CSVPA Steering Group co-lead Bas has had a new publication out which CSVPA visitors may find of interest: Asian Sacred Natural Sites: Philosophy and Practice in Protected Areas and Conservation.... read more →
An international photography contest, dedicated to historical sacred natural sites, is commencing. The goal of the contest is to commemorate the cultural and natural heritages of sacred natural sites, to... read more →
Most of the ancient cultures, especially the Asians in the ancient past ordered the natural world on cosmological principles and shaped harmonious relation with nature. Mountains and springs, plains and... read more →
Special Section of Oryx Journal On the importance of cultural and spiritual values amongst conservation policy-makers and practitioners Submission deadline: mid April 2016 http://fore.yale.edu/news/item/call-for-papers-special-section-of-oryx-journal/
The PARKS Journal or the International Journal of Protected Areas and Conservation is published by IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) is published twice a year as an online,... read more →
When Chinese truck company Beiqi Foton Motor wanted to open a factory in India, its president looked at sites that had a mountain in back and a river in front... read more →
- Manisha Sheth Gutman - At one of the sessions on Sacred Natural Sites in the World Parks Congress held in Sydney, a participant asked the question “Is it possible... read more →
– Gilles Havik - Do westerners need to cross oceans to search for the spiritual in distant lands, or could some of these experiences also be found in our backyards?... read more →
We hereby present Issue 3 of the CSVPA_Newsletter: Culture for Nature. Many thanks again to Radhika Borde and Fiona Wilton for their beautiful work in producing this issue. The newsletter... read more →
(as reported by CSVPA's Radhika Borde) CSVPA has had a major presence at the 2014 Sydney World Parks Congress! It has organized two workshops at which protected area managers, indigenous... read more →
