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Global Heritage Fund Wins Prestigious 2009 Global Vision Award From Travel + Leisure Magazine for its Historic Preservation Work of Cambodia's Banteay Chhmar Temple Complex

October 16, 2009

 

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GLOBAL HERITAGE FUND WINS PRESTIGIOUS 2009 GLOBAL VISION AWARD FROM TRAVEL + LEISURE MAGAZINE FOR ITS HISTORIC PRESERVATION WORK OF CAMBODIA’S BANTEAY CHHMAR TEMPLE COMPLEX

Global Vision Award Winners Featured in November 2009
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October 16, 2009 - Palo Alto, California USA –­ Global Heritage Fund, an international conservancy focused on protecting cultural heritage sites in developing countries, received a 2009 Global Vision Award from Travel + Leisure magazine today for its “historic preservation” of the Temple Complex Banteay Chhmar in Cambodia.  A total of 17 Global Vision Award winners are featured in the November issue of the magazine in recognition of their work in cultural preservation, environmental conservation and community-based tourism.

Commissioned in the 12th century by the Khmer king Jayavarman VII, the stone temple complex of Banteay Chhmar has in recent years fallen victim to vandalism, looting, and disrepair.  Since 2008, Global Heritage Fund has led efforts to stabilize the complex and its elaborate bas-relief galleries.

“We are thrilled to receive this prestigious honor from Travel + Leisure magazine in recognition of our efforts to preserve one of Cambodia’s great historic treasures,” said executive director of Global Heritage Fund Jeff Morgan.  “Our special thanks goes to our Project Director John Sanday and his team who have successfully developed a model for sustainable tourism in the area, engaged the neighboring community and employed Khmer specialists to protect the majestic stone complex of Banteay Chhmar.”

About Global Heritage Fund
Global Heritage Fund is an international conservancy dedicated to preserving endangered world heritage sites in developing countries to improve lives of local people. GHF enables successful, long-term preservation of the developing world’s most important archaeological sites and ancient townscapes in developing countries, creating new opportunities for economic growth. To achieve this, Global Heritage Fund deploys a well-proven Preservation by Design methodology: 1) comprehensive master conservation planning, 2) sustained preservation through local community involvement, 3) excellence in scientific conservation, and 4) partnerships and complementary funding. Global Heritage Fund is a registered non-profit international conservancy based in Palo Alto, California and London, U.K..  Web site: http://www.globalheritagefund.org.