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GHF Sponsors First Annual Indus Heritage Day

May 10, 2012

Three California-based organizations — the India Community Center, Pakistani American Culture Center, and 1947 Partition Archive — teamed up on April 29th in Milpitas to host the first annual Indus Heritage Day, designed to celebrate shared South Asian histories. This year’s festivities focused on the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, a highly advanced but little known culture that was at its height more than 4,000 years ago.

Tags: Asia, Global Heritage Fund, India, Indus, Indus Heritage Day, Pakistan, South Asia

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GHF Featured by CNN, AFP, Condé Nast Traveler

May 08, 2012

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One goal of last Thursday’s The Forum on Global Heritage in a Developing World: Focus on Asia, hosted in partnership with the Asia Society in New York, was to “increase public awareness of a global crisis.” So far, the results have been promising, with several major media outlets helping to spread GHF’s message.

Tags: Asia, Asia’s Heritage in Peril, Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia, China, Events, Forum on Global Heritage in a Developing World, Global Heritage Fund, India, Pingyao, Rakhigarhi, Southeast Asia

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GHF, Asia Society Host “The Forum on Global Heritage in a Developing World: Focus on Asia”

May 04, 2012

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GHF had a day to remember at the Asia Society in New York on May 3rd, hosting The Forum on Global Heritage in a Developing World: Focus on Asia, a discussion of development challenges facing Asia’s most important and endangered heritage sites. The event featured a diverse program of speakers and panelists, and was well-attended by leading experts in conservation, development, venture philanthropy, technology, travel, academia and media.

Tags: Asia, Asia Society, The Forum on Global Heritage in a Developing World, Global Heritage Fund, Jeff Morgan, John Sanday, Kuanghan Li, Vincent Michael

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Italy Continues Support of My Son Sanctuary

April 03, 2012

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For nearly a decade, conservationists at My Son Sanctuary in Vietnam have enjoyed tremendous support from the government of Italy. Now, thanks to a new grant of $250,000 over the next two years, “Safeguarding of My Son World Heritage” will enter a third phase of restoration and conservation.

Tags: Asia, Completed Projects, Global Heritage Fund, My Son, Southeast Asia, UNESCO, Unsustainable Tourism, Vietnam

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GHF Europe, The Duke of Gloucester Celebrate Conservation Success at Banteay Chhmar

March 22, 2012

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On February 28th, in the presence of HRH The Duke of Gloucester, GHF Europe (UK) hosted a reception to celebrate four years of conservation success at Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia. More than 50 guests gathered in the newly restored Chapter Hall of London’s Museum of St. John to hear John Sanday FSA OBE, GHF’s Director for Asia & Pacific, describe progress and new technologies being used at the site.

Tags: Asia, Banteay Chhmar, The Duke of Gloucester, London, Global Heritage Fund, GHF Europe, John Sanday, Southeast Asia

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Vietnam’s My Son Seeks Solutions for Increased Tourism

March 19, 2012

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In 2004, Vietnam’s My Son Sanctuary — imperiled at the time by Vietnam War damage, illegal looting, deterioration from exposure, overall decay, and vegetation overgrowth — became the focus of a GHF project. After successful efforts to support urgently needed stabilization, archaeological documentation, planning, site conservation and training, My Son was declared a “Completed Project” in 2006.

Tags: Asia, Completed Projects, Global Heritage Fund, Mass Tourism, My Son, Southeast Asia, UNESCO, Unsustainable Tourism, Vietnam

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GHN Report: Urbanization, Tourism Among the Threats to Laos’ Plain of Jars

February 23, 2012

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Dotting the landscape of Xieng Khouang Plateau in Laos are thousands of megalithic jars — part of an archaeological landscape aptly named the Plain of Jars. The structures, carved mainly from sandstone, granite or limestone, have been associated with the funerary customs of ancient inhabitants who occupied the area during the Iron Age (500 BCE - 500 CE).

Tags: Asia, Global Heritage Network, Laos, Lia Genovese, Plain of Jars, Southeast Asia, UNESCO, Urbanization, War and Conflict

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Thai Prime Minister Visits Ayutthaya to Assess Flood Damage and Future Prevention

February 21, 2012

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Speaking in Ayutthaya this week as part of a World Heritage Site celebration, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra expressed confidence that this year’s flood prevention plan will guard against a repeat of the 2011 floods that shuttered hundreds of factories and damaged 158 historic monuments.

Tags: Asia, Ayutthaya, Flooding, Natural Disaster, Southeast Asia, Thailand

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Modernization Threatens Nepal’s Historic Towns

February 17, 2012

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In 1979, seven historic monumental zones in the Kathmandu Valley were collectively designated Asia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site. For scholars and tourists alike, these Hindu and Buddhist monuments are what immediately come to mind when picturing Nepal’s rich cultural heritage. But according to a German architect who has been working in Nepal for four decades, it is only a matter of time before modernization wipes out the majority of the country’s ancient architecture.

Tags: Asia, John Sanday, Kathmandu, Nepal

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GHF Executive Director Attends Opening of Asia Society Hong Kong Center

February 10, 2012

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The brand new Asia Society Hong Kong Center opened with a bang this week, as more than 400 guests gathered to celebrate the completion of a project over a decade in the works. Among the event’s attendees was Jeff Morgan, Executive Director of GHF, which will partner with Asia Society to host another event in May.

Tags: Asia, Asia Society, Forum on Global Heritage in a Developing World, GHF

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