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January 28, 2015

Sacred village forests: a kind of natural reserve and support to traditional eco-agriculture

Yinxian ShiChinese Academy of Sciences

Sacred natural forests are common in many inhabited areas in China, and have historically been protected and worshipped by several groups of people. There are two major kinds of sacred natural forests: those belonging to regional areas and those belonging to local areas. The first kind of sacred natural forest is held by people from […] ...
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