Category: conservation
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UNESCO Biospheres meet in Dublin
Man and Biosphere Reserves, like World Heritage Sites and Geoparks, are of course, a product of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. There are six ‘Biospheres’ in British waters when you include the Isle of Man, and two more in Ireland, contributing to the 669 total in 120 countries around the world.…
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Culturally Natural or Naturally Cultural?
‘Culturally Natural or Naturally Cultural? explores the relationship between nature and culture through numerous case studies of World Heritage Sites and some new research which reveals some perhaps surprising statistics. The work forms the report of a workshop held at the Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Park UNESCO World Heritage Site and the publication is…
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National Park City Foundation launched!
I was very pleased to be invited to the launch of the National Park City Foundation yesterday in London. The energy in the room was palpable, no doubt in some small part due to the passion shared by the front man in this initiative, Daniel Raven-Ellison whom I first met at the IUCN World Parks…