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, 2017
Culturally and spiritually important landscapes across the Arctic region express this interconnectedness of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) with the natural and spiritual environment, and their preservation has been, and continues to be, essential to IPs’ identity and livelihoods.
T. Herrmann, Leena Heinämäki
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Culturally and spiritually important landscapes across the Arctic region express this interconnectedness of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) with the natural and spiritual environment, and their preservation has been, and continues to be, essential to IPs’ identity and livelihoods.
T. Herrmann, Leena Heinämäki
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Ecopsychology, 2021
Place attachments are essential for community identity, yet little is understood about sacred natural sites' salience to these attachments. A network of sacred natural sites, also known as Zwifho, is located across the Vhembe District in South Africa's ...
Garret Barnwell +4 more
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Place attachments are essential for community identity, yet little is understood about sacred natural sites' salience to these attachments. A network of sacred natural sites, also known as Zwifho, is located across the Vhembe District in South Africa's ...
Garret Barnwell +4 more
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Society & Natural Resources
Sacred Natural Sites (SNS), a type of sacred commons managed through supernatural institutions (SIs), may serve as conservation models due to their historical longevity and ecological benefits.
Shruti Mokashi, Praneeta Mudaliar
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Sacred Natural Sites (SNS), a type of sacred commons managed through supernatural institutions (SIs), may serve as conservation models due to their historical longevity and ecological benefits.
Shruti Mokashi, Praneeta Mudaliar
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The Links between Protected Areas, Faiths, and Sacred Natural Sites
Conservation Biology, 2009Abstract: Most people follow and are influenced by some kind of spiritual faith. We examined two ways in which religious faiths can in turn influence biodiversity conservation in protected areas. First, biodiversity conservation is influenced through the direct and often effective protection afforded to wild ...
Nigel, Dudley +2 more
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, 2020
In this intriguing book, John Studley expands on the literature that questions how Indigenous peoples have governed and protected their sacred sites for countless generations (Carmichael et al. 1994; Liljeblad and Verschuuren 2019).
M. Hartog
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In this intriguing book, John Studley expands on the literature that questions how Indigenous peoples have governed and protected their sacred sites for countless generations (Carmichael et al. 1994; Liljeblad and Verschuuren 2019).
M. Hartog
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Pilgrimage, religious tourism, biodiversity, and natural sacred sites.
2020Abstract This chapter examines the impacts of pilgrimage and religious tourists on natural sacred sites. After discussing the views of the environment held by various religious groups and the tensions between secular and religious modes of environmentalism, definitions and different types of natural sacred sites are considered.
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, 2019
There is growing awareness that protected areas (PA) may not suffice to deliver all the targets set by international conventions and guarantee the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services in anthropogenic landscapes.
F. Frascaroli +5 more
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There is growing awareness that protected areas (PA) may not suffice to deliver all the targets set by international conventions and guarantee the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services in anthropogenic landscapes.
F. Frascaroli +5 more
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The sacred commons: Conflicts and solutions of resource management in sacred natural sites
Biological Conservation, 2011Abstract Sacred natural sites are considered an additional pillar for biodiversity conservation, next to the protected areas network. However, sacred landscapes are not primarily conservation areas, but exist for cultural and social reasons. To evaluate their strengths and weaknesses as community-based conservation areas, a thorough understanding of ...
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The Trees of the Sacred Natural Sites of Zagori, NW Greece
Landscape Research, 2015AbstractCultural landscapes can often be identified by the presence of sacred trees which have been retained and can be recognised as distinctive veteran trees. The characteristics of these trees such as huge size and longevity give them an enduring presence in the landscape, while their conceptualisation as the ‘domesticated’ wild, transform them into
Kalliopi Stara +2 more
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Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, 2018
Little was known, until recently, about the widespread recovery of biodiversity that has taken place in Sacred Natural Sites (SNS) on the Tibetan Plateau since the revival of religious practices in 1978 and the felling ban in 1998.
John Studley
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Little was known, until recently, about the widespread recovery of biodiversity that has taken place in Sacred Natural Sites (SNS) on the Tibetan Plateau since the revival of religious practices in 1978 and the felling ban in 1998.
John Studley
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