全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Traditional Representations of the Natural Environment and Biodiversity Conservation: Sacred Groves in Ghana

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来源类型	FEEM working papers "Note di lavoro" series
规范类型	论文
	Traditional Representations of the Natural Environment and Biodiversity Conservation: Sacred Groves in Ghana
	Paul Sarfo-Mensah; William Oduro; Ernestina Antoh Fredua; Stephen Amisah
发表日期	2010
出处	Economy and Society
出版年	2010
语种	英语
摘要	Local cosmologies and traditional perceptions of the natural environment, especially forests, have been a major influence in the management of the natural resources and biodiversity amongst rural communities in the transitional zone of Ghana. Sacred groves, which are typical outputs of traditional conservation practices, derive from indigenous religious beliefs and perceptions of forest. Sacred groves are believed to be the abode of local gods, ancestral spirits and other super natural beings. These beliefs and perceptions have in the past strongly supported the conservation of biodiversity. However, changes in local cosmologies threaten the protection of rare species, habitats and ecological processes. Data from the study confirm evidence from several studies in Ghana and elsewhere in West Africa that the tremendous ecological, social, institutional, religious and economic changes in communities that have protected sacred groves threaten the survival of these cultural artefacts. The paper demonstrates that in contemporary natural resources management, the sacred grove model may still be used as a means of restoring and protecting landscapes in indigenous communities. Even in communities where population explosion and economic pressures have reached thresholds that undermine the natural landscape, the model may still be useful to keep pockets of forests within the landscape.
特色分类	Q5
关键词	Sacred Grove Cultural Artefact Communal Resource Degradation Sustainability and Biodiversity
URL	https://www.feem.it/en/publications/feem-working-papers-note-di-lavoro-series/traditional-representations-of-the-natural-environment-and-biodiversity-conservation-sacred-groves-in-ghana/
来源智库	Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (Italy)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/117865
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Paul Sarfo-Mensah,William Oduro,Ernestina Antoh Fredua,et al. Traditional Representations of the Natural Environment and Biodiversity Conservation: Sacred Groves in Ghana. 2010.

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