Delhi s Sunder Nursery Chosen For 2 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards For Conservation Delhi s Sunder Nursery Chosen For 2 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards For Conservation The Sunder Nursery has also been recognised as the Award of Excellence in this year s UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation, it said in a statement.
Delhi s Sunder Nursery Chosen For 2 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards
New Delhi:
Delhi s iconic Sunder Nursery, a 90-acre garden which was transformed into a horticultural paradise after a decade-long conservation work, is among the winners in the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation this year.
Also, Koothambalam at Guruvayoor Temple in Kerala s Thrissur has been chosen in the Award of Distinction category.
By Claire Turrell 23 December 2020
Nestled within a narrow valley of the Meihuashan Nature Reserve in China’s south-eastern Fujian province, the ancient Hakka village of Guizhuping is sheltered from the cold north wind by a sacred forest.
A crescent-shaped cluster of broadleaf evergreen trees climbs up and down the mountainside, hugging the village’s white-washed mudbrick cottages and scarlet-coloured temple at the bottom of the slope. Thanks to the forest that surrounds it, this remote community that battles typhoons and receives up to 200cm of rainfall per year has remained intact for the last 400 years.
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fengshuilin, or feng shui forest, is one of tens of thousands of pristine, preserved woods scattered across China’s southern and central provinces. These patches of old-growth heritage trees are believed to bring prosperity and good health to the communities that protect them, and have been utilised by the native Han people (mainly Hakka and Huizhou