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Conservation and management of sacred groves, myths and beliefs of tribal communities: a case study from north-India

Identification

Public canonical key

doi:10.1186/s40068-014-0016-8

Authors

Laxman Singh Kandari · Vinod Kumar Bisht · Meenakshi Bhardwaj · Ashok Kumar Thakur

Reported year

2014

Reported language

en

Source type

article

First detected

2026-11-09T19:19:50.281976+00:00

Last metadata observation

2026-11-09T19:19:50.281976+00:00

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Institutions reported by the source

Haramaya University

Documentary abstract — original language

Traditional and indigenous communities in India are of the religious belief that medicinal groves and plants are sacred in nature. Sacred groves (SGs) are patches of trees on forest land that are protected communally with religious zeal and connotations. These forest areas have been protected since ages by traditional societies and indigenous communities with their socio-cultural and religious practices. Sacred groves as a rule are treated piously. Sacred trees are prohibited from cutting and not axed except when wood is needed for the religious purposes like construction and repair of temple buildings or in cases like worshiping, death ceremonies and temple rituals. Thus, SGs carry direct and everlasting pious status and assist in maintaining social fabric of the society. From the present study it is concluded that, religious identification of medicinal plants and practices have influenced the folklore towards a sense of selfless services in the name the Gods. However, during the course of modernization, mechanization and globalization in the recent past has transformed and weakened both cultural and biological integrity. Changes in social belief, modernization and erosion of cultural practices are some of the major factors contributing towards degradation of the ancient institutional heritage which need to be looked into. The present study is, therefore intended to propose management and conservation as an alternative strategy towards the sustainability of forests around human settlements and also an attempt to explore the role of SGs in conservation and management of different ecosystem services.

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OPENALEX

W2137893105

DOI

10.1186/s40068-014-0016-8

Documentary context

Documentary family

Scholarship

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article

Jurisdictions studied — explicit sources

IN

Natural entities mentioned

Forest · Ecosystem

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OpenAlex · Record 1 · Record 2

• DOI · https://doi.org/10.1186/s40068-014-0016-8
• OpenAlex · https://openalex.org/W2137893105

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