Expertise and Consultancies I Dissemination and Outreach I Resources

CVNI makes available publications, reports, guidelines and policy briefs for the purpose of strengthening nature conservation and biodiversity management in places where people matter.

Socio-cultural Importance of Wetlands in northern Australia. Chapter contributed to; Schaaf T and Lee C (eds), Conserving Cultural and Biological Diversity: The Role of Sacred Natural Sites and Cultural Landscapes. IUCN/UNESCO, Chapter 6, 141,150 Verschuuren B, 2005. Download PDF
Sacred Sites and Protected Areas. Positioning Paper for the IUCN World Commission of Protected Areas, Summit on the IUCN categories in Andalucia, Spain may 07-11-2007 Verschuuren B, Mallarach J M, Oviedo, G. 2007 Download PDF	Download PDF
Believing is Seeing, Integrating cultural and spiritual values in conservation management. Foundation for Sustainable Development, the Netherlands and the International Union for Conservation and Natural Resources IUCN, Gland Switzerland. Verschuuren B, 2007. Download PDF
An overview of cultural and spiritual values in ecosystem management and conservation strategies. Chapter in Haverkort, B. and Rist, S.(eds) Endogenous Development and Bio-cultural Diversity, The interplay of worldviews, globalisation and locality. Compas/CDE, series on Worldviews and Sciences, No. 6, Leusden, The Netherlands Verschuuren B, 2007. Download PDF
Sacred natural sites connect people, nature and spirituality Popular article in; Endogenous Development Magazine, No. 3 p 8-11. Compas, The Netherlands Verschuuren B, 2008.
Power on this land. Sacred Sites management at Dhimurru Indigenous Protected Area in Northeast Arnhemland, Australia. Paper contributed to the 2nd Delos workshop. Ouranoupolis, Halkidiki, Greece. 24-28 October. Verschuuren B, in press.