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.
Jane Goodall
The ten trusts2003
And if we dare to look into those eyes, then we shall feel their suffering in our hearts….
Ilie Cioara
We would not be able to encounter the beauty of a sunset or the beauty and perfume emanated…
Planet in Crisis
Swami Chinmayananda 1992
Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati, a Hindu spiritual master who spread the teaching of Advaita Vedanta around the world, gave…
Vandana Shiva
Ultreïa!2015
I deeply believe that recognizing the sacred generates respect for humans and the Earth.
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…
Ciencia, naturaleza y espiritualidad
Jordi Pigem2021
In this interview, the philosopher of science Jordi Pigem invites us to rediscover the charm of nature with…
Anonymous
Book of Job
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they…
Our Sacred Commitment
Interreligious Faith for Nature Conference2020
Our Sacred Commitment is the final declaration of the Faith for Nature Conference, which took place from October…
El pensamiento en espiral. El paradigma de los pueblos indígenas
Víctor Manuel Gavilán Pinto2012
A broad exposition of indigenous thought, developed from the concept of the spiral, contrasted and complementary to Western…