Dr Maya ISHIZAWA

Independent Heritage Specialist

Maya Ishizawa is an independent heritage specialist focused on the management of cultural landscapes and the study of nature-culture interactions in heritage places. Trained as an architect in Lima, Peru, she received a Master of Media and Governance from Keio University, Japan, and a Ph.D. in Heritage Studies at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany. Currently, she works as a consultant for the ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage Leadership, an advisor for ICOMOS International and serves as scientific coordinator of the ICOMOS/IFLA International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes. Involved in capacity building initiatives, she is a curator of the PANORAMA Nature-Culture Thematic Community.