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Changing Perceptions of Estonian Sacred Natural Sites
ArvThis article considers the changes and variation in perceiving sacred natural sites and landscapes in Estonia that have been brought about by the processes of modernization and the shift from a mainly oral vernacular culture to a national culture with a ...
Ott Heinapuu
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Sacred natural sites, herbal medicine, medicinal plants and their conservation in Sidama, Ethiopia
Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2017 Researches show biodiversity loss has been happening at an alarming scale in the recent decades and this state of affairs has significant implications for the health of local communities and environments across the world.
Zerihun Doda Doffana
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TemenosThis article examines the identification and protection of the sacred natural sites (SNS) of Indigenous peoples, with a particular emphasis on a selection of cases where the Sámi people’s SNS have come under pressure in Sápmi.
Helge Årsheim
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Arctic Review on Law and Politics, 2013 Sacred Natural Sites (SNS) are an important means for the expressions and transmission of culture, and a manifestation of spiritual values of nature, which have contributed to the conservation of species and habitats.
Leena Heinämäki +1 more
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Eesti ajalooliste looduslike pühapaikade inventuurist ja kaitsest 2022. aastal [PDF]
Mäetagused, 2022 The article gives a short overview about the progress in the inventory of natural sacred sites in Estonia and describes developments in the protection of these sites. Inventory of natural sacred sites means locating and detailed description of holy sites
Pikne Kama
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Evaluating the effectiveness of vegetation conservation on a sacred mountain in western China [PDF]
Nature Conservation, 2021 Sacred natural sites, as probably the oldest form of habitat reserve for religious or cultural causes worldwide, are suggested to have an important role in conserving vegetation; however, there are insufficient data supporting the detailed implications ...
Zhaoyang Cao +6 more
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Looduslikud pühapaigad kui jutupaigad Rambynase mäe näitel [PDF]
Mäetagused, 2022 This article presents different cases of Rambynas Hill in south-western Lithuania. The first one discusses Rambynas Hill as a pagan sacred site. Sporadic mentions in written historical sources do not paint a clear picture of the place and of how it was ...
Andrius Kaniava
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Kesksed looduslikud pühapaigad Eesti kagunurgas [PDF]
Mäetagused, 2022 Differently from most of Estonia, in the south-easternmost peripheries of the country – in the western border areas of Setomaa, as well as in the eastern and southern borderlands of Võrumaa – it is possible to distinguish sacred sites of regional meaning,
Heiki Valk
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When nature meets the divine: effect of prohibition regimes on the structure and tree species composition of sacred forests in northern Greece [PDF]
Web Ecology, 2020 Sacred forests are an integral component of the mountainous cultural landscape of northern Greece, hypothesized to be the result of both ecological processes and site-specific forest management regimes through strict religious prohibition.
V. Marini Govigli +6 more
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