Asian sacred natural sites philosophy and practice in protected areas and conservation - Verschuuren, Bas; Furuta, Naoya (London Routledge, 2016)
Re-awakening the power of place: ancient philosophy and practice with current relevance for protected areas and conservation in Asia /Bas Verschuuren -- The Asian philosophy of protected areas /Amran Hamzah -- Sacred mountains in Asia: themes and implications for protected areas /Edwin Bernbaum -- Can world heritage status help protect sacred sites in Asia? /Alison Ormsby, Wendy Jackson and Shonil Bhagwat -- 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 -- Indian sacred natural sites: ancient traditions of reverence and conservation explained from a Hindu perspective /Rana P.B. Singh and Pravin S. Rana -- A biocultural cultural perspective on the recognition and support for sacred natural sites in Nepal /Jailab Kumar Rai and Sudeep Jana Thing -- 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 -- Legal interpretation of the sacred natural sites of the Dongaria Kondhs in India Radhika Borde -- 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 -- The Pa'oh's governance system and Kakku: implications for heritage conservation from Burma/Myanmar /Jonathan Liljeblad -- Kailash sacred landscape: bridging cultural heritage, conservation and development through a transboundary landscape approach /Abhimanyu Pandey, Rajan Kotru and Nawraj Pradhan -- Mount Fuji's history as a spiritual realm and means for its preservation /Toshihiko Ono, Tetsuro Hongo and Kiyotatsu Yamamoto -- Animism and traditional knowledge disappear in Virachey National Park, Cambodia /Gregory McCann and Yi-Chung Hsu -- Holy hills: sanctuaries of biodiversity in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China /Lily Zeng and Gaëtan Reuse -- Lakes of the gods: sacred high altitude lakes of Uttarakhand, India /Jatinder Kaur and Khima Nand Balodi -- Yssyk Kol Lake, the planet's third eye : sacred sites in Yssyk-Kol biosphere reserve /Aibek Samakov and Fikret Berkes -- Sacred Tsum valley: improving biodiversity conservation with lessons for effective management of protected areas in Nepal /Jailab Kumar Rai, Nima Lama, and Bas Verschuuren -- 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 -- Lua people: traditions, beliefs and sacred natural sites in northern Thailand /Narong Pongpandecha and Ken Taylor -- Creating new discursive terrain for the custodians of the Tibetan spiritscape in Northwest Yunnan /John Studley and Awang Jikmed -- Where culture and nature meet: recreating spiritual and religious practices for site management and governance in Takht-e Soleyman Lake, Iran /Minoo H. Esfehani -- Ritual and cultural revival at Tuvan sacred natural sites supports indignous governance and conservation of nature in China /Yuxin Hou -- 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 sytems.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Sacred space -- Conservation and restoration -- Asia; Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration -- Asia; Nature -- Religious aspects -- Asia; Protected areas -- Management -- Asia