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
Jerarquía
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English
Cultural heritage
French
patrimoine culturel
Ruso
культурное наследие
Árabe
تراث ثقافي
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with patrimonio cultural
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Convención sobre la conservación de las especies migratorias | 1 article or paragraph |
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Protocolo Nagoya | 1 article or paragraph |
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Acuerdo sobre la Conservación de las Aves Acuáticas Migratorias Afro-euroasiáticas | 1 article or paragraph |
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Convención sobre la Protección del Patrimonio Mundial | 8 articles and paragraphs4762 decisions1 document |
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Convención sobre los Humedales | 2 articles and paragraphs1 document |
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Protocolo ZEPIM | 1 article or paragraph |
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Convenio sobre Accidentes Industriales Transfronterizos | 1 article or paragraph |
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Acuerdo sobre la Conservación de las Poblaciones de Murciélagos de Europa | 1 document |
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Convenio de los Cárpatos | 1 article or paragraph7 decisions |
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United Nations Environment Assembly | 1 decision |