Social Sustainability
Sacred Site
A place of spiritual significance to a community — often Indigenous — whose protection engages heritage law, land rights and religious freedom.
Definition
A sacred site is a place — a spring, mountain, grove, burial ground or built structure — holding special spiritual, religious or cultural significance for a people. Sacred natural sites, as recognised in IUCN guidance, are frequently also biodiversity refuges, protected informally for centuries by custom and taboo; their formal protection engages cultural heritage law, Indigenous rights (UNDRIP), and freedom of religion.
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