CONTENTS

Session 1

•  World Heritage Cultural Landscapes: An Overview of the Natural Values (by Adrian Phillips)

•  World Heritage: Linking Cultural and Biological Diversity (by Mechtilde  Rossler)

•  Paris Down Under-World Heritage Impacts in Australia (by Jane Lennon)

•  Implementation of the World Heritage Convention in Argentina (by Maria Susana Pataro)

Session 2

•  The Pilgrims' Path: Promoting Sustainable Development of Walking Routes Through Sacred Sites in Ireland (by Thomas O Caoimh)

•  Champaner Pavagadh Cultural Sanctuary, Gujarat, India: Challenges and Responses in Cultural Heritage Planning and Design (by Gary Kesler, D. Fairchild Ruggles, Amita Sinha, and James Wescoat Jr.)

•  The Agave Landscape and the Ancient Tequila Industrial Installations:  A Proposed Mexican Cultural Landscape (by Ignacio Gómez Arriola)

•  Identification and Preservation of the Iraqi Heritage Areas: The International Hand (by Salim A Elwazani)

•  Special Report:  Babylonian Initiative-Heritage Development in South Central Iraq (by Alvin Rosenbaum)

Session 3

•  Holistic Assessment and Karst in World Heritage (by Elery Hamilton-Smith)

•  Inspirational Landscapes as World Heritage: Problems of Identification and Management (by Olwen Beazley)

•  Cross-Cultural Misconceptions: Application of World Heritage Concepts in Scenic and Historic Interest Areas in China (by Feng Han)

•  Reciprocal Benefits of Student Service-Learning in Addressing the Needs of Heritage Landscapes (by Cecilia Rusnak, Brian Orland, and Jan Hendrych)

Session 4

•  Natural Heritage Areas: Developing a Model for Measuring Success (by Brenda Barrett)

•  The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, a Landscape Living on  Borrowed Time (by Augusto Villalón)

•  Singing the Landscape: The Story of So-Keeps-Kim, the Flat Iron Creek Ranch and the Blackfeet Indian Land Conservation Trust (by Lynda Bourque Moss)

•  'The Farmer is a Good Gardner:' Lessons from Japan (by Mary Humstone)

Session 5
(Note: the Summary and Declaration are online and are presented here as links; they are also included on the CD-ROM)

•  Conclusion and Summary (by Patricia O'Donnell)

•  Natchitoches Declaration on Heritage Landscapes (adopted 27 March 2004, Natchitoches, Louisana, USA)