UNESCO
and Fine Arts Department to Launch New Website for Sukhothai, Si
Satchanalai and Kamphaeng Phet
Visitors to Sukhothai, Si Satchanalai and Kamphaeng Phet will
now be able to click onto a new website to get information about
historic monuments, nearby attractions and visitor facilities at
this World Heritage site. The official launch will take place on
27 March 2008 from 9-10 am at the 5th floor conference room of the
UNESCO Bangkok office on Sukhumvit Road chaired by the Inspector
General of the Ministry of Culture, on behalf of the Minister of
Culture. The site of Sukhothai and Associated Towns was inscribed
onto the World Heritage List in 1991 and is one of Thailand's five
World Heritage sites. Few, however, realize that the boundary of
the site encompasses not only Sukhothai, but also Si Satchanalai
and Kamphaeng Phet...
World Heritage Centre. News & Events.
Publicated: 28-03-2008
Ecuador’s
“Galápagos Invasive Species” Fund gets injection
of US 2.19 million dollars
The Ecuadorian National Environmental Fund's "Galápagos
Invasive Species" account received a major injection of US$2.19
million on March 18 under the framework of the UNESCO-World Heritage
Centre/United Nations Foundation project for the management of invasive
species at this globally recognized World Heritage site. The Fund,
which was established in 2007 with support from the United Nations
Development Programme, will support invasive species control and
eradication activities in the islands. Combined with a previous
contribution of one million US dollars from the Ecuador government,
the fund's holdings now stand at 3.19 million US dollars.
World Heritage Centre. News & Events.
Publicated: 27-03-2008
Development
versus Conservation in Zabid
Museums as knowledge gateways for Nubian culture The city and fortress
of Zabid (Yemen), a World Heritage Site in Danger, has been the
object of many UNESCO missions during the last 10 years. UNESCO
Cairo Office has launched a process of permanent consultation and
cooperation with the local community in order to raise its awareness
and associate it directly to the salvage and promotion of its city.
Monitoring centers have been established. Workshops will be held
in 2008/9 on benefits to be derived locally from the inscription
of the World Heritage List and on sustainable development through
cultural activities. Awareness material to be published.
UNESCO. Office in Cairo. Newsletter. Publicated:
19-03-2008
Exhibition
of "The Frozen Tombs of the Altai Mountains"
From 8 to 21 April 2008. Salle des Pas Perdus, UNESCO House, Paris,
France.
The towering, jagged Altai Mountains stretch some 2,100 km across
China, Mongolia, Russia and Kazakhstan, the Russian section of this
mountain range having been inscribed as a natural site on the World
Heritage List in 1998. The Altai Mountains bear unique witness to
the ancient Scythian culture that flourished in the Eurasian steppe
during the 1st millenium BCE...
World Heritage Centre. News. Publicated:
13-03-2008
See
World Heritage sites in 360 degree imaging at non-profit website
WHTour.org, a non profit organization sponsored by the J.M. Kaplan
Fund, announces that 80 World Heritage sites shot in the Middle
East and East Africa are now available in 360° panographic format
at its website. Currently panographies from Israel are being explored
by thousands of visitors daily. In the coming weeks photos in this
unique format will be uploaded from Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen,
Oman, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. In the past seven years,
Belgian Tito Dupret has helped to produce some of the most impressive
panographies - 360 degree imaging - ever seen of historic, rare
and sometimes inaccessible sites across the globe. The site is available
in French and English and has lots of interactive, multi-media features.
"There are also cubes that you can print, cut, fold and put
together with your kids on your knee," explains Dupret. "This
is a fabulous way to help them learn more about what World Heritage
is."
WHTour.org is alive thanks to the loyal support of the J. M.
Kaplan Fund in New York and is currently looking for new grants
and sponsors to further its mission. Or is looking for a bigger
structure to join, in order to share its ?eld experience as well
as to further its mission. Ideally an university, but all proposals
are welcome.
World Heritage Centre. News. Publicated:
12-03-2008
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UNESCO
report recommends the construction of a tunnel instead of a bridge
in Dresden World Heritage site
The international mission of experts sent to review plans to build
a bridge in the cultural landscape of the Dresden Elbe Valley (Germany)
in early February is recommending that the plan be abandoned in
the interest of preserving the outstanding universal value that
warranted the inscription of the site on UNESCO’s World Heritage
List in 2004.
UNESCO. Press Release No.2008-17. Publicated:
7-3-2008 |
