Protegiendo sus valores culturales, biodiversidad y tierra: área protegida de Kuna Yala
Castillo, Geodisio2010
The Protected Wilderness of Kuna Yala is a natural area with primitive ecosystems and great biodiversity. Management of…
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.
Ten Commandments for the Environment
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace2005
In this document Bishop Giampaolo Crepaldi, Secretary in 2005 to the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, discusses…
The Aanaar / Inari Statement on the diversity of sacred natural sites in Europe
The Delos Initiative2010
Declaration drawn up by participants of the third workshop of the Delos Initiative, IUCN Specialist Group on Cultural…
Recognising and supporting indigenous & community conservation: ideas & experiences from the grassroots
2008
Newsletter produced by the Commission on the environment, economy and social policy of IUCN which refers to the…
What is Happening on Our Beautiful Land: A Pastoral Letter on Ecology
1988
Declaration by the Conference of Catholic Bishops in the Philippines in 1988 in response to the constant and…
The Conservation Value of Sacred Sites of Indigenous People of the Arctic: A Case Study in Northern Russia.
Conservation of Artic Flora and Fauna 2004
This document is a summary of a case study of the sacred sites of two indigenous peoples in…
Enfoque de conocimiento tradicional indígena en el cuidado de un área especial de plasma germinal medicinal en Putumayo, Colombia
Mutumbajoy, Luciano; Riascos, Juan Carlos2007
A group of shamans from a number of different indigenous peoples in the piedmont of the Colombian Amazonia…
On Holy Ground: An Ecological Vision for Catholic Education in Queensland
Catholic Earthcare Australia2003
Document originating from the declaration in 2002 by Australian Catholic bishops on the ecological problems of their continent….
Nature and spirituality
García-Varela, Jesús2007
The author argues that the misuse of science and subsequent progress are the essential causes of the spread…
“The Firmament Sheweth His Handiwork”. Re-awakening a Religious Sense of the Natural Order
Oldmeadow, Harry2003
This document describes the general principles on which the traditional religious vision of the natural world and humankind’s…