The past few months the proceedings of the third workshop of the Delos Initiative that was organised in July 2010 in Inari, Finland are being prepared. Thymio Papayannis, Josep-Maria Mallarach and Rauno Vaissanen are the members of the peer review team that is currently editing...
The eighth RSE Symposium ‘Restoring Balance: The great Mississippi River´ took place on 18-25 October 2009 in New Orleans, convened by HAH the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The main target of this eight-day symposium was to raise awareness among the local population, in an attempt to protect...
As initiated by the late Patriarch Dimitrios in 1989, every September 1st has been designated as a day of prayer for the protection of the environment by the Christian Orthodox Church. In this year’s message, HAH the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew referred to the constant degradation...
Spanish version French version The 30 participants from 13 countries (Estonia, Finland, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and United Kingdom) in the Third Workshop of the Delos Initiative, held in Aanaar / Inari, Finland on 1-3 July 2010, arrived...
WWF and it’s Living Himalayas, Initiative in collaboration with the government of Bhutan, orginised a workshop aiming in bringing together religious leaders, government officials and conservationists in an attempt to explore the best ways to protect the sacred natural sites in the region. The workshop, entitled...
The third workshop of the Delos Initiative took place from 1 to 3 July In Inari, Lapland, Finland. It was organised jointly by the Delos Initiative and Metsähallitus Natural Heritage Services that was the local organiser and host. Metsähallitus Natural Heritage Services manages Finland’s state...
From May 31st to June 5th, the Government of the Arkhangelsk Region is organising the 6th International Contact Forum on Habitat Conservation in the Barents Region in Arkhangelsk, Russia. One of the sessions of the Forum, led by Dr. Davydov, will be devoted to exploring 'Synergies...
Dear colleagues Jordi Falgarona, an old friend of mine, an active and enthusiast member of the Delos Initiative and the SG on CSVPA since 2003, peacefully passed away last night. Jordi was a WCPA member, working in management of protected areas for over twenty years, representing the...
We are pleased to announce the release of the book ‘The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas, Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative’. The workshop was organised on 24-27 October 2007 in Ouranoupolis, Greece and hosted by Med-INA, in the framework of the IUCN/WCPA...
Inari (Lapland), Finland, 30 June-4 July 2010 Background: The Delos Initiative on ‘sacred natural sites in technologically developed countries’ was launched in 2004, in the framework of the Specialist Group on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas of IUCN/WCPA. The Initiative is co-ordinated jointly by Thymio...