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

Latest Issues 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:May 31 - June 5 6th International Contact Forum on Habitat Conservation, rkhangelsk, 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 News: 10 Nov 09 CSVPA at WILD9, Mexico - Launching the Spanish SNS Guidelines News:09 Nov 09 IUCN launches Spanish and Russian versions of Sacred Sites Guidelines Publication: 01 Dec 08 Sacred natural sites connect people, nature and spirituality - Endogenous Development Magazine Publication: Volume on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Landscapes Partners The Center for Humans and Nature

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