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South Africa is home to some remarkable geoheritage.
Disaster recovery isn’t just about repairing bridges, roads and homes. Conservationists from the Smithsonian were on the ground in North Carolina helping families piece their lives back together.
The resting place of Shackleton’s ill-fated ship is now an international heritage site, and a reminder of how Antarctica’s place in our collective consciousness has changed since the ‘heroic age’.
These surfaces are of profound scientific, cultural, heritage, environmental, and aesthetic importance. Unfortunately, they are threatened - by graffiti.
If communities don’t understand and support local heritage protections, perhaps that’s a reflection on how the system works and not just evidence of a need for public education.
Some of our coastal defences are in desperate need of preservation and could be transformed into tourist attractions.
In Namur, Belgium, archaeological excavations were almost buried for good under the cover of lockdown. The incident draws attention to weaknesses in archaeological heritage protection systems.
Bhaktapur suffered 300 deaths, 2,000 wounded and over 30,000 houses damaged in the 2015 earthquake. Heritage restoration has become crucial to community recovery.
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Honorary Research Fellow, Federation University Australia
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Senior Researcher, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU, Australian National University
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Doctorante en archéologie, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
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Senior lecturer, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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PhD Candidate at Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Research Associate, The University of Melbourne
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Dr en archéologie de l'Université Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne, chercheuse rattachée à l'UMR 7041 ArScAn, Co-Présidente de l'Association Archéo-Éthique, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
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International Cultural Heritage Protection Program Manager, Smithsonian Institution
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Objects Conservator, Smithsonian Institution
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Associate Professor in Environmental History, University of Tasmania
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PhD Candidate, Building Engineering, Carleton University