New US ICOMOS World Heritage Gap Study Report
March 30, 2016
To provide observations and information on the emerging fields of landscape scale conservation, heritage preservation, and sustainable community development.
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This piece by Peter Stott, originally published in the George Wright forum journal, provides a strong case for the United States’ participation in the World Heritage Convention.
Reflections on a recent visit to Sapelo Island, Georgia, a living landscape home to generations of Geechee people, now threatened by increased tax rates and coastal development.
In 2011, the United States halted payment of its dues to UNESCO. Find out more about the history of this policy and how it could impact future U.S. nominations to the World Heritage List, including San Antonio Missions and the Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Landscape architects, regional planners, academics, and students from over 20 countries came together at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for the Fabos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning (April 11-12, 2013). The gathering engaged experts who are influencing landscape planning, policy making and greenway planning from the local to international level.
How do practitioners in the field of cultural landscape balance the at times competing priorities of preservation and conservation? In this guest piece, Paulette Wallace offers an international perspective on the issue, noting that in Australia change and evolution are closely tied to the cultural landscape concept.
This piece by Peter Stott, originally published in the George Wright forum journal, provides a strong case for the United States’ participation in the World Heritage Convention.
Reflections on a recent visit to Sapelo Island, Georgia, a living landscape home to generations of Geechee people, now threatened by increased tax rates and coastal development.
In 2011, the United States halted payment of its dues to UNESCO. Find out more about the history of this policy and how it could impact future U.S. nominations to the World Heritage List, including San Antonio Missions and the Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Landscape architects, regional planners, academics, and students from over 20 countries came together at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for the Fabos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning (April 11-12, 2013). The gathering engaged experts who are influencing landscape planning, policy making and greenway planning from the local to international level.
How do practitioners in the field of cultural landscape balance the at times competing priorities of preservation and conservation? In this guest piece, Paulette Wallace offers an international perspective on the issue, noting that in Australia change and evolution are closely tied to the cultural landscape concept.