organization for heritage and conservation.

1. WORLD
ORGANIZATION
Heritage and conservation
AR 3914 NIRALI VAGHELA
AR 2214 DIPAL PATEL
AR 1814 PRAVIN MISTRY
AR 3713 SIDDHI MISTRY
AR MAYUR RATHOD
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
VADODARA DESIGN ACADEMY

2. INDEX
 IUCN (INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR
CONSERVATION OF NATURE)
 IHCN (INDIAN HERITAGE CITIES NETWORK)

3. IUCN (INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF
NATURE)
 FOUNDED: 1948,
FONTAINEBLEAU,
FRANCE
 FOUNDER: JULIAN HUXLEY
 HEADQUARTERS: GLAND,
SWITZERLAND
 CEO: INGER
ANDERSEN(JAN 2015–)
 TYPE OF BUSINESS :
INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATION

4. PRESENT STATUS OF IUCN
 217 STATES AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
ARE MEMBERS OF IUCN.
 1,066 NGOS ARE PART OF THE IUCN
NETWORK.
 16,151 EXPERTS IN SIX COMMISSIONS
ASSESS THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S
NATURAL RESOURCES.
 IUCN HAS MEMBERS IN 161 COUNTRIES.
 THE IUCN WORLD CONSERVATION
CONGRESS 2016 HELD IN HAWAIʻI, USA
RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS ISO 20121
EVENT SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM CERTIFICATION FOR ITS EFFORTS
TO MINIMISE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

5. THEMES
 BUSINESS AND
BIODIVERSITY
 CLIMATE CHANGE
 ECONOMICS
 ECOSYSTEM
MANAGEMENT
 ENVIRONMENTAL
LAW
 FORESTS
 GENDER
 GLOBAL POLICY
 PROTECTED
AREAS
 MARINE AND
POLAR
 SOCIAL POLICY
 SCIENCE AND
KNOWLEDGE
 SPECIES
 WATER
 WORLD HERITAGE

6. REGIONS
 ASIA
 CENTRAL AND WEST
AFRICA
 EASTERN AND
SOUTHERN AFRICA
 EASTERN EUROPE
AND CENTRAL ASIA
 EUROPE
 MEDITERRANEAN
 MEXICO, CENTRAL
AMERICA AND THE
CARIBBEAN
 OCEANIA
 SOUTH AMERICA
 WASHINGTON D.C.
OFFICE
 WEST ASIA

7. MILESTONES
 1947 INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON
PROTECTION OF NATURE IN
BRUNNEN.
 1948 IUPN (INTERNATIONAL
UNION FOR PROTECTION OF
NATURE) FORMED.
 1949 IUPN AND UNESCO
JOINTLY ORGANIZED
CONFERENCE ON
PROTECTION OF NATURE.
 1956 CHANGED
 NAME TO INTERNATIONAL
UNION FOR CONSERVATION
OF NATURE AND NATURAL
RESOURCES.
 1961 TOOK PART IN SETTING
UP WORLD WILD LIFE FUND
(NOW WWF)
 1964 RED DATA BOOK ON
THE CONSERVATION STATUS
OF SPECIES WAS FIRST
PUBLISHED.
 1990 BEGAN USING WORLD
CONSERVATION UNION AS
OFFICIAL NAME.
 2008 REVISED NAME BACK
TO IUCN.
 2012 IUCN PUBLISHES THE
LIST OF WORLD’S 100 MOST
THREATENED SPECIES.

8. WORLD HERITAGE
 AT THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD
HERITAGE CONVENTION LIES THE
IDEA THAT SOME PLACES ARE SO
VALUABLE TO HUMANITY, IT IS
OUR COLLECTIVE
RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT
AND PASS THEM ON TO FUTURE
GENERATIONS.
 ESTABLISHED IN 1972, IT IS THE
ONLY INTERNATIONAL
CONSERVATION INSTRUMENT
THAT EXPLICITLY LINKS NATURE
AND CULTURE, RECOGNISING
THE COMPLEX INTERACTIONS
BETWEEN MANKIND AND THE
ENVIRONMENT
 NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE
SITES INCLUDE ICONIC PLACES
 THE IDENTIFICATION OF THESE
SITES THROUGH THE WORLD
HERITAGE CONVENTION IS A
DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE NEED
TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE
GLOBALLY OUTSTANDING
PROTECTED AREAS BASED ON
CRITERIA THAT INCLUDE SCALE
OF NATURAL HABITATS,
INTACTNESS OF ECOLOGICAL
PROCESSES, VIABILITY OF
POPULATIONS OF RARE SPECIES,
AND RARITY, NOT TO MENTION
AESTHETIC APPEAL WHICH
ALMOST ALWAYS ACCOMPANIES
THESE NATURAL WONDERS.
 THE CONVENTION PROVIDES A
UNIQUE PLATFORM FOR

9. FUNCTION OF IUCN
 IUCN’S WORLD HERITAGE PROGRAMME HAS A DUAL APPROACH TO
CONSERVING THE NATURAL SITES INSCRIBED ON THE UNESCO
WORLD HERITAGE LIST: IN AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY ROLE TO THE
WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE.
 IT WORKS TO AMPLIFY THE POTENTIAL OF THE WORLD HERITAGE
CONVENTION AS A UNIQUE INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONSERVATION
MECHANISM.
 IUCN ALSO IMPLEMENTS VARIOUS INITIATIVES TO ENHANCE THE ROLE
OF THE CONVENTION IN PROTECTING THE PLANET’S BIODIVERSITY
AND PROMOTE EFFECTIVE USE OF ITS MECHANISMS TO STRENGTHEN
THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL WORLD
HERITAGE SITES.

10. IHCN(INDIAN HERITAGE CITIES NETWORK)
FOUND: IN SEPTEMBER
2006, AT JAIPUR,
RAJASTHAN. BY UNESCO
NEW DELHI
ESTABLISHED WITH THE
ENDORSEMENT OF THE
MINISTRY OF URBAN
DEVELOPMENT,
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA,

11.  SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS AND NON-
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS
 SEVEN FRENCH CITIES AS WELL AS THE
FRENCH HERITAGE CITIES ASSOCIATION
ASSOCIATION NATIONALE DES VILLES ET PAYS
D’ART ET D’HISTOIRE (ANVPAH),
 IHCN HAS SINCE GROWN TO ENCOMPASS
MORE THAN 32 CITIES, AND HAS GAINED THE
SUPPORT OF MAJOR INDIAN AND
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS,
 NGOS AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE FIELD OF
URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HERITAGE

12. OBJECTIVES
 IHCN COMPRISES A NETWORK OF URBAN
LOCAL BODIES, GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-
GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS AND NGOS,
AND DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS. THE NETWORK
AND ITS MEMBERS AIM TO FOSTER THE
SUSTAINABLE SOCIOECONOMIC AND
ECOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN
HISTORIC CITIES AND TOWNS BASED ON THE
STRENGTH OF THEIR TRADITIONS, CULTURAL
IDENTITY AND SOCIAL NETWORKS.

13. MISSION
 THE INDIAN HERITAGE CITIES NETWORK
SHALL HIGHLIGHT THE INDIAN CITY AS A
LIVING CULTURAL RESOURCE; FOSTER
THE SAFEGUARDING AND SUSTAINABLE
USE OF THE UNIQUE AND DIVERSE URBAN
CULTURAL HERITAGE OF INDIA; PROMOTE
THE PHYSICAL, NATURAL AND CULTURAL
HERITAGE, TRADITIONS, CRAFTS AND
CREATIVITY AS DRIVING FORCES FOR
URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND THE
GENERATION OF EMPLOYMENT FOR
BALANCED SOCIOECONOMIC AND

14. PROTECT UNIQUENESS OF
INDIAN CITIES
 INDIA’S UNIQUE CULTURAL HERITAGE
LIES IN ITS CITIES, TOWNS AND
SETTLEMENTS WITH MILLENNIUM OLD
CRAFTS, RITUALS AND FESTIVALS.
 RAPID URBANIZATION, ALONG WITH THE
INFLUENCE OF GLOBALIZATION, HAS IN
RECENT TIMES ACCELERATED THE PACE
OF CHANGE IN ALL ASPECTS OF INDIAN
LIFE, AND PARTICULARLY IN URBAN
SETTLEMENTS.
 RAPID URBANIZATION, ALONG WITH THE
INFLUENCE OF GLOBALIZATION, HAS IN
RECENT TIMES ACCELERATED THE PACE
OF CHANGE IN ALL ASPECTS OF INDIAN
LIFE, AND PARTICULARLY IN URBAN
SETTLEMENTS.
IHCN Member
Network

15.  THE INDIAN HERITAGE CITIES NETWORK
(IHCN) PROGRAMME TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR
ADVOCACY, CAPACITY BUILDING AND EXCHANGE OF
IDEAS OF INDIAN CITIES TO PROTECT THEIR UNIQUE
HERITAGE IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
 THE NAME OF INDIAN HERITAGE CITIES NETWORK
FOUNDATION (IHCN-F) EMERGED IN 2009.
 UNESCO NEW DELHI HAS SIGNED AN OFFICIAL
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH IHCN-F TO WORK
JOINTLY TOWARDS THE PROTECTION OF URBAN
HERITAGE.

16. WHAT THEY DO
 THEY ENCOURAGE LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND HELP TO
CREATE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN PEOPLE, TECHNICAL EXPERTS AND
ADMINISTRATION, AND IN THE PROCESS BUILD THE CAPACITY OF
INDIAN CITIES AND TOWNS TO PROTECT AND CONSERVE THEIR
CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE.
 IHCN ALSO FACILITATES NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
BETWEEN GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL
STAKEHOLDERS AND WORKS TOWARDS ADAPTING THE EXISTING
PLANNING, POLICY, LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS AND
EXISTING GOVERNMENT SCHEMES AND PROGRAMMES TO THE
HERITAGE CONTEXT IN WHICH THEY ARE IMPLEMENTED. IHCN AIMS TO
DEVELOP MODELS FOR INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR
COMMUNITY INFORMATION, CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION IN
HERITAGE CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES SUCH AS NEIGHBORHOOD
HERITAGE COMMITTEES OR THE CREATION OF HERITAGE HOUSES
AS CENTERS FOR CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AWARENESS GENERATION,
INFORMATION EXCHANGE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND FACILITATION
OF HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND HERITAGE-BASED DEVELOPMENT.

17.  IN PARTICULAR, IHCN AND ITS MEMBERS CONDUCT
RESEARCH, CREATE PILOT SCHEMES, DEVELOP TOOLS
AND METHODS, PREPARE MANUALS, GUIDELINES, TOOL
KITS AND OTHER MATERIAL WHICH IS PUBLISHED AND
DISSEMINATED TO BROADEN THE BASE OF
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE, EXPERIENCE AND GOOD
PRACTICES OF THE MEMBERS, GOVERNMENTAL AND
NON-GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS, AND ANY
INTERESTED INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP.
 THE NETWORK PREPARES EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL AND
FACILITATES CONDUCT OF COURSES, TRAINING AND
OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR THE CAPACITY BUILDING OF
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, BUREAUCRATS,
TECHNICAL STAFF OF GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-
GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS, PROFESSIONALS,
FACULTY, PROFESSIONAL AND CRAFT PEOPLE, AND ANY
OTHER GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL ENGAGED WITH THE

18. WHAT WE DO
 IT ALSO CONDUCTS EXPOSURE VISITS AND CREATES A PLATFORM TO
MATCH OFFERS AND DEMANDS OF TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, AND IS
DEVELOPING IN COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERS A SERVICE FOR
THE APPRAISAL, MONITORING, ADVICE ON AND EVALUATION OF
PROJECTS AT NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS.
 IHCN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MEMBER CITIES ORGANIZES REGULAR
SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES—NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL—
WHICH GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING TOGETHER EXPERTS AND
ACADEMICS AS WELL AS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS IN THE HERITAGE
SECTOR UNDER A COMMON PLATFORM.
 FACILITATES CITY-TO-CITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH FRENCH AND INDIAN
CITIES.
 SUPPORT CITIES IN PREPARATION OF HERITAGE RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT PLANS, PRECINCT DEVELOPMENT PLANS,
DEVELOPING HERITAGE WALKS, ESTABLISHMENTS OF HERITAGE
HOUSE, HERITAGE INFORMATION SYSTEM IN CITIES, ETC.
 EVALUATES MASTER PLANS AND GUIDES THE CITIES IN UPGRADING