Traditional culture and biodiversity conservation: Examples from Uttarakhand, Central Himalaya

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-265

  Negi, Chandra Singh ^a  

^a Government Post Graduate College   (India)

Author keywords

culture; Himalaya; India; Nature conservation; sacred forests; taboos; traditional knowledge based systems (TKBS); Uttarakhand

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL HERITAGE; DATA INTERPRETATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURE CONSERVATION; RELIGION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 77956034147     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-09-00040.1     Document Type: Article

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