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Climate change perspectives and conservation of sacred groves: Case of Sharngakavu, Kerala

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Title Climate change perspectives and conservation of sacred groves: Case of Sharngakavu, Kerala
 
Creator Jeevan, Kavya
Bonny, Binoo P
S, Gopakumar
 
Subject Biodiversity conservation
Climate change
Natural vegetation
Perception, Sacred groves
 
Description 433-443
India has a rich tradition in conserving non-forest patches known as sacred groves, through cultural and religious beliefs.
Sacred groves not only preserve the indigenous biodiversity, it also mitigates the effects of climate change. This study
explored the climate change awareness and environmental and cultural perceptions of people associated with Sharngakavu
sacred grove in Kerala. Data was collected separately from native residents (NR) and non-resident devotees (NRD) through
interviews and focus group discussions (FGD). Weighted average index (WAI) and Garrett scores were used to measure the
perceived effects of climate change and the importance of socio-cultural values in sacred grove conservation. The results
indicated that females in the middle age group of 41-65 years belonging to above poverty line economic status and graduate
level of education dominated both NR and NRD categories. There was not much difference in the climate change awareness
score of NR and NRD which were recorded at 97.5% and 92.5%, respectively. The majority of the respondents indicated a
perceived increase in atmospheric temperature, decrease in precipitation, high seasonal variation in rainfall pattern, heavy
decrease in water availability in natural sources, frequent occurrence of heat waves, and frequent recurring natural calamities
as the important changes in weather parameters which was actually reflected in the weather data recorded from the region.
Among the socio-economic parameters, the majority perceived food production to have recorded a very high increase
despite the effect of climate change but livelihood options indicated deterioration. Religious beliefs and the conservation of
biodiversity were the most important factors that influenced the continued conservation of this sacred grove.
 
Date 2023-06-28T11:37:41Z
2023-06-28T11:37:41Z
2023-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/62169
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijtk.v22i2.36406
 
Language en
 
Relation Int Cl.23: A61K 36/00, G01W 1/06
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source IJTK Vol.22(2) [April 2023]