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 Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:11 am Post subject: World Heritage Destinations Rated |
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World Heritage Destinations Rated - National Geographic Traveler
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/features/whsrated0611/whsrated.html
| Quote: | In 1973, when the U.S. became the first country to sign the World Heritage Convention, the idea was for global recognition to encourage protection of the world's great natural and cultural sites. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) would administer the program, and nations could apply to have a site inscribed on a World Heritage List, if the site was protected and of "outstanding universal value." Tourism traffic wasn't even part of the equation.
It is now. If you look at the destination as a whole—the site plus its neighboring region—tourism management can protect it, or degrade it, often more than any other factor.
World Heritage has been popular. It now totals 830 sites. To see how some of these places are doing, National Geographic Traveler and our National Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations, with George Washington University, conducted our third Destination Scorecard survey. A panel of 419 experts in sustainable tourism and destination stewardship rated 94 World Heritage destinations.
A third of these places appeared in our first Scorecard - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/features/destinationsrated0403/destinationsrated.html - , conducted late in 2003 and published in 2004. Most of their scores have moved only slightly, but a few showed dramatic changes. The Galápagos and the Belizean reef have plunged; St. Petersburg and Guanajuato have surged. In many places, tourist fees help maintain historic sites. But in others, like Angkor, tourism is spiralling out of control. And in the Galápagos, a tradition of deft, sensitive tourism that helped protect the islands for years is now in danger.
Although the U.S. was the first country to ratify the World Heritage Convention, the number of World Heritage sites in this country is low. Nominations are open for U.S. World Heritage sites until April 1, 2007. Learn more.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/features/whsrated0611/whsrated_usinfo.html
The scores that follow, listed by rank and based on a 1-to-100 scale, reflect the experts' opinions, with representative remarks. To ensure integrity, panelists commented anonymously. No destination rated 90 or more, nor did any fall below 20. All are still worth visiting. Thoughtfully.
Guide to the Scores:
0-25: Catastrophic: all criteria very negative, outlook grim.
26-45: In serious trouble.
46-65: In moderate trouble: all criteria medium-negative or a mix of negatives and positives.
66-85: Minor difficulties.
86-95: Authentic, unspoiled, and likely to remain so.
96-100: Enhanced.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:04 pm Post subject: World Heritage in Danger |
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World Heritage in Danger
http://whc.unesco.org/en/158/
World Heritage in Danger List
http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=86
| Quote: | Inscribing a site on the List of World Heritage in Danger allows the World Heritage Committee to allocate immediate assistance from the World Heritage Fund to the endangered property. It also alerts the international community to these situations in the hope that it can join efforts to save these endangered sites. The listing of a site as World Heritage in Danger allows the conservation community to respond to specific preservation needs in an efficient manner. Indeed, the mere prospect of inscribing a site on this List often proves to be effective, and can incite rapid conservation action.
Inscription of a site on the List of World Heritage in Danger requires the World Heritage Committee to develop and adopt, in consultation with the State Party concerned, a programme for corrective measures, and subsequently to monitor the situation of the site. All efforts must be made to restore the site's values in order to enable its removal from the List of World Heritage in Danger as soon as possible.
Inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger is not perceived in the same way by all parties concerned. Some countries apply for the inscription of a site to focus international attention on its problems and to obtain expert assistance in solving them. Others however, wish to avoid an inscription, which they perceive as a dishonour. The listing of a site as World Heritage in Danger should in any case not be considered as a sanction, but as a system established to respond to specific conservation needs in an efficient manner.
If a site loses the characteristics which determined its inscription on the World Heritage List, the World Heritage Committee may decide to delete the property from both the List of World Heritage in Danger and the World Heritage List. To date, this provision of the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention has never had to be applied. |
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| Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:13 am Post subject: 31st session of the World Heritage Committee |
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The 31st session of the World Heritage
Committee, Christchurch, New Zealand, 23 June to 2 July 2007.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/185
Event Website
http://www.31whc.org
Media releases
http://www.conference.co.nz/index.cfm/31whc/News__Press_Releases
Four new cultural sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List
Galapagos and Niokolo-Koba National Park inscribed on UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger
Florida Everglades and Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve removed from Danger List
World Heritage Committee opening in Christchurch celebrates Pacific Heritage |
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| Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:46 am Post subject: carboNZero |
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carboNZero
http://www.conference.co.nz/index.cfm/31whc/general_information/carbonzero/index.html
| Quote: | We are thrilled to announce that the 2007 World Heritage Committee meeting will be carbon neutral. Through the Landcare Research carboNZero programme, we aim to minimise the environmental impact of the 31st session of the World Heritage Committee.
What is the carboNZero programme?
The carboNZero programme is a certification programme for minimising the effects of climate change. It encourages and supports individuals and organisations to take action to reduce their impacts on climate change by providing them with tools to measure, manage and mitigate their carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
Why carboNZero?
Climate change is a key issue for the World Heritage Committee and for the New Zealand Government. By assessing the meeting’s environmental impact this year, we can look at how we can reduce or mitigate this impact, thus helping to address the climate change issue. According to Landcare Research, a leading New Zealand environmental research organisation, the world’s climate is changing.
‘Changes include increasing temperatures, rising sea levels and a greater incidence of extreme weather, such as storms, heat waves, droughts, and floods. Much of this change is as a result of human activities that increase the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Scientists expect that the world will continue to warm over the next 100 years.’
Carbon credits (or 'offsets') are generated from projects that reduce or prevent the accumulation of gases that contribute to global warming in the atmosphere. The most common projects involve:
- planting trees
- reforestation (or preventing deforestation)
- use of renewable energy
- energy conservation/efficiency.
carboNZero certification of the 31st session of the World Heritage Committee
Through the Landcare Research carboNZero programme, we will be able to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are directly associated with the meeting in Christchurch, and to mitigate the emissions associated with delegates' travel and accommodation. We will do this by investing in the natural regeneration of native forest or with carbon credits from New Zealand government-approved Projects to Reduce Emissions, such as the generation of electricity from landfill gas or by wind farms. These credits are verified by third-party auditors through schemes such as the WWF Gold Standard or ISO 14064-2 (the international standard for quantification, monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emission reductions or removal enhancements). Delegates will have the opportunity to make a donation to offset their own greenhouse gas emissions.
In becoming carbon neutral, the 31st session of the World Heritage Committee will join other high-profile carbon-neutral events, including the 2002 Winter Olympics, the 2006 soccer World Cup, and TRENZ 2007 the New Zealand Tourism Industry Conference.
For further information, see the carboNZero programme FAQs
http://www.carbonzero.co.nz/faq.asp |
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