IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

Nature's Guardians: Indigenous Knowledge and Ecosystem Resilience

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Dr. Sampriti Panda

Abstract

Indigenous knowledge is sometimes thought to be the data that an indigenous community has accumulated over many generations of occupancy in a particular area. All the types of knowledge, technology, skills, practices, and beliefs that enable any group to sustain a stable way of life are defined by this concept. While some types of traditional knowledge are transmitted through myths, tales, folklore, rituals, songs, and even customary laws, traditional information is primarily transmitted verbally through the generations. Indigenous knowledge is currently the most important and pressing issue, as it is connected to the idea of sustainable development and problems with intellectual property rights. Additionally, indigenous knowledge has the ability to aid in the management of local resources by providing the most affordable and sustainable survival techniques. The paper encompasses primary data collected through fieldwork in a village named Sawrakoti, located in the Jubbal district of Himachal Pradesh. This paper tries to throw light on the indigenous knowledge of flora and fauna and their medicinal values to cure various ailments. It also covers the religious components of ecology and its relationship with various local food habits. It attempts to sketch a map of indigenous ecology and resource utilization done by the people living in the area. The data has been collected using various research tools and techniques like participant observation, in-depth interviews, qualitative interview and case studies. The paper analyzes the inter-relationship between people and their local environment and depicts how people live in synchronization along with their ecology.

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