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Linking Nature and Culture in Asia and the Pacific: Initiatives for Advancing Knowledge and Scaling-up Capacity Building in Landscape Conservation

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Opportunity for heritage practitioners to learn from and contribute to two different initiatives on linking nature and culture in Asia and the Pacific both aimed at improving the conservation and management of landscapes at national, local and site levels.
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Recognizing the need to bridge the divide between nature and culture for the effective management of landscapes, conserving biodiversity and safeguarding cultural diversity, in this session we will share two interdisciplinary initiatives that are bridging the work of nature and culture sectors in Asia and the Pacific. The UNESCO Chair on Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage Conservation at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, and the UNESCO Category 2 Centre on Natural Heritage Management and Training for Asia and the Pacific Region at the Wildlife Institute of India, will present two international projects, one on capacity building and the other on case-studies, which showcase how heritage practitioners from both sectors have been collaborating and sharing knowledge in landscape conservation. A brief presentation will be followed by a panel discussion on key challenges with a view to engage the general audience into developing next steps within and beyond the Asia and the Pacific region.

Session agenda

Moderator

Ms Jessica BROWN

Executive Director,
New England Biolabs Foundation
United States of America


09:00 - 10:30

Speaker

Mr Anuranjan ROY

World Heritage Assistant,
Wildlife Institute of India
India

Heritage Conservation in Asia – Case Studies Linking Nature and Culture
09:00 - 10:30

Dr Masahito YOSHIDA

Professor,
University of Tsukuba
Japan


09:00 - 10:30

Dr Maya ISHIZAWA

Independent Heritage Specialist,
Germany

Facilitating a Nature/Culture Dialogue for Landscape Conservation
09:00 - 10:30

Panelist

Dr Dhananjai MOHAN

Director, WII & WII-C2C,
India


09:00 - 10:30

Dr Florence REVELIN

Environmental Anthropologist,
CNRS
France


09:00 - 10:30

Mr Jefferson CHUA

Independent Researcher,
Philippines


09:00 - 10:30

Dr Neel Kamal CHAPAGAIN

Associate Professor & Director,
Centre for Heritage Management, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad,
Nepal


09:00 - 10:30

  • South and East Asia Regional Committee of IUCN Members
  • Japan National Committee of IUCN Members
  • IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
  • IUCN World Heritage Programme
  • ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property)
  • ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites)
  • World Heritage Studies, University of Tsukuba, Japan
  • UNESCO World Heritage Centre
  • Deakin University, Australia
  • New England Biolabs Foundation, USA
  • WHITRAP (World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and Pacific Region), Shanghai

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