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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…

Donella Meadows

The scarcest resource is not oil, metals, clean air, capital, labour, or technology. It is our willingness to…

Paissios of Mount Athos

This herb is an icon; this stone is an icon; I can embrace it, venerate it, because it…

David Abram

Ecologically considered, it is not primarily our verbal statements that are “true” or “false,” but rather the kind…

Dalai Lama

Ultimately, the decision to save the environment must come from the human heart. The key point is a…

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.

Silene ifacensis

Selection of projects

Projects and activities carried out in the international arena Since 2005: Coordination of the Delos Initiative, of IUCN,…

Capacity buidling and dissemination