MACHU PICCHU...Peru

i)

Before a site can be listed on the World Heritage List, it must first go through numerous stages.

Firstly the site is nominataed by the government of the state or territory in which it is founded. It is put on a list called a Tentative List.

Next the government takes the list of possible sites and presents it at an assembly in front of a group called the World Heritage Centre.

If the site is found worthy, it then passes on to the next stage.

The site is then passed on to the keepers of the World Heritage List who then examine whether or not the site meets the critiria required.

If the site meets the required criteria then it is eligible to become a World Heritage Listed Site!

Governments need to look after the site and preserve it for as long as they can.

So tourists can also enjoy the site, the governments need to devise a way in which tourists can get as close as they can to the beauties of the site but far enough so that tourists won’t cause damage to the site.

They are also a very important part of our eco-systems.

Description of Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu covers 32,500 ha of the mountainous region.

Location of Machu Picchu

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PERU!

It is located in the centre of a tropical forest.

Why Machu Picchu is important to the country and its people

Because it is the last standing structure made by the Incas and it has an amazing structure of archaeological significance, it is one of the most important structures in Latin-America.

The amazing stonework of Machu Picchu provides an outstanding example of how we can use natural resources in amazing ways.

The people living in the surrounding villages around Machu Picchu pursue a way of life that is similar to their Incan ancestors by basing their lives on three main sources: potatoes, maize and llamas.

Machu Picchu is also a natural habitat for many endangered species. Such animals include the:

spectacled bear

Without Machu Picchu, these endangered animals may become extinct!

By: Natalee HERWIG

7P

BIBLIOGRAPHY!

FOR WORLD HERITAGE SITES

Criteria

World Heritage?

dwarf brocket

boa

pampas cat

the otter

the Andean cock of the rock

long-tailed weasel

the ocelot

and the Andean condor

THE END!

A United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage site is a place that is listed because of special cultural or physical significance. The list is maintained by the international World Heritage Programme, which consists of 21 state parties which are elected by their General Assembly.

Sites must meet at least ONE of the ten criterias.

There are two types of World Heritage Sites. The first one is Cultural and the second is Natural. There are 6 criterias for Cultural Sites and 4 for Natural. All up there are 10 criterias for World Heritage Sites.

Types of World Heritage Sites

2,430m above sea level

•http://whc.unesco.org/en/criteria

•http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/274/

•http://web1.beverlyhg-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/SocSc/Texts/GA1/pdf/geo1-2e-ch02.pdf (Geography Focus 1 book)

•http://www.bestsingletravel.com/Peru.html (picture)

•http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/274/video (video)

ii)

"exhibits an important interchange of human values, over a span of time, or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning, or landscape design"

CULTURAL

Please click on the following link to watch a short clip...

or click on the link in my comments.

CRITERIA

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/274/video

It meets four of the criteria required to become a World Heritage Site.

It meets criteria numbers (i), (iii), (vii) and (ix).

viii)

"bears a unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilisation which is living or which has disappeared"

iii)

"is an outstanding example representing major stages of Earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features"

"contains the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation"

"represents a masterpiece of human creative genius"

Machu Picchu is made entirely of stone and was built into the mountain side by the Incas.

x)

"is directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance"

"is an outstanding example representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems, and communities of plants and animals"

vi)

ix)

"contains superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance"

vii)

They tell us about our past and present.

v)

Why is it important to protect and keep World Heritage Sites?

What Do The Governments Do?

It is important to conserve these precious sites because they are a piece of humankind.

"is an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural, or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates a significant stage in human history"

They remind us of the different environments we lived in and they also remind us of how we have moved forward in our lives.

"is an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture, or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change"

Governments need to make sure that the World Heritage listed site is looked after and stays close to its original state.

iv)

NATURAL

CRITERIA

MACHU PICCHU...Peru

World Heritage Site Project