Cultural heritage sites are being damaged and destroyed at an alarming rate around the world, perhaps nowhere as quickly as in the developing world.
To address this crisis, GHF has established the Global Heritage Network (GHN) utilizing Google Earth and high-resolution satellite imagery for over 500 major archaeological and heritage sites in the developing world sponsored by Digital Globe.
GHN seeks to build an international community for conservation of heritage, raise awareness to the crisis, and collaboratively seek solutions to the increasing threats facing cultural heritage sites in developing countries.
Goals of GHN include:
- Increasing global awareness of the threats facing heritage in
developing countries
- Providing an early warning and threats monitoring system for
global heritage
- Delivering a collaboration platform for implementing
Preservation by Design® to help save major archaeological and heritage sites
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Recent Events
International photo exhibition chronicles preservation efforts of endangered cultural heritage sites in developing countries.
This exhibition featured works by primarily local photographers living in or near endangered sites in Cambodia, China, Colombia, India, Libya, Peru and Turkey. Images underscored issues of concern to people in these locales, while emphasizing the importance of collaborative efforts to safeguard the world’s cultural heritage.
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John Sanday OBE FSA was invited by the Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London to deliver a paper on Global Heritage Fund’s many-faceted project at Banteay Chhmar. The Society, of which John Sanday is also a Fellow, is charged by its Royal Charter of 1751 with ‘the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries’. It celebrated its Tercentenary in 2007.
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North face of Building C appears to be a natural hill, but major facades and other structures are waiting to be revealed. Photo: Dr. John Rick
After the exploratory 2009 season at Chavín de Huántar, Peru, which was the pilot year of the long-term Model Project for Building C, we anticipate doing much larger scale conservation work responding to the now-defined conservation needs and remedies of this important structure, achieving much more conservation progress in both visibility and sustainability. In addition, we are planning to finish the functional restoration of the Rocas Canal, the original, primary drain of the site, and the only non-intrusive way to remove abundant rainwater from the site.
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HRH The Duke of Gloucester will visit GHF’s flagship project at Prasat Banteay Chhmar, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia. The Duke last visited Cambodia in October 1969.
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Upcoming Events
October 19, 2010
Stanford University
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
The Forum on Cultural Heritage in a Developing World will bring together leaders in economics, business, academia, conservation and philanthropy to focus on challenges and innovative solutions to save mankind’s most important and endangered cultural heritage sites in developing countries.
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