WORLD HERITAGE VOLUNTEERS Beyond Territories and Boundaries
48%
17%
8% 13%
161 Countries 779 Cultural sites 197 Natural sites 31 Mixed sites
23%
9%
1007 World Heritage sites
Cambodia Angkor Temple of Preah Vihear
Indonesia Borobudur Temple Compounds Komodo National Park Prambanan Temple Compounds Ujung Kulon National Park Sangiran Early Man Site Lorentz National Park Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy
Malaysia Gunung Mulu National Park Kinabalu Park Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley Myanmar Pyu Ancient Cities
Lao Town of Luang Prabang Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape
Philippines Baroque Churches of the Philippines Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras Historic Town of Vigan Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary
ASEAN
Thailand Historic City of Ayutthaya Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries Ban Chiang Archaeological Site Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex
36 Viet Nam Complex of HuĂŠ Monuments Ha Long Bay Hoi An Ancient Town My Son Sanctuary Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long - Hanoi Citadel of the Ho Dynasty Trang An Landscape Complex
WORLD HERITAGE SITES
“To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate ... When the best leader's work is done the people say, We did it ourselves!� Lao Tzu
1• Sensitizing young volunteers and concerned authorities 1• Sensitizing young volunteers and around issues related to World concerned authorities around issues Heritage related to World Heritage
2 • Raising awareness of the local community and encouraging them to reconsider the value of the sites near their homes
3 • Creating synergies between the youth organizations, the local community and the site management authorities
4 • Organizing programmed activities suitably based on the concrete needs of the site in coordination with the management experts
5 • Establishing links between the youth organizations and national and local authorities
Imagine trees, [..] and nobody by to perceive them George Berkeley
My little thing is planting trees Wangari Maathai
Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed UNESCO Constitution, Preamble
CULTURAL HERITAGE
(i) represent a masterpiece of human creative genius;
(ii) exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on d
(iii) bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which h
(iv) be an outstanding example of a type of building or architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which i
(v) be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement or land use which is representative of a culture (or
(vi) be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and litera
NATURAL HERITAGE
(i) be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant o
(ii) be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution (iii) contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance;
(iv) contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in situ conservation of biological diversity, inc
Criterion (i): Borobudur Temple Compounds with its stepped, unroofed pyramid consisting of ten superimposing terraces, crowned by a large bell-shaped dome is a harmonious marriage of stu
Criterion (ii): Borobudur Temple Compounds is an outstanding example of Indonesia’s art and architecture from between the early 8th and late 9th centuries that exerted considerable influence
Criterion (vi): Laid out in the form of a lotus, the sacred flower of Buddha, Borobudur Temple Compounds is an exceptional reflection of a blending of the very central idea of indigenous ancesto
Criterion (i): Prambanan Temple Compounds presents the grandiose culture of Siva art as a masterpiece of the classical period in Indonesia, and the region. Criterion (iv): The property is an outstanding religious complex, characteristic of Siva expression of the 10th century.
Criterion (iii): The rice terraces are a dramatic testimony to a community's sustainable and primarily communal system of rice production, based on harvesting water from the forest clad moun
Criterion (iv): The rice terraces are a memorial to the history and labour of more than a thousand generations of small-scale farmers who, working together as a community, have created a lan
Criterion (v): The rice terraces are an outstanding example of land-use that resulted from a harmonious interaction between people and its environment which has produced a steep terraced la