With its programmatic approach, based on a listing system and the use of revisable operational guidelines for its implementation, the 1972 Convention strengthened heritage conservation policies, and became the standard reference for including conservation policies as a means of development, largely through tourism.

UNESCO: Intangible Cultural Heritage

Moreover, you have set something of a new gold standard for what private citizens can do in the conservation arena.

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In March, wet weather was also blamed for a fall in the number of Welsh beaches reaching the top EU bathing water standard in the Marine Conservation Society's Good Beach Guide.

BBC: Whitesands Bay in Pembrokeshire