Indigenous perspectives on sacred natural sites: culture, governance and conservation [PDF]
Environmental Politics, 2020 The chapter on engineering ethics is filled with a larger number of examples, revealing the familiarity of the author with the topic. Water is a very broad topic: there are many water-related problems (flooding, drought, pollution, dams, drinking water ...
Christine J. Winter
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Quantifying the conservation value of Sacred Natural Sites [PDF]
Biological Conservation, 2018 Many have asserted that Sacred Natural Sites (SNS) play an important role in nature protection but few have assessed their conservation effectiveness for different taxa. We studied sacred groves in Epirus, NW Greece, where a large number of such SNS have
Dimitrios Ν. Avtzis +20 more
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Asian Sacred Natural Sites: Philosophy and Practice in Protected Areas and Conservation [PDF]
Mountain Research and Development, 2017 Reviewed: Asian Sacred Natural Sites: Philosophy and Practice in Protected Areas and Conservation Edited by Bas Verschuuren and Naoya Furuta. Abingdon, United Kingdom and New York, USA: Routledge, 2016. xxii + 318 pp.
Thomas Schaaf
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Conservation Effects of Governance and Management of Sacred Natural Sites: Lessons from Vhutanda in the Vhembe Region, Limpopo Province of South Africa. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Scholarly discourse on sacred natural sites (SNS) has focused on ecological significance, associated impacts and traditional practices as the instruments of resource governance and management.
Sinthumule NI.
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How Might World Heritage Status Support the Protection of Sacred Natural Sites? An Analysis of Nomination Files, Management, and Governance Contexts [PDF]
Land, 2022 This study provides an overview of how sacred natural sites are given recognition within the World Heritage system. It offers an analysis of the extent to which sacred natural sites that are part of nine World Heritage sites are recognised in site ...
Bas Verschuuren +2 more
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Indigenous Perspectives on Sacred Natural Sites
, 2018 Much previous literature on sacred natural sites has been written from a non-indigenous perspective. In contrast, this book facilitates a greater self-expression of indigenous perspectives regarding treatment of the sacred and its protection and ...
Liljeblad, Jonathan, Verschuuren, B.
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African Human Rights Yearbook / Annuaire Africain des Droits de l’Homme, 2023 Sacred natural sites and territories are naturally occurring areas of land or water that are held to have spiritual significance by certain communities. They form part of a broader set of cultural values or traditionalways of life for given societies or ...
Kevin Bakulumpagi
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Nordicum-Mediterraneum, 2022 Indigenous Peoples and communities have had long-standing relationships with nature, based on knowledge systems and practices that acknowledge and respect the spiritual environment in which they live (Verschuuren et al., 2012). They have assigned special
Dolorés André
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Epiphytic lichens of the sacred natural site “Bosco di Sant’Antonio” (Majella National Park – Abruzzo) [PDF]
Italian Botanist, 2019 Sacred Natural Sites are relevant for biodiversity conservation, as in the case of forest sites that, across centuries, developed old growth structures and are now crucial for the conservation of epiphytic lichens and other specialized forest organisms ...
Juri Nascimbene +8 more
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Sacred Groves and Natural Sites Conservation for Tourism in Local Communities in Nigeria [PDF]
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2022 The purpose of this study is to examine the potentials of sacred groves and natural sites in order to harness them for tourism in local communities of Nigeria.
Joy Nneka Uchenye Ejikeme +1 more
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