The Banwari archeological site is not a World Heritage site and its
potential to become such is in jeopardy with unchecked and undermanaged
development initiatives.
It is unfortunate that the issue is being politicised and has become
something of the rope in the tug of war impasse between the State and the
highway reroute movement that prevents the consensus-building and
nation-building that occurs around a country’s preparation for World Heritage
status.
I remain flabbergasted that its significance and potential as a core
growth sector, as the alternative to petroleum and our best bet for
diversification, that these most valuable timeless assets and heritage, in
general, remain so low on the national action agenda.
While in all cases I have received encouragement by all parties to whom
this has been addressed – heritage, tourism, development planners, local
authorities etc that this is a direction Trinidad and Tobago wants to pursue,
key custodians and line agencies have gone mum because the elements in focus
are in the districts earmarked for the controversial highway extension, also
the home districts of the President and the Prime Minister, and they do not
want to get embroiled in what may be interpreted as the hype around the
highway. That has also been the fate of
a change.org petition (goo.gl/tNAwm6) in
circulation on the issue.
The fact is that neither the site, nor any of the several unique
invaluable heritage elements of South Trinidad, are secured in world heritage
terms so as to facilitate them acquiring world heritage status as
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To sign the letter to the President and Prime Minister go to goo.gl/tNAwm6)
Related links:
Open Letter to President Anthony Carmona and Prime Minister Kamla
Persad-Bissessar
Impacting the Suicide Pact: Government and Activist in suicide pact, http://goo.gl/zUbDJy,
Rio Claro Through the Kristal
bowl SIDS 2014 Rural Regeneration and Sustainable Development, http://goo.gl/GH5tYR,
Caricom must use UNESCO agreement to leverage Caribbean Cultural
Heritage: http://goo.gl/yXwr7b
Vandalised: centuries-old heritage tomb spanning global generations, http://goo.gl/B3BYSR,
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