The Delos Initiative coordinators only recently heard of the sad news of Zakia Zouanat’s passing last September, at the age of 55, following a long illness. A Delos Initiative member, Zakia Zouanat was an Anthropologist, specialist on Moroccan Sufism and author of an important work...
A 60-minute film on Estonian sacred groves and a 45-minute film on the Sacred Natural Sites of Estonia have been recently released by Gavia films. The first film is titled ‘Charm of Sacred Groves’, and tells the history of the groves that have been protected by...
Since the book "Sacred Natural Sites: Conserving Nature and Culture" has been published by Earth Scan (now Routledge) around 900 soft back and 120 hardback copies have been sold to date. The book is a welcome addition to the literature on the relationship between people...
The Second Congress of the Protected Areas Network Carpathian was held from 23 to 26 April in Tatrasnká Javo?ina, within the National Park High Tatras (Slovakia). The conference explored the challenges and opportunities for protected areas in terms of sustainable finance, sustainable development, ecological connectivity...
The international conference that will be held in Rovaniemi and Pyhätunturi, Finland on 11- 13 September 2013 is co-organised by the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland, the Université de Montréal and the University of the Arctic. About 30 participants from Indigenous Peoples Organisations in...
The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation has published the book "Spiritual Values of Protected Areas of Europe" edited by Josep-Maria Mallarach. The 170-page book contains an exhaustive compilation of the results of the international workshop that was held on this topic from 2 to...
Sacred natural sites hold spiritual and intangible values that are often hidden to the modern world. The book ‘The Diversity of Sacred Lands in Europe’ describes the many sacred natural sites in the protected areas of Europe. Some are well-known sacred places of mainstream religions,...
The Mid Term Workshop, organised within the frame of the project “Greening the management of the protected areas in SRB-BiH cross-border region”, took place on 24 - 26 November, 2011 in the Special Nature Reserve «Zasavica», near Sremska Mitrovica, with the purpose of introducing participants...
Excerpts from a SG Cultural & Spiritual Values of PAs discussion - August 2010 Elizabeth Reichel-Dolmatoff - 4.08.2010 Though I too wonder, as you say, why IUCN hasn't a critical mass of people involved in the issue of Art and Conservation. I also wonder why the...
There are some positive developments in the case of the San Fransisco Peaks, in Arizona, USA. Professor Anaya, a United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, has filed a Special Rapporteur report regarding the San Francisco Peaks the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission....