Created: Jan 06, 2007
Updated: Aug 31, 2007
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Cultural Heritage Conservation

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Cultural heritage conservation is the practice of preserving and protecting cultural heritage from loss or damage, and ensuring the preservation of cultural heritage, including structures, places, traditions, and objects with cultural meaning, for future generations.


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industrial heritage, aesthetic value, historical value, scientific value, social value, site conservation, protection, human activity, significant historical value, sense of place, sacred sites, ethnographic heritage, indigenous site protection, site restoration, rehabilitation, monuments, architectural works, archaeological structures, ethnological value, anthropological value, cultural plants, cultural plant diversity, built environment, cultural appreciation, cultural keystone species, ethnosphere, cultural systems, cultural identity, cultural foundation species, cultural landscapes, culture
Features
Tn_wanlogo150Western Alliance for Nature
Our three part mission: public access, along with wild life habitat protection and Native American cultural heritage preservation.

Tn_top_leftHeritage Council of Ireland proposes policies and priorities for the identification, protection, preservation and enhancement of the national heritage.

Med_main_header_rev03World Huaren Foundation ensures that Huaren (Chinese) are treated with dignity wherever they are, by promoting the well-beings of all peoples, and by cultivating in Huaren and non-Huaren the spirit of living together as communities of equal citizens.

Related WiserEarth Portals
Culture and Sustainability
Cultural Diversity
Practical Conservation
Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons, and Migrants
Indigenous People and Culture

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Protecting Iraq's Ancient Heritage Our ongoing coverage of the cultural heritage crisis in Iraq includes a news summary, an exclusive online feature from Mosul, expert commentary from Neil Brodie and McGuire Gibson, and Archaeological Institute of America president Jane Waldbaum's perspective and report on the latest efforts by the AIA.

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RoryTurner 11 months ago
http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=EN

This is the Unesco Convention for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage, a useful if problematic attempt to address this area of culture from a governmental standpoint.

http://afsnet.org/ is the website of the American Folklore Society. A great forum for thoughtful inquiry into the form, function, and meaning of traditional culture worldwide.
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