Verschuuren / Furuta Asian Sacred Natural Sites

Philosophy and practice in protected areas and conservation
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-38467-0
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 340 Seiten

Nature conservation planning tends to be driven by models based on Western norms and science, but these may not represent the cultural, philosophical and religious contexts of much of Asia. This book provides a new perspective on the topic of sacred natural sites and cultural heritage by linking Asian cultures, religions and worldviews with contemporary conservation practices and approaches.

The chapters focus on the modern significance of sacred natural sites in Asian protected areas with reference, where appropriate, to an Asian philosophy of protected areas. Drawn from over twenty different countries, the book covers examples of sacred natural sites from all of IUCN’s protected area categories and governance types. The authors demonstrate the challenges faced to maintain culture and support spiritual and religious governance and management structures in the face of strong modernization across Asia.

The book shows how sacred natural sites contribute to defining new, more sustainable and more equitable forms of protected areas and conservation that reflect the worldviews and beliefs of their respective cultures and religions. The book contributes to a paradigm-shift in conservation and protected areas as it advocates for greater recognition of culture and spirituality through the adoption of biocultural conservation approaches.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Verschuuren, Bas

Furuta, Naoya

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Foreword

Kunio Iwatsuki

Preface

Bas Verschuuren and Naoya Furuta

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. The Sacred Geography of Kyrgyzstan: An Unrecognized Network of Community-conserved Areas and Traditional Practices

Aitpaeva Gulnara

6. 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

7. Indian Sacred Natural Sites: Ancient Traditions of Reverence and Conservation Explained from a Hindu Perspective

Rana P.B. Singh and Pravin S. Rana

8. 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

9. 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

10. Legal Interpretation of the Sacred Natural Sites and Cultural Heritage of the Dongaria Kondhs in India

Radhika Borde

11. 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

12. 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

13. Kailash Sacred Landscape: Bridging Cultural heritage, Conservation and Development through a Transboundary Landscape Approach

Abhimanyu Pandey, Rajan Kotru and Nawraj Pradhan

14. Mount Fuji’s History as a Spiritual Realm and Means for its Preservation

Toshihiko Ono, Tetsuro Hongo and Kiyotatsu Yamamoto

15. Animism and Traditional Knowledge Disappear in Virachey National Park, Cambodia

Gregory McCann and Yi-Chung Hsu

16. 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

17. Lakes of the Gods: Sacred High Altitude Lakes of Uttarakhand, India

Jatinder Kaur and Khima Nand Balodi

18. Ysyk-Köl Lake, the Planet’s Third Eye: Sacred Sites in Ysyk-Köl Biosphere Reserve, Kyrgyzstan

Aibek Samakov and Fikret Berkes

19. Sacred Tsum Valley: Improving Biodiversity Conservation with Lessons for Effective Management of Protected Areas in Nepal

Jailab Rai, Nima Lama and Bas Verschuuren

20. 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

21. Lua people: Traditions, Beliefs and Sacred Natural Sites in Northern Thailand

Narong Pongpandecha and Ken Taylor

22. Creating New Discursive Terrain for the Custodians of the Tibetan Spiritscape in North West Yunnan

John Studley and Awang Jikmed

23. Where Culture and Nature Meet: Recreating Spiritual and Religious Practices for Site Management and Governance in Takht-e Soleyman Lake, Iran

Minoo Hassani Esfehani

24. Ritual and Cultural Revival at Tuvan Sacred Natural Sites Supports Indigenous Governance and Conservation of Nature in China

Yuxin Hou

25. Conclusions: How the Cultural, Spiritual and Philosophical Underpinnings of Sacred Natural Sites can make Conservation in Asia more Effective and Sustainable

Bas Verschuuren

Appendix: The Darvi Declaration of Sacred Sites Guardians and Traditional Cultural Practitioners of the Pamir, Tien Shan and Altai Sayan Biocultural Mountain Systems

Darvi Sum, Khovd aimag, Mongolia, 10th of July 2014

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Bas Verschuuren is a freelance conservation adviser and an associate researcher at the department of Sociology of Development and Change at Wageningen University. 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.