Looking After Cultural and Natural Heritage Resources in Asia ...
Looking After Cultural and Natural Heritage Resources in Asia ...
Looking After Cultural and Natural Heritage Resources in Asia ...
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Need for a better WHS database<br />
• Rationale: Wealth of <strong>in</strong>formation on WH, but scattered <strong>and</strong><br />
not readily accessible…<br />
• Competence <strong>in</strong> WHS management <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g too slowly<br />
• Need for more exchange among professionals <strong>and</strong> ”site<br />
managers”<br />
• UNESCO database compris<strong>in</strong>g all 851 sites (as of July<br />
2007): Rich <strong>in</strong>formation, regularly ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ed, but…<br />
• Extremely limited search capability – hence <strong>in</strong>adequate<br />
use of the potentially valuable <strong>in</strong>formation, <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>sufficient<br />
exchange among site management officers<br />
• UNESCO copyright on data provided by national agencies<br />
<strong>in</strong> charge, several imitations of UNESCO <strong>in</strong>ternet<br />
database, but…<br />
This might be elaborated later <strong>in</strong> this course<br />
• Better management support by UNESCO WHC needed<br />
<strong>and</strong> possible<br />
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