A non-profit association based in Catalonia, Spain, aimed at the study, dissemination and promotion of the spiritual and intangible cultural heritage values inherent in Nature, particularly in relation to the conservation of nature and natural protected areas.
Documentation Centre
The Silene Documentation Centre contains resources and documents on the world’s intangible spiritual and cultural heritage and its relevance on a local to international scale to the conservation of natural heritage. The service is provided in four languages -English, Spanish, French and Catalan. All documents are in their original languages, being accompanied by translations whenever possible.
It is a resource of the Specialist Group on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas of the World Commission on Protected Areas of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
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The dance of the river
On Saturday, September 26, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Silene offers a walk by the Fluvià riparian…
New edition of the course The Art of Natural Orientation in the Alt Pirineu
The Silene Association is organizing a new edition of the course The Art of Natural Orientation. A theoretical…
Consultancy Projects
Projects devoted to the study, promotion and dissemination of the cultural and spiritual values of nature and landscape. In many instances, the projects had been undertaken in collaboration with other organisations, local, national or internbational.
New edition of the course The Art of Natural Orientation in the Alt Pirineu
The Silene Association is organizing a new edition of the course The Art of Natural Orientation. A theoretical…
Simbiosis Fluvial
Simbiosi Fluvial is a four-year collaborative project (2024-27) dedicated to regenerating ecological, social and economic links with the…
Capacity buidling and dissemination
New edition of the course The Art of Natural Orientation in the Alt Pirineu
The Silene Association is organizing a new edition of the course The Art of Natural Orientation. A theoretical…
Sacred geography: workshop at the mountain sanctuary of Santa Maria de Montgrony
The Silene Association is organizing a traveling training in Marian sanctuaries of the sacred geography of Catalonia. In…