The planet Earth offers an endless amount of beauty. Planet Earth is a landscape of oceans‚ waterways‚ forests‚ deserts‚ and communities‚ which makes up the world in which we all live. Our world in made up of countries‚ states‚ and communities‚ filled with people of many different cultures‚ societies and ethnic groups‚ who speak many different languages ‚ practice numerous religions‚ and have different color skin‚ yet we all belong to one human race‚ who shares this planet we call Earth. Every
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National Museums of Kenya Strategic Plan 2009-2014 NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA where heritage lives on a Century of Heritage Management 1910-2010 National Museums of Kenya Strategic Plan 2009-2014 Published 2009 National Museums of Kenya P.O Box 40658- 00100 Nairobi Kenya Tel; (02) 3742131/4‚ 3742161/4 Fax: 254 -2-3741424 Email: nmk@museums.or.ke Website: www.museums.or.ke Citation: National Museums of Kenya (2009). Strategic Plan 2009-2014 Nairobi‚ Kenya. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acronyms
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Shark Bay is a spectacular World Heritage-listed site which encompasses more than 1500km of coastline stretching along two jagged peninsulas and numerous islands. It covers an area covers more than 2.2 million hectares It’s beautiful natural white sand beaches‚ fiery red cliffs and turquoise lagoons is only one part of its attractions. It is one of Western Australia’s most biological rich habitats with an array of plant and animal life found nowhere else in the world. There are lush beds of seagrass
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Plan is good design in a building and is specifically promoted by the policies within chapter 4B.1. From chapter 4B.11 London’s built heritage‚ it states that the mayor will work with strategic partners to preserve and improve London’s historic environment. DPD policies should find new innovative ways to increase and maintain the contribution of the building heritage to London’s environmental quality‚ to the economy‚ both through tourism and the beneficial use of historical assets‚ and to the wellbeing
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Discuss specific heritage and conservation issues faced by the Pompeii and Herculaneum sites today. “Just when Pompeii was being rediscovered‚ it began to die its second death” –Henry de Saint-Blanquat Ever since the first discoveries of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the late 16th Century‚ the towns have been exposed to many problems regarding preservation. The above quote by Henry de Saint-Blanquat reinforces the dire position of the towns since their discovery. These problems are caused by tourism
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A Biosphere Reserve and a World Heritage Site‚ Sinharaja Forest Reserve is certainly one of the most popular tourist attractions in Sri Lanka. If you are one who always gets attracted to greens‚ wildlife and its heritage‚ and most importantly the birds‚ Sinharaja Forest Reserve is certainly going to be your place. A virgin rainforest in Sri Lanka is an amazing land of a number of endemic species including trees‚ insects‚ amphibians‚ mammals‚ reptiles and of course the birds. In fact‚ it is the variety
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rapidly as well as becoming one of the main sources of income for countless countries around the world. At the same time‚ awareness about issues such as its possible harmful effect on the natural and cultural environment as well as the local economies has been raised. Meetings such as the 1992 Earth Summit‚ which was attended by 178 nations from all over the world‚ reflect the importance of theses issues.Although it has been claimed that this important industry has many drawbacks‚tourism
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------------------------------------------------- 양식의 맨 위 양식의 맨 아래 10 World Heritage Sites of Nepal: Natural and Cultural Sites Posted by ImNepal.com on May 22‚ 2012 in Tourism · 0 Comment inShare Nepal is a small mountain landlocked nation in the world. Even it has the area of 147‚181 sq. km.‚ Nepal holds 10 places as UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization) as ‘World Heritage Sites’. There are 830 properties of world in World Heritage List as cultural and natural heritage having outstanding universal value
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HISTORY HERITAGE ASSIGNMENT 2013 MOTHEO RATHETE LORETO CONVENT SCHOOL-GRADE 12 4/18/2013 DEFINITIONS: CULTURE: The way of life for a group of people. It can be seen in ways of behaving‚ beliefs‚ values‚ customs followed‚ dress style to mention a few. Culture is passed on from one generation to another however it is not solid and lasting but always changing as each generation contributes its experience of the world and thus drops things that are seemingly absurd and no longer useful for them. Identity:
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charming natural scenery that is unusual compared to the mainland of Korea. Jeju is a volcanic island; therefore‚ Halla Mountain‚ which is volcanic island is located in the center of the island. Halla Mountain is recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO with two other tourist site‚ Seongsan llchulbong Peak‚ Geomunoreum Lava Tube System‚ of Jeju. The volcanic activity generated tremendous amount of basalt. People in Jeju used the basalt to create a symbol of Jeju‚ Dolhareubang (it means stone statue
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