IUCN Specialist Group on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas CSVPA seeks to identify, define, and provide guidelines for managing the cultural and spiritual dimensions of protected areas through the World Commission on Protected Areas WCPA   Projects The Delos Initiative 3S Initiative, Sacred Species and Sites Cultural Values and Nature Initiative (CVNI) Integration of SNS and Communities into Protected Area Planning Recovering Sacred Sites in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia Guidelines on the management of sacred natural sites Biodiversity Rich Sacred Natural Sites Dance for the Earth and her Peoples (DEP) Linkages Cambridge Center for Landscape and People (CCLP) Sacred Land Film Project Silene Association Resources CSVPA Publications and Resources Silene Documentation Centre         Latest Issues News: 23 Jan 11 – Community Conservation in Practice News: 22 Nov 10 - CSVPA at International Seminar The Role of Religious Communities in the Management of World Heritage, Kyiv Event: 23 Nov 10 - Free webinar about Biocultural Diversity Conservation and Sacred Natural Sites Event: 12 Nov 10 - Religion, Nature and Ethnobiology Symposium on Sacred Sites in Florida News: 01 Nov 10 - Japanese BioCity Naturalist Magazine publishes article on Sacred Natural Sites Event:26 Oct 10 - CBD COP10 Launching Sacred Natural Sites, Conserving Nature and Culture News:The Aanaar / Inari Statement - Delos 3 Workshop: Diversity of Sacred Lands in Europe News: 01-03 July 10 - Diversity of Sacred Lands in Europe, Third Workshop of the Delos Initiative, Inari, Finland News:13 June Reporting from the VI Contact Forum on Habitat Conservation in the Barents Region - Arkhangelsk, Russia Event: 30 June - 4 July The Delos3 Workshop, Inari (Lapland), Finland News:8-12 March CSVPA at Mesoamerican Congress of Protected Areas - Mexico News: 05 march 10 Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative Partners The Center for Humans and Nature              Note: This website is a work in progress. We welcome news and updates at bas@earthcollective.net