Bontoc, Mountain Province has made official its campaign to preserve and protect the majestic Maligcong Rice Terraces (MRT), not just because it is its most visited tourist site, but especially for its role in causing its inhabitants to become “environmental stewards of such artistic wonder and inspiring them to cherish and protect their captivating landscape
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UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize: Safeguarding Cultural Landscapes
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO)-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes was created in 1995 to reward outstanding examples of action to safeguard and enhance the world’s cultural landscapes, a category of World Heritage.
Generously supported by the Greek Government, the Prize, bears the name of Melina Mercouri, former Minister of Culture of Greece and a strong advocate of integrated conservation.
The Prize strives to promote the importance of integrated conservation and sustainable management of cultural landscapes, as advocated by Melina Mercouri, which can contribute significantly to sustainable development and thus to the achievements of the goals set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.