Sacred natural sites in technologically developed countries: Reflections from the experience of the delos initiative

Sacred Natural Sites: Conserving Nature and Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 198-208

  Mallarach, Josep Maria ^a   Papayannis, Thymio ^b  

^a IUCN World Commissions of Protected Areas   (Switzerland)

^b Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos   (Greece)

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