Looking After Cultural and Natural Heritage Resources in Asia ...

“State of the art” in the management of
complex heritage sites
• Considerable and often impressive advances –
albeit mostly in affluent countries
• Growing threats but also emerging opportunities in
poorer countries
• The “Hoi An Protocols” of 2001 (UNESCO
Bangkok) provide very good information on
principles � to be discussed in the workshops
• In general, the “conservation world” of 2009 is
distinctly different from that of 40 years ago
(Venice Charter)
• We do have at least some answers to most of the
hard questions, including substantial contributions
from Asian countries
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