Sentences with phrase «sacred forests»

Several ethnic minority groups maintain hundreds of sacred forests, which range from a few acres to thousands of square miles, as part of their religion.

The results also suggested the remaining patches of native old - growth sacred forests could be incorporated into official conservation strategies and form the backbone of an expanded natural protected area system.

They found that sacred forests support a richer collection of bird species and more total birds than the surrounding areas.

The province is a major migratory flyway for many bird species, including some that live nowhere else, but its bird population is one of the least understood on the planet and little is known about the role of sacred forests in bird and biodiversity conservation.

Mr. Linus Muli a PhD student at the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled, «Opportunities and challenges of Indigenous and Modern governance systems for sacred forests: The Case of Kaya forests at the coastal region of Kenya,» in a panel held at the Institute on Monday November 14, 2016.

The researchers observed 81 bird species across 62 plots within and outside six Tibetan sacred forests.

cultural values that promote both adaptation and mitigation, such as sacred forests (e.g., Satoyama in Japan);

China's national protected area system has expanded greatly in recent years, but the areas are typically remote, at higher elevations and ineffectively managed, while sacred forests are closer to centers of human land use, at lower - elevations and managed effectively at the community level.

«Our results strongly indicate that protecting old - growth forest ecosystems is important for Himalayan forest birds and that sacred forests protect a variety of habitat niches and increase bird diversity,» says Brandt.

Furthermore, some of the critically endangered species amongst them can be found exclusively in the last small, often sacred forests in Benin, which while covering merely 0.02 % of the national territory, harbour 64 % of all critically endangered plant species.

When miners began to cut marble stones from Mutis Mountain on the island of Timor, Mama Aleta mobilized the women living in sacred forests nearby in peaceful protest.

Currently the map is a bit thin in spots, with the great body of documented sacred forests being in Italy, Ethiopia, southern India, and Japan.

His study was on, «Opportunities and challenges of Indigenous and Modern governance systems for sacred forests: Case of Kaya forests at the coastal region of Kenya.

In a new study in the journal Biological Conservation, researchers used satellite imagery and statistical analysis to evaluate three overlapping forest conservation strategies — protected areas, a commercial logging ban and Tibetan sacred forests — in northwest Yunnan Province.

In a related 2013 study in the journal Biological Conservation, Brandt and her colleagues reported that northwest Yunnan's old - growth sacred forests are critical for forest birds in the Himalayas, where more threatened bird species live than anywhere else in the world.

Comparing tree diversity and composition in coffee farms and sacred forests in the Western Ghats of India.

The presence of sacred forest is a demonstration of the harmonious coexistence of humans and nature.

The bureaucrats who decided to build the road and level the sacred forest were not wicked people but fallible humans, engaged in the fallible human task of governance.

More birds used the sacred forests and their edges during 2010, a severe drought year in Yunnan, suggesting sacred forests serve as refuges during extreme weather years.

The sacred forests have effectively protected old - growth trees from clear - cutting for centuries despite major upheavals in the region's history, including the logging era and the Cultural Revolution.

The results show that protected - area status conserved old - growth forests, while the logging ban increased total forest cover but accelerated old - growth logging in sacred forests.

But Brandt's 2014 follow - up study with Tibetan villagers in northwest Yunnan suggest such a strategy wouldn't work because they value the sacred forests primarily for religious reasons rather than conservation.

The awe - inspiring rice fields, sacred forests and historic monuments give you a true sense of Balinese life.

Finish off the day with a visit to the Fushimi Inari Shrine, which was featured in the movie «Memoirs of a Geisha» and is famous for its thousands of red tori gates leading up through the sacred forest of Mount Inari.

From cultural (temples, sacred forest) to adventure and party (volcano trek, Gili T nightlife) the Balintro tour has everything...

Makasutu means «sacred forest», and is now a private woodland reserve which covers 1000 hectares in the Kombo Central District.

Travelers are attracted to visit the sacred forest by both the culture and the wildlife found within.

These long - tailed primates, also known as the Balinese long - tailed monkeys or scientifically as Macaca fascicularis, occupy the sacred forest in five major groups that occupy the eastern part, the central part, the cemeteries, Michelin, and the area right outside the main temple.

Visit the sacred forest to enjoy the best Bali's wildlife, culture, diversity, and natural environment in its purest and most exquisite state.

Crowd - sourcing is a component of the project though, so if you've got a sacred forest that isn't already included, there's a form on the site to do so.