The Challenge of Conserving Cultural Resources on a Landscape Scale
September 29, 2018
To provide observations and information on the emerging fields of landscape scale conservation, heritage preservation, and sustainable community development.
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How we resolve the dissonance in our thinking between the goals of conserving ‘nature’ and ‘culture’. One area where this question is being dealt with in an engaging way is within the field of ecological restoration. Off the west coast of Canada, on a small island in the Gulf Islands archipelago, The Galiano Conservancy Association offers an exciting model of how to transform traditional nature conservation.
Last December, the Living Landscape Observer ventured a few predictions for the coming year of 2013. So looking backward, how did we do?
UNESCO recently announced the addition of 26 new sites to its world heritage list. New Inscribed Properties Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley Bassari Country:
This Fall Meet Up on Large Landscapes Summer is the time to plan for the upcoming conference season. Until recently there have been limited opportunities
In most countries inscription on the World Heritage list is highly prized. Designation is seen as bringing honor, recognition, and tourists to a nation’s most outstanding historic and scenic sites. In the US, acceptance of World Heritage has been slower, but perhaps this is changing.
How we resolve the dissonance in our thinking between the goals of conserving ‘nature’ and ‘culture’. One area where this question is being dealt with in an engaging way is within the field of ecological restoration. Off the west coast of Canada, on a small island in the Gulf Islands archipelago, The Galiano Conservancy Association offers an exciting model of how to transform traditional nature conservation.
Last December, the Living Landscape Observer ventured a few predictions for the coming year of 2013. So looking backward, how did we do?
UNESCO recently announced the addition of 26 new sites to its world heritage list. New Inscribed Properties Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley Bassari Country:
This Fall Meet Up on Large Landscapes Summer is the time to plan for the upcoming conference season. Until recently there have been limited opportunities
In most countries inscription on the World Heritage list is highly prized. Designation is seen as bringing honor, recognition, and tourists to a nation’s most outstanding historic and scenic sites. In the US, acceptance of World Heritage has been slower, but perhaps this is changing.