The United Nations has predicted that by 2050, 66% of the world population will be living in cities (United Nations, 2015). To house this growing urban population, new living settlements such as informal settlements, squatter housing or illegal subdivisions have
Heritage trees provide a sense of permanency and sense of place, an important gene pool, and also a critical repository of potential pharmaceutical resources. As the “elder statesmen” of a species, heritage or “champion” trees are a living reminder of
In September 2016, the UMass Center for Heritage & Society paired up with US/ICOMOS to report on the Nature-Culture Journey at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Honolulu. The Nature-Culture Journey was a series of over 50 sessions at the
Most great ideas that come along in society, bubble up under the surface, independently and in multiple locations, until suddenly there is a critical mass of people and organizations talking about the same thing. That is what has happened over
Samuel J. Redman is a historian working on issues surrounding heritage studies, public history, and oral history in the modern United States. He has a B.A. in anthropology and history from the University of Minnesota, Morris and a M.A. and