Nature and culture in a global context: A case study from World Heritage Listed Komodo National Park, eastern Indonesia

Pannell, Sandra

doi:10.22459/ta36.12.2013.04

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“…Unfortunately, not many protected areas have taken into consideration the socio-economic importance of their biodiversity conservation activities. The residents of the Komodo Village claimed they have been living in the area, long prior to the area's designation as a national park [37]. This fact was also supported by the statements of Verheijen [38] and a number of anthropologists [39][40] who wrote of the existence of Ata Modo (Komodo people) or the so called native explorers of Komodo Island.…”

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Role of culture in the emotional response towards komodo dragon in Komodo and Rinca Islands of Komodo National Park

Sunkar

Kusrini

Ramadhani³

2020

BIO Web Conf.

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Human emotions towards wildlife were seldom considered in wildlife conservation. This study seeks to identify, explore and understand the local communities perceptions and interactions with Komodo dragons. Data were collected from February to April 2018 in Komodo Village and Rinca Village of Komodo National Park, using close and semi-open questionnaires, three-scale Likert statements and interviews with 60 respondents. Although 98.5% considered Komodo as a dangerous species, in total, 60.6% of Komodo villagers had positive perceptions of their interactions with Komodo, while 47.6% of Rinca’s had moderate perceptions. Komodo attacks were less reported in Komodo Village despite the more frequent direct encounters. Komodo villagers have learnt how to adjust to the dangers, with 13% showed no actions during an encounter with the dragon, 77% pelt the dragon with rocks and 10% pulled it by the tail. On the contrary, 50% of Rinca Villagers, although showed no actions, but reported the sightings, 20% pelt it with rocks, 27% herd it with sticks and 3% hit it with wood. The different responses correlated with the different cultural beliefs and values towards Komodo. All Rinca villagers were migrants with no cultural attachments to the reptile, while for Komodo villagers, the dragons were perceived to be cousins, hence should not be harmed. Such perceptions have resulted in the approximately 83% of Komodo villagers believed they could co-exist with the dragons, and showed higher supports for its conservation (81.5%) than Rinca villagers (65.3%). This study confirms the importance of integrating local cultural values in building supports for conservation.

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Role of culture in the emotional response towards komodo dragon in Komodo and Rinca Islands of Komodo National Park

Sunkar

Kusrini

Ramadhani³

2020

BIO Web Conf.

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“…As Pannell (2006) observes, such natureculture dichotomy, and the complex of values it engenders, risks to polarise the debate and simplify the framework within which social and environmental processes take place and mix up. She demonstrates, in World Heritage contexts, how the attitude at establishing sliding scales of value or cultural properties listed as illustrative of a "significant stage in human history" (UNESCO, 2005: 20)…”

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Evolving waterscapes by relying on instability / An operative approach to river systems' design and planning towards new “repairing” and “performative” landscapes

Emanueli,

Lobosco

2016

OMB-PhD Series

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The layout of river systems, as we observe them nowadays, is only a phase of an unstable process where modifications happen according to different spatial and time scales due to climate and geological changes, human landscape alterations and the respective ecological adaptations. Representation methods have long struggled with seizing such features since morphodynamic imagery has radically changed our awareness of rivers' evolution as the result of overlapping forces acting at several levels.

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The Political Ecology of Human-Komodo Dragon Conflict: Uncoveringthe Dysfunction of Conservation and Control in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Nurbandi

2023

SSRN Journal

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Nature and culture in a global context: A case study from World Heritage Listed Komodo National Park, eastern Indonesia

Cited by 3 publications

References 4 publications

Role of culture in the emotional response towards komodo dragon in Komodo and Rinca Islands of Komodo National Park

Role of culture in the emotional response towards komodo dragon in Komodo and Rinca Islands of Komodo National Park

Evolving waterscapes by relying on instability / An operative approach to river systems' design and planning towards new “repairing” and “performative” landscapes

The Political Ecology of Human-Komodo Dragon Conflict: Uncoveringthe Dysfunction of Conservation and Control in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia

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