Natural and cultural heritage of European coastal communities
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The World Heritage Committee is globally responsible for delivering the World Heritage Convention. The regional and thematic initiatives are crucially important to encourage and ensure the implementation of decisions and recommendations made. Sharing challenges and positive results from sites is beneficial for all World Heritage properties, especially for sites in the region in question or sites that share the same features.
This issue brings together Coastal Heritage from around Europe through two special projects: DUNC and CHERISH, whose initiatives and works we are passionately informed about throughout the following pages. One of these initiatives was the Baltic Sea World Heritage Summit. This important forum opened up discussions amongst relevant delegates on common challenges, best practices and possible long-term cooperation in the region.
Europe has different regional policies and programmes on cultural and natural heritage. How do these impact and reflect the coastal heritage or more specifically fishing communities, the traditional tools and practices as well as sustainability? Here we look for answers to these questions.
This issue encourages us to visit heritage properties along the Baltic coast and teaches us about the intangible cultural heritage of coastal
people, a perfect balance between creativity and knowledge.
I wish you an interesting and informative read!
