Climatic and Environmental Threats to Cultural Heritage examines the
challenges that environmental change, both sudden and long-term, poses
to the preservation of cultural material.
Acknowledging the diversity of human cultural heritage across collecting
institutions, heritage sites and communities, the book highlights how,
in Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the quest to preserve such
precious knowledge relies on records and narratives being available to
inform decisions now and into the future. Bringing together a diverse
range of stakeholders who have an interest in - and responsibility for -
the care of cultural heritage material and places of cultural heritage
value, the book explores their thinking on and actions in relation to
issues of climate change and environmental risk. Sloggett and Scott
highlight the stakeholders' shared interest in drawing on their
expertise to meet the challenges that environmental change brings to the
future of our cultural heritage and our cultural identity. Based on the
understanding that this global challenge requires local, national and
international co‐operation, the book also considers how local knowledge
can have international application.
Climatic and Environmental Threats to Cultural Heritage will be of
interest to those engaged in the study of heritage, conservation,
archaeology, archives, anthropology, climate change and the environment.
It will also be useful to practitioners and others attempting to
understand the effect of environmental change on cultural heritage
around the globe.
