Kalaallit Nunaata Sinniisoqarfia Grønlands Repræsentation

Date: 28 November 2007

World Heritage and the Arctic

Review of the Greenland Tentative list

Peter Nielsen 2007 Kalaallit Nunaata Sinniisoqarfia Grønlands Repræsentation

ƒ The Kingdom of Denmark ƒ Denmark ƒ The Faraoe Islands ƒ Greenland

ƒ What we share (examples) ƒ Foreign policy ƒ Defence ƒ Justice system ƒ Monetary system ƒ The Queen Kalaallit Nunaata Sinniisoqarfia Grønlands Repræsentation

ƒ Assessment (nature) ƒ Sirius Pass ƒ Ikka Fjord ƒ Ilulissat Icefjord

ƒ Assessment (culture) ƒ The Gateway to Greenland ƒ Isle de France ƒ Agricultural area South Greenland ƒ Hunting area West Greenland Kalaallit Nunaata Sinniisoqarfia Grønlands Repræsentation

ƒ Immigration of different Cultures to Greenland

ƒ Saqqaq ƒ Independence 1 ƒ Dorset ƒ Independence 2 ƒ Late Dorset ƒ Norsemen (the only culture starting in the southern part of Greenland) ƒ Thule Eskimo Kalaallit Nunaata Sinniisoqarfia Grønlands Repræsentation

ƒ Assessment (nature) ƒ Sirius Pass ƒ Ikka Fjord ƒ Ilulissat Icefjord

ƒ Assessment (culture) ƒ The Gateway to Greenland ƒ Ile`s de France ƒ Agricultural area South Greenland ƒ Hunting area West Greenland Kalaallit Nunaata Sinniisoqarfia Grønlands Repræsentation

ƒ The Nordic follow up to the World Heritage Convention

ƒ Working Group 1994-1996 ƒ Three areas included for Greenland ƒ Ilulissat Icefjord ƒ Agricultural area South Greenland ƒ Hunting area West Greenland

Included in the UNESCO Tentative List 1 February 2003 Kalaallit Nunaata Sinniisoqarfia Grønlands Repræsentation Kalaallit Nunaata Sinniisoqarfia Grønlands Repræsentation Kalaallit Nunaata Sinniisoqarfia Grønlands Repræsentation Kalaallit Nunaata Sinniisoqarfia Grønlands Repræsentation Kalaallit Nunaata Sinniisoqarfia Grønlands Repræsentation Kalaallit Nunaata Sinniisoqarfia Grønlands Repræsentation Kalaallit Nunaata Sinniisoqarfia Grønlands Repræsentation Kalaallit Nunaata Sinniisoqarfia Grønlands Repræsentation

ƒ Summary:

ƒ Ilulissat Icefjord – in the ”management state” ƒ Nomination material for the agricultural area in South Greenland will be delivered to UNESCO in january 2009 ƒ Work on the hunting area in West Greenland is in a limbo, due to intensive prospecting for diamonds

ƒ No plans for other sites

ƒ The end.