Cultural and Spiritual Significance of Nature in Protected Areas: Governance, Management and Policy

Author:   Bas Verschuuren (Wageningen University, Netherlands) ,  Steve Brown (University of Sydney, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138091184


Pages:   314
Publication Date:   03 August 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Bas Verschuuren (Wageningen University, Netherlands) ,  Steve Brown (University of Sydney, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.798kg
ISBN:  

9781138091184


ISBN 10:   1138091189
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   03 August 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. Cultural and Spiritual Significance of Nature in Protected and Conserved Areas: The 'deeply seated bond' PART I: CONCEPTS 2. Implications of the Diversity of Concepts and Values of Nature in the Management and Governance of Protected and Conserved Areas 3. Meaningful Nature Experiences: Pathways for deepening connections between people and place 4. Mainstream Faith Participation in Protected and Conserved Areas 5. Spiritual Governance as an Indigenous Behavioural Practice: Implications for protected and conserved areas 6. Exploring the Usefulness of Nature/Culture Convergences in World Heritage: The case of authenticity 7. Buddhism and the Management of Sacred Sites for Biodiversity 8. The Significance of Indigenous Nature Spirituality 9. The Cultural and Spiritual Significance of Nature: Involving the general public in the management and governance of protected areas PART II: POLICY AND PRACTICE 10. Connecting Practice: Defining new methods and strategies to further integrate natural and cultural heritage under the World Heritage Convention 11. Entangled Landscapes: Connecting conservation practices for naturecultures in the Mongolian Altai 12. Culture and Nature: The case of the Ramsar Convention on wetlands 13. Developing Guidelines for Integrating Cultural and Spiritual Values into the Protected Areas of Spain 14. Managing Religious Pilgrimage to Sacred Sites in Indian Protected Areas PART III: CASE STUDIES 15. China’s Community Fengshui Forests: Spiritual ecology and nature conservation 16. Father Forest: Batwa culture and the management of national parks in Uganda’s Albertine Rift 17. Kaio, kapwier, nepek, and nuk: Human and non-human agency and 'conservation' on Tanna, Vanuatu 18. Exploring Spiritual and Religious Values in Landscapes of Production: Lessons and examples from Italy 19. The Nature of Attachment: An Australian experience 20. Reflections on the Situational and Relational Contexts of Nature in Protected and Conserved Areas

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'At the heart of this book is the contributors' desire to make conservation more sustainable, equitable and effective by engaging with deeply held cultural and spiritual values to inspire action to conserve cultural, geological and biological diversity. In many places their passions for this mission shines through' - Helen Schneider, Fauna and Flora International, Cambridge, UK (https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605319000474)


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Bas Verschuuren is a freelance biocultural adviser and associate researcher at the Department of Sociology of Development and Change at Wageningen University, the Netherlands. He combines his experience in conservation projects with applied research on the cultural, spiritual, and sacred dimensions of nature in management and policy. Steve Brown is an honorary associate with the Museum and Heritage Studies Program at the University of Sydney, Australia. His research interests include: conceptualising and operationalising place-attachment in heritage theory and practice; the integration of naturecultures in the heritage management of protected areas; and the material culture of domestic homes and gardens.

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