Traditional Knowledge of the Nilgiri Tribals in Environmental Conservation

Sujeetha T. N., M. Asokhan, S. Usha Rani, L. Murali Krishnan

2024

Abstract

ABSTRACT community and transferred from generation to generation. The present study is an effort to document traditional practices of tribal respondents in the Western Ghats of the Nilgiris district. The data collection was done using well-structured interview schedule and participatory methods. Totally, 42 indigenous practices followed by the tribal respondents in environmental conservation were documented. Results revealed that six indigenous practices were used for conserving soil moisture, six indigenous practices were used for natural vegetation, seven practices were used for organic soil fertility management, eight practices were used for plant protection and 15 practices were used for common cultural practices. The tribal respondents following various indigenous practices ranged from 65.56 % to 95.00 % in conserving soil moisture, 70.56 % to 86.11 % in management of natural vegetation, 66.11 % to 93.89 % in organic soil fertility management, 62.22 % to 92.78 % in plant protection and 59.44 % to 92.78 % in common cultural practices. The research study was undertaken during 2017-2021.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

N. S., Asokhan M., Rani S. and Krishnan L. (2024). Traditional Knowledge of the Nilgiri Tribals in Environmental Conservation. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Innovations for Sustainable Agriculture - Volume 1: ICEISA; ISBN 978-989-758-714-6, SciTePress, pages 14-19. DOI: 10.5220/0012877700004519

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceisa24,
author={Sujeetha N. and M. Asokhan and S. Rani and L. Krishnan},
title={Traditional Knowledge of the Nilgiri Tribals in Environmental Conservation},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Innovations for Sustainable Agriculture - Volume 1: ICEISA},
year={2024},
pages={14-19},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012877700004519},
isbn={978-989-758-714-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Innovations for Sustainable Agriculture - Volume 1: ICEISA
TI - Traditional Knowledge of the Nilgiri Tribals in Environmental Conservation
SN - 978-989-758-714-6
AU - N. S.
AU - Asokhan M.
AU - Rani S.
AU - Krishnan L.
PY - 2024
SP - 14
EP - 19
DO - 10.5220/0012877700004519
PB - SciTePress