Abstract
The contribution of culture to environmental protection is hugely important. The primary objective of the research is to investigate how one Indian tribe has managed to preserve the cultural environment that has surrounded it. The Gond tribe of Chhattisgarh is a scheduled tribe with a long history of living in harmony with the natural world. As a result, environmental protection is closely tied to these people’s practices and culture. The following research study’s primary goal is to examine the indigenous community and the strategies they use to coexist peacefully with the environment. The data that was gathered for the research study, which is totally qualitative, was based on secondary sources of data. The study shows how taboos and totemism, among other distinct beliefs and customs of these societies, have all served as tools for environmental protection. The paper investigates how community members might utilise local indigenous knowledge to preserve ecology while getting the most out of their surrounding natural environment. The researcher analyses how environmentalists and government policy makers can both gain a great deal from learning about and using the various ways that the indigenous community’s traditional knowledge protects the environment.
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Ayan HazraSenior Assistant Professor and Head, Centre for Law and Indigenous Studies, Social Science, Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India, Chhattisgarh, India
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TOTEMIC SPECIES, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, CULTURAL PRACTICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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