IPU Preparatory meeting in Geneva 19/10/2015 Alain DESTEXHE. Rapporteur Senator, Belgium

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1 IPU Preparatory meeting in Geneva 19/10/2015 Alain DESTEXHE Rapporteur Senator, Belgium

2 Great barrier reef- Australia African Intangible Cultural Heritage Colosseum Italy Banaue, rice terraces- Philippines Incas roads South America

5 MASS TOURISM ARMED CONFLICTS AND TERRORISM LOOTING AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING POPULATION GROWTH AND URBANISATION LACK OF AWARENESS RESTORATION GLOBALISATION CLIMATE CHANGE LACK OF OR INSUFFICIENT REGISTRATION BY SOME COUNTRIES

6 Mass tourism Queue in Angkor Vat

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

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

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

10 Armed conflicts and terrorism Palmyra

11 Challenge - Collateral damage/incident - Looting - Cultural cleansing: deliberate destruction (IS) The Mausoleum of Al-Chaab Al Dahmani - Libya

12 Recommendations SystematicP rosecution Ratification of The Hague Convention Museum staff training But also: preventive approach, inclusion of the protection of heritage in peace-keeping operations

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

14 Looting and illicit trafficking Museum of Baghdad

Challenge - Political instability - Source of income - Laundering of items Tanzania, Poaching for ivory http://www.

15 Challenge - Political instability - Source of income - Laundering of items Tanzania, Poaching for ivory

16 Recommendations Ratification UNIDROIT + Convention Accurate inventory Creation of a National Body But also : Regular studies based on the inventory ; police and custom forces ; monitoring of suspicious Internet sales ; effective monitoring of sites

17 Looting of Cairo Museum (Egypt) Poaching rhinoceros

; in red, boundaries in 2008 http://eoedu.belspo.

18 Population growth and urbanisation Expansion of Cairo : in yellow, boundaries of the city in 1968 ; in red, boundaries in

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

20 Example 1 : Population density of Virunga national Park Democratic Republic Congo Population per km2 : Around 100 Example 2 : Jing an Temple in Shanghai

21 Recommendations Particular attention on urban projects -

22 Recommendations Lack of awareness Military training programs Education Cultural events But also : promotion of citizen participation

23 Inca wall - Peru

24 Restoration Restored Ecce Homo in Spain

25 / Challenges - Restoration techniques - Symbolic value materiality - «Second life» reconciliation Inle Lake stupas - Myanmar Before and after restoration

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

27 Recommendations Know-how transmission Regular maintenance Systematic use of experts -

28 Globalisation

29 McDonald s (Ireland 1 and China 2 )

30 Climate change St Mark s Square flooding in 2008 Venice

31 Challenge - Potential threats on heritage - Snowball effect with mass tourism - Descriptive approach -> need for concrete actions

32 Rice fields Madagascar Dryness Pompeii Flooding - Cambodia

33 Recommendations Impacts evaluation Quantitative approach Expert consultations But also : comprehensive approach of Heritage in its global environment

34 LACK OF OR INSUFFICIENT REGISTRATION

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

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

37 9 Challenges More details? 31 Recommendations The full report is available in the room! 1 Report

38 Thank you for your attention and participation! See you in Lusaka!

21st ACI AFRICA REGION ANNUAL ASSEMBLY CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION

21st ACI AFRICA REGION ANNUAL ASSEMBLY CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA 28 AUGUST 2012 Angela Gittens Director General ACI World 1 Airports Council International ACI AFRICA ACI World 577 members