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1、CULTURALVALUESOFWETLANDSINBIODIVERSITYCONSERVATIONINNEPAL第4卷第2期2006年6月湿地WETIAND科学SCIENCEVo1.4No.2June,2006CULTURALVALUESoFWETLANDSINBIoDⅣERSITYCoNSERVATIoNINNEPALKiratKamalSampangRai(CenterofKyuseiNatureFarming,SocietyforWetlandBiodiversityConservation,Kathmandu,Nep,a)ABSTRACTS:Nepalisrichinwetla
2、ndsanditsbiodiversityduetodiversegeography,ecology,ecosystem,andcul-tures.Participatoryresearchmethodologywasused.Morethan59differenttraditionalsocietiesresideinvailOUSgeo-graphicalbeltswithdiverseanddistinctlanguage,culture,custom,religion,beliefs,socialnorms,knowledgeandpracticeshavesignificant
3、rolesintheprotectionandwiseuseofwetlandbiodiversity.Wetlandecology,landscapeandculturalvaluesmaybeaccordancewiththegeographicandhumandimension.Thebio—culturaldiversitysupportstoen.hancewetlandsandbiodiversityrichnessfrommillennia.Traditionalcultural,religious,spiritualvalues,customarylore,folklor
4、e,knowledgeofthesocietiesareplayingimportantresponsibilityinwetlandecology.1andscapesandbiodi.versityrestoration,conservationandsustainableuse,andtheyshouldberecogIlised,respectedinNationallegislation.ThemesofCBD,andRAMSARshouldberespectedandimplementedtoprotectthecultural,religious,ritual,andcus
5、-tomarycontributionofthesociety.KEYWORDS:customarysystem;culturalheritage;identitiesandpolicy;biodiversityCLCnumber:G112Documentcode:AArticleID:1672—5948(2oo6)o2—08"1一o4Traditionalculturebearsadynamic,cosmologi—calvisioninthewetlandecologyanditsbiodiversityconservationinNepa1.Theroleofcultureandr
6、ela.tionshipinwetlandbiodiversityprotectionandwiseusehasnotwellbeendocumentedyet.Wetlandslikerivers,riverbanks,coast,lakes,watersources,wa.terreservoirs,ponds,bogs,marshes,etc.,andoth?ernaturalobjectssuchasthelandscapes,forests,at-chaeologicalsymbols,stones,rocks,mountains,ca-yes,birds,animals,ea
7、l~h,moon,sunarethesacredsitesthatreflecttheculturalidentitiesandheritagesofthesocieties(Rai,2003).Wetlandspossessasignff-icantsocio—cultural,religiousandcustomaryvalueinthesociety.Mostly,indigenouspeoplesresideonasideo
