Els valors culturals i espirituals de la natura: més enllà dels aspectes materials de la diversitat
Callado, Nieves; Sanosa, Pau2013
Reviewing the planning and management models that have been developed over the past decades, it is clear that…
Documentation centre
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).
- 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. - International declarations
Declarations of spiritual, scientific, political or social authorities in relation to the spiritual values of nature and the need to acknowledge them. - Legal documents
Conventions, treaties, laws, regulations of any administrative, national or international scope. - Management documents
Actions that reinforce the preservation and enjoyment of the values of the intangible heritage of nature, in an integrated way with conservation, in all fields, including the evaluation of their effectiveness. Traditional systems of governance of territories and resources. - Planning documents
Plans and programs aimed at the conservation of nature, protected areas, habitats or species, that incorporate the spiritual and cultural dimensions. - Reflections on nature and spirituality
Contributions on the relationship between nature and spirituality, in any of the concepts and the meanings that both may have and in all its manifestations. - Reflections on science and spirituality
Contributions on the relationship between modern science and spirituality, or with the traditional sciences of nature and / or traditional ecological knowledge. - Strategical documents
Guidelines, strategies, recommendations or proposals, from congresses, symposia, seminars, workshops, etc. either international or national - Videographers
Movies, documentaries and interviews - Wisdom quotes
Quotes, aphorisms and advices about Nature from the spiritual Traditions of humankind.
Reptes per preservar els boscos madurs a Catalunya: II Jornades sobre boscos madurs
Mallarach, J-M.; Montserrat, J; Vila, J. (coords. ed.)2013
The work includes the proceedings of the Second Conference on Mature Forests in Catalonia, which took place in…
Recognising Networks of Sacred Natural Sites and Territories and the Customary Governance Systems of their Custodian Communities as a Distinct Category of Protected Area
WILD Congress2013
Resolution No. 11 of the X WILD Congress, held in Salamanca (Spain, 2013) on the recognition of networks…
The Hau de no sau nee (Iroquois confederation) address to the Western World
The Iroquois Confederation1977
The Haudenosaunee, or the Six Nations Iriquois Confederacy, is among the most ancient continuously existing cultures in the…
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…
The Muslim Declaration on Nature
Omar Naseef, Abdullah1986
A declaration regarding the conservation of nature from the point of view of Islam that emerged from the…
The Jewish Declaration on Nature
Hertzberg, Rabbi Arthur1986
A declaration regarding the conservation of nature from the point of view of Judaism that emerged from the…
The role of secret societies in the conservation of sacred forests in Sierra Leone
Martín Martín, Aurora; Martínez de Anguita, Pablo; Vicente Pérez, Juan; Lanzana, Joseph 2011
Sacred forests hold the last remaining primary forest in many parts of Sierra Leone, but they have been…
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…
The Buddhist Declaration on Nature
Namgyal, Rinpoche Lungrig1986
A declaration regarding the conservation of nature from the point of view of Buddhism that emerged from the…