Beware the animals that dance: Conservation as an unintended outcome of cultural practices

摘要: The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Parks Congress 2003 and Conference Parties to Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 2004 call recognition support Community Conserved Areas, with CBD Programme Work Protected Areas committing countries take action by 2008. Both within protected areas in matrix land beyond reserves, customs beliefs indigenous local communities can yield conservation benefits. Identifying an intention conserve custodians customary conserved be challenging as practices are embedded a myriad cosmologies worldviews. However, definition does not require expressed nor it specify mechanisms which nature or natural resources conserved. Thus, unintended outcome cultural is included scope community conservation. Fieldwork was conducted Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, from October 2010 April 2011. Data case study Gumantong comes interview Porodong Mogilin,! Native Chief Representative Matunggong Court Bavanggazo, Kudat meetings leaders 13 villages surrounding Gumantong. This paper 1) employs highlight distinction between expressing 2) considers implications this process recognizing supporting Areas.