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IPU – Preparatory meeting in Geneva– 19/ 10/ 2015 Alain DES TEXHE Rapport eur S enat or, Belgium

Great barrier reef- Australia African Intangible Cultural Heritage Colosseum – Italy Banaue, rice terraces- Philippines Incas roads – S outh America

 MAS S TOURIS M  ARMED CONFLICTS AND TERRORISM  LOOTING AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING  POPULATION GROWTH AND URBANISATION  LACK OF AWARENES S  RES TORATION  GLOBALIS ATION  CLIMATE CHANGE  LACK OF OR INS UFFICIENT REGIS TRATION BY S OME COUNTRIES

Mass tourism Queue in Angkor Vat http:/ / www.veroeddy.be/ asie/ cambodge/ angkor

 Challenge - Tourism becomes destructive - Visit conditions (noise, crowding, selfies,… ) - Tourist services multiply Angkor

Recommendations Tourist Control Chart tourist flows Protection zones But also: Language training of guards ; entry prices (? )

Great wall of China ( China) Graffiti – Luxor (Egypt) MoMA Museum (United S tates) Tower of Pisa (Italy) Angkor (Cambodia) The Louvre Museum (France)

Armed conflicts and terrorism Palmyra ht t p:/ / www.20minutes.fr/ monde/ 1679511-20150904-syrie-cit e-antique-palmyre-bientot -reduite-poussiere-daesh

 Challenge - Collateral damage/ incident - Looting Cultural cleansing: deliberate destruction (IS ) - The Mausoleum of Al-Chaab Al Dahmani - Libya ht t p:/ / www.j euneafrique.com/ 151554/ polit ique/ libye-tripoli-promet -la-fermet-apr-s-la-dest ruct ion-des-mausol-es/

Recommendations Ratification of The Hague S ystematicP Convention rosecution Museum st aff t raining But also: prevent ive approach, inclusion of t he prot ect ion of herit age in peace-keeping operat ions

Timbuktoo manuscripts - Mali Buddhas of Bamiyan, Afghanistan Yemeni heritage destroyed- Yemen

Looting and illicit trafficking Museum of Baghdad http:/ / boutique.arte.tv/ f1067-memoirevoleemuseebagdad

 Challenge - Political instability - S ource of income - Laundering of items Tanzania, Poaching for ivory http:/ / www.lemonde.fr/ afrique/ article/ 2014/ 05/ 09/ les-elephants-pourraient -disparaitre-de-tanzanie-dans-sept-ans_4414382_3212.html

Recommendations Accurate Ratification inventory UNIDROIT + Convention Creation of a National Body But also : Regular st udies based on t he invent ory ; police and cust om forces ; monit oring of suspicious Int ernet sales ; effect ive monit oring of sit es

Poaching rhinoceros Looting of Cairo Museum (Egypt)

Population growth and urbanisation Expansion of Cairo : in yellow, boundaries of the city in 1968 ; in red, boundaries in 2008 http:/ / eoedu.belspo.be/ fr/ profs/ vgt-africa-population.asp? section=15.102

 Challenge - Rapid urbanisation of tourist areas - Promotion of new tertiary activities over previous ones - S ignificant impact on the intangible cultural heritage

Example 1 : Population density of Virunga national Park – Democratic Republic Congo Population per km2 : 1925 5 2000 Around 100 Example 2 : Jing’ an Temple in S hanghai

Recommendations Particular attention on urban proj ects -

Recommendations Education Military training programs Lack of awareness Cultural events But also : promot ion of cit izen part icipat ion

Inca wall - Peru

Restoration Restored Ecce Homo in S pain

 Challenges - Restoration techniques - S ymbolic value – materiality - « S econd life » – reconciliation Inle Lake – stupas - Myanmar Before and after restoration /

Intangible cultural heritage - Africa Old town in Warsaw Bagan - Myanmar

Recommendations Regular maintenance Know-how transmission S ystematic use of experts -

Globalisation

McDonald’ s (Ireland 1° and China 2° )

Climate change S t Mark’s S quare – flooding in 2008 – Venice ht t p:/ / www.not re-planete.info/ act ualit es/ actu_3326_venise_inondat ion.php

 Challenge - Potential threats on heritage - S nowball effect with mass tourism - Descriptive approach -> need for concrete actions

Dryness Rice fields – Madagascar Pompeii Flooding - Cambodia

Recommendations Quantitative approach Impacts evaluation Expert consultations But also : comprehensive approach of Herit age in it s global environment

LACK OF OR INS UFFICIENT REGIS TRATION

Recommendations Incentives Hague Convention Ratification Enhanced protection But also : exchange of good practices

Armed Looting and Mass conflicts and illicit tourism terrorism trafficking Population Lack of growth and Restoration awareness urbanisation Heritage Climate Globalisation change registration

9 Challenges More details? The full report is 31 Recommendations available in the room ! 1 Report

Thank you for your attention and participation ! S ee you in Lusaka !