Multilateral Biology for Snow Leopard Conservation Ecology Based on Research Evidences and Traditional Narratives

• Takuya SOMA

  京都大学白眉センター特定准教授（野生動物研究センター受入）

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• ユキヒョウの保全生態をめぐるナラティヴ《伝承》とエビデンス《科学的根拠》の複合型生物誌

Abstract

After centuries-long relationships between snow leopards and human nomads in the Altai Mountains in western Mongolia, numerous interspecies contact experiences have been passed down as oral history and/or folklore. Oral folklore, legends, and narratives on contacts between snow leopards and nomads are also a local ecological tradition known as “traditional ecological knowledge” (TEK), which reflects and supports recent scientific achievements and evidence. In this paper, we propose the development of a multifaceted, multilayered, complex bibliography of wildlife ecology. The fieldwork was carried out from July 19 to August 22, 2016, and 2 to 16 August, 2017, through interviews with 117 informants living near Mt. Jargalant, Mt. Bonbut, and Mt. Munkh-Khairkhan. Oral histories based on animal folktales narrated by local residents sometimes prove more informative than researchers’ scientific knowledges of ecology. In addition to elucidating the scientific basis of snow leopard ecology, science-based verification of native animal folktales may suggest new forms of conservation ecology which integrate local residents as actors in protecting snow leopards as well as indigenous wildlife elsewhere.

Journal

• E-journal GEO

  E-journal GEO 16 (2), 287-309, 2021

  The Association of Japanese Geographers

Keywords

• Altai Mountains
• oral history
• Munkh-Khairkhan Mountain range
• conservation ecology
• wildlife protection

Details

• CRID: 1390007912123690880
• NII Article ID: 130008088399
• DOI: 10.4157/ejgeo.16.287
• ISSN: 18808107
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ejgeo/16/2/16_287/_pdf
• Text Lang: ja
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