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…
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.
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…
Wilderness and Spirituality
Locke, Harvey1998
Talk given by Harvey Locke, Vice-President of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society on 19 November 1998 in…
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,…