World Heritage Opportunities Workshop & SHPO Training

December 3-6, 2019, Hagåtña, Guam

• Agenda
• Keynote – Dr. Robert A. Underwood, Why Pacific Heritage is Important to the World
• Pacific Café Resolution
• Press Release

Presentations

• Dec. 3, 2019
  • World Heritage in the United States
  • US World Heritage Overview 2019
  • World Heritage in the Pacific
  • Key Elements for Preparing World Heritage Nomincations
    • Cultural Heritage Perspectives
    • Natural Heritage Perspectives
    • National Historic Landmarks
  • World Heritage Nomination Case Study: Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
• Dec. 4, 2019
  • ​Managing World Heritage Sites in the Pacific: Bikini Atoll
  • Managing World Heritage Sites in the Pacific: Rock Islands Southern Lagoon
  • Managing World Heritage Sites in the Pacific: RISL Palau Protected Areas
  • Aspirations & Connecting to World Heritage in the Pacific - American Samoa
  • Aspirations & Connecting to World Heritage in the Freely Associated States - Chuuk Lagoon
  • Aspirations & Connecting to World Heritage in the Freely Associated States - Nan Madol
  • Funding Opportunities - Historic Preservation Fund
  • Funding Opportunities - Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation

Videos

• Our Deepest Waters: Exploring Marine National Monuments in the Remote Reaches of the Pacific, 2013. S. Gordon
• UNESCO’s Marine World Heritage
• Nan Madol – NatGeo Lost Cities Teaser

References and Additional Resources

UNESCO Resource Manuals

• Preparing World Heritage Nominations, Second Edition, 2011
• Managing Natural World Heritage
• Managing Cultural World Heritage, 2013

UNESCO Pacific World Heritage Program and Action Plan

• ​​​UNESCO. 1972. Convention Concerning the Protection of The World Cultural and Natural Heritage
• UNESCO. 2007. Appeal to the World Heritage Committee from Pacific Island State Parties
• Smith, A., ed. 2012. World Heritage in a Sea of Islands: Pacific 2009 Programme. Paris, France: UNESCO
• UNESCO. 2016. Pacific World Heritage Action Plan, 2016-2020
• UNESCO. 2017. Pacific Heritage Workshop Final Report, Koror, Palau

ICOMOS Theme Studies

• Smith, A. and Jones, K. 2007. Cultural landscapes of the Pacific Islands. ICOMOS, Paris.
• Lilley, Ian, ed. 2010. Early Human Expansion and Innovation in the Pacific: Thematic Study. Paris, France: International Council on Monuments and Sites.

NPS National Historic Landmark (NHL) Program

• NHL Program Website
• Odo, F., ed. 2017. Finding a Path Forward: Asian American Pacific Islander National Historic Landmarks Theme Study. Washington DC: National Park Service, US Department of Interior.
• NPS. 1994. World War II in the Pacific National Historic Landmark Theme Study

Pacific World Heritage Listings

• Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site, Ralik Chain, Marshall Islands
• Chief Roi Mata’s Domain, Vanuatu
• East Rennell, Solomon Islands
• Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, Hawai‘i, USA
• Henderson Islands, Pitcairn Islands, UK
• Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems, New Caledonia, France
• Levuka Historical Port Town, Fiji
• Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia, Pohnpei, FSM
• Papahānaumokuākea, Hawai‘i, USA
• Phoenix Islands Protected Area, Phoenix Islands, Kiribati
• Rapa Nui National Park, Isla de Pascua, Chile
• Rock Islands Southern Lagoon, Koror, Palau
• Taputapuātea, Ra’iātea, France

Financial Assistance Opportunities

• DOI Office of Insular Affairs financial assistance
• NPS State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division (STLPG)
• US Department of State Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP)
• Micronesia Conservation Trust
• UNESCO World Heritage International Assistance
• Walsh, M. 2018. Finance for Pacific Ocean Governance: Part 1: Background. Pacific Ocean Finance Program, Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner and Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency.

Organizations/ Networking

• Blue Shield Pasifika
• US ICOMOS
• ICOMOS Pasifika
• IUCN US
• IUCN Oceania
• Pacific Heritage Hub website / Facebook
• Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
• UNESCO World Heritage Marine Managers Network
• Wa’agey
• Workshop Report: Pacific Heritage Workshop, Aug 30 – Sept 1, 2017, Koror, Palau

Additional Reading

• Brown, S. 2013. “Poetics and Politics: Bikini Atoll and World Heritage Listing.” In Sally Brockwell, Sue O’Conner, and Denis Byrne (eds.) Transcending the Nature-Culture Divide in Cultural Heritage: Views from the Asia-Pacific Region. Anu ePress, Canberra.
• Reepmeyer, C., et al. 2011. “Selecting Cultural Sites for the UNESCO World Heritage List: Recent work in the Rock Islands – Southern Lagoon area, Republic of Palau.” In Jolie Liston, Geoffrey Clark, and Dwight Alexander (eds.) Archaeology, Identity & Community. ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 85-100.
• Smith, A. and C. Turk. 2013. “Customary Systems of Management and World Heritage in the Pacific Islands.” In Transcending the Nature-Culture Divide in Cultural Heritage.
• UNESCO, 2014. Safeguarding Precious Resources for Island Communities