Space technology: A powerful tool for safeguarding world heritage
Lei Luo, Jie Liu, Francesca Cigna, Damian Evans, Mario Iván Martínez Hernández, Deodato Tapete, Peter Shadie, Άθως Αγαπίου, Abdelaziz Elfadaly, Min Chen, Lanwei Zhu, Bihong Fu, Ruixia Yang, Shahina Tariq, Mohamed Ouessar, Rosa Lasaponara, Xinyuan Wang, Huadong Guo
Abstract
The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (WHC), adopted by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on November 16, 1972, aims to ensure the identification, protection, conservation, presentation, and transmission to future generations of the world’s cultural and natural heritage. The WHC works toward these goals by emphasizing the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of heritage sites and the unique contribution such places can make to conservation and human development agendas.