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Sacred traditions and biodiversity conservation in the forest montane region of Venda, South Africa.

机译：南非旺达森林山地地区的神圣传统和生物多样性保护。

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This study addresses the effectiveness of sacred sites and related cultural practices in the Duthuni-Mapate-Lwamondo region of Venda, South Africa, in conserving the native flora and fauna of the country. Biodiversity conservation is part of both western science and a national political agenda. To make this assessment, the study examines three aspects of sacred sites: the origin of the sacred practices (their cultural, religious and spiritual rationale), their institutional arrangement, and their development over time into their current ecological status. It further links these three aspects to the current conservation values of sites, and determines the future conservation potential of the sites based on the current and potential future practices.; The study draws on concepts and practice from cultural and political ecology in the social sciences, and landscape ecology and conservation biology in natural sciences. Data was collected using qualitative (focus groups, interviews, and participant observations) and quantitative methods (biodiversity measurement using species diversity and landscape-level indices).; The results show that sacred sites practices are rooted in religious beliefs and cultural norms. Their establishment and management are based on religious beliefs about life and death, and about the power of ancestral spirits to provide for their living kin. The study also demonstrates that sacred traditions are dynamic, and respond to socio-economic and political constraints. In this case the sacred culture has responded to new political systems in South Africa, from invasions by Singo and other Venda groups, to takeover by British and Boer colonial administrations. In response to these exogenous forces, sacred site owners have adopted practices that degraded the sites, specifically in regard to the loss of canopy cover and species. Despite this deterioration, sacred sites remain the biodiversity hotspots in the area. They serve as refugia for rare and endemic Montane Forest species. The study recommends that the biodiversity potential of sacred sites be enhanced through a participatory approach, which empowers local communities and build their capacity to maintain the sites.
机译：这项研究探讨了南非旺达的Duthuni-Mapate-Lwamondo地区的神圣遗址和相关文化习俗在保护该国本土动植物方面的有效性。生物多样性保护是西方科学和国家政治议程的一部分。为了进行评估，研究考察了神圣场所的三个方面：神圣习俗的起源（其文化，宗教和精神原理），其制度安排以及随着时间的推移其发展为目前的生态状况。它进一步将这三个方面与场地的当前保护价值联系起来，并根据当前和潜在的未来做法确定场地的未来保护潜力。该研究借鉴了社会科学中的文化和政治生态学以及自然科学中的景观生态学和保护生物学的概念和实践。使用定性（焦点小组，访谈和参与者观察）和定量方法（使用物种多样性和景观水平指数进行生物多样性测量）收集数据；结果表明，圣地习俗植根于宗教信仰和文化规范。他们的建立和管理是基于关于生死的宗教信仰，以及祖先精神为其提供生活必需品的力量。该研究还表明，神圣的传统是动态的，并能应对社会经济和政治限制。在这种情况下，从Singo和其他Venda团体的入侵到英国和布尔殖民地政府的接管，神圣的文化已经对南非的新政治制度做出了回应。为了应对这些外来力量，神圣的土地所有者采取了使土地退化的做法，特别是在树冠覆盖和物种丧失方面。尽管这种恶化，神圣的地方仍然是该地区生物多样性的热点。它们充当稀有和特有的山地森林物种的避难所。该研究建议通过参与性方法增强圣地的生物多样性潜力，这种方法可以赋予当地社区权力，并建设他们维护这些地点的能力。

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