RT Conference Proceedings
SR 00
A1 Romaine, Suzanne
A1 Gorenflo, L.J.
T1 Special Opportunities for Conserving Cultural and Biological Diversity:  The Co-occurrence of Indigenous Languages and UNESCO Natural World Heritage Sites
YR 2019
FD November 13-14, 2018
SP 1
OP 17
K1 linguistic diversity
K1 languages
K1 indigenous people
K1 indigenous cultures
K1 world heritage sites
K1 protected areas
K1 intangible heritage
K1 nature culture integration
K1 coordinated conservation
K1 social aspects
K1 ethnological aspects
K1 community-based management
K1 case studies
K1 australia
K1 USA
AB PART 2. RECOGNIZING INTANGIBLE HERITAGE AND DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES - Intangible Heritage as a Driver of Cultural Landscape Management and Holistic Conservation ///     Recent research indicates that speakers of indigenous languages often live in or near United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Natural World Heritage Sites (WHSs). Because language is a key index of cultural diversity, examining global patterns of co-occurrence between languages and these sites provides a means of identifying opportunities to conserve both culture and nature, especially where languages, WHSs, or both are recognized as endangered. This paper summarizes instances when indigenous languages share at least part of their geographic extent with Natural WHSs. We consider how this co-occurrence introduces the potential to coordinate conservation of nature and sociocultural systems at these localities, particularly with respect to the recently issued UNESCO policy on engaging indigenous people and the forthcoming International Year of Indigenous Languages. The paper concludes by discussing how the presence of indigenous people at UNESCO Natural WHSs introduces important opportunities for co-management that enable resident indigenous people to help conserve their language and culture along with the natural settings where they occur. We discuss briefly the example of Australia as a nation exploring opportunities for employing and strengthening such coordinated conservation efforts.
T2 2018 US/ICOMOS Symposium "Forward Together: A Culture-Nature Journey Towards More Effective Conservation in a Changing World"
ED San Francisco, California
AV Published
LK http://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/2304/
UL https://usicomos.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Romaine-Gorenflo-2019-US-ICOMOS-Proceedings.pdf