal; Aammiq Wetland, Lebanon, and Lake Burdur, Turkey?
They are all special places for wildlife where conservationists have worked alongside faith communities - in this case either the RSPB, BirdLife International or the Christian nature conservation organisation A Rocha.
The RSPB’s strategy Saving Nature recognises that we have to work increasingly in partnership with others to achieve our goals. That includes faith communities in the UK and around the world.
Saving Nature with Faith Communities is the report of my sabbatical project, carried out last year and now finally published. It looks at the contribution faith communities make or could make to saving nature and includes a number of case studies from the UK and around the world. You can download it here.