What can you do or not do in a sacred forest? Many sacred forests have restrictions prohibiting activities and limiting access only to specific communities. Hunting, gathering, wood cutting ...

One such place is Sacred Forest or Sacred Grove in Mawphlang. It is sacred because the forest, which is spread across 78 hectares of land, is protected by the local deity-Labasa. Legends have it ...

This striking satellite image shows the snow-capped peak of a "sacred" volcano in New Zealand, poking through an eerily circular forest containing thousands of warped, goblin-like trees.

A protected nature reserve spanning 12.5 hectares, the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary (also known as Ubud Monkey Forest) is home to more than 1,200 long-tailed macaque monkeys, considered sacred ...

In a recent video, a monkey is seen tearing up a tourist's passport at the Scared Monkey Forest in Bali, leaving the woman ...

In Papua, Indonesia, there is a mangrove forest that only women are allowed to enter. It’s a special place where generations of women have gathered clams and shared stories. If men are found ...

We are tired of having to fight to protect sacred land and the natural environment," Gauthier said. The roughly 18 acres of forest land are part of a private property — located south of the ...