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| Global Heritage Fund is
dedicated to preserving and protecting endangered
UNESCO World Heritage sites located in developing
countries around the world. These Cradles of Civilization
are under tremendous pressure from unplanned development,
neglect, encroachment and environmental destruction.
The long-term existence of mankind's last remaining
world heritage sites is severely threatened.
We need your help.
Our non-profit international conservancy partners
with local efforts to mobilize funding, develop
conservation plans, and effect systemic change
for conservation and long-term protection. With
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Stealing Beauty:
Ruthless art thieves are stripping Asia's
cultural sites of precious artifacts and selling
them to smugglers who hawk them in the West.
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Shared Heritage:
Becoming a World Heritage Site brought pitfalls
for Lijiang. A private-public Conservation
Trust is repairing some of the damage.
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Beyond
Bagdad. Temples of Doom - The looting of a
civilizations legacy. A
West Coast international conservacy works
to save threatened world heritage sites. |
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GHF has
secured a Goldman Fund Grant of $315,000 for
the new Mirador Basin Park Service at this
incredible Mayan Cradle of Civilization. This
grant is the catalyst for renewed effort in
establishing the proposed 525,000 acre Wilderness
and Archaeological Park. Recent milestone
include the completed conservation of four
El Mirador Preclassic and Classic sites: Cascabel,
La Muerta and LaFlorida. Boeing-designed UV
polycarbonate has been used to protect and
preserve crumbling monumental Preclassic sculpture
in the archaeological zone. Advocacy efforts
continue to urge UNESCO to designate Mirador
Basin as a World Heritage Site. |
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Using
GHF’s Preservation by Design methodology,
GHF has partnered with local stakeholders
to complete a comprehensive Master Conservation
Plan (MCP) for Lijiang. The GHF-sponsored
MCP and conservation efforts are reversing
the destruction of the 1,000-year-old Lijiang
Ancient Town. GHF co-funding with the government
of China and Lijiang Ancient Town residents
will authentically restore two hundred Naxi
family residences, and help preserve Lijiang’s
core protected area. |
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GHF is
sponsoring local community involvement in
the conservation of Chavín de Huántar
to ensure long-term preservation of this exciting
new archaeological destination. GHF has tripled
the budget for Chavín conservation,
supporting two years of salaries for a new
10 person Chavín conservation team
and providing professional conservation training
inTrujillo. Recent work at the site has included
conservation of the Main Circular Plaza and
New Town complexes. Emergency intervention
measures were recently needed to protect ancient
sites that lay in the path of roadway construction. |
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At this
newly-designated GHF Project, GHF has recently
completed a historic and archaeological survey
and treatment analysis for Asif Khan Tomb,
located in Lahore’s Jahangir Complex.
This beautiful monument was built by Moghul
Emperor Shah Jahan, renowned for constructing
India’s most famous monument, the Taj
Mahal. GHF also convened an expert Committee
of leading archaeologists and historic architects
to finalize the procedure for authentically
restoring the white marble dome, engraved
sandstone walls, and mosaic tile alcoves. |
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