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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News
Last news…
Summer course on contemplation of nature and its ethical implications
The Chair of environmental ethics of the University of Alcalá organizes, from 24 to 26 June, in Navacerrada…
Equator Prize 2019 awarded to local and indigenous communities for local innovative climate solutions
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and partners announced on June 5th, the winners of the 10th Equator Prize,…
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.
Endinsa’t Project: Creation of ecotherapeutic and spiritual spaces in the municipality of Bossòst
In 2017, at the proposal of the Silene Association, the Bossòst Town Hall, Val d’Aran, Catalonia, decides to…
2nd Workshop on Cultural and Spiritual Significance of Nature in the Governance and Management of Protected and Conserved Areas, Vilm, Germany 12-16 June, 2017
Culture and spirituality are among the strongest personal drives and motivators for nature conservation yet they are not…
Capacity buidling and dissemination
In 2013, the Silene Association proposed to the Specialist Group on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas,…
Challenges to preserve the mature forests of Catalonia and its intangible heritage
The Silene Association, together with the Institució Catalana d’Història Natural (Catalan Institution of Natural History), co-edited the first…