Global Heritage Fund

Global Heritage Fund (GHF) is a non-profit organization that operates internationally. Founded in California in 2002, GHF says it has since then invested over $25 million and secured $20 million in co-funding for 19 global heritage sites to ensure their sustainable preservation and responsible development.[1]

GHF projects

Projects are selected by GHF's Senior Advisory Board. GHF states that selection is based on a number of factors, including cultural significance of site, need of country or region in question, and high potential for sustainable preservation through community involvement.[2]

Current projects

Based on information from their website, GHF has 13 currently active projects:[3]

(* indicates a UNESCO World Heritage Site)

Completed projects

GHF has ended its work on six sites:

(* indicates a UNESCO World Heritage Site)

Recent initiatives

Global Heritage Network

In 2010, GHF launched Global Heritage Network (GHN), an early warning and threats monitoring system that uses satellite imaging technology and ground reporting to enable international experts and local conservation leaders to clearly identify and solve imminent threats within the legal core and protected areas of each site.[4]

Saving Our Vanishing Heritage

In October 2010, GHF produced a report titled Saving Our Vanishing Heritage: Safeguarding Endangered Cultural Heritage Sites in the Developing World.[5] The report listed 500 major archaeological and heritage sites in developing countries, evaluating their current loss and destruction, conservation and development.[6] It identified nearly 200 of these sites as "At Risk” or “Under Threat,” and 12 as “On the Verge” of irreparable loss and destruction.[7] The Vanishing report stated that there were five accelerating man-made threats facing global heritage sites in developing countries: development pressures, unsustainable tourism, insufficient management, looting, and war and conflict.

References

  1. ↑ Global Heritage Fund (13 May 2012). "Global Heritage Fund Releases New Report Featuring 10 of Asia's Most Endangered Cultural Heritage Sites". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Project Selection". Global Heritage Fund. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Current Projects". Global Heritage Fund. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Global Heritage Network (GHN): Threat Monitoring and Collaborative Solutions for Cultural Heritage Sites in the Developing World". Global Heritage Fund. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  5. ↑ Jeff Morgan. "Saving Our Vanishing Heritage". Global Heritage Fund. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  6. ↑ Mark Tutton (18 October 2010). "Report: Ancient ruins worldwide 'on verge of vanishing'". CNN. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  7. ↑ Jason Chow (21 October 2010). "The World's Vanishing History". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

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