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The Role of Religion in the HIV/AIDS Intervention in Africa: a Possible Model for Conservation Biology

Biodiversity in sub-Saharan Africa is under enormous pressure. International economic actors and the desire of those living in poverty to escape it are causing the ongoing conversion of land to human uses and the direct destruction of habitat and wildlife. The resulting urgency and challenge of conserving Africa's biodiversity demands a multidimensional approach. Conservation biologists must transcend perceived disciplinary boundaries and connect with new allies. Religious institutions address the moral and ethical challenges of human society. Anthropologists of religion such as Rappaport (197…