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Participatory Conservation of Sacred Natural Sites: A Study of Haritha Poonkavanam Project of Sabarimala, Kerala, India

open access: diamondInternational journal of research and review, 2021
Biodiversity and the environment are inextricably linked to human cultural diversity. Traditional cultures have frequently preserved or kept untouched portions of their natural surroundings.
R. Kamalahar
openalex   +2 more sources

Indigenous mechanisms of preserving sacred natural sites in Guji Oromo, Adoola Reedde and Anna Sorra districts, southern Ethiopia

open access: yesCogent Food & Agriculture, 2019
Sacred natural sites are culturally and environmentally significant areas to be researched in different cultural contexts. Hence, this research was conducted to investigate the indigenous mechanisms of preserving sacred natural sites in Guji Oromo ...
Gemeda Odo Roba
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Investigating sacred natural sites and protected areas for forest area changes in Italy

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, 2022
Forests will be critical to mitigate the effects of climate and global changes. Therefore, knowledge on the drivers of forest area changes are important. Although the drivers of deforestation are well known, drivers of afforestation are almost unexplored.
Piero Zannini   +11 more
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Biodiversity of Sacred Natural Sites in Italy

open access: yes, 2021
Here, I aimed to assess the value of Sacred Natural Sites (SNS) for biodiversity conservation, by asking: Which is the state of the art on SNS and biodiversity conservation and their overall effect on biodiversity? Do SNS in Italy complement the network of Protected Areas (PA)?
P. Zannini
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Bas Verschuuren and Naoya Furuta (eds.), Asian Sacred Natural Sites: Philosophy and Practice in Protected Areas and Conservation

open access: yesNordicum-Mediterraneum, 2019
Bas Verschuuren and Naoya Furuta (eds.), Asian Sacred Natural Sites: Philosophy and Practice in Protected Areas and Conservation (London: Routledge, 2016), xxii + 318 pp., £43.99 (pbk), ISBN: 9781138936317.
Will Tuladhar-Douglas
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Valuing Ecosystem Services of Sacred Natural Sites in the Anthropocene: A Case Study of Varanasi, India [PDF]

open access: bronzeAnthropocene Science, 2022
Rinku Singh   +4 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Sacred Natural Sites: Conserving Nature and Culture [PDF]

open access: goldInternational Journal of Environmental Studies, 2011
Kathy Velander
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Biodiversity Storehouses and Showcases of Sacred Natural Sites for Nature Conservation and Climate Change Mitigation [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Life Sciences, 2019
Sacred Natural Sites (SNS) are parts of land or water that have spiritual significance for specific communities which are often hotspots of cultural, and biological diversity.
Mastewal Hailemariam
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Agrarian rituals giving way to Romantic motifs: Sacred natural sites in Estonia

open access: yesSign Systems Studies, 2016
Semiotic mechanisms involving sacred natural sites – or areas of land or water with special spiritual significance – that have been focal points in agrarian vernacular religion have been transformed in modern Estonian culture. Some sites have accrued new
Ott Heinapuu
doaj   +2 more sources

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