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Губитак културног знања и претње које доводи до светих земаља на Цорон Исланд, пхилипинес

Улаз на каианган Лаке, свето на Цаламиан Тагбанва
Цорон Исланд је архипелаг пуна коралним гребенима, брацкисх лагуне, Мангровес, кречњачке шуме и процват биодиверзитет. Постоји десет језера у области сматрају светим од стране Цаламиан Тагбанва, зове Паниаан је. Језера су такође званично призната од стране државе као староседелаца предака територије. In the face of increasing development pressures such as mining […]

Conservation experience: Mapping Winti practices and sacred groves for protection of the forests of Suriname.

Sacred ceiba pentandra
During the era of the slave trade Winti religion travelled with the African people to Suriname where they established a new connection to the land and their ancestors. Данас, their descendants still use many medicinal and spiritual herbs from the groves for their sacred rituals and healing ceremonies.   The Winti belief emphasizes protection of […]

Conservation experience: Invite the gods and goddesses for protection, Juju Island, Јужна Кореја

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Near the Gureombi village on the South-Korean island of Jeju, Shamans pray to the ocean for abundance and prosperity. They perform the Chogamje ceremony where they invite the 18.000 Gods and Goddesses from the ocean into the sacred place. Before the gods enter the site it must first be purified. For thousands of years these […]

A Call for Legal Recognition of Sacred Natural Sites in Africa

Call to action
“A Call for Legal Recognition of Sacred Natural Sites and Territories, and their Customary Governance Systems” was released by Gaia Foundation and African Biodiversity Network. The report provides the African Commission on Human and PeoplesRights with persuasive and substantive arguments relating to a core element of original African traditions and calls for a decisive […]

Conservation experience: Monks on Mount Athos, Грчка

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Emperor Basil I of Byzantine bestowed the monks with the sole right of entrance to the Mount Athos peninsula in 885 A.D. They have built a flourishing religious community and maintained and protected the ecosystem ever since. Their management predominantly consists of controlling entrance and regulating timber practices. The peninsula is officially recognized as a […]

A canoe pilgrimage to the isle of Boreray, Шкотска

Boreray canoe
For Lewis raised SNSI advisor Alastair McIntosh, inflating his canoe and taking it for a spin around the Hebrides Islands was not a story of heroic outdoor activity. Alistair, who’s been long involved with reading the soul of landscapes and interested in people’s deeper intertwinements with nature, headed out for a pilgrimage to the sacred […]