Cultural Authenticity in the 21st Century
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-vincent-michael/global-heritage-fund_b_2233249.html
If we're going to view heritage preservation in terms of a community bringing elements of its past into the future, we must also consider the world as a community. That was the idea behind the 1972 World Heritage Convention, which has since inscribed ...
NGO opposes world heritage status to national park in Kullu
http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/ngo-opposes-world-heritage-status-to-national-park-in-kullu/87841/
Opposing the proposal to grant world heritage status to Great Himalayan National Park in Kullu district, an environmental NGO has written a letter to UNESCO demanding rights of local people to be addressed first. Himalayan Niti Abhiyan, in a letter to ...
Interserve transforms Edinburgh World Heritage Site
http://www.equities.com/news/headline-story?dt=2012-12-03&val=781263&cat=service
Located within the old town conservation area and a UNESCO designated world heritage site, the mixed use scheme by developers, Chris Stewart Group, will see twenty nine serviced apartments, four restaurants, a bar/bistro and offices/retail units ...
Culture in the Cross Hairs
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/03/opinion/03iht-edbokova03.html
On July 7, in the wake of the destruction of the sacred shrines in Timbuktu ? a Unesco World Heritage site ? the spokesman of Ansar Dine, one of the Islamist groups controlling northern Mali, declared to the press that ?there is no world heritage. It ...
ISESCO Registers Holy Quds City in World Heritage List
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9107123890
Speaking to FNA on Monday, Director General of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) office for Registration, Preservation and Restoration of Intangible Cultural and Natural Heritage Atousa Momeni said the third meeting ...
Kuwait seeks to add archaeological sites in World Heritage List
http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2278505&language=en
By Mohammad Al-Enezi MANAMA, Dec 3 (KUNA) -- Kuwait seeks to add five archaeological sites on Failaka Island to the UNESCO World Heritage List, said Director of the Department of Archeology and Museums in the National Council for Culture, Arts and ...
Zimbabwe, a world of wonders
http://www.southerntimesafrica.com/news_article.php?id=7859&title=Zimbabwe%20%20a%20world%20of%20wonders&type=72
It is a unique and fascinating tourist destination, endowed with many wonders, such as its warm and friendly people and unique culture, its rich history and heritage, its pristine wildlife and nature reserves, the majestic Victoria Falls, the Great ...
Jurassic Coast's status as World Heritage site in jeopardy from off-shore ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2241065/Jurassic-Coasts-status-World-Heritage-site-jeopardy-shore-windfarm-blight-views-Channel.html
The Jurassic Coast is England's only natural World Heritage Site and is on a par with other natural wonders of the world such as the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef. Losing its status would come as a huge blow to conservationists who tirelessly ...
