[AS
ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO
READ GOOD ARTICLES IN FULL: HELP
SHAPE ALGORITHMS (and
conversations) THAT EMPOWER
DECENCY, DIGNITY, JUSTICE &
PEACE... and hopefully
Palestine]
 |
| © Jasmine Salachas/Centre for Cultural Heritage PreservationLand of olives and vines. Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem (Palestine) |
The World Heritage Committee today began the examination of 36 sites nominated for inclusion on the World Heritage List. The first property discussed was Palestine: Land of olives and vines, Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir, submitted by Palestine as an emergency nomination.
The Committee approved the inscription of the site
on the World Heritage List. It also inscribed the property on the List
of World Heritage in Danger after finding that the landscape had become
vulnerable under the impact of socio-cultural and geo-political
transformations that could bring irreversible damage to its authenticity
and integrity, citing the start of construction of a separation wall
that may isolate farmers from fields they have cultivated for centuries.
Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines - Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir,
is located a few kilometres south-west of Jerusalem, in the Central
Highlands between Nablus and Hebron. The Battir hill landscape comprises
a series of farmed valleys, known as widian, with characteristic stone
terraces, some of which are irrigated for market garden production,
while others are dry and planted with grape vines and olive trees. The
development of terrace farming in such a mountainous region is supported
by a network of irrigation channels fed by underground sources. A
traditional system of distribution is then used to share the water
collected through this network between families from the nearby village
of Battir.
The 38th session of the World Heritage Committee began on 15 June and will continue through to 25 June, under the Chair of Sheikha Al Mayassa Bint Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani.
****
The work of the session can be followed daily via webcast.
UNESCO Media Contact in Doha
Sue Williams, +33(0)6 15 92 93 62 or +974 503 16609
s.williams(at)unesco.org
Sue Williams, +33(0)6 15 92 93 62 or +974 503 16609
s.williams(at)unesco.org
- Follow @UNESCO on Twitter using the hashtag #WorldHeritage for breaking information on important World Heritage Committee decisions during the session. Soon after tweeting, UNESCO will issue press releases about these decisions in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
- Daily recaps and discussions will be available on our Facebook page.
- B-rolls of new World Heritage sites will be available as soon as they are inscribed here.
- Photo galleries of new World Heritage sites will also be available here.
Palestine: Land of olives and vines. Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem
Located a few kilometres south-west of Jerusalem, in the Central Highlands between Nablus and Hebron, the Battir hill landscape comprises a series of farmed valleys, known as widian, with characteristic stone terraces, some of which are irrigated for market garden production, while others are dry and planted with grape vines and olive trees. The development of terrace farming in such a mountainous region is supported by a network of irrigation channels fed by underground sources. A traditional system of distribution is then used to share the water collected through this network between families from the nearby village of Battir.
UNESCO | Building peace in the minds of men and women
[AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO READ GOOD ARTICLES IN FULL: HELP SHAPE ALGORITHMS (and conversations) THAT EMPOWER DECENCY, DIGNITY, JUSTICE & PEACE... and hopefully Palestine]
