Abstract: Human faith, beliefs and traditions have played a significant role in biodiversity conservation in India for Centuries.
Common beliefs and superstitions regarding the trees, herbs, flowers, fruits and vegetable are prevalent among the people of both rural and urban in India. And the bio-cultural approach is related to the anthropological value of holism is an integration of both biological science and anthropology.
This way of the understanding takes local, cultural views and understanding of illness and disease.....
Keywords:- Tradition, Faith, culture, Biodiversity, Bio-cultural approach, ecosystem
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