Starlight 2009 La Palma Sesion 1

A Common Heritage
The Right to Starlight

International Initiative in Defence of the Quality of the Night Sky as Mankind’s Scientific, Cultural and Environmental Right

Starlight Reserve

WHERE THE EARTH MEETS THE UNIVERSE International Workshop Session 1
	Astronomy and World Heritage Topics • UNESCO’s Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative • Cultural and Natural Heritage • Science, Technology and World Heritage • Windows to the Universe Chair: Francisco Sánchez Director - Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

	OPNENING SESSION From the left to right: Malcolm G. Smith (President of IAU Division XII 2006-2009), Luis Ramallo Massanet (President Spanish National Commission for UNESCO) Miguel Angel Pulido (Vice-Minister for Land Planning Canary Islands Government) Luis Alberto Viñas Ramos (Vice-President, Cabildo de La Palma) Jaime Sicilia (Mayor of Breña Baja, La Palma) Alberto Delgado Prieto (Vice-Minister for Culture and Sports Canary Islands Government) Francisco Sánchez (Director - Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias - IAC) Clive Rugless (Chair of the IAU/UNESCO Scientific Working Group on Astronomical Heritage) HERITAGE SITES OF ASTRONOMY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION Clive L.N. Ruggles Chair of the IAU/UNESCO Scientific Working Group on Astronomical Heritage Presentation STONEHENGE - THE CHALLENGES OF MANAGING A WORLD HERITAGE SITE Isabelle Bedu Coordinator, Stonehenge World Heritage Site (UK) Presentation THE STARLIGHT INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE UNESCO-MAB PROGRAMME Blasco Martín La Palma Biosphere Reserve Presentation PROCESS OF SELECTION OF EXCEPTIONAL OBSERVING SITES Richard Wainscoat University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy, USA. Chair of the IAU working group on controlling light pollution. Presentation OBSERVING SITES CHARACTERIZATION AND CRITERIA Casiana Muñoz Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Presentation LAKE TEKAPO AORAKI/MTCOOK STARLIGHT RESERVE INITIATIVE. A PIONEER PROPOSAL FOR WORLD HERITAGE. Margaret Austin Chair of the Mackenzie Tourism and Development Trust Working Party on the Tekapo Aoraki/Mt Cook Starlight Reserve Initiative. NZ. Presentation Text VIdeo Lake Tekapo (mp4) ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND REMARKS Cipriano Marín Coordinator of the Starlight Initiative Presentation
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			PROGRAMME Where the Earth meets the Universe the International workshop “Starlight Reserves and World Heritage: Scientific, Cultural and Environment Values” was held on the island of La Palma on 9 and 10 nobiembre. Programme
			Workshop Presentations Conference Sessions WEBCAST The presentations are available in pdf format. Conference Session Webcasts will be available soon.
			STARLIGHT RESERVE Guideline Developed by Starlight Initiative (IAC) in cooperation with UNESCO-World Heritage Centre (Initiative Astronomy and World Heritage), IAU (International Astronomical Union) and the support of MaB (MaB Urban Ecology Programme of UNESCO), CIE (International Commission on Illumination), OTPC-IAC (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias) and UNWTO (World Tourism Organization). Document (2.8 MB)
			CONCLUSIONS AND REPORT Starlight Reserves and World Heritage The International Workshop and Expert Meeting ”Starlight Reserves and World Heritage – scientific cultural and environmental values”, held in Fuerteventura, Spain, 10-11 March 2009, was attended by 35 participants and experts from 10 countries.The Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, Ambassador Maria Jesús San Secundo, also participated in the International Workshop. Report (1 MB) More Information UNESCO-World Heritage Centre
			UNESCO World Heritage Centre Statement statement on the occasion of the International Meeting Where the Earth meets the Universe. 9-10 November 2009, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. Statement
			Astronomy and World Heritage Working Group This website contains information about UNESCO’s Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative and the activities of the IAU’s Working Group on Astronomy and World Heritage. The Working Group is collaborating with The Starlight Initiative to help preserve the natural heritage of the dark night sky. More information ...>
			IUCN's first step toward preserving natural darkness Dark Skies Advisory Group This advisory group was set up in early 2009 within the Task Force on Cities and Protected Areas of IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA). It is chaired by David Welch, an ecosystem management and protected areas consultant based in Ottawa, Canada. More Information - Statment ...>
			World Heritage Review World Heritage and Astronomy The latest issue of UNESCO's World Heritage Review has been released, with astronomy and world heritage as its theme. The publication includes a chapter "Starlight Reserves and World Heritage: Scientific, cultural and environmental values" More Information ....>
			International Conference: ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE: ACROSS TIME AND CONTINENTS 19 - 24 August, Kazan , Russia During the opening ceremony of the International Year of Astronomy, which took place on 15 January 2009, the Director-General of UNESCO officially launched the cycle of activities "Astronomy and World Heritage: across time and continents". One of the main activities of this cycle is the International Conference on "Astronomy and World Heritage: across time and continents", hosted by the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan (Russian Federation) 19 - 24 August 2009. More Information ....>
			Starlight A Common Heritage International Conference in Defence of the Quality of the Night Sky and the Right to Observe the Stars. Publication