Role of Traditional Beliefs and Cultural Myths in Environmental Conservation - A Case Study from Kabjisa, Punakha, Bhutan

The island marble butterfly (Euchloe ausonides insulanus), thought to be extinct throughout the 20th century until re-discovered on a single remote island in Puget Sound in 1998, has become the focus of a concerted protection effort to prevent its extinction. However, efforts to “restore” island marble habitat conflict with efforts to “restore” the prairie ecosystem where it lives, because of the butterfly’s use of a non-native “weedy” host plant. Through a case study of the island marble project, we examine the practice of ecological restoration as the enactment of particular norms that define which species are understood to belong in the place being restored. We contextualize this case study within ongoing debates over the value of “native” species, indicative of deep-seated uncertainties and anxieties about the role of human intervention to alter or manage landscapes and ecosystems, in the time commonly described as the “Anthropocene.” We interpret the question of “what plants and animals belong in a particular place?” as not a question of scientific truth, but a value-laden construct of environmental management in practice, and we argue for deeper reflexivity on the part of environmental scientists and managers about the social values that inform ecological restoration.

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Role of International Monetary Fund in the Economic Development: A Case Study of India

International Journal of Scientific Research ◽

10.15373/22778179/june2014/34 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3 (6) ◽

pp. 91-95

Author(s):

A. K. Mahto A. K. Mahto ◽

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

International Monetary Fund

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Role Of Measurable Indicators In Evidence-Informed Policy Making –Romanian Case Study

10.15405/epsbs.2019.02.69 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Maria Elena Bozdog

Keyword(s):

Policy Making

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Environmental Conservation Through Study Value of Bali Aga Tenganan Pegringsingan Community Culture

Media Komunikasi Geografi ◽

10.23887/mkg.v20i2.21903 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 27

Author(s):

Nyoman Wijana ◽

I Gusti Agung Nyoman Setiawan ◽

Sanusi Mulyadiharja ◽

I Gede Astra Wesnawa ◽

Putu Indah Rahmawati

Keyword(s):

Cultural Values ◽

Environmental Conservation ◽

Time Orientation ◽

Cultural Value ◽

Community Culture ◽

Community Activities ◽

Orientation Time ◽

The Impact ◽

Relational Orientation

This research aimed to know the implementation of environmental conservation in terms of cultural value orientation, including humanistic nature orientation, man-nature orientation, time orientation, activity orientation, and relational orientation. The population of this research was the entire community in traditional village Tenganan Pegringsingan, Karangasem, Bali. This research sample amounted to 25 people, consisting of the conventional village apparatus, community leaders, and the general public. Methods of data collection were the method of observation, interview, questionnaire, and checklist. The collected data were analyzed descriptively. This research indicated that the orientation of cultural values of humanistic nature orientation and man-nature orientation had an excellent quality. The time orientation, activity orientation, and relational orientation parameters had good quality. Culture in the study community generally showed a positive thing, so the impact of culture on the quality of the environment, in general, was excellent. The results of observations in the field revealed that there were all community activities at Tenganan Pegringsingan that could not cause environmental pollution. Therefore, the role of traditional regulation or awig-awig to regulate environmental and social-culture.

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Preliminary Report on the Research of “Activity Centers” in Taidong, Taiwan

Annals of the Náprstek Museum ◽

10.2478/anpm-2019-0019 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 121-125

Author(s):

Petr Janda

Keyword(s):

Preliminary Report ◽

Research Method ◽

Local Communities ◽

Traditional Beliefs ◽

Aboriginal Communities ◽

Religious Significance ◽

Local Actors ◽

Symbolic Value ◽

Suitable Location

This report presents current research on aboriginal activity centers in Taidong County, Taiwan, primarily in the townships of Chishang and Yanping with over 30% of the population being of aboriginal ancestry. Taidong County is the region with the most distinctive aboriginal communities in Taiwan. The research attempts to identify the actors behind the operation of such centers and their significance for aboriginal communities. The research investigates the process of selecting suitable location for the facilities, the specific features of such centers, the potential religious significance of the locations including the role of traditional beliefs in predominantly Christian aboriginal communities, the symbolic value of structures built in the traditional style for construction of ethnicity and financing that enables the construction of the facilities and the organization of the festivities held in them. The principle research method used was interviews with local actors including local representatives, organizers of festivities, as well as members of local communities. The research began in 2017.

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