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标题：Indigenous practices of environmental sustainability in the Tonga community of southern Zambia
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作者：Kennedy M. Kanene
期刊名称：Jàmbá : Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
印刷版ISSN：1996-1421
电子版ISSN：2072-845X
出版年度：2016
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：331-337
DOI：10.4102/jamba.v8i1.331
出版社：AOSIS
摘要：Culture plays a significant role in conserving the environment. The purpose of this study was to explore the measures that have been employed by the Tonga people of southern Zambia to sustain their local biophysical environment. The research focussed on investigating the strategies which they use to conserve the soil, water, animals, medicinal and fruit plants, and rangeland. A qualitative research design was used in the study. The data were collected through interviews with elderly Tonga people and herbalists, and through observation and personal participation in the daily life of the Tongas. The study reveals that selective harvesting, totemism and taboos, organic farming, crop rotation and intercropping, sacredness of water sources and traditional authority are the main instruments of environmental conservation amongst the Tonga. The article concludes that governments, policymakers and environmentalists need to give the conservation strategies employed by indigenous people the prominence they deserve for environmental sustainability.
关键词：environmental sustainability; biophysical; totem; culture; Tonga; conservation