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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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