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It is held sacred by the Africans of the Transvaal. In Nigeria, the pod is used as camel food ...
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Rideau Canal Waterway - Ottie the Otter
"Friendly Great Otter", it was held sacred by the natives of the region. At first the Europeans ... someone is in trouble, usually drowning. For this reason he was held sacred, with a taboo on killing any otters in the region. ... Rideau Lakes. His shy nature, and the fact that he was held sacred by the natives of the region protected him from the ...
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The Mountain Institute - Sikkim Biodiversity and Ecotourism Project
Khangchendzonga, the world's third highest peak (8,586m), and a mountain held sacred by the region's inhabitants. Today both international and domestic tourists are attracted to the ... in recent years. Other current project sites include Khecheopalri Lake, one of Sikkim's most sacred and pristine lakes and Pelling, a settlement near Pemayangtse Monastery. Components return to top ...
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2007 IUCN Red List – Search
(FitzGibbon 1994). However these forest patches, many of which are kayas (sites held sacred by the Mijikenda people), are all very small (mostly less than 1 km²) and their ... Kenya), which assists local communities to re-establish effective local control over resources in these sacred forests. Through the efforts of the CFCU, these forests have been gazetted as National Monuments ...
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Dioxin contamination in Louisianna from PVC industry
Standing Their Ground: A Hispanic neighborhood in one state and land held sacred by the Pueblo in another stand in the way of what some would call progress ...
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Sacred Groves of Ghana
Certain plants were held sacred and were given offerings before being harvested. The oral history of the Malshegu people in ... held in Elmina, Ghana, from July 5-7, 2005.) Kumasi, Ghana: Tropenbos International-Ghana Workshop, Elmina, Ghana, July 5-7, 2005. Proceedings 6, 2007. Alison Ormsby, . ``Cultural and Conservation Values of Sacred ...
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The Mountain Institute - Revised - Sacred Mountains
Donation Share a story Home » Our Work » Sacred Mountains Sacred Mountains Program Brochure 2003 (PDF format, 248 KB) ... , environmental conservation programs need to be grounded in deeply held values and cultural beliefs. Mountains, as the highest features ... Sacred Mountains Program Return to top The Mountain Institute's Sacred Mountains Program works globally to: Promote the protection of sacred ...
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Sacred is a tree
There were sacred groves called nemetoi into which only priests and priestesses entered and lived. The people held these clearings open to the sky in awe. The druids worshipped there without temples. There were groves that were sacred ... Allen &Unwin, Sydney, 1990. Witcombe, Christopher ‘Trees and the sacred’ in ‘Sacred Places’ www.arthistory.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/trees.html, 2001. ...
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The Sacred Ecology of Service with the Sea by Rose Baillie
The question of how to bring the social and the sacred and nature together into my ordinary day-to-day life has ... picture of life where all forms were sacred, from dolphin to fish to worm to grain of sand. Nature held all her forms in a ... is I came to experience the synergistic relationship between service and my sacred relationship with nature. Through a simple act of service I was ...
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Sacred groves of India
One method for conservation of this green resource was the creation of sacred groves, usually dedicated to a local deity. A traditional means of biodiversity conservation, these ... Puranas. The largest known sacred grove is in Hariyali, near Ganchar in Chamoli District. Others include Askot, Binsar, and Gananath. In all these areas, fairs are held regularly and rituals performed. ...
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