Alliance of Religions and Conservation

"In 1986, HRH Prince Philip, then President of WWF International issued an astonishing invitation. He asked five leaders of the five major world religions – Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism – to come and discuss how their faiths could help save the natural world. He decided to do this at Assisi in Italy, because it was the birthplace of St Francis, the Catholic saint of ecology. It was a unique occasion, involving some of the world’s leading environmental and conservation bodies sitting down for the first time with the world’s major faiths to discuss how they could all work together. It created more press interest than any other WWF event to date... From this meeting arose key statements by the five faiths outlining their own distinctive traditions and approach to the care for nature. And from these came the seeds of ARC. "

People
Accessed March 2012:


 * Founder - His Royal Highness The Prince Philip
 * International President - Sir Miles Hunt-Davis
 * Chairman of the Trustees - Brian Pilkington

The trustees are drawn from our three founding bodies –
 * WWF International and WWF UK
 * MOA International, Japan
 * The Pilkington Foundation
 * We also have two honorary trustees, from TVE and from the Dutch environmental philanthropy EMF.
 * Secretary of the Trust - Pippa Moss

Staff
 * Secretary General – Martin Palmer
 * Deputy Secretary General - Alison Hilliard

ARC's Benefactors (2005)
"ARC’s success has been made possible by the generosity of our benefactors. We take this special opportunity to express our thanks to these key financial supporters. Over the years there have been many others, whom we also thank."

Major Partners

 * MOA International and the MOA Foundation, Japan
 * WWF International
 * WWF UK
 * World Bank

Other valued partners

 * Arts For Nature, UK
 * Citigroup and the Citigroup Foundation, USA
 * Ecological Management Foundation (EMF)
 * Garrison Institute, USA
 * Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel
 * Michael Marks Charitable Trust, UK
 * Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, USA
 * National Lottery Fund, UK
 * Pilkington Foundation
 * Oasis Foundation
 * Pilozzo Charitable Trust
 * Rabobank
 * Rufford Foundation, UK
 * WWF USA

"We are also very grateful to the individual donors, whose gifts have helped ARC’s work:
 * Countess Yoko Nagae Ceschina
 * Oded Gera
 * John Gommes
 * Yossi Hackmey
 * Donald Khan
 * Edmund Safra

Contact
URL: http://www.arcworld.org

Related Sourcewatch

 * Jill Bowling Schlaepfer - former trustee