Tianzhushan Attends Huangshan Dialogue On UNESCO Designated Places And Sustainable Development

On May 26-30, Huangshan Dialogue on UNESCO designated places and sustainable development was held in Huangshan. Tianzhushan attended this conference.

The Goal of the Dialogue was to “create a forum for experts and practitioners to share experience and lessons in the conservation and management of world heritage sites, world biosphere reserves and global geoparks, and to improve knowledge of practical achievements of the use of space technologies for the benefit of UNESCO designated places.”

The Objectives of the Dialogue are to:

·enhance communications among intergovernmental organs of UNESCO and their advisory bodies and local policy makers and practitioners to share experience and lessons learnt;

· review and learn from the past and on-going international, regional and national efforts to assist less developed Member States of UNESCO to apply space technologies;

· identify constraints and opportunities for launching an international program under the auspices of UNESCO and its partners for providing support and services for the application of space technologies to address needs of less developed Member States;

·recommend priority actions, including projects that HIST/RADI in China could design, develop and implement in cooperation with UNESCO and its partners for promoting best practices in the applications of space technologies;

·evaluate the relevance of the Dialogue and suggest steps for its continuation as an annual or a biennial forum in the future.