Definition(s)
In an environmental context, cultural heritage can be understood as being (1) natural sites with cultural aspects such as cultural landscape, physical, biological or geological formations and (2) the intangible cultural heritage of community encompassing traditional knowledge, oral traditions and rituals (drafted: ELC)
The inherited body of beliefs, customs, artistic activity and knowledge that has been transmitted by ancestors. (Source: GEMET/ RHW) /n
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Target 11.4
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French
patrimoine culturel
Russian
культурное наследие
Spanish
patrimonio cultural
Arabic
تراث ثقافي
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with Cultural heritage
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Convention on Migratory Species | 1 article or paragraph |
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Nagoya Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) | 1 article or paragraph |
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World Heritage Convention | 8 articles and paragraphs4762 decisions1 document |
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Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat | 2 articles and paragraphs1 document |
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Specially Protected Areas and Biodiversity Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents | 1 article or paragraph |
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Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats (EUROBATS) | 1 document |
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Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians | 1 article or paragraph7 decisions |
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United Nations Environment Assembly | 1 decision |