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Cross
Cutting Themes
WORLD
HERITAGE
Report
// Description // Theme Focus
// Programme
Report of the Cross Cutting Theme
Discussions
on the World Heritage theme aimed at identifying ways to capitalize
on PAs of outstanding universal value to build awareness and support,
and at assessing their characteristics, needs and potential. Key
areas considered included: assessing the effectiveness of the World
Heritage Convention and the management of World Heritage sites;
addressing the gaps in the global system of PAs through the Convention;
tackling World Heritage issues specific to Africa; and building
on the experience of conservation financing for World Heritage sites.
WPC participants
considered the theme during sessions on: management effectiveness
evaluation; World Heritage as an international tool for conservation
cooperation; ways to build political support for World Heritage;
a draft World Heritage training strategy presentation; supporting
PAs in times of political turmoil; using global conventions and
programmes to build support for PAs; international designations
and global governance; World Heritage partnerships in sustainable
tourism; the impacts of insurgency on World Heritage sites; using
World Heritage to link nature and culture; the World Heritage status
as a tool for strengthening sustainable financing mechanisms; protecting
World Heritage sites in a multiple-use environment; protecting landscapes
and seascapes through World Heritage designation; fostering attachment
to heritage; and World Heritage sites and transboundary conservation.
A major
recommendation emerging from discussions was the recognition that
the World Heritage Convention is an effective framework for implementing
conservation strategies. Participants also stressed the need to:
better integrate the Convention with international, regional and
national conservation instruments; finalize the assessment of potential
World Heritage sites; achieve universal membership of the Convention;
carry out a system-wide assessment of the recurrent operating costs
of managing natural and mixed World Heritage sites; use World Heritage
sites to attract and build support for PAs; strengthen independent
and reactive monitoring through better guidelines and criteria;
explore a possible certification system; and ensure the involvement
of affected communities in all stages of World Heritage conservation.
The World
Heritage theme adopted one recommendation on the World Heritage
Convention.
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Description
Leads: Natarajan
Ishwaran (Sri Lanka), Adrian Phillips (UK)
How can we capitalise on the world's icon sites - protected
areas of outstanding universal value - to build awareness and support?
What are the characteristics, the needs, and the potential of these
premier sites?
World
Heritage Cross Cutting Theme Brief - PDF Document
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Cross-Cutting
Theme Focus
Specific emphasis and sessions within Workshop Streams were planned
on:
| Using the
World Heritage (WH) Convention to build broader support for
PAs; |
| Assessing
the effectiveness of the WH Convention and the management of
WH sites; |
| Addressing
gaps in the global PAs system through the WH Convention; |
| Addressing
WH issues specific to Africa; |
| Building on
the experience of conservation financing for WH sites.
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Programe
World
Heritage Cross-Cutting Theme
Leads:
Natarajan Ishwaran (Sri Lanka), Adrian Phillips (UK)
The
brief outline below summarizes the World Heritage Cross Cutting
Theme sessions within the Congress programme. More details may be
found in the body of the programme.
Thursday
11 // Friday 12 // Saturday
13
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Seven
Workshop Streams will be conducted over 3 days in
workshop plenaries and smaller break out groups. Three important
areas have also been identified which cut across the 7 workshop
streams. The Cross
Cutting Themes will be expected to produce specific
Congress outputs. Congress participants who have a special
interest in these themes may follow an interest thread throughout
the programme.There is also a workshop
on Mountains which will be held before the Congress.
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