The Beauty of Flowers
Northbourne, Lord1995
Flowers have been admired, loved and cultivated for thousands of years, but it was not until a century…
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.
Indigenous Peoples’ Kyoto Water Declaration
2003
Statement made by representatives of indigenous peoples from around the world on the following topics: the relationship between…
Le monastère de Solan. Une aventure agroécologique
Delahaye, Thierry2011
This beautifully illustrated book has been written using texts, testimonies and conversations with members and friends of the…
Guidelines for planning and managing mountain protected areas
Hamilton, Lawrence S.; McMillan, Linda (eds.)2004
Manual of recommendations and guidelines aimed at preserving the natural and cultural heritage of the world’s mountain regions,…
La magia de los árboles. Simbolismo, mitos y tradiciones, plantación y cuidados
Abella, Ignacio1996
A beautiful and original book dedicated to the world of trees, rooted in the remote past, that leads…
The Uppsala Interfaith Climate Manifesto
2008
Statement made by representatives of different religious traditions on the global climate change crisis urging political and religious…
Integrating Indigenous Knowledge in Project Planning and Implementation
Emery, Alan R.2000
Guidelines aimed at governments and NGOs to enable them take into account in an appropriate fashion indigenous people’s…
El Chamanismo y las Fuerzas de la Naturaleza. “Un Análisis Sobre la Cosmovisión de los Pueblos Indígenas y Sitios Sagrados”
Aviña, Gustavo [et al.].2005
The document is divided into two blocks, each of which consists of six papers. The first deals with…
Constitution of the Iroquois Nation: the Great Binding Law, Gayanashagowa
Haudenossaunee / Iroqois Confedereiton
Constitution of the Iroquois Confederation, which consists of five indigenous North American nations (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and…
Man and the Invisible
Servier, Jean1964
This book consists of a comparative phenomenological analysis of the relationships that traditional societies have established with the…