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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Every stone makes a wall. Dry stone in Catalonia
The Terres de l’Ebre Museum in Amposta will host from July 3 to August 2 the exhibition Tota…
Pandemic: Reflections, Statements and Proposals
The pandemic we are experiencing has affected the lives of many countries, with a series of measures of…
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
Following the proposal of the Silene Association, the Bossòst Town Hall, Val d’Aran, Catalonia, decides to launch the…
2nd Workshop on Cultural and Spiritual Significance of Nature in the Governance and Management of Protected and Conserved Areas
Culture and spirituality are among the strongest personal drives and motivators for nature conservation yet they are not…
Capacity buidling and dissemination
Silene establishes agreements with three publishers to disseminate rellevant works
On the occasion of St. George’s Day 2020, when we made proposals for readings related to the topics…
A geoethical approach to the territory: the case of the lower Tordera river and Delta, Catalonia, Spain
Reflection article prepared by the authors after the seminar organized at the Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes-CSIC,…