Nature is already sacred

Environmental Values

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 437-449

  Milton, Kay ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Nature; Non human nature; Sacredness; Western culture

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033394075     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096327199129341905     Document Type: Article

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