This means that it may be difficult for Property Conservation to demonstrate that it acted reasonably in selecting the contractor and that the contractor's costs were reasonably incurred.
We recommend that Property Conservation management undertakes a thorough review of the risks - both operational and reputational - that attach to the section's operations and ensures that adequate controls are put in place to manage those risks.
In the sample of of files reviewed, we noted that the main criterion for selecting a particular contractor appeared, in many cases, to be the purported availability of the contractor to commence the works within a reasonable timescale (which Property Conservation officers advised us in interview was considered to be approximately six weeks from instructions).
Section 206 provides a juicy capital-gains tax exemption for contributions of property for conservation, meaning wealthy environmentalists with extra acreage will be able to take a tax deduction for the appreciated property and have the environmental organization preserve it, adding to the value of the primary property.
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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.
These activities, says Catherine Atkinson, the property manager, help to finance the main conservation task.
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This is because of conservation of angular momentum, the same property that causes ice skaters to spin faster if they draw their arms in.
Together with relevant authorities, local institutions, organizations and other stakeholders, the mission team will review the conservation strategies and policies in place to protect the property and its environment, as well as how they are being implemented and how they can be improved.
The demand for new infrastructure, or simply property, can be more than enough to trump the appeal of conservation.
"Some of the responses are alarmist, " says Geoff Harris, who is overseeing the "conservation-led approach" to the Smithfield project as director of property development at Henderson.
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 all these achievements in nature conservation, however, Nepal has also witnessed a rising number of human deaths and property losses because of wildlife.
Aside from the Art Deco-tinged hotel which has a two-story entrance hall, staircase and dark wood furniture the property is home to the 100-acre Giraffe Centre, a breeding facility for Rothschild giraffes and a place for conservation and educations programs.
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