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The
Art and Science of Conservation:
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18th and 19th 2003 Mirador
Basin, Guatemala and Chavín
de Huántar, Peru
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| The Art and Science of Conservation |
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March
26th, 2004
GHF
Projects: Americas
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We are
losing many of the most valuable and sacred archaeological
sites every year. Your help is urgently needed.
Global Heritage
Fund is dedicated to preserving and protecting
the UNESCO World Heritage sites located in developing
countries around the world. These Cradles of
Civilization are under tremendous pressure from
impoverished populations, urban encroachment,
environmental devastation and civil warfare.
Lacking the necessary funds or expertise to
ensure professional conservation, the long-term
existence of these sites is 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 your involvement,
we can make a difference….More
GHF In
the News
Plan
to save Guatemala's Mayan cities with a park and
a posh eco-lodge has enviros and locals boiling.
Archaeologist Richard Hansen discusses the issue
in Outside article. (108k PDF) Shared
Heritage. Becoming a World Heritage site brought
pitfalls for Lijiang. Now a private-public Conservation
Trust is trying to repair some of the damage.
Conservation efforts made by Unesco / GHF partnership
discussed in Far Eastern Economic Review article.
(290k PDF)
Beyond
Baghdad, Temples of Doom - The looting of a
civilization's legacy. GHF featured in San Francisco
Chronicle article.
Success
in GHF Project Conservation
Mirador
Basin National Monument, Guatemala |
- New
Breakthroughs Establishing a 525,000
acre Wilderness and Archaeological Park
- Completed conservation
of four Preclassic and Classic Maya
sites of El Mirador, Cascabel, La Muerta
and La Florida
- Implemented Boeing-designed
UV Polycarbonate Saves Monumental Preclassic
Sculptures
- Secured Goldman
Fund Grant- $315,000 for New Mirador
BasinPark Service
GHF Sponsorship
of #1 UNESCO World Heritage Site Nomination
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Lijiang
Ancient Town, Yunnan China |
- GHF’s
Preservation by Design methodology ensures
a bright future
- Master Conservation
Plan completed and approved reversing
twenty years of ill-conceived ‘modernization’.
- Completion of authentic
restoration for two full seasons of
ancient Naxi residences in this 1,000-year
old living UNESCO World Heritage site.
- Beginning of
strong new China Heritage Program.
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- Enabling
local communities to protect and conserve
the most important archaeological and
new tourism site in Peru
- Tripled budget for
Chavín conservation with GHF
supporting two years of salaries for
new 10-person Chavín conservation
team and provided professional training
in Trujillo.
- Conservation
of Main CircularPlaza, New Town complexes
and emergency conservation for ancient
sites in the path of new roadway.
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Asif
Khan Tomb, Lahore Pakistan |
| The Cradle
of the Moghul Empire |
- Completed
historic and archaeological survey and
treatment analysis for Asif Khan Tomb,
Jahangir Complex.
- Convened expert Committee
of leading archaeologists and historic
architects finalizing authentic treatment
of white marble dome and engraved and
inlaid sandstone walls and mosaic tile
alcoves.
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