Environment

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World Heritage Sites

• Environment Resource Management
• www.CraigMarlatt.com/school

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World Heritage Sites

• The Selection Process
• World Heritage Sites in Canada
• Propose Your Own World Heritage Site
• National Parks of Canada

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World Heritage Sites

• The World Heritage List includes 812 properties
  forming part of the cultural and natural heritage
  which the World Heritage Committee considers as
  having outstanding universal value.
• These include 628 cultural, 160 natural, and 24
  mixed properties in 137 States Parties.

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World Heritage Sites
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World Heritage Sites
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World Heritage Sites

• Criteria for Natural Sites
• Exemplify major stages in Earths history
• Represent ongoing ecological processes
• Contain significant natural habitats
• Contains areas of exceptional beauty

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World Heritage Sites

• Criteria for Cultural Sites
• Masterpiece of creative genius
• Exhibit an important interchange of human value
• Illustrate significant stages in human history
• Have exerted great architectural influence
• Be an outstanding example of a traditional way of
  life representing a certain culture
• Be associated with ideas or beliefs of universal
  significance

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The Selection Process

• Stage One
• A national Tentative List is prepared by the
  State Party. In order for a site to be nominated
  as a potential World Heritage Site, it must first
  be on a State Partys Tentative List.
• A detailed nomination dossier is prepared by
  those responsible for the site.

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The Selection Process

• Stage Two
• The nomination dossier is submitted to the World
  Heritage Centre, which checks that nominations
  are complete. The centre may ask for additional
  information from the nominating State Party.

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The Selection Process

• Stage Three
• Experts from the International Council on
  Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) for cultural sites
  and from the World Conservation Union (IUCN) for
  natural sites visit the nominated site to
  evaluate its heritage values, its protection and
  management regime, and to confirm the level of
  support of the various stakeholders. The
  international experts prepare a technical report,
  which includes recommendations for consideration
  by the World Heritage Committee.

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The Selection Process

• Stage Four
• The World Heritage Committee makes a decision on
  the nomination. It can inscribe the site on the
  World Heritage List refer the nomination back to
  the State Party for more information defer it
  until further research work is conducted or not
  inscribe the site on the list.
• The timeframe from the reception of a nomination
  dossier by the World Heritage Centre to the
  Committees decision is at least 18 months.

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World Heritage Sites in Canada
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World Heritage Sites in Canada
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World Heritage Sites in Canada
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World Heritage Sites in Canada

• Cultural
• Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (1981)
• Historic District of Québec (1985)
• LAnse aux Meadows National Historic Site (1978)
• Old Town Lunenburg (1995)
• SGaang Gwaii (Anthony Island) (1981)

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World Heritage Sites in Canada

• Natural
• Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (1984)
• Dinosaur Provincial Park (1979)
• Gros Morne National Park (1987)
• Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay /
  Tatshenshini-Alsek (1979)
• Miguasha National Park (1999)
• Nahanni National Park (1978)
• Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (1995)
• Wood Buffalo National Park (1983)

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World Heritage Sites in Canada

• Proposed
• Áísínaipi (Writing-On-Stone)
• Atikaki/Woodland Caribou/Accord First Nations
• Grand-Pré
• Gwaii Haanas
• Ivvavik/Vuntut/Herschel Island (Qikiqtaruk)
• Joggins
• The Klondike
• Mistaken Point
• Quttinirpaaq
• Red Bay
• Rideau Canal

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Propose Your Own WHS

• Follow the criteria established by UNESCO, create
  a visually stunning PowerPoint and
  brochure/handout that
• Includes a regional location map
• Includes a site-specific map
• Identifies the type details of site being
  proposed
• Explains the significance of the site
• Explains possible threats to the site
• Identifies who and how the site will be managed

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Propose Your Own WHS

• Be prepared to present (and defend!) your
  proposal to the selection committee (i.e., the
  rest of the class).
• Questions of all presenting groups will be
  required from the selection committee!
• After all presentations have concluded, the
  selection committee will tally up their
  observations and determine which site(s) will
  actually become designated as World Heritage
  Sites

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National Parks of Canada

• Canadas National Parks are a country-wide system
  of representative natural areas of Canadian
  significance.

• By law, they are protected for public
  understanding, appreciation and enjoyment, while
  being maintained in an unimpaired state for
  future generations.
• National Parks have existed in Canada since 1885
  and currently number 42, with new ones being
  explored on an on-going basis.

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