The new Santuario Nacional Megantoni will protect Indigenous Peoples living in voluntarily isolation
Government of Peru2004
Declaration of the Megantoni National Sanctuary with a surface area of 215,689 ha in the district of Echarate…
Ancestral Traditions
An overview of cultural and spiritual values in ecosystem management and conservation strategies
Verschuuren, Bas2006
This article aims to increase awareness of the importance of cultural perceptions within natural ecosystems and landscapes as…
Recognition of the diversity of concepts and values of nature
International Union for the Conservation of Nature2009
This resolution requests the Director General of IUCN to promote the understanding of nature conservation as a human…
The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature
Taylor, Bron Raymond; Kaplan, Jeffrey (eds.)2008
A two-volume encyclopaedia of religion and nature that examines the relationship between human beings, our natural surroundings and…
Sacred Mountains of the World
Bernbaum, Edwin1997
The book has two main parts. Part I includes chapters about sacred mountains around the world: The Himalayas,…
Declaration of Belem+30
XVI Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology2018
New Declaration of Belém 30 years after the publication of the “Carta de Belém” in 1988 prepared during…
Religious and indigenous leaders launch interfaith rainforest initiative
Oslo (Norway) 19-21 June 2017
Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist and Daoist and Indigenous leaders from 21 countries have launched a global effort…
The IUCN World Conservation Congress of Hawai’i calls froth to link spirituality, religion, culture and conservation
Hawai’i, USASeptember 2016
The IUCN World Conservation Congress of Hawai’i issued several very significant documents regarding the cultural and spiritual values…
An Indigenous peoples’ coalition stops the Dakota Pipeline access in Standing Rock Native American Reservation
Standing Rock Native American Reservation, USASpring 2016
On April 1, 2016, La Donna Brave Bull Allard, an elder member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe,…
Creation of a IUCN Religion, Spirituality, Environmental Conservation and Climate Justice Specialist Group
IUCN2015
In 2015, the IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy, created a dedicated Specialist Group to work…