FRED HAGENEDER’S GATEWAY TO THE MEANING OF TREES IN CULTURE AND CONSCIOUSNESS

sacred grove at Heggala Aiyappa, Western Ghats, India. © Claudia Rutte
conservation

Mapping sacred sites for their protection

To scientists from the universities of Oxford and of Basel started a database project to record Sacred Natural Sites for research and future conservation.

cloud forest at the Santa María Volcano, or Gagxanul, a sacred natural site in Guatemala. © Bas Verschuuren
conservation

Protecting sacred natural sites worldwide

A global programme to protect sacred sites and their biodiversity as well as cultural practices from industrialization, urbanization, and tourism has begun.

Dongria Kondh demo. © Survival International
conservation

Indian Tribe in victory over mining giant

The Indian Dongria Kondh tribe has won a ‘David and Goliath’ battle to save their land and sacred mountains from a multinational bauxite/aluminium company.

public demo to save Clayoquot Sound. © Wilderness Committee
conservation

Clayoquot Sound: Leading the way

Clayoquot Sound continues to be at the forefront of old-growth forest conservation on Vancouver Island, merging First Nations’ values into national law.

tropical deforestation and landscape fragmentation in Colombia, mostly due to koka crops. © sharedresponsibility.gov.co
conservation

Drug production kills trees and people

Cocaine and heroine production have sacrificed millions of hectares of (forest) land, and demand is still growing. The jungle labs pollute additional land.

tree shrine in Nepal. © Lisann Drews
conservation

Sacred Site to be recognised term

The return of the oldest method of habitat protection on Earth: to honour and respect a place or an area as “sacred ground” (= untouchable, taboo).

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sacred grove at Heggala Aiyappa, Western Ghats, India. © Claudia Rutte
conservation

Mapping sacred sites for their protection

To scientists from the universities of Oxford and of Basel started a database project to record Sacred Natural Sites for research and future conservation.

cloud forest at the Santa María Volcano, or Gagxanul, a sacred natural site in Guatemala. © Bas Verschuuren
conservation

Protecting sacred natural sites worldwide

A global programme to protect sacred sites and their biodiversity as well as cultural practices from industrialization, urbanization, and tourism has begun.

Dongria Kondh demo. © Survival International
conservation

Indian Tribe in victory over mining giant

The Indian Dongria Kondh tribe has won a ‘David and Goliath’ battle to save their land and sacred mountains from a multinational bauxite/aluminium company.

public demo to save Clayoquot Sound. © Wilderness Committee
conservation

Clayoquot Sound: Leading the way

Clayoquot Sound continues to be at the forefront of old-growth forest conservation on Vancouver Island, merging First Nations’ values into national law.

tropical deforestation and landscape fragmentation in Colombia, mostly due to koka crops. © sharedresponsibility.gov.co
conservation

Drug production kills trees and people

Cocaine and heroine production have sacrificed millions of hectares of (forest) land, and demand is still growing. The jungle labs pollute additional land.

tree shrine in Nepal. © Lisann Drews
conservation

Sacred Site to be recognised term

The return of the oldest method of habitat protection on Earth: to honour and respect a place or an area as “sacred ground” (= untouchable, taboo).

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drop us a line and keep in touch