The sacred dimension of protected areas
Subtitle: proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative : Ouranoupolis, Greece, 24-27 October 2007
By: edited by Thymio Papayannis and Josep-Maria Mallarach
Contributors: Papagiannēs, Thymios; Mallarach i Carrera, Josep Maria; Delos Initiative; IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas; IUCN--The World Conservation Union; Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos
Publisher: IUCN; Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (Med-INA)
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Gland, Switzerland; Athens, Greece
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9782831711669
Subjects: Protected areas; Conservation and restoration; Historic sites; Protection; Conservation of natural resources; Congresses; Cultural property; Management; Sacred space
Notes: At head of title on cover: IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: Power on this land : managing sacred sites at Dhimurru Indigenous Protected Area, northeast Arnhem Land, Australia / Bas Verschuuren, Mawalan II Marika and Phil Wise; title: Sacred versus secular in the San Francisco Peaks, Arizona, USA / Jeneda Benally and Lawrence Hamilton; title: The National Park of the Casentine Forests, Italy / Gloria Pungetti, Franco Locatelli and Peter Hughes; title: 'Abd al-Salâm ibn Mashîsh and Jabal La'lâm Site, northern Morocco / Zakia Zouanat; title: Sacred mountain of Ganghwa Island, South Korea / Kyung-Koo Han; title: Solovetsky Islands : a holy land surrounded by the Arctic Ocean, Russian Federation / Alexander N. Davydov, Ivan N. Bolotov and Galina V. Mikhailova; title: The protected area of the peninsula of the Athos Holy Mountain, Halkidiki, Greece / loannis Philippou and Konstantinos Kontos; title: Landscape conservation actions on Mount Athos, Halkidiki, Greece / Petros Kakouros; title: Buila-Vânturarita National Park, Valcea County, Romania / Sebastian Catanoiu; title: An integrated ecological approach to monastic land : the case of the Holy Convent of Chrysopigi, Chania, Crete, Greece / Mother Superior Theoxeni; title: Initiatives taken by the Cistercian Monastery of Poblet to improve the integration of spiritual, cultural and environmental values, Catalonia, Spain / Josep-Maria Mallarach and Lluc M. Torcal; title: Rila Monastery Natural Park, Bulgaria / Josep-Maria Mallarach and Sebastian Catanoiu; title: The inclusion of a Tibetan Buddhist perspective in the management of the property of the Sakya Tashi Ling Monastery in Garraf Park, Catalonia, Spain / Isabel Soria Garcia; title: Reflections on the management of monastic lands and facilities / Josep-Maria Mallarach and Thymio Papayannis; title: IUCN-UNESCO guidelines for protected area managers on sacred natural sites : rationale, process and consultation / Robert Wild; title: Sacred natural sites in developed countries / Thymio Papayannis; title: Some thoughts on sacred sites, faith communities and indigenous peoples / Gonzalo Oviedo; title: Environmental action by the Ecumenical Patriarchate / Theodota Nantsou; title: The Ouranoupolis statement on sacred natural sites in technologically developed countries.