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).
The Via Lauretana in the Italian region of Tuscany is an old pilgrim’s way aiming toward the sanctuary…
This document deals with the relationship between the world’s principal religions and the environment. It describes the different…
This work by Alexandre Canozy (professor of dogmatic theology at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University…
This document has its origins in Resolutions VIII.19 i IX.21 passed at the Convention on Wetlands in Ramsar…
Anthology of 60 brief texts about nature written by John Muir with an introduction by the editor. Each…
This work by Seyyed Hossein Nasr represents an ambitious religious and spiritual analysis and reflection on the global…
This book consists of three introductory chapters (the realm, the ineffable and the sacred desert), followed by 19…
Anthology of 19 articles on nature and its sacred dimension, written by experts belonging to all the main…
An integrated plan drawn up according to their own worldview by the traditional indigenous authorities of the communities…
The work examins the relationship between the French Catholic church, the natural world and the environment throughout the…