Wilderness and Spirituality
Locke, Harvey1998
Talk given by Harvey Locke, Vice-President of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society on 19 November 1998 in…
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.
Our Ancestral View of Territory
Villafaña, Amado (ed.)2009
Photographs from an exhibition in the Colombian Embassy in Paris in March 2010. This was the first exhibition…
Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative: Regional Programme Implementation Plan 2012-2016
ICIMOD et al.2008
The Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation Initiative, a collaborative effort of ICIMOD, UNEP, and regional partners in three countries,…
Route of Santiago de Compostela: World Heritage and European Cultural Route
European Council and UNESCO2010
The Saint James’ Way (Route of Santiago de Compostela) is the generic name given to a number of…
Roles of religion and ethics in addressing climate change
Posas, Paula J.2007
After a brief introduction summarizing current climate change knowledge and potential responses, climate ethics are discussed within an…
La conservación de la naturaleza, el pueblo y movimiento Maya, y la espiritualidad en Guatemala: Implicaciones para conservacionistas
Secaira, Estuardo2000
Given the multicultural, multilingual and profoundly religious reality of the country, nature conservation in Guatemala is both a…
Prespa Statement on the management of natural and cultural heritage in Mediterranean wetlands
Mediterranean Institute of Nature and Anthopos (Greece)2009
Declaration originating from an international workshop held on the Greek shores of Lake Prespa on 23–27 September 2009…
How protection took the beauty from the land; conflicting values and meanings of Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda
Infield, Mark; Duli, Eunice Mahoro; Mugisha, Arthur R.; Rubagyema, Patrick2008
Uganda’s Lake Mburo National Park protects the last remaining unenclosed rangeland known historically to the Banyankole Bahima pastoralists…
Declaration of Cusco on indigenous people, traditional societies and local communities
XI International Congress of Ethnobiology (Peru)2008
Declaration of the XI International Congress of Ethnobiology held in Cusco (Peru) on 25-30 Juny 2008 whose aim…
Declaration on Agrobiodiversity Conservation and Food Sovereignty
Parque de la Papa (Perú)2009
A declaration originating from an international workshop (Potato Park, Cuzco, Perú, 20– 29 September 2009) on methods and…