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 lands; Session Abstracts
- Idigenous Forum Sacred Sites; Forum Programme
- S35 Sacred Lands; Sessionn Abstract
Monday 21 May, from 14:30 – 16:00
Academic Session: “Sacred lands – dynamic archetypes for changing times” (Session 35).
The Session will focus on aspects such as public awareness; oral history and linguistics; threats and dialogues between groups and social, cultural and ecological connectivity in the landscape.
The venue for this session is the Botanical Institute at 158 Rue Auguste Broussonnet, 1 km walk from Le Corum , click here for a map with directions.
Tuesday 22 May, from 9:00 – 17:30.
Indigenous Forum: “Sacred Sites and their custodians: restoring culture and strengthening voices”.
The Sacred Natural Sites Initiative will host the Indigenous Forum together with The Gaia Foundation and the Sacred Land Film Project. The Indigenous Forum aims to build resilience to deal with the threats of climate change, extractive industries and loss of ancestral territories. The objective of the day is to share strategies for supporting sacred natural sites to face today’s threats.
The venue for this Forum is the House of International Relations which is next to Le Corum. The address is 49 Descente en Barrat.
For more information on the congress follow this link.
