HERITAGE MID Q1

1. International Cultural Tourism Committee

The International Cultural Tourism Committee

(ICTC) is a global network of cultural heritage, conservation and tourism professionals & academics.

2. ICOMOS

  • As a specialist International Scientific Committee of ICOMOS - the International Council on Monuments and Sites - ICTC provides a forum for heritage conservation and tourism professionals and academics.

  • focus is on collaborative research; and the development and promotion of policy directions and best practice in integrated planning, conservation and cultural heritage management at tourism destinations especially but not exclusively UNESCO World Heritage sites.

3. ICCROM

  • The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property

(ICCROM) was created in the aftermath of the Second World War in response to widespread destruction and the urgent need to reconstruct cultural property.

4. ASEAN HERITAGE PARKS

  • The category of ASEAN Heritage Parks and Reserves (AHPRs) was first conceptualized by the ASEAN Experts on the Environment during their first regional meeting in 1978. The group defined the ASEAN Heritage Parks and Reserves as "a category of protected areas conceived for a select group of national parks and nature reserves that have outstanding wilderness and other values.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF ASEAN HERITAGE PARKS

ASEAN Heritage Parks, which include both terrestrial and marine park 1, shall be selected based on the following criteria:

MAIN CRITERIA

a) Ecological Completeness

  • must demonstrate wholesome ecological processes and must have the capability to regenerate with minimal human intervention.

b) Representativeness

  • embodies the variety of ecosystems or species representing or typical of the ASEAN region.

c) Naturalness

  • area must be for the most part in a natural condition.

ADDITIONAL CRITERIA

g) Transboundary

  • nutrients, materials or support for species (especially migratory ones) to the region as a whole.

h) Uniqueness

  • special features that could not be seen in any other site.

i) High ethno-biological significance

  • harmonious relationships between culture and ecology.

j) Importance for endangered or precious biodiversity

  • habitat of important or endangered flora or fauna

Tasek Merimbun Heritage Park (Brunei)

  • the country's biggest wildlife sanctuary, a recreational centre and venue for research and education.

  • It is one of the seven Important Bird Areas (IBAs)

  • can find the Black Lake Tasek Heritage Park the home of ethnic Dusuns.

Virachey National Park (Cambodia)

  • One of only two areas in Cambodia known to support Germain's peacock pheasant

  • "humid medium elevation" habitats.

Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia)

  • steep, almost inaccessible mountainous terrain. A part of the 2.5-million hectare

  • Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra, which is a World Heritage Site

  • the Alas River runs through the Park

  • into an eastern and western half; last place where orangutans, tigers, elephants, rhinoceros and leopards lived together.

Way Kambas National Park (Indonesia)

  • one of the oldest reserves in Indonesia.

  • habitat of the Sumatran Elephant.

Taman Negara National Park (Malaysia)

  • One of the world's oldest rainforests

  • boasts of the most extensive protected area of pristine lowland, evergreen rainforest in Malaysia.

  • most important center of endemicity in Malay Peninsula.

Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park (Myanmar)

  • Hilly and accented by valleys

  • harbors a wealth of large animals and also protects the drainage basin of two perennial rivers.

  • Found inside the Park is a shrine and a reclining figure of Kathapa, Buddha's saintly disciple.

Indawgyi Lake Wildlife Sanctuary (Myanmar)

  • established for the protection of waterfowl and their habitats and the neighboring catchment areas.

  • The eastern side of the lake is mountainous terrain while the north and west are hilly.

Inle Lake Wildlife Sanctuary (Myanmar)

  • "floating gardens this sanctuary is an important watershed and water source for electricity and domestic use for people living in the small villages

Nat Ma Taung National Park (Myanmar)

  • plant Hunter's paradise"

  • features Mt. Victoria (called in Chin language as Khaung Neu or "Earth" Mother Goddess" the highest mountain in Chin Hill, Chin State.

Bukit Timah Nature Reserve (Singapore)

  • Established in 1884

  • one of the firsts to become a forest reserve.

  • The park includes Bukit Timah Hill, Singapore's highest at 163 meters. Many visit the cool summit of Bukit Timah to escape from the sweltering heat

Tarutao National Park (Thailand)

  • dialect of Southern Thailand, Tarutao means "old, mysterious and primitive"

  • home for centuries of the Chao Lay, or Sea Gypsies.

Bai Tu Long National Park (Vietnam)

  • one of the hotspots on biodiversity of Viet Nam, Bai Tu Long

  • home of 106 rare and endangered species and the presence of locally named tung ang ecosystems.

  • 3 communes: the Bai Tu Long Bay, Van Don District, and Quang Ninh province.

U Minh Thuong National Park (Vietnam)

  • supports one of the last two significant areas of peat swamp forest remaining in Viet Nam (the other one being U Minh Ha)

  • recognized as one of the three highest priority sites for wetland conservation in the Mekong Delta.

Mount Makiling Forest Reserve (Philippines)

  • lies within 65 kilometers of Metro Manila.

  • It is 4,244 hectares in area

  • lies within the municipalities of Los Baños, Bay, and Calamba in the province of Laguna, and Sto. Tomas in the province of Batangas.

Mt. Apo Natural Park (Philippines)

  • dormant volcano with hundreds of sulphur vents on its upper slopes

  • country's highest mountain at 3,143.6 meters.

  • last stronghold of the remaining population of the rare and endangered Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi).

Mt. Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary (Philippines)

  • lake holds water during the rainy season but disappears during the dry season

  • Folkloric tale disclosed that the locals considered Tinagong Dagat as a mythical sea on top of the mountain as they observed high and low tide scenes.

Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park (Philippines)

  • densely forested slopes, numerous caves, over a dozen mountain peaks, several waterfalls, and a hot spring,

  • one of the few remaining rainforests in the Philippines where one can still find the Philippine Eagle.

  • ancestral domain of the Talaandig, Higaonon and Bukidnon ethnolinguistic groups

Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park (Philippines)

  • seven major peaks with Mt. Malindang as the highest at 2,404 meters, and Mt. Ampiro as the lowest peak at 1,532 meters,

  • formed through a series of volcanic activities

Mts. Iglit-Baco National Park (Philippines)

  • the only place in the world where one can find the biggest remaining population of the tamaraw (Bubalus Mindorensis).

  • The Mangyan is the dominant indigenous group in the area they depend directly on Mts. Iglit-Baco for their food and livelihood.

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (Philippines)

  • located about 80 nautical miles southeast of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, and 60 nautical miles southwest of the Municipality of Cagayancillo

  • It comprises of about 10,045 hectares of coral reefs and surrounding waters.

UNESCO

  • The world needs peace

  • Since wars begin in the minds of men and women, it is in the minds of men and women that peace must be built

  • uses education, science and culture to inform, inspire and engage people everywhere to foster understanding and respect for each other and our planet.

History of UNESCO

  • As early as 1942, in wartime, the governments of the European countries, which were confronting Nazi Germany and its allies, met in the United Kingdom for the Conference of Allied Ministers of Education (CAME).

  • World War Il was far from over, yet those countries were looking for ways and means to rebuild their education systems once peace was restored.

  • It gathered together representatives of forty-four countries who decided to create an organization that would embody a genuine culture of peace.

  • In their eyes, the new organization was to establish the "intellectual and moral solidarity of mankind" and thereby prevent the outbreak of another world war.

UNESCO’S VISION

  • UNESCO's founding vision was born in response toa world war marked by racist and anti-Semitic violence.

  • UNESCO's duty remains to reaffirm the humanist missions of education, science, and culture.