Abstract

Loss of biodiversity, habitat destruction, and ecological imbalance are some of the important issues of concern which need multidisciplinary solutions involving scientific information along with cultural aspects. While traditional conservation methods are very important for ecosystem conservation, they fail to consider the cultural narrative associated with literary tradition. In this paper, the role of literary works both regionally and internationally in depicting biodiversity conservation is explored. Qualitative research methodology involving environmental philology, literary comparative studies, thematic coding, and ecological discourse analysis was used for identifying conservation narratives. From these results, it became clear that ecological representation constituted the main conservation theme (28%) followed by conservation ethics (24%), nature-human relations (20%), indigenous ecological knowledge (16%), and sustainability discourse (12%). Comparing the results, it is clear that regional literature provided strong representation of indigenous ecological knowledge (92%) and forest conservation issues (86%), while international literature focused on climate awareness (90%) and sustainability ethics (87%). These findings show that literary traditions offer alternative views for enhancing biodiversity conservation through the combination of cultural values and ecological knowledge. Literature is identified as an important channel for environmental communication and education as well as a means of engaging people in conservation issues. The suggested philological approach creates an interdisciplinary link between environmental humanities and conservation science, enabling further study of digital environmental humanities, computational ecological text analysis, and long-term evaluation of literature-based conservation awareness.