1. INDIGENOUS SACRED NATURAL SITES WITH REFERENCE TO TIBET 2. THEORETICAL BASIS FOR POST-ANTHROPOCENTRIC APPROACHES TO NATURE AND JURISPRUDENCE 3. INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL ECOLOGY 4. LEGAL BACKGROUND TO JURISTIC PERSONHOOD 5. LEGISLATIVE CHRONOLOGY OF CASES 6. LITIGATION TO DATE 7. CASE STUDY: RITUAL PROTECTION OF SNS IN THE TIBETAN REGION OF KHAM (SOUTHWEST CHINA) 8. THE CHALLENGE OF PERPETUATING SNS 9. HOW CAN SACRED NATURAL SITES BEST BE PROSECUTED?
John Studley is an Independent Ethno-forestry Researcher and consultant, with many years of experience in the UK, China and Nepal.
"I have always thought that sacred sites make an important
contribution to species conservation in many places around the
world. Here is the carefully prepared evidence that duly describes
and respects the beliefs of indigenous peoples.
The conservation of biological species and of indigenous cultures
belong hand-in-hand. Nowhere is this more apparent that in the many
sacred sites described here. They urgently need adequate legal
standing so clearly outlined.
This is a compelling plea for greater realisation of the important
contribution of Sacred Natural Sites to conservation and for better
legal protection and understanding of their spiritual nature". -
Professor Sir Ghillean Prance FRS, VMH author of That Glorious
Forest: Exploring the Plants and Their Indigenous Uses in Amazonia
and The Earth Under Threat: A Christian Perspective"John Studley
offers new perspectives on the importance that spirituality has for
the conservation of cultural and natural heritage. Recognising
spirits of place (other than human persons) as legal entities,
legitimises their role in Indigenous cultures who’s worldviews
continue to make significant contributions to the conservation of
world’s biological and cultural diversity" - Bas Verschuuren,
Wageningen University, The Netherlands"John Studley opens up a
novel, and possibly revolutionary, way for Western conservationists
to help indigenous people worldwide protect nature. He suggests
that many natural systems are inhabited by locally important
spirits, and notes that those spirits have, in certain intriguing
cases, been granted the attributes of juristic personhood. This
concept which accords legal rights to nature spirits suggests that
conservationists have a new and potentially powerful tactic to use
in the fight against the people and institutions that destroy
nature. It’s such a powerful concept that I’ve used it i
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