The Cornwall Declaration on Environmental Stewardship
The Cornwall Alliance1999
The Cornwall Declaration is a manifesto defending the idea of the Creation drawn up by representatives from Jewish,…
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.
Sacred Sites: An Overview
Thorley, Anthony; Gunn, Celia M.2008
This work consists of the authors’ summary of a report providing a general overview to this subject. It…
Of the Land & The Spirit: The Essential Lord Northbourne on Ecology & Religion
Northbourne, Lord2008
This book features Noorthbourne’s previously published writings groupen in five sections: farming, tradition, metaphysical principles, art and symbolism,…
The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative – Ouranoupolis 2007
Papayannis, Th; Mallarach, J-M (eds.)2009
Proceedings from the 2nd International Workshop of the Delos Initiative, organized by the Mediterranean Institute for Nature and…
The new Santuario Nacional Megantoni will protect Indigenous Peoples living in voluntarily isolation
Government of Peru2004
Declaration of the Megantoni National Sanctuary with a surface area of 215,689 ha in the district of Echarate…
Daoism and Ecology: Ways within a Cosmic Landscape
Girardot, N.J.; Miller, James; Xiagan, Liu (eds.)2001
First collective work dealing in depth with the Taoist tradition and its contribution to the solution of current…
Confucianism and Ecology: The Interrelation of Heaven, Earth and Humans
Tucker, Mary Evelyn; Berthrong, John (eds.)1998
A collective work that includes 16 articles examining the interrelation between Confucianism and the ecological crisis from four…
Indigenous Traditions and Ecology: The Interbeing of Cosmology and Community
Grim, John A. (ed.)2001
A collective work containing studies on indigenous communities whose sovereignty and ways of life are threatened by the…
WPC Recommendation V.13. Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas
Vth IUCN World Parks Congress2003
Resolution approved by the IUCN’s 5th World Parks Congress held in Durban (South Africa) in 2003 on the…
Budhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds
Tucker, Mary Evelyn; Williams, Duncan Ryuken (eds.)1998
This collective work examines the relationship between Buddhism and the environment. The authors, who include a wide range…