A primer on governance for protected and conserved areas
Borrini-Feyerabend, G et al.2014
This publication, presented at the World Parks Congress IUCN held in Sydney (Australia) in November 2014, becomes a…
Information and sensitization
Tools for information, awareness and reflection on the cultural and spiritual values of nature and landscape in various traditions and worldviews. Pedagogical, didactic and training resources that help integrate spiritual values in the conservation of nature, including myths, tales, and legends.
Inventario español de los conocimientos tradicionales relativos a la biodiversidad
Pardo de Santayana, Manuel; Morales, Ramón; Aceituno, Laura; Molina, María (eds.)2014
This publication highlights the importance of traditional knowledge in the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and consequently…
Educación ambiental, inteligencia espiritual y naturaleza
Puig, Jordi; Echarri, Fernando; Jericó, María Casas2014
Our culture has developed an environmental awareness that has to meet many educative challenges. Environmental choices may build…
The CSVPA e-Newsletter “Culture for Nature”
2014
The Newsletter of the IUCN Specialist Group on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas (CSVPA) consists of…
Custodians of the Tibetan Spiritscape: A Bio-cultural audit of Sacred Natural Sites in NW Yunnan
Studley, John2014
Numinous spiritscapes, presided over by “place gods” or gzhi bdag, have been a defining cultural feature of Tibetan…
Loving Nature: Towards an ecology of emotion
Milton, Kay2002
As the effects of human activity on Earth’s life-support systems are revealed by science, the question of whether…
On the move – for 10000 years… Biodiversity Conservation through Transhumance and Nomadic Pastoralism in the Mediterranean
Zogib, Liza (coord.)2014
This report takes an in-depth look at the ancient practices of transhumance and mobile pastoralism and explores how…
Asian Philosophy of Protected Areas
Hamzah, Amran; Ong, Dylan Jefri; Pampanga, Dario2013
This is the first attempt to provide an overview of Asian approaches for Protected Areas. The work analyses…
Muslim holy sites and reappropriation of the sacred landscape in contemporary Bosnia
Henig, David2012
Bosnian Muslims’ understandings of Islam and relationships with the sacred landscape have undergone significant transformations since the dissolution…
Intervenciones artísticas en “espacios naturales”: España (1970-2006)
Matos Romero, Gregoria2008
This PhD thesis reviews a type of artistic activity in natural areas that was popular in Spain in…