Asian Sacred Natural Sites

Philosophy and Practice in Protected Areas and Conservation
Herausgeber: Verschuuren, Bas; Furuta, Naoya

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a new perspective on the topic of sacred natural sites and cultural heritage, by linking and embedding them within local Asian cultures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 173mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9781138936317
• ISBN-10: 1138936316
• Artikelnr.: 45543869

Autorenporträt

Bas Verschuuren is a freelance conservation adviser and an associate researcher at the Department of Sociology of Development and Change at Wageningen University, the Netherlands. He is co-chair to the IUCN-WCPA Specialist Group on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas and co-founder of the Sacred Natural Sites Initiative. Naoya Furuta is Coordinator at IUCN Japan Liaison Office and a professor at the Institute of Regional Development at Taisho University in Tokyo, Japan. He is a long-time member of Biodiversity Network Japan and also a member of the World Commission on Protected Areas.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Re-awakening the Power of Place: Ancient Philosophy and
Practice with Current Relevance for Protected Areas and Conservation in
Asia Bas Verschuuren Section 1: Themes and Perspectives on the Conservation
of Asian Sacred Natural Sites 2. The Asian Philosophy of Protected Areas
Amran Hamzah 3. Sacred Mountains in Asia: Themes and Implications for
Protected Areas Edwin Bernbaum 4. Can World Heritage Status Help Protect
Sacred Sites in Asia? Alison Ormsby, Wendy Jackson and Shonil Bhagwat
Section 2: National Perspectives and Strategies for the Conservation of
Sacred Natural Sites 5. Sacred Mandala: Protecting Bhutan's Sacred Natural
Sites Liza Zogib, Khenpo Phuntshok Tashi, Tshewang Gyalpo, Sangay Dendhup,
Riamsara Kuyakanon, Kelzang Wangchuk, Lopen Namgay Tenzin and Ngawang
Gyeltshen 6. Indian Sacred Natural Sites: Ancient Traditions of Reverence
and Conservation Explained from a Hindu Perspective Rana P.B. Singh and
Pravin S. Rana 7. Interface between Sacred Natural Sites and Formal
Protected Areas for Biodiversity Conservation in Nepal Jailab Kumar Rai and
Sudeep Jana Section 3: Legal Approaches and Governance of Sacred Natural
Sites 8. Customary Laws Governing the Sacred Natural Sites of the Xe
Champhone Ramsar Site in Lao PDR: Implications for Site Management Raphaël
Glémet, Patricia Moore, Ketsana Phommachanh and Minavanh Pholsena 9. Legal
Interpretation of the Sacred Natural Sites and Cultural Heritage of the
Dongaria Kondhs in India Radhika Borde 10. Forum Pekaseh in the Management
of Subak Landscape of Catur Angga Batukaru, UNESCO World Heritage Sites in
Bali Antoinette Royo, Wiwik Dharmiasih and Yunus Arbi 11. The Pa'oh's
Governance System and Kakku: Implications for Heritage Conservation from
Burma/Myanmar Jonathan Liljeblad Section 4: The Conservation of Sacred
Lands Meets the Challenges of Development 12. Kailash Sacred Landscape:
Bridging Cultural heritage, Conservation and Development through a
Transboundary Landscape Approach Abhimanyu Pandey, Rajan Kotru and Nawraj
Pradhan 13. Mount Fuji's History as a Spiritual Realm and Means for its
Preservation Toshihiko Ono, Tetsuro Hongo and Kiyotatsu Yamamoto 14.
Animism and Traditional Knowledge Disappear in Virachey National Park,
Cambodia Gregory McCann and Yi-Chung Hsu 15. Holy Hills: Sanctuaries of
Biodiversity in Xishuangbanna, South West China Lily Zeng and Gaëtan Reuse
Section 5: A Role for Custodians and Religious Leaders in the Conservation
of Sacred Natural Sites 16. Lakes of the Gods: Sacred High Altitude Lakes
of Uttarakhand, India Jatinder Kaur and Khima Nand Balodi 17. Ysyk-Köl
Lake, the Planet's Third Eye: Sacred Sites in Ysyk-Köl Biosphere Reserve,
Kyrgyzstan Aibek Samakov and Fikret Berkes 18. Sacred Tsum Valley:
Improving Biodiversity Conservation with Lessons for Effective Management
of Protected Areas in Nepal Jailab Rai, Nima Lama and Bas Verschuuren 19.
Past and Present Biocultural Significance of Sea Turtles for Local
Communities on the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia Vanda Mendonca,
Boutros Abi-Aoun and Mohamed El Baradey Section 6: Dualing Spirits and
Sciences: Revisiting the Foundations of Conservation 20. Lua people:
Traditions, Beliefs and Sacred Natural Sites in Northern Thailand Narong
Pongpandecha and Ken Taylor 21. Creating New Discursive Terrain for the
Custodians of the Tibetan Spiritscape in North West Yunnan John Studley and
Awang Jikmed 22. Where Culture and Nature Meet: Recreating Spiritual and
Religious Practices for Site Management and Governance in Takht-e Soleyman
Lake, Iran Minoo Hassani Esfehani 23. Ritual and Cultural Revival at Tuvan
Sacred Natural Sites Supports Indigenous Governance and Conservation of
Nature in China Yuxin Hou 24. Conclusions: How the Cultural, Spiritual and
Philosophical Underpinnings of Sacred Natural Sites can make Conservation
in Asia more Effective and Sustainable Bas Verschuuren