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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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Maintaining standing stones benefits biodiversity in lowland heathland [PDF]
, 2018 The exploitation of natural resources by people generally has detrimental effects on nature but in some cases anthropogenic activities can result in changes to the natural environment that produce new habitats and increase biodiversity. Understanding and
Agnoletti +17 more
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Tourism to religious sites, case studies from Hungary and England: exploring paradoxical views on tourism, commodification and cost–benefits [PDF]
, 2012 The application of systems theory to tourism development has a pedigree that has largely been derived from econometrics and macro–economic theory (Baggio et al., 2010; Franch et al., 2010; Choi and Sirakaya, 2006; Schianetz and Kavanagh, 2007, 2008 ...
Clarke, Alan, Wiltshier, Peter
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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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Spiritual commons: sacred sites as core of community-conserved areas in Kyrgyzstan
International Journal of the Commons, 2017 We analyze sacred sites in Ysyk-Köl Biosphere Reserve, Kyrgyzstan, from the commons perspective. There are some 130 sacred sites in the region, and these fit into the subcategory of cultural/spiritual commons within the broader category of new commons ...
Aibek Samakov, Fikret Berkes
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Nordicum-Mediterraneum, 2022 Sacred sites in the Arctic are under threat from a number of external factors. In addition to land uses such as mining, climate change poses a major threat.
Stefan Kirchner
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Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 2022 Archaeological sites are places that allow different social and political uses of the past. This is particularly true in areas where the remains of ancient cities are subject to negotiations between national, local and/or ethnic identities. In this paper
Mathieu Picas
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Density, Spatial Pattern and Relief Features of Sacred Sites in Northern Morocco
Landscape Online, 2013 Sacred sites are of conservation value because of their spiritual meaning, as cultural heritage and as remnants of near-natural biotopes in landscapes strongly transformed by man.
Holger Jäckle +2 more
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Nordicum-Mediterraneum, 2022 The foundation for what is to be presented below has much value as a discourse in today’s academia because of the ways in which the research and study of sacred sites are effected and encountered within a multitude of contexts, including religious ...
Francis Joy
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Diverse values and benefits of urban sacred natural sites
Trees, Forests and People, 2021 Urban sacred natural sites, found globally, are important green spaces that provide cultural and ecological benefits. They are under increasing pressure due to the impacts of urbanization, while at the same time being needed more than ever.
Alison A. Ormsby
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