Environment, development and sustainability of local practices in the sacred groves and shrines in Bongo District: a bio-cultural study for environmental management in Ghana
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DOI: 10.1007/s10668-017-0001-2
Abstract: AbstractThe eminent crisis threatening biological and resource diversity is a global adversity. Global resource diversities are constantly disappearing and deteriorating at quite an alarming proportion, provoking renewed thinking regarding the effectiveness of existing environmental management… read more here.
Keywords: sacred groves; district; management; environmental management ... See more keywords
Sacred groves: a model of Zagros forests for carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation
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DOI: 10.1017/s0376892923000127
Abstract: Forests are the most important carbon pools among terrestrial ecosystems, and ensuring less disturbance of sacred groves might constitute a form of forest management for carbon sequestration and climate change reduction. The carbon contents in… read more here.
Keywords: carbon; silvopastoral lands; carbon sequestration; sacred groves ... See more keywords
Short Communication: Assessment of Pteridophytes’ composition and conservation status in sacred groves of Jhargram District, South West Bengal, India
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DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d220620
Abstract: Abstract. Uday UKS, Bhakat RK.. 2021. Short Communication: Assessment of Pteridophytes’ composition and conservation status in sacred groves of Jhargram District, South West Bengal, India. Biodiversitas 22: 3171-3178. Sacred groves are significant as community-preserved areas… read more here.
Keywords: bengal india; sacred groves; groves jhargram; conservation ... See more keywords
Spiritual values shape taxonomic diversity, vegetation composition, and conservation status in woodlands of the Northern Zagros, Iran
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DOI: 10.5751/es-12290-260130
Abstract: Sacred groves are under-researched in Muslim countries so that their overall contribution to biodiversity conservation remains unknown. We studied 22 sacred groves and 45 surrounding woodlands in Northern Zagros, Iran, to compare taxonomic diversity, vegetation… read more here.
Keywords: sacred groves; vegetation composition; conservation; diversity ... See more keywords