Presentation 2 CONSERVATION LAWS AND CHARTERS
Presentation 2 CONSERVATION LAWS AND CHARTERS
• Guidance for the conservation and management of places of cultural significance (cultural
heritage places) based on knowledge and experience of Australia ICOMOS members.
• Standard of practice for those who own, manage, care or
undertake works in places of cultural significance,
• developed following the UNESCO Regional Workshop “Conserving the Past – An Asian Perspective of
Authenticity in the Consolidation, Restoration and Reconstruction of Historic Monuments and Sites”
organized in Hoi An, Viet Nam from 15 February to 3 March 2001
• response to an increasing number of threats within the region linked to population growth,
environmental degradation, rural-to-urban migration, urban redevelopment, industrialization and
globalization forces
• essential and practical resource for a large audience- practitioners, governmental bodies, custodians,
NGOs.
Philippine Laws
• Many restoration efforts in the country rely on proper legislation to
achieve their goals
• 1987 Constitution, Art. XIV, Sec. 16: “ All the country’s artistic
and historic wealth constitutes the cultural treasure of the nation and
shall be under the protection of the State which may regulate its
disposition”
1966
• the country attempted to define objects on Filipino
identity
National Museum
• restoration, reconstruction and preservation of government historical
buildings, shrines, landmarks, monuments, and sites designated as
National Cultural Treasures or important cultural properties
• established 1987
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