Biodiversity conservation through a traditional beliefs system in Indian Himalaya: A case study from Nakuleshwar sacred grove

Environmentalist

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 246-253

  Singh, Harsh ^a   Agnihotri, Priyanka ^a   Pande, P C ^b   Husain, Tariq ^a  

^a NBRI   (India)

^b KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation; Indian Himalaya; Kumaon Himalaya; Nakuleshwar sacred grove; Phytodiversity

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIODIVERSITY; BRYOPHYTE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ETHNOBOTANY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HERB; LICHEN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PTERIDOPHYTE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVEY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KUMAUN HIMALAYAS; UTTARAKHAND;

ACER; ACER OBLONGUM; ASPARAGUS; BERBERIS; BERBERIS ASIATICA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CEDRUS; CEDRUS DEODARA; CINNAMOMUM; CINNAMOMUM TAMALA; CORIARIA NEPALENSIS; GOODYERA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAHONIA; OPHIOPOGON; ORCHIDACEAE; PTERIDOPHYTA; THALICTRUM; THALICTRUM FOLIOLOSUM;

EID: 80051475132     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-011-9329-6     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Agnihotri P, Husain T, Singh H (2009) Nakuleshwar: a newly discovered sacred grove from Pithoragarh district. Sci Cult 75: 42.
2. Agnihotri P, Sharma S, Dixit V, Singh H, Husain T (2010) Sacred groves from Kumaon Himalaya. Curr Sci 99(8): 997.
3. Bisth S, Ghildiyal JC (2007) Sacred grove for biodiversity conservation in Uttarakhand Himalaya. Curr Sci 92: 711-712.
4. Boraiah KT, Bhagwat S, Kushalappa CG, Vasudeva R (2001) Regeneration of woody flora in the sacred landscapes of Kodagu, Karnataka, South India. In: Ganeshaiah KN, Uma Shanker R, Bawa KS (eds) Tropical ecosystems: structure, diversity and human welfare. Oxford and IBH, New Delhi, pp 561-564.
5. Gadgil M (1991) Conserving India's biodiversity: the human context. In: Khoshoo TN, Sharma M (eds) Sustainable management of natural resources. Malhotra, New Delhi, pp 243-255.
6. Gadgil M, Vartak VD (1975) Sacred groves of India: a plea for continued conservation. J Bombay Nat Hist Soc 72: 314-320.
7. Gadgil M, Vartak VD (1976) Sacred Groves of Western Ghats of India. Econ Bot 30: 152-160.
8. Jain SK, Rao RR (1977) A handbook of field and herbarium methods. Today and Tomorrow's Printers, New Delhi.
9. Joshi PC (1992) Afforestation, development and religion: a case from the Himalayas. In: Singh SC (ed) Himalaya: environment economy and people. R. K. Publications, New Delhi, pp 453-465.
10. Little P, Brokensha D (1987) Local institutions, tenure and resource management in East Africa. In: Anderson D, Grove R (eds) The scramble for resources: conservation policies in Africa, 1884-1984. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 193-209.
11. Negi CS (2005) Socio-cultural and ethno botanical value of a sacred forest. Thal Kedhar, Central Himalaya. Indian J Tradit Knowl 4: 190-198.
12. Ramanujam MP, Praveen K (2003) Woody species diversity of four sacred groves in the Pondicherry region of South India, biomedical and life sciences and earth and environmental science. Biodivers Conserv 12: 289-299.
13. Rao P (1996) Sacred groves and conservation. WWF-India Q 7: 4-8.
14. Singh H, Husain T, Butt FA (2010a) Ethno-medicinal plants and their conservation through sacred groves in Pithoragarh district of Central Himalaya, Uttarakhand. Geobios 37: 53-56.
15. Singh H, Husain T, Agnihotri P (2010b) Haat Kali sacred grove, central Himalaya, Uttarakhand. Curr Sci 98(3): 298.
16. Sinha RK (1995) Sustainable utilization and conservation of biodiversity by the tribal societies (Aborigines) of India: a lesson modern man. Instl J Environ Edn Info 14(2): 195-204.
17. Tewari DN (1994) A monograph on deodar (Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) G. Don). International Book Distributors, Dehradun.
18. Tiwari BK, Barik SK, Tripathi RS (1998) Biodiversity value, status and strategies for conservation of sacred groves of Meghalaya. India Ecosyst Health 4: 20-32.
19. Upadhaya K, Pandey HN, Law PS, Tripathi RS (2003) Tree diversity in sacred groves of the Jaintia hills in Meghalaya, northeast India. Biodivers Conserv 12: 583-597.
20. Vartak VD (1983) Observation on rare imperfectly known and endemic plants in the sacred groves of Western Maharashtra. In: Jain SK, Rao RR (eds) An assessment of threatened plants of India. BSI, Howrah, pp 169-178.
21. Vartak VD, Gadgil M (1981) Studies on sacred groves along the Western Ghats from Maharashtra and Goa; role of beliefs and folklores. In: Jain SK (ed) Glimpses of Indian ethnobotany. Oxford & IBH, New Delhi, pp 272-278.