TY - STAND AU - J.-M. Mallarach AU - M. Múgica AU - A. De Armas AU - E. Comas AB - With more than 27 percent of land designated as protected areas, Spain is the largest contributor to the Natura 2000 network of protected areas-Europe s main source of policy for nature conservation. Following the 2003 IUCN World Parks Congress of Durban, EUROPARC-Spain adopted recommendations regarding the acknowledgment of the cultural and spiritual values of protected areas, which included the preparation of guidelines adapted to the country. 195This chapter describes the participatory process that enabled the preparation of a Manual, involving thirty experts from fifteen regions. It covers the scope of the work and sets out the proposed criteria and methodologies applied to address the integration of the intangible heritage of natural areas and their related values and discusses the significance and impact of the work. DO - 10.4324/9781315108186-13 LA - English N1 - Journal Abbreviation: Cultural and Spirit. Significance of Nat. in Protected Areas: Gov., Management and Policy N2 - With more than 27 percent of land designated as protected areas, Spain is the largest contributor to the Natura 2000 network of protected areas-Europe s main source of policy for nature conservation. Following the 2003 IUCN World Parks Congress of Durban, EUROPARC-Spain adopted recommendations regarding the acknowledgment of the cultural and spiritual values of protected areas, which included the preparation of guidelines adapted to the country. 195This chapter describes the participatory process that enabled the preparation of a Manual, involving thirty experts from fifteen regions. It covers the scope of the work and sets out the proposed criteria and methodologies applied to address the integration of the intangible heritage of natural areas and their related values and discusses the significance and impact of the work. PB - Taylor and Francis PY - 2018 SN - 9781351609326 (ISBN); 9781315108186 (ISBN) SP - 194 EP - 207 TI - Developing guidelines for integrating cultural and spiritual values into the protected areas of Spain UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85141080341&doi=10.4324%2f9781315108186-13&partnerID=40&md5=569a7d7f405ad5ce1f83bc8935be3e26 ER -