2nd Congress in the Carpathian Network of Protected Areas: spiritual values
Tatranská Javořina, Slovakia 23-26 April, 2013
The Second Congress of the Carpathian Network of Protected Areas will be held on 23–26 April in Tatrasnká…
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Workshop on the intangible cultural heritage in the Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean
Tetouan, MoroccoDecember 2012
The Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage organized a Workshop for the Documentation, Dissemination and Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural…
First International Symposium on Green Pilgrimage
Jerusalem21-26 April 2013
The unique cross-disciplinary approach adopted by the Green Pilgrimage Network, an initiative backed by the Alliance of Religions…
Creating the Peace Park in the Balkans
Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro 2001–2011
After years of violent conflicts in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, in 2001 a project was launched…
IUCN Specialist Group on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas: Work plan 2013-2017
Gland, Switzerland2013-2017
The Steering Committee of the IUCN WCPA SG CSVPA has prepared a four year work plan aiming to…
International Conference on Complexity and Regional Aspects of Natural Holy Places
Saint Petersburg, Russia9-14 May 2013
Following the series of conferences in Tartu (2007), Kernavė (2008), Turaida (2009), Seili (2010), Kętrzyn (2011) and Kaliningrad…
New book on the spiritual values of protected natural areas in Europe
Island of Vilm, GermanyDecember 2012
In December, the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation published a paper and digital volume Spiritual Values of…
New IUCN Resolutions to encourage cooperation with religious organisations and to support custodians and customary laws regarding sacred natural sites
Jeju, South KoreaSeptember 2012
The General Assembly of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), held in the island of…
International Conference on the Sacred Sites of Indigenous Peoples in Northern and Arctic Regions
Rovaniemi and Pyhä, Finland. September 2013
Co-organised by the Artic Centre of the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, the Université de Montréal, and the…
Sacred natural sites and Aichi targets at Convention for Biological Diversity Conference of the Parties 11
Hyderabad, IndiaOctober 2012
10th of October As part of a broader programme of “Natural Solutions: Protected Areas meeting Biodiversity Targets and…