As a specialist in architecture and urban planning, Mr Bandarin previously worked in both public and private institutions in the fields of built heritage, cultural heritage conservation, environmental heritage and cultural events, as well as architectural and urban design in developing countries.
"It's very desirable for cultural heritage conservation because with a lot of other techniques like X-ray or ultraviolet, there is some molecular breakdown in the materials, " Dr Jackson told the meeting.
The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Conservation of Cultural Heritage (ICCROM) provides expert advice on conservation and training in restoration techniques.
Advanced university degree, at least at the Masters level, in subjects linked directly with cultural or natural heritage conservation and management.
The project will aim at building capacity of experts from different departments of the Ministry of Information and Culture to enhance long-term sustainable cultural heritage management and conservation in Afghanistan.
Preservation and conservation of cultural heritage is another major concern as major World Heritage sites such as Mohenjodaro stand in the path of the floodwaters descending through the Indus River Valley.
In his presentation, Herman van Hooff, director of the host organization, provided an overview of the World Heritage Convention, highlighting that the major aim of this standard-setting instrument, which dates back to 1972, is to cover, in one single document, the concepts of cultural preservation and natural conservation.
The Committee also recognised the cultural values of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania), which was inscribed in 1978 as a natural site.
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In its decision, the 21-member Committee responsible for implementing the World Heritage Convention, called on the Director-General of UNESCO to create a special fund to help Mali in the conservation of its cultural heritage.
They seek to reconcile conservation of biological and cultural diversity, and economic and social development through partnerships between people and nature.
They also analyzed the impact that the museum or cultural centre could have on the conservation of the historic building while complying with its education, research and leisure functions.
Climate change is already adversely affecting many areas, including biodiversity and ecosystems, freshwater resources, human health, human settlements and migration patterns, the conservation of natural and cultural world heritage properties, and peace and prosperity.
The 1972 World Heritage Convention links together in a single document the concepts of nature conservation and the preservation of cultural properties.
To enhance commitment to being a Sustainable Society that promotes a culture of sustainability through a dedication to community, diversity, citizen engagement, and the conservation and sustainable development of cultural and natural resources.
From ancient shipwrecks to underwater caves, this photo exhibition is an insight to the diversity of the underwater cultural heritage and its astonishing condition of conservation through the centuries of time, or even millennia.
By recognising and thus publicising individual sites, UNESCO and other cultural watchdogs risk harming the cause of conservation, which would be better served if visitors to the country were spread around a broader range of places.
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Action will focus on the following main area: preservation of moveable heritage, with special emphasis on study and publication, inventories, capacity-building and training of staff in protecting cultural property and assets, museology and conservation, as well as manuscripts.
Because the link between people and plants is so fundamental to the conservation of both biological and cultural diversity, it concentrates on the core of our capacity building: training in applied ethnobotany, providing people with inter-disciplinary skills highly relevant to conservation action.
The most significant feature of the 1972 World Heritage Convention is that it binds in a single document the concepts of nature conservation and the preservation of cultural properties and sets out the duties of member-states and the international community for the preservation of monuments of world heritage.
It will provide experts, policy-makers, administrators and students from around the world an opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences in the field of conservation and management of natural and cultural heritage.
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The 1972 Convention for Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage developed from the merging of two separate movements: the first focusing on the preservation of cultural sites, and the other on the conservation of nature.
"This was a very tall structure, bigger than Big Ben, in open countryside against the Chiltern Hills, an area of outstanding natural beauty, surrounded by small villages and conservation areas with a lot of cultural heritage and listed buildings, " he said.
Now he devotes time and money to the conservation of ancient sites and the documentation of cultural traditions.
Now Ludwig devotes time and money to the conservation of ancient sites and the documentation of cultural traditions.
Founded over three decades ago, the partnership combines its expertise in education and conservation to produce cross-disciplinary research in cultural heritage throughout the world.
Decisions on inscription are made by the World Heritage Committee, upon the recommendation of the International Council on Monuments and Sites or the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the two advisory bodies for cultural heritage and natural heritage respectively.
The UNESCO Biosphere Reserve accreditation acknowledges the scientific, scenic, cultural and educational value of the area, and commits designations to the three goals of conservation, sustainable development and learning and research.
In 2007, UNESCO launched a three-year partnership with ICCROM(International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) to assist museums in developing countries with improving their skills for the preventive conservation of collections.
With the cultural perception that the people's health is linked to that of the environment, medicinal plant conservation and health care are closely inter-related in the Dolpo region.
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