Ethnobiological Analysis from Myth to Science VII: Human Endeavour for Conservation of Biodiversity at the Juncture of Dissolution, as Reflected in Religious Epics of East and West

Abstract

Mythical facts narrated in Indian epic Srimad Bhagawata and Bible convey a co-ordinated message, that at some time the earth faced dissolution with heavy rain and flood, and men was alerted by the divinity (nature) to protect the biosphere as a prime moral obligation. The myth(s) opens a vista to realise that, it should be ever a human responsibility to take care of the biodiversity, ancient days or modern time, east or west. Human commitment in this regard is above any religion; but later the facts have pervaded into religious scriptures. In modern science, religion is poorly realised of any significance for protection of environment; but a time has arrived to lay emphasis on this later issue with deep introspection.