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- Title
Sacred Forest, Huntingm and Conservation in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
- Authors
Wadley, Reed L.; Pierce Colfer, Carol J.
- Abstract
In a number of places, sacred forest sites play an important role in conservation and local livelihoods. Here we examine how Iban hunters and animals alike use sacred forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. To determine the relative importance of different sites in hunting, we compare hunting effort, animal species and their numbers encountered by hunters, and encounters and captures in a variety of forest sites including sacred groves. We relate the results to the role of such sites in the overall Iban agroforestry system and in the conservation of forest habitat that professional conservationists deem precious. Such land use practices, while having social and religious origins, may be important for local economic purposes, but they may also be valuable in promoting and enhancing the more global goals of biodiversity conservation.
- Subjects
KALIMANTAN (Indonesia); INDONESIA; AGROFORESTRY; FORESTS &; forestry; HUNTING; AGROBIODIVERSITY conservation; BIODIVERSITY conservation
- Publication
Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2004, Vol 32, Issue 3, p313
- ISSN
0300-7839
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/B:HUEC.0000028084.30742.d0