The record of human civilization - our global heritage - is vanishing before our eyes.
The world faces unprecedented environmental and social challenges. Devastating
poverty confronts the human population as it swells beyond 6.6 billion and the gap
between rich and poor widens. Simultaneously, mega-city development and
mass tourism threaten to destroy many of our most important world heritage
sites in the world’s poorest countries.
Global Heritage Fund (GHF) is leading a new global study -
Saving Our Vanishing Heritage:
An International Initiative to Identify and Counteract Threats to Cultural Heritage Sites in the Developing World. With support from over 25 leading experts and institutions,
Vanishing documents the
destruction of major archaeological and heritage sites in developing countries over the past decade,
many which are facing an unprecedented rate of loss to universal significance and authencity.
These challenges call for new solutions, global coalitions and funding on an unprecedented scale,
and Global Heritage Fund is playing a major leadership role in saving our vanishing heritage.
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In 2009, GHF continued building its global network and capabilities to save endangered heritage sites in the developing world, completing our fifth and sixth major GHF Projects: Çatalhöyük in Turkey and Foguang Temple in China.
GHF currently has 11 conservation and development projects, in nine countries to preserve endangered heritage sites in the developing world, five of which are UNESCO Inscribed World Heritage sites, and four are on the Tentative World Heritage Site Lists of their respective national governments. Thank you for your critical support for our mission and making Global Heritage Fund successful as a leading international heritage conservancy.
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GHF News
GHF is pleased to announce that the Global Heritage Preservation Fellowship Program is now accepting Letters of Inquiry seeking support for field projects to be conducted this summer at significant heritage sites in the developing world.
The purpose of the Global Heritage Preservation Fellowship Program is to support cultural heritage conservation and community development work with the potential for significant contributions to the long-term preservation of endangered cultural heritage sites in developing countries by international and in-country scholars and students.
For more details on the program and to download the Letter of Inquiry form
click here.
In order to inventory critical historic, socio-demographic and conservation needs for the site of Intramuros in Manila, GHF has awarded a planning grant to the University of the City of Manila (Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila) for a joint program by the Departments of Architecture, Planning and Civil Engineering. Tourism Secretary Joseph Durano and GHF International Conservation Director John Hurd signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in February in Intramuros to formally commence the working partnership.
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Two New Trustees Join Our Board
We are pleased to announce that Lata Krishnan and Judy Koch have joined the GHF Board as Trustee and Honorary Trustee, respectively.
Lata Krishnan
Lata Krishnan is Vice Chair of the American India Foundation (AIF) since being involved in its founding in 2001, and was the co-founder SMART Modular Technologies, Inc.
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Judy Koch
Judy Koch is the founder of Bring Me A Book and was President, CEO, and Board Chair of RSP Manufacturing Corporation from 1990 to 1997.
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GHF Invests in Site Conservation and
Sustainable Community Development
Global Heritage Fund, in partnership with the Instituto Colombiano
Preservation by Design® program of integrated planning, scientific conservation, community investment and training, and in-country private sector partnerships to preserve Ciudad Perdida (‘Lost City’) and surrounding archaeological sites.
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Çatalhöyük: A Preservation Success Story in Central Turkey
Previous research at the site has demonstrated that effective conservation of mudbrick architecture, moldings and painting at the site is only possible under shelter, so the protection of these fragile and priceless works of prehistoric art through excavation sheltering, scientific conservation and training are the focus of GHF’s efforts at the site.
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Site Significance
Banteay Chhmar (The Citadel of the Cats) is one of the great architectural masterpieces of Southeast Asia and the Khmer Kingdom’s epic Angkorian Period. Located on the royal road to Pimai, it is one of Cambodia’s top-listed sites for nomination to UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
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GHF Photography Exhibition
Opens at Meridian International Center
MARCH 20, 2010 - MAY 16, 2010
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