A primer on governance for protected and conserved areas
Borrini-Feyerabend, G et al.2014
This publication, presented at the World Parks Congress IUCN held in Sydney (Australia) in November 2014, becomes a…
Local communities
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…
The sacred groves of the Balts: lost history and modern research
Vaitkevičius, Vykintas2009
The article deals with the sacred groves (alka, elks) of the Balts in Lithuania and presents the linguistic…
Biodiversity Conservation through Traditional Beliefs System: A Case Study from Kumaon Himalayas, India
Singh, Harsh; Husain, Tariq; Agnihotri, Priyanka; Pande, Puran Chandra; Iqbal, Mudassar2012
The present study was carried out in Malay Nath sacred grove of Kumaon Himalaya, India, in appreciation of…
Sacred Natural Sites: Monastic Communities Conserving Nature
Mallarach, Josep-Maria; Verschuuren, Bas; Waal, Vita de2010
Document prepared by the Task Force on Cultural and Spiritual Values in Protected Natural Areas of the IUCN…
Environmental Guidelines for Karma Kagyu Buddhist Monasteries, Centers and Community
Ogyen Trinley Dorje2008
After a preface in which the author reviews the essential components of Buddhism in relation to the environment,…
Declaration of Cusco on indigenous people, traditional societies and local communities
XI International Congress of Ethnobiology (Peru)2008
Declaration of the XI International Congress of Ethnobiology held in Cusco (Peru) on 25-30 Juny 2008 whose aim…
Plan Maestro de la Reserva de Uso Múltiple Cuenca del Lago de Atitlán 2007-2011 (Guatemala)
National Council of Protected Areas, Council for the Development of Sololá, The Nature Conservancy2006
Strategic plan designed by the National Council of Protected Areas and the Council for the Development of Sololá…
International Seminar on Living Religious World Heriatge Sites: Participatory Management and Sustainable Use
Kyiv, UkraineOctober-November 2018
This International Seminar, as a follow-up activity of the 2010 Kyiv International Seminar Recommendations, endorsed by the World…
Malta Statement of the fourth seminar of the Delos Initiative
Statement agreed by the participants of the fourth seminar of the Delos Initiative (of the IUCN Specialist Group…