In rural Argentina, an IDB project to restore and conserve the Qhapaq Ñan pre-Hispanic site is empowering local populations as custodians of their ancestral cultural heritage Twenty-one-year-old Daniel Arjona comes from the small Andean village of Santa Rosa de Tastil, in the Quebrada del Toro region of Argentina’s northwestern Salta province. Only 25 people live in the … [Read more...] about The Real Custodians of Heritage: Safeguarding Argentina’s Pre-Hispanic Culture
Natasha Ward
Natasha es una especialista ambiental con más de 15 años de experiencia en sostenibilidad, salvaguardias y responsabilidad social corporativa. En el BID, actualmente se encuentra brindando apoyo en materia de salvaguardias ambientales a una amplia gama de proyectos de desarrollo, incluyendo los sectores de agroindustria, turismo, manufactura y aguas residuales, y previo a esto estuvo involucrada en la implementación de sistemas de gestión ambiental para instituciones financieras. Natasha es también la editora del Informe Anual de Sostenibilidad del BID y autor de dos guías para proyectos turísticos. Anteriormente trabajó para la Comisión Económica para América Latina (CEPAL) de las Naciones Unidas, y con el equipo de protección contra inundaciones regionales de la Agencia de Medio Ambiente del Reino Unido. Natasha cuenta con una licenciatura en Lenguas Modernas por la Universidad de Portsmouth y una maestría en Ambiente, Desarrollo y Políticas por la Universidad de Sussex. Actualmente está estudiando World Heritage Management en University College Dublin. También cuenta con certificaciones ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 y USGBC LEED.
How are tourism investments safeguarding Argentina’s World Heritage Sites?
What if you had to restore a key archaeological site from Pre-Hispanic times but could only use Pre-Incan and Incan construction techniques? How do you find the right people for the job? Well it turns out that together with our counterparts in Salta, Argentina, we found just the right approach to this challenge, and it’s an approach that helps create new employment … [Read more...] about How are tourism investments safeguarding Argentina’s World Heritage Sites?
How is an urban development project safeguarding a World Heritage Site in Suriname?
Preserving Suriname’s “Outstanding Universal Value” Last year when I went to Suriname for the first time ever, even the worldliest among my friends and family struggled to put the small former Dutch colony on a map. Suriname, along with Guyana to its West and French Guiana to its East, make up the “Guianas” a geographic region in north-eastern South America, considered … [Read more...] about How is an urban development project safeguarding a World Heritage Site in Suriname?
Sustainability and Safeguards have come a long way in 10 years …
When I joined the Bank more than 10 years ago, we had an aging Environmental Policy from 1979 (albeit a leader in its day), and terms like safeguards, sustainability, climate change, natural capital, and sustainable infrastructure were simply not part of the lexicon. But before you are too hard on us, put the world and life of 2005 into perspective: You didn’t have an iPhone, … [Read more...] about Sustainability and Safeguards have come a long way in 10 years …