Journal d agriculture traditionnelle et de botanique appliquée · 1994 · 13 citations · 0 references
Natural ResourcesBiodiversity ConservationEnvironmental ManagementForest ConservationForest ManagementProtected Area ManagementAnthropology Of ForestsBiocultural ConservationBiodiversity Conservation In ForestsConservation AnthropologyIndigenous Resource ManagementSacred PlantsBiocultural Conservation Of Sacred PlantsCultural Resource Protection On Forest LandsForest Management PracticesIndigenous Sacred Plant PracticesSacred Biodiversity ConservationSacred Forest ProtectionSacred ForestsSacred Species Conservation
This paper analyses the management of a village protected forest situated within the cultivated area of the village of Keluru, in the Kerinci valley in Central Sumatra. The uses, practices, sayings and legends related to plant resources are analysed. This case study underlines the cultural principles of the preservation and management of biological diversity which is locally viewed in terms of it's utilitarian, economical and ecological basis. Protection of springs and rivers in order to secure water for ricefields and the local belief in an ancestral tiger are some of the reasons which underlie the preservation of this forest.