From the BBC: Eco-Islam hits Zanzibar fishermen.
Posted on February 16, 2005 11:30 AM. Filed under: environment.The Koran is not widely known as a source of guidance on environmental and conservation issues, but that has not stopped one development organisation in Tanzania from using it to help conserve an island marine park.
Religious leaders have been asked to promote conservation messages using the texts of the Koran - an approach which has proved a great deal more successful than government regulations. [continue]