The Sacred Natural Sites Initiative regularly features “Conservation Experiences” of custodians, protected area managers, scientists and others. This article features the experiences of Mr. Jeremy Spoon who assessed the influence of political and economic forces on Sherpa place based spiritual knowledge in Sagaramatha (Mount Everest) National Park in the Nepalese Himalayas. Jeremy Spoon currently holds […]
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 […]
Practitioners, scientists, and Indigenous community members from ten different countries met at the University of Georgia to share their work on indigenous revival and the conservation of sacred sites (5-7 April 2012). As part of the inauguration of the Neothropical Montology Collaboratory led by Fausto Sarmiento, most of the work focused on sacred mountains with […]
Indigenous Protected Areas deliver significant biodiversity, social and cultural benefits and constitute 27% of Australia’s National Reserve System. In the spirit of “both ways” learning and management the Dhimurru and Yirralka’s Indigenous Rangers joined hands with the Sacred Natural Sites Initiative. This approach helped bring Aboriginal knowledge and contemporary conservation approaches together during a workshop on sacred sites management.
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 Dr. John Studley who is a Fellow of the (British) Royal Geographical Society. He has spent most of his life in high Asia working as an ethno-forestry consultant. Click here for […]
