Connected Open Heritage/Countries/Palau

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PalauEdit

Endangered Heritage in PalauEdit

Small Island Developing States often face natural disaster and climate change risks to their their cultural heritage including sea levels rise, coastal erosion and extreme weather events e.g Cyclone Winston.

Wikimedia activity in PalauEdit

None known

Immovable cultural heritage management in PalauEdit

Immovable cultural heritage management in Palau is managed by the Bureau of Arts and Culture who hold a national register of immovable cultural heritage. The Pacific SIDS have a small number of immovable cultural heritage sites meaning there is a risk of the time taken to include the states in the project, however integrating the information into Wikidata will be simple.

Legal protection for immovable cultural heritage works in PalauEdit

Not known

Policy decisions on access to public informationEdit

Not known

Legislations hindering the distribution of pictures in PalauEdit

None known

Museums or archives that might be willing to make their digitized material available under a free licenseEdit

It may be possible to work with Belau National Museum.

Network of contacts: Cultural heritage organizations and agenciesEdit

The UNESCO Office for the Pacific States and the Pacific SIDS and the Pacific Heritage Hub are working with the Pacific Small Island Developing States to document their immovable cultural heritage including the states which do not yet have cultural heritage registers (all Pacific SIDS except Palau, Fiji and Samoa). It may be possible to assist UNESCO and PHH in collating national lists for the countries which do not have them yet.