• 5-Mount-Haku-from-Onanjimine Protecting sacred places through sustainable tourism at Mt. Hakusan, Japan.
  • OvcarKablarGorge-01 Conservation and Tourism Development in the Ovcar-Kablar Gorge, ‘Serbian Holy Mountain’
  • MonasticCommunities03 Communities of conservation and sustainable living: Christian monasteries in Europe and the Middle East
  • ChangMai-04 Conflicting value systems in the Lua people’s sacred mountains of Chiang Mai, Thailand.
  • Meteora-01 Tourism in Meteora sacred mountain and monasteries, Greece.
  • TsumValley-08 Sacred Tsum Valley: non-violence Buddhist lifestyles inspire surrounding people, Nepal
  • Figure 2 The gawbaka governance of Kakku and conservation strategies: fluid versus static spirituality, Myanmar.
  • CL-RasAlHaddNatureReserve An ancient monument to the sea turtle at Ras Al Hadd Nature Reserve, Oman
  • SantissimaTrinita04 Conserving natural and intangible heritage at the Shrine of the Santissima Trinità of Vallepietra, Central Italy
  • Lake Issyk Kul Opportunity for collaboration at the world’s ‘Third Eye’, Lake Issyk Kul
  • Guinea Bissau Increasing recognition for sacred natural sites in coastal regions in Guinea Bissau
  • Palukula Protecting and reviving the Sacred Forest Hill in Paluküla, Estonia.
  • KrangMountain Preserving nature and culture with animistic ecotourism in Cambodia.
  • Montserrat Tourism and holiness at Montserrat monastic community, Catalonia, Spain
  • 3MtAthosPeninsula Conservation management by monks evolves at the sacred Mt. Athos peninsula, Greece
  • LakeAdigbeFishing Sacred lakes of the Niger Delta: Recognition of community conservation efforts, Nigeria
  • SoligaMapping Soliga communities map Sacred Natural Sites in a wildlife sanctuary in Karnataka India
  • JuvenilePhilippineCrocodile-S The Philippine Crocodile in the northern Sierra Madre, Philippines
  • XishuangbannaLandscape The Holy Hills of the Dai: Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, China
  • Gureombi2 Gureombi coastal sacred site and Gangjeon Village, Jeju Island, South Korea
  • Hajgharetaghu1 Land evaluation for conservation of natural sites with spiritual values in Neyshabur, Iran
  • Nyldy-Ata Gorge Nyldy-Ata Gorge: Complex of Sacred Sites in Kyrgyzstan
  • GroveOfSayle Reviving and conserving the sacred groves of Maharashtra’s Western Ghats, India
  • CoronIslandPhilipines Management and enhanced protection of sacred marine areas in Coron Island, Philippines
  • LindisfarnePilgrims Ancient values in a modern Economy: The Enduring influence of Lindisfarne, United Kingdom
  • Located in the administrative center of Bandjoun, Tchuep-Poumougne is a scared area of hight spiritual value. In the past the area of its infuence covered the whole of Pete Quarter. Because of urbanisation its surrounding ecological values have drastically declined and only the core of the sanctuary remains. Photo; Sébastien Luc Kamga-Kamdem (2008). Sacred Sites in Bandjoun, West Cameroon
  • Karakol1 Sacred Valley, Conservation Management and Indigenous Survival, Altai Republic, Russia
  • Mt Kawagebo Mt. Kawagebo and its pilgrim circle, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
  • Chapel The Sacred Groves of Zagori: A Locally-Adapted Conservation System, Epirus, Greece
  • RioGrandeValley210 Seeking and securing sacred natural sites among the Windward Maroons, Jamaica
  • Tafi Atome Community-based Ecotourism at Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary, Ghana
  • A Musuo Daba shaman, Eastern Kham, Yunnan, China. The Sacred Natural Sites of Kham, Tibetan Autonomous Region, China
  • Tengbuche Tibetan Budhist Monestary is perced on a mountain inhabited by Kumbu Yul Lha. These are pre- Buddhist protector deities bound by oath to re-emerge as protectors of Buddhism. They have associates in the form of wildlife, livestock and other mythical creatures on the Mountain. Nepal. (Photo: Spoon, J.) Khumbu Sherpa Place-based Spiritual values, Sagaramatha, Nepal
  • Ecofeminist-worshiping-at-sacred-natural-site The Devi as Ecofeminist Warrior: Reclaiming the Role of Sacred Natural Sites in East-Central India
  • Sacred Ceiba Tree Winti Belief helps Protect Forests in Suriname
  • Ghanaian Community Communities protect sacred groves from mining, North West Ghana
  • Maya celebration of Wajxaqib’ B’atz’ A law on indigenous management of sacred sites in Guatemala