World Heritage n°45

In Focus

• Exploring the Spice Route
  The Spice Route linked the Mediterranean
  basin to the Far East for over 2,500 years. (p.6)
• Trade Routes of the Desert
  A journey across the desert trails of
  the empires of antiquity. (p.22)
• The Routes of Santiago
  Pilgrims’ itinerary and path of civilization. (p.32)
  

Interview

Interview with Dr Sandy Blair
Routes from an Australian point of view. (p.42)

Close-Up

Qhapaq Ñan
A continental cultural route (p.44)

From our Advisory Bodies

The UNESCO-ICOMOS Documentation Centre
A resource centre for World Heritage
cultural and mixed properties. (p.54)

Conventions

Dialogue of cultures and a culture of
dialogue; New European Framework
Convention on social functions of heritage;
Call for ratification of the Convention on the
Protection of the Underwater Cultural
Heritage; Man and the Biosphere
Programme awards twenty-six grants;
Convention on Cultural Diversity enters into
force. (p.58-61)

News

• Preservation
  Heritage workers risk their lives; Before
  disaster strikes; The Persepolis Proposal;
  Europeans meet on future; Threats to Dja;
  Batanga, Maabi and Bagyeli Pygmies and
  heritage conservation; Reflecting on Periodic
  Reporting; Progress on the Qhapaq Ñan
  nomination; Conservation and development
  at Haiti’s National History Park.(p.62-69)
• Sites in danger
  Emergency Consolidation of the Minaret of
  Jam; Priorities for the Philippine Rice
  Terraces; Hippos Massacred in Virunga
  National Park. (p.72-75)
• Outreach
  European heritage days; Belgian scientific
  expertise to benefit World Heritage;
  Grading heritage sites; Children do the
  teaching; Hostel heritage; 2006-07 World
  Heritage Map available; Anniversary at
  Dorset and East Devon Coast.. (p.76-78)

In Print & Online

A selection of books, brochures or
publications, press articles and multimedia
dedicated to World Heritage. (p. 80)

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