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April 1, 2020
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The purpose of this reading group is to bring together current and former public lands professionals and scholars to read and discuss works that inform our current moment and to consider how we might build toward a more resilient and sustainable future.
The UN Biodiversity Conference 2022 in Montreal from 7-19 December under the theme “Ecological Civilization: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth”, ushered in new initiatives to put the linkage of natural and cultural diversity at the heart of implementation. The main objective was for governments to adopt the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. This framework makes many references to culture, and the diversity of values and world views that link people and nature, stating that it will place biodiversity “at the heart of the sustainable development agenda, recognizing the important linkages between biological and cultural diversity
Historic African American cemeteries are receiving long-overdue attention for their significance in the history of African American life. Unfortunately, a common misconception persists that cemeteries are not eligible for the National Register. Virginia has demonstrated that numerous types of historic cemeteries can be listed in the National Register. These include sites that are significant for their landscape design and funerary markers to those with unmarked graves that tell a story of historic neglect and erasure.
Spanning two Canadian provinces, Pimachiowin Aki was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2018. What is most noteworthy about the site is its innovative management approach that stems from a joint understanding of nature and culture via a bottom-up partnership between four Anishinaabe First Nations communities and provincial government representatives.
This dialogue session features a number of presentations from an Argentinean perspective. The presenters examined a number of key ideas. For example, the importance of cultural routesand the future of large-scale landscapes in defining the identity of a region and reiterating the indigenous natureculture vision. Also the South American view of the landscape and it’s transformation by Europeans practices. How can these factors be balanced with a traditional and embedded way of life? And then how do these ideas play out on a city scale?
The purpose of this reading group is to bring together current and former public lands professionals and scholars to read and discuss works that inform our current moment and to consider how we might build toward a more resilient and sustainable future.
The UN Biodiversity Conference 2022 in Montreal from 7-19 December under the theme “Ecological Civilization: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth”, ushered in new initiatives to put the linkage of natural and cultural diversity at the heart of implementation. The main objective was for governments to adopt the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. This framework makes many references to culture, and the diversity of values and world views that link people and nature, stating that it will place biodiversity “at the heart of the sustainable development agenda, recognizing the important linkages between biological and cultural diversity
Historic African American cemeteries are receiving long-overdue attention for their significance in the history of African American life. Unfortunately, a common misconception persists that cemeteries are not eligible for the National Register. Virginia has demonstrated that numerous types of historic cemeteries can be listed in the National Register. These include sites that are significant for their landscape design and funerary markers to those with unmarked graves that tell a story of historic neglect and erasure.
Spanning two Canadian provinces, Pimachiowin Aki was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2018. What is most noteworthy about the site is its innovative management approach that stems from a joint understanding of nature and culture via a bottom-up partnership between four Anishinaabe First Nations communities and provincial government representatives.
This dialogue session features a number of presentations from an Argentinean perspective. The presenters examined a number of key ideas. For example, the importance of cultural routesand the future of large-scale landscapes in defining the identity of a region and reiterating the indigenous natureculture vision. Also the South American view of the landscape and it’s transformation by Europeans practices. How can these factors be balanced with a traditional and embedded way of life? And then how do these ideas play out on a city scale?