Biodiversity and sacred sites: Vernacular conservation practices in Northwest Yunnan, China

Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-90

  Hakkenberg, Christopher ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; China; Globalization; Indigenous knowledge; Northwest Yunnan; Sacred geography

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949083997     PISSN: 13635247     EISSN: 15685357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853508X276842     Document Type: Article

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