The Silene Documentation Center contains resources and documents about the spiritual and intangible cultural heritage linked to nature and natural heritage, from the local to the international level. Summaries are offered in four languages: English, Spanish, French, and Catalan, although the documents are in the original languages, accompanied by translations, when available.
It is the reference documentation center of the Group Specialist in Cultural and Spiritual Values of the World Commission for Natural Protected Areas, of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Everything is linked with everything else down to the lowest ring of the chain, and the true essence of God is above as well as below, in the heavens as well as on the earth, and nothng exist outside Him.
Thus the goal of the ascetic’s strivings is to perceive all of creation in its original triumphant beuaty….
To romanticize the world is to make us aware of the magic, mystery and wonder of the world;…
Representatives of several indigenous peoples and nations from countries around and within the Pacific ocean issued the declaration…
The representatives of 170 Indigenous food communities and delegates from 62 countries in Africa, the Americas, the Arctic,…
The IUCN Commission for Environmental Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) Specialist Group on Religion, spirituality, environmental conservation and…
This article demonstrates the importance of indigenous ontologies in cross-cultural coastal conservation management of the Dhimurru Indigenous Protected…
The motion calls fort to develop and disseminate best practice guidelines and training modules for stakeholders involved in…
Environmental law has long sought to protect the interests of nature and all of its elements. Sometimes this…
In September 2008, Ecuador became the first country in the world to incorporate in the Constitution the “rights…