Sacred natural sites are frequently better protected than many officially protected areas, but
an overall understanding of their role in conservation strategies is lacking. Over the last few …

Sacred forests (SFs) also known as sacred groves are common in many parts of the world
and have been protected through traditional methods. In Africa, the number of published …

Climate change is a real and present threat to heritage across the world. In Europe and
North America, research on the impacts of climate change on heritage, including how to …

The range and use of ecosystem services provided by urban sacred sites has hardly been
considered in studies of urban ecology, sustainability and human wellbeing. This paper …

Sacred groves are important for the conservation of biodiversity in the Middle East, as more
formal approaches to protected areas have often failed in this global biodiversity hotspot …

The Mediterranean Basin is the region of Europe most vulnerable to negative climate‐
change impacts, including forest decline, increased wildfire, and biodiversity loss. Because …

The identification of plants according to the Linnaean system of taxonomy is a cornerstone of
ethnobotany, allowing the discipline to be a comparative science. To accomplish plant …

Civilizations, including ancient ones, have shaped global ecosystems in many ways through
coevolution of landscapes and humans. However, the cultural legacies of ancient and lost …

Sacred sites are important not only for their traditional, spiritual or religious significance, but
may also potentially be valuable for biodiversity conservation in human transformed …

The subject of the paper are gardens associated with the Roman Catholic parish churches
of the Warsaw Archdiocese. Church gardens derive from tradition of former churchyards …