Reviews: 40 Years World Heritage Convention

Prof. Dr. Renate Nestvogel

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Marie-Theres Albert, Birgitta Ringbeck, 40 Years World Heritage Convention. Popularizing the Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage. De Gruyter 2015, ISBN 978-3-11-042776-9, 214 pages, ISSN 2196-0275 Review by Prof. Dr. Renate Nestvogel In this third volume of the Heritage Studies Series, the authors present the manifold facets of World Heritage since its formation and the adoption of the World Heritage Convention in 1972. First of all, they point out that the current 1031 cultural and natural sites more …

Dr. Roland Bernecker

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Marie-Theres Albert, Birgitta Ringbeck: 40 Years World Heritage Convention. Popularizing the Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage. De Gruyter 2015, ISBN 978-3-11-042776-9, 214 pages, ISSN 2196-0275 Review by Dr. Roland Bernecker, Secretary General German Commission for UNESCO The UNESCO World Heritage Convention from 1972 is an international treaty out of which a prestigious program has developed for the recognition of cultural and natural sites. For many years experts have been concerned with the question of whether the increasing more …

Prof. Dr. Klaus Hüfner

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Marie-Theres Albert, Birgitta Ringbeck: 40 Years World Heritage Convention. Popularizing the Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage. De Gruyter 2015, ISBN 978-3-11-042776-9, 214 pages, ISSN 2196-0275 Review by Prof. Dr. Klaus Hüfner The Convention for the Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention) was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO in November 1972, but only came into force in 1975. The Convention, to date ratified by 191 States, belongs without doubt to the most successful more …