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…
Silene at the conference on the contribution of green infrastructure to the urban water cycle
The Spanish Association of Public Parks and Gardens has organized a conference dedicated to the contribution of green…
Day “Terra – Arrel”
On Saturday, October 25, the last session of the cycle dedicated to exploring links between nature and health,…
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.
Sant Miquel de Fluvià: Intangible Heritage and bonds with the Fluvià river.
On July 12, the Silene Association held an event in Sant Miquel de Fluvià, Catalonia, co-organized by the…
The Art of Natural Orientation, High Pyrenees
The Silene Association organizes the course “The Art of Natural Orientation”. It will be a theoretical and experiential…
Capacity buidling and dissemination
Sant Miquel de Fluvià: Intangible Heritage and bonds with the Fluvià river.
On July 12, the Silene Association held an event in Sant Miquel de Fluvià, Catalonia, co-organized by the…
The Art of Natural Orientation, High Pyrenees
The Silene Association organizes the course “The Art of Natural Orientation”. It will be a theoretical and experiential…