IUCN Ressolution: Renunciation of the Doctrine of Discovery to Rediscover care for Mother Earth
UICN 2025
The IUCN World Conservation Congress, at its session in Marseille, France: 1. RENOUNCES the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ in…
Strategical documents
Guidelines, strategies, recommendations or proposals, from congresses, symposia, seminars, workshops, etc. either international or national
Cultural and spiritual significance of nature. Guidance for protected and conserved area governace and management
B. Verschuuren, J-M Mallarach, E. Bernbaum, ...2021
This best practice guidelines published by the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, is the result of a…
Guidelines for geoconservation in protected and conserved areas
Roger Crofts et al.2020
Gland, SwitzerlandNovember 2020
Written by an international team of experts in easy-to-understand language, these guidelines are intended primarily for protected natural…
Aqua fons vitae. Orientations on water, symbol of the cry of the poor and the cry of the earth
The Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development2020
This reflection and guidance document is to offer local Churches operational suggestions on the issue of water, development…
Resolution on the protection of sacred heritage sites, buildings and landscapes
ICOMOS2011
Recalling the work of several ICOMOS’s National Committees and the resolutions on religious heritage adopted by the 14th,…
Resolution to recognising cultural and spiritual significance of nature in protected and conserved areas
International Union for the Conservation of Nature2016
The motion calls fort to develop and disseminate best practice guidelines and training modules for stakeholders involved in…
Report of the Native American Sacred Lands Forum
Native American Sacred Lands Forum2001
The Native American Sacred Lands Forum was convened because of a need to find solutions to the serious…
The Contribution of Indigenous Peoples and Local Community Conserved Territories and Areas to the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-20 (Aichi Targets)
Kothari, Ashish; Neumann, Aurelie (coords.)2014
The Aichi Targets, within the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-20, outlines an ambitious roadmap towards halting and reversing…
Recognising Networks of Sacred Natural Sites and Territories and the Customary Governance Systems of their Custodian Communities as a Distinct Category of Protected Area
WILD Congress2013
Resolution No. 11 of the X WILD Congress, held in Salamanca (Spain, 2013) on the recognition of networks…
Resolution encouraging cooperation with faith-based organizations and networks
IUCN2012
This resolution, adopted in the IUCN General Assembly of Jeju (South Korea) recognizes that faith-based groups have become…