Asia

Projects in Asia

Buddhist Rock Relief in the Swat Valley c ISMEO

Preservation of the Late Buddhist rock heritage of Swat – digitization and preventive conservation

Community-based climate adaptation training and urgent conservation of Buddhist rock reliefs in Swat Valley, alongside digital documentation.

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Gorkha Gurung Women c NIWF

Preservation of Indigenous Food Heritage in Nepal

Documents food heritage in Nepal’s highlands, where climate change threatens traditional foraging and cooking. Women lead the effort to record recipes and practices across pro…

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Main temple in Samling with deteriorated masonry c Kai Weise ICOMOS

Towards Protecting the Cultural Heritage in the High Himalayas of the Shey Phoksundo National Park of Dolpo

Focuses on documenting and protecting the Upper Dolpo region’s monastic sites and historic settlements. It includes community training for heritage mapping and long-term conse…

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Kusunda Studentsc Archive Nepal

Safeguarding the Kusunda (The Ban Rajas) Language and Culture for future generation

Aims to preserve the critically endangered Kusunda language through school courses, online learning, and bilingual children’s books to increase usage and awareness among youth…

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Elephant wall relief c Claire Burkert Janakpur Womens Development Center

Preservation and revival of Maithil women's wall painting and sculpting arts

Reviving traditional Maithil wall art and mud decoration by training local women in Kuwa village. The project empowers women, preserves cultural heritage, and enhances the loc…

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Archive Collage

Understanding Mandate Palestine through the publications and archive of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem

This project digitised 33000 pages of rare books (1619-1950) and archives (1919-1950) from the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, preserving endangered materials on M…

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Syrian Heritage Law Training (SHeLTr) project

The SHeLTr project provided training to law and heritage experts as well as government officials on questions of cultural heritage safeguarding in conflict.

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Yemen castle

Al-Qahira Castle restoration

Al-Qahira Castle of Taiz is located on the northern slope of Sabr Mount, over a rocky hill that overlooks the city. It was destroyed by the Islamic State in June 2015 and we h…

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Palmyrene Voices

Palmyrene Voices is a civil society initiative whose mission is to provide a platform for the voices of the Palmyrene people to reach the international community; to support t…

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