Sacred Natural Sites: Sources of Biocultural Diversity This is a call for expressions of interest for the next Issue of “Langscape”, Terralingua’s emerging magazine that on this occasion is being produced in collaboration with the Sacred Natural Sites Initiative. Expressions of interest 15th of June Full contributions 15th of July Please send your your idea […]
Steeped in history and the aroma of spices Zanzibar on the coast of Tanzania is a well-known tourist destination. The islands, however, have has a lesser-known side – their Sacred Groves. Concerned that these Groves, both rich in nature and culturally valued, are suffering damage and neglect, villager leaders, traditional elders and young people recently […]
This week at the Indigenous Forum of the International Congress of Ethnobiology the IUCN - UNESCO Sacred Natural Sites Guidelines - French Language Version were launched.
The Sacred Natural Sites Initiative will host an Academic Session and cohost one day Indigenous Forum at the International Conference of the International Society of Etnobiologists in Montpellier (France, 20-15th of May, 2012). These are links to resource documents whilst short descriptions of the sessions are provided below: 35 Sacred Lands; Session Programme 35 Sacred […]
Earlier in 2012 the Sacred Natural Sites Initiative visited the Guatemalan Mayan Conference of Spiritual Leaders, Oxlajuj Ajpop. During a long ride at the back of a lorry, Oxlajuj Ajpop’s director Felipe Gomez explains how Mayan people are currently struggling to restore a network of ancestral sacred natural sites that are increasingly threatened by resource […]
The Sacred Natural Site Initiative regularly features “Conservation Experiences” of custodians, protected area managers, scientists and other’s. This time we are featuring the experience of Ms. Radhika Borde who has worked with and supported Adivasi culture and development both, as a researcher and activist. Radhika is currently a PhD. researcher at Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands […]
