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Interview with Dr. Marcy Rockman

By Living Landscape Observer July 2, 2020

Interested in learning more about the intersection of climate change and cultural resource management? Read our interview with Dr. Marcy Rockman, an archaeologist with experience in national and international climate change policy. Dr. Rockman is currently working with the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) as Scientific Coordinator for a project to improve incorporation of heritage in reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). From 2011 – 2018, she served as the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) Climate Change Adaptation Coordinator for Cultural Resources.

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World Rural Landscapes Principles: Communicating and transmitting the heritage and Values of Rural Landscapes

By Jane Lennon June 28, 2020

In this final issue on these principles, we consider the essential need to communicate with the general public about the principles showing how heritage values in rural landscapes have been identified and protected through collaborative planning, research and action on the ground with all the stakeholders involved. Transmitting historical information through archival, academic and local […]

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Naturecultures Dialogues: The theory of naturecultures integration

By Guest Observer

Je-Hun Ryu and Fran Han point at the problem of using the concept behind World Heritage “cultural landscape” in Korea and China respectively, because it follows a modern Western-European idea of nature, as separate from culture. They both explain the historical background in their own contexts of an undivided nature-culture paradigm, and where humans are understood as part of the natural world

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Stemming the Tide: Global Strategies for Sustaining Cultural Heritage Through Climate Change

By Brenda Barrett June 26, 2020

In March 2020 Smithsonian sponsored a symposium to tackle two perspectives on the climate crisis’s impact on cultural heritage – the threat to the resources and the value of these resources as a source of resilience for communities to address climate change. The gathering brought together a lineup of inspiring speakers to empower cultural heritage authorities, managers, and advocates to pursue more ambitious engagement and collaborative approaches with to the threat of climate change. This discussion is more relevant than ever.

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While We Were Not Watching, Part II

By Living Landscape Observer May 17, 2020
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Across the world, daily life has been completely upended. Millions and millions of individuals are living under quarantine, limiting social interaction whenever possible. Unemployment has reached levels not seen since the Great Depression. And yet, despite such unprecedented conditions, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) is continuing to make significant decisions on land use […]

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