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12 August

• Museum of Tipasa on line
  Approximately 70 kilometres from Algiers, on the coast, lays the historical city of Tipasa… It welcomes every year hundreds of thousands of visitors attracted not only by its beaches but also by their archaeological vestiges that are offered as amber pearls in a vegetation packing.
  More information in French: http://www.musee-tipasa.art.dz/

11 August

• Revitalisation of Forodhani Park in Zanzibar's Historic Stone Town Completed
  The US$ 2.4 million restoration of Forodhani Park in Zanzibar’s Historic Stone Town has been completed by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC). The revitalisation project has transformed the heavily used park – one of the last open spaces in this densely populated World Heritage Site – and upgraded social and recreational amenities in the historic Park. Works included the restoration of the walkways, landscape improvements, infrastructure upgrading including lighting, sewage, drainage and civic amenities and the rehabilitation of the seawall fronting the Park. The Park, once the location of the main port and a landing point for the former Sultans of Zanzibar has remained a central meeting place for civic discourse, leisure and entertainment.
  More information: http://www.akdn.org/Content/839

5 August

• The Management Plan for the World Heritage Site "Venice & its Lagoon"
  Internal meeting with the intervention of key actors from the Municipality of Venice in relation to Management Plan processes and methodology, environmental questions, data management and of UNESCO-BRESCE representatives. The Meeting “The Management Plan for the World Heritage Site “Venice and its Lagoon” to be hosted at Palazzo Zorzi on 17 July 2009 at 10 am is organized by the Municipality of Venice. The meeting is closed to the public.
  More information: http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46116&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

• Warsaw meeting and Landscape Architecture Seminar. Conference Report
  13-14 March 2009, University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
  Following an invitation from the Poland Association of Landscape Architecture, Andreja Tutundžic, EFLA Vice-president (Education) visited Warsaw on 13/14th March 2009 with the intention of presenting the EFLA education recognition process and requirements. Collaborative efforts by the Polish Association ensured that representatives of the Polish state universities from Warsaw, Cracow, Szczecin, Olsztyn, Lublin, Poznan and Wroclaw and a representative from the Latvian Association of Landscape Architecture all attended the meeting held at Warsaw University of Life Sciences. During the meeting the invitees were given detailed information relating to the IFLA/EFLA education requirements and recognition process. A question and answer session followed relating to specific issues raised by various of the school representatives. The discussion covered the various options available for overcoming specific problems with the intention that at least some of the participating schools will be soon be in a position to present to the EFLA School Recognition Panel. On March 14th, more than 200 participants gathered in the Crystal Hall of the University of Life Sciences in Warsaw for the annual Landscape Architecture Seminar as organized by the Association of Landscape Architecture, Poland. The afternoon session included lectures from Polish and European architects; Dr Beata Gawryszewska, Dorota Rudawa and Tilman Latz. The EFLA representative gave a presentation on landscape architectural education in Europe and the benefits of the EFLA school recognition process.
  More information in Polish: http://www.zielenpolska.pl/

4 August

• WHTour: 1001 Wonders - Gondar, Ethiopia
  1001wonders.org (formerly world-heritage-tour.org) is listing 1001 cultural and natural sites around the world and is documenting them in panophotographies - immersive and interactive panoramic images. Today 273 sites have been visited : 258 are available on this web site, 15 are currently in post-production and will soon be uploaded. Altogether there are 2154 panophotographies. This project is building a museum atlas which is interactive, immersive, without border and for educational purposes. It is also a testimony and a documentary inventory of natural and cultural sites to future generations.
  More information: http://www.world-heritage-tour.org/africa/east-africa/ethiopia/gondar/map.html

• “90 Years of the Bauhaus” in Dessau (Germany)
  The Bauhaus has a greater presence in Dessau than anywhere else: In Dessau, over 100,000 visitors a year seek out the world famous Bauhaus buildings of Walter Gropius, Hannes Meyer, Carl Fieger, Georg Muche and Richard Paulick. This anniversary year, the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and cooperation partners from Germany and abroad will hold over 20 events in Dessau: workshops, symposiums, radio performances, theatre and dance projects, artistic installations, lectures, festivals, a Summer School and much more.
  More information: http://www.bauhaus-dessau.de/

• Celebrating 250 Years of Kew (United Kingdom)
  See Kew Gardens and Wakehurst Place bursting with colour for its 250th anniversary in 2009. Throughout the year, we are celebrating Kew's pivotal role as a world-leader in plant science and conservation. Visitors will get a glimpse into the important role botanic gardens play in the future of the planet. Exotic orchids, wildflowers from across the world and outstanding garden designs are on display. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew takes the date of its official 'birth' from the year that William Aiton was appointed to care for and expand the gardens at Kew for Princess Augusta. That was 1759 and the Gardens have expanded and developed beyond all recognition since then.
  More information: http://250.kew.org/

• Something new from Kew's Old Lions. United Kingdom
  Scientists at Kew find compounds new to science in some of the oldest trees in the Gardens. Scientists at Kew have been studying the chemistry of some of our oldest trees in Kew’s 250th anniversary year. The team used the latest scientific techniques to find out more about these extraordinary plants. The trees under investigation are known around the Gardens as Kew’s 'Old Lions'.
  More information: http://250.kew.org/News/KEW_050370.html

• Director Stephen Hopper reflects on 250 years of science at Kew Gardens. United Kingdom
  Prof. Stephen Hopper talks about Kew's notable place in the history of plant science and how his predecessors positioned Kew as one of the world’s leading plant diversity and science powerhouses. On Tuesday 5th May 2009 the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew celebrated its 250th year. Both the Queen and Google joined Kew in celebrating this special day and recognised the importance of Kew's science and conservation work worldwide...
  More information: http://250.kew.org/News/KEW_050319.html

Latest publications on Butrint (Albania)
The Butrint Foundation was founded by Lord Rothschild and Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover in 1993 as a charitable trust.
Its principal objective is to restore and preserve the Butrint site in southern Albania for the benefit of the general public. Projects are made possible with the generous support of the Packard Humanities Institute.
http://www.butrintfoundation.co.uk/publications.htm

Petra in a book?
Guy Laramée turned a set of dusty old encyclopedias into a gorgeous replica of Jordan’s Petra, one of the world’s best-known archaeological sites.
More information: http://livres.fluctuat.net/diaporamas/les-livres-sculptes/Guy-Laramee-Petra.html