The belief in animism posits that the things in nature, thus, plants, animals, water bodies and so forth are inherent with spirits or souls and as such are not to be abused or wantonly destroyed. In what philosophical ways can this cultural belief practiced by many ethnic societies in Ghana be harnessed for biodiversity conservation in the modern quest for new strategies to mitigate the deleterious attitude of biodiversity degradation.
Ecotheologically and ecoanthropologically as well as ecosophically- check Tomalin, Emma. Biodivinity and biodiversity: the limits to religious environmentalism. Routledge, 2016, Mikusiński, Grzegorz, Hugh P. Possingham, and Malgorzata Blicharska. "Biodiversity priority areas and religions—a global analysis of spatial overlap." Oryx 48.01 (2014): 17-22., Robinson, Daniel F. "Legal geographies of intellectual property,‘traditional’knowledge and biodiversity: experiencing conventions, laws, customary law, and Karma in Thailand." Geographical Research 51.4 (2013): 375-386.;GROVES, DEGRADATION OF SACRED. "Sacred groves of Manipur—Ideal centres for biodiversity conservation." Current Science 87.4 (2004): 431.;Sinha, Rajiv K. "Biodiversity conservation through faith and tradition in India: some case studies." The International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology 2.4 (1995): 278-284.;Naveh, Danny, and Nurit Bird-David. "Animism, Conservation, and Immediacy." A handbook on contemporary animism. Acumen Publishing, Durham (2013): 27-37 and many such works available
Simply the attribution of a living soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena.
In many civilizations the objects of space are not inert but live of their own dynamisms and are necessary.
Thanks professors Nandkumar, Doru and Philippe for your very valuable suggestions, views and helpful links. Best regards
I don't think I understand this too much !!!!
Except one thing and that is if superstitious belief exist it needs to be eradicated , loss in cultural identity happens so be it (sorry )
Thanks my friend, Prof. Aparna. What about the bio-friendly cultural beliefs like animism （cited above） in regions where cultural beliefs are high？Instead of brushing them off as superstitious nonsense, it must be looked into to find out ways they can complement the scientific conservation models in societies with high cultural heritage. Best regards
Hi , please see the following link
iiste.org/Journals/index.php/RHSS/article/viewFile/31440/32280
I am sincerely grateful my dear professors Mutasem and Neeran for your very useful links. Thanks and best regards
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