Engcwele Yemvelo Amasayithi Initiative njalo izici "Okuhlangenwe Nakho Conservation" ka abawuhloniphayo, abaphathi ezivikelekile, ososayensi nabanye. Lokhu okuthunyelwe kuveza okuhlangenwe nakho kukaProfesa Pei Shengi waseKunming Institute of Botany kanye neChinese Academy of Science. UProf. Pei has worked as an ethno biologist and ethnographer in the Yunnan province of southern China for several decades. His work on holy forests of the Dai is part of a broader body of work, which he has been leading into this area and has been broadly published. Besides an academic angle on the developments in the region he founded the I-Centre for Biodiversity nethi Ulwazi Bomdabu, which also offers hands on help for consultation and development for biocultural conservation in rural areas. Read the full case study.
Iminikelo kukhanyiswe wenza ngaphakathi ehlathini oNgcwele Hill. Source Pei Shengji.
The holy hills presented this conservation experience are located at the Southside of the hills, part of the Yunnan Province and lie in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, hlonishwa njengomphakathi UNESCO Indoda Biosphere Reserve. Nakuba-ke ihlanganisa esingaphansi 0.2 wamaphesenti Imininingwane umhlaba ebusweni China ngayinye, iqukethe mayelana 20 amaphesenti emazweni eqoshiwe zinhlobo, okwenza kube indawo abacebe ngokwahlukana kwemvelo ekhona kuleli zwe. Iphinde elibamba nantathu amaqembu Yunnan sika yobuhlanga, ikakhulu abahlala ezishisayo nakwezifudumele ezwekazini izindawo. Eminyakeni yakamuva, izinqolobane eziye zasungulwa ukuze melanani yosongo ukukhula komnotho kanye lokubala ubuningi babantu.
The Dai are the most abundant ethnic group of the Prefecture believe that some sacred forests on Holy Hills (Nong) kukhona yokuhlala WoNkulunkulu. Izimila nezilwane ezihlala la emahlathini bawo, kanye amadlozi oshonile abathuthela lezi amahlathi sebefile. Kuze kube yileso mayelana 50 iminyaka edlule, la amahlathi avikelekile ngu nezikhungo zendabuko eholwa ikhanda ongokomoya indoda (Bimo) we wendawo. Today the future of the forests is under threat from a range of changes in society including agricultural modernisation, market based production and shifts in local values and beliefs.
The story of the Holy hills is both beautiful and tragic but the last word on it has not been said, read the full case study to learn more: The Holy hills of the Dai: Autonomous Prefecture eSifundazweni Yunnan, China.
