Sacred Groves: Traditional Ecological Heritage.
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This is a short paper about the importance of the conservation of the ecology in sacred groves in India.
Patches of forest have been preserved by the local communities in the form of Sacred Groves. Taboos and social sanctions protect the sacred groves from deterioration due to human interference. Several relict, endemic and endangered species have been recorded from sacred groves. Sacred groves which form examples of in situ conservation, also act as refugia for such species, and should be protected.
Authors: Oliver King, I., Viji, C., Narasimhan, D.
Publication Years: 1997
All Journal Articles South Asia On-Farm Conservation
Publication Years: 1997
All Journal Articles South Asia On-Farm Conservation