Engcwele Yemvelo Amasayithi Initiative njalo izici "Okuhlangenwe Nakho Conservation" ka abawuhloniphayo, abaphathi ezivikelekile, nezinye ezimele ukuvikela amasayithi angcwele. Lokhu okuthunyelwe kuveza okuhlangenwe nakho kukaMnu. Arvi Sepp from the ‘Indlu yase-Estonia yaseTaara kanye nezinkolo zomdabu’ which protects and revitalises sacred natural sites all over Estonia. Arvi Sepp and his colleagues at Maavald have worked on the national uptake of the Estonian translation of the IUCN UNESCO Guidelines, which has been undertaken as part of a broader national strategy of sensibilisation and inventory of sacred natural sites.

In 2008, the Estonian Ministry of Culture approved the national conservation plan “Sacred Natural Sites in Estonia: Ukufunda Nokugcina 2008 – 2012”. Abanye 7000 sacred natural sites have thus far been registered, but most of them are unprotected by law because they fall between the cracks of natural and cultural heritage legislation. This is also the case with Paluküla, the Sacred Forest Hill, and Arvi Sepp has long been supporting the movement to protect the hill from unsustainable exploitation and development through informing planning authorities and other groups lobbying for the development of sports facilities. Chofoza lapha to read the full case study on “Paluküla, Sacred Forest Hill”.

Before the Crusades in the 13th century, al local villages shared sacred natural sites. That still form a pattern in the landscape today. Endaweni yedolobhana lasePaluküla eCentral Estonia kubeka iNtaba Engcwele Yehlathi ebizwa nge-Hiiemägi ("lezi-igquma ”). Here, numerous local people still worship nature as a divinity and hey offer the first harvest of the year at to the ancestors who are associated with Hiiemägi and the trees that are not to be cut and the hill cannot be ploughed or otherwise disturbed. The worshippers formed an inhlangano ukuvikela iPaluküla Sacred Forest Hill. Usoseshini usebenza njengomgcini wegquma futhi uhlose ukutadisha nokulondoloza indawo engcwele nokuxhumana nezinye izinhlangano.

Cishe bonke abantu bendawo bathi leli gquma libalulekile kubo kepha abanye abantu bahlukaniswe ngamathonya avela ngaphandle njengokuhweba kokusetshenziswa komhlaba., ukwakha kanye nentuthuko kanye nokuphazamiseka okungenzeka kube yi-EU. The administration of the Kehtna municipality is set to build a sports and recreation centre on one side of the hill which would require excavation and the construction of skiing lifts within the nature conservation area.

Izindawo zemvelo ezingcwele kulo lonke elase-Estonia kufanele zivikelwe futhi izikhungo ezibhekene nokuphathwa kwamagugu emvelo namasiko zidinga ukuhlonyiselwa ukuxhasa imizamo yokulondolozwa kwabagcini. Lezi zindawo ezikhethekile, lapho okwenziwa ngabantu kungabusi ngaphezu kwemvelo, hlanganisa imvelo namagugu futhi ngasikhathi sinye ube nobukhulu obungcwele. Kulokhu ngoPaluküla, igquma eliseningizimu elinenxenye evulekile lingasetshenziselwa ukushibilika ebusika ngekusasa elibonakalayo, kepha ngaphandle kokwakhiwa kokuzenzela. Isayithi lingasebenza futhi njengesibonelo esiphilayo semfundo yemvelo, ukwethula imikhuba yokongiwa kwamasiko kubabukeli.

I-Hiiemägi ivikelwe njengendawo yokulondolozwa kwemvelo yaseKõnnumaa eNatura 2000 inethiwekhi. Umthetho wase-Estonia awuwamukeli amasayithi emvelo angcwele, but does recognize archaeological and natural sites as protected. Draft legislation has been written by a group within the iphalamende, ukuchibiyela kokubili uMthetho Wokulondolozwa Kwamagugu kanye noMthetho Wokulondolozwa Kwemvelo wase-Estonia. Amasayithi emvelo angcwele kufanele abhekwe njengohlobo olukhethekile lesikhumbuzo, nemithetho yokuvikela ehambisanayo.

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