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Resumen El presente artículo describe el estado de conservación del edificio La Quinta desde el dictamen patológico y la valoración de riesgos, con la finalidad de conformar el plan de conservación preventiva, según metodologías internacionales. Se recurre al análisis de riesgo, amenaza y vulnerabilidad mediante la matriz de Leopold. A nivel patológico presenta: (a) 2 % de afección en cielo raso, (b) 7 % en mampostería, (c) 1.5 % de afección en pisos, y (d) 2.06 % en cubierta. Si bien predominan las afecciones asociadas a la presencia de agua, existen otros factores de deterioro como la vegetación parásita, la acción antrópica y el desuso, que desembocan en 4 acciones emergentes, 26 acciones correctivas y 21 acciones de mantenimiento. Abstract This article describes the state of conservation of La Quinta building from the pathological opinion and the risk assessment, with the purpose of creating a preventive conservation plan, according to international methodologies. Risk, threat and vulnerability analysis is carried out using the Leopold Matrix. At the pathological level, there are; (a) 2 % damage to the ceiling, (b) 7 % to masonry, (c) 1.5 % damage to floors and, (d) 2.06 % to the roof. Although the condition associated with the presence of water predominates, there are other deterioration factors such as parasitic vegetation, anthropic action and disuse, which lead to 4 emergent actions, 26 corrective actions and 21 maintenance actions.

After the inscription of the Historic City of Yazd on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2017, the number of tourists visiting increased. The area is formed of several neighborhoods. This study aims to propose a conservation plan for the oldest, the Shah Abul-Ghasem Neighborhood, using the urban design qualities suggested by Golkar. The study based on a field survey in the neighborhood was carried out in such a way that items related to urban design qualities were photographed and categorized into environmental, functional and aesthetic-experimental components. Proposed measures and recommendations for the development of tourism in the area are presented based on the field survey results. Po wpisaniu historycznej części miasta Jazd na listę światowego dziedzictwa UNESCO w 2017 r. liczba odwiedzających miasto turystów wzrosła. Omawiany w artykule obszar składa się z kilku dzielnic. Niniejsze badanie ma na celu przedstawienie propozycji planu ochrony najstarszej z nich, czyli dzielnicy Shah Abul-Ghasem, stworzonego na podstawie podziału elementów zagospodarowania przestrzennego zaproponowanego przez Golkara (2000). Analiza została przeprowadzona w oparciu o badania terenowe w rzeczonej dzielnicy. Obiekty będące elementami zagospodarowania przestrzennego zostały sfotografowane, a następnie podzielone na kategorie jako środowiskowe, funkcjonalne oraz estetyczno-eksperymentalne. Na podstawie zebranych wyników zaproponowano rekomendacje dla rozwoju turystyki w badanym obszarze.

Mountains supply essential resources, making them attractive areas for human settlement. Variation in elevation in mountainous areas determines local and regional climates, leading to complex biodiversity patterns. Mountains in the Cape Floristic Region have high species richness and beta diversity, and very high levels of local endemism. Table Mountain is an iconic mountain in the region, and unusual, as it is in the centre of the city of Cape Town. It is exceedingly rich in biodiversity, including many localized endemic species. However, increasing urbanization in the area is adversely affecting the local biodiversity, especially in the lowlands. Climate change effects to date are minimal, but projected to interact with the impacts of urbanization. Here we review the biodiversity patterns of green and blue spaces in and around Cape Town, including Table Mountain, focusing on aquatic arthropods. We also review the major threats that lead to biotic impoverishment, and provide information on current conservation efforts aimed at protecting the rich biodiversity of Table Mountain and its surrounds. Finally, we focus on the shortcomings of existing conservation actions, and then provide conservation strategies to limit aquatic arthropod biodiversity losses, based on actions that have already worked well. To ensure protection of all arthropods, freshwater habitats across all elevations require further conservation action. Education and creating awareness must continue to close the gaps between scientists, conservation practitioners and civil society as a crucial part of the conservation plan.

The "protection" approach within the framework of the concept of sustainability, which is given importance, constitutes the common policy of all countries at the point of elimination of environmental problems and climate change increasing with the effects of globalization. As a matter of fact, it is seen that have been broken new ground in recent years within the framework of the concept of protection in Turkey. However, it is seen that conflicts arise between protection practices and private property due to property restrictions and these conflicts are subject to the jurisdiction. The fact that these conflicts and problems cannot be resolved with current legal regulations and practices necessitates the development of alternative implementation tools. Within the scope of the study, a general evaluation is made about the application tools used in conservation areas in Turkey, and the problem areas of each tool is determined by making a comparative analysis. It is emphasized that traditional implementation tools should be evaluated together with financial and economic implementation tools in the management of protected areas, implementation of conservation policies and plan implementations. Based on this inference, it is evaluated that the "conservation easement" instrument can be integrated into the Turkish Legal System., Küreselleşmenin etkileriyle birlikte artan çevre sorunlarının ve iklim değişikliğinin bertarafı noktasında önem atfedilen sürdürülebilirlik kavramı çerçevesinde oluşturulan “koruma” yaklaşımı, tüm ülkelerin ortak politikasını oluşturmaktadır. Nitekim Türkiye’de de koruma olgusu çerçevesinde son yıllarda birçok adım atıldığı görülmektedir. Ancak; koruma politikalarının uygulamaya geçtiği noktada mülkiyet kısıtlamalarından kaynaklı koruma olgusu ile özel mülkiyet arasında önemli ölçüde çatışmaların ortaya çıktığı, söz konusu çatışmaların yargıya konu edildiği görülmektedir. Bu çatışmaların mevcut yasal düzenlemeler ve uygulamalar ile çözülememesi, alternatif uygulama araçlarının geliştirilmesi hususunu zorunlu kılmaktadır. Çalışma kapsamında, Türkiye’de koruma alanlarında kullanımına başvurulan uygulama araçlarına ilişkin genel değerlendirme yapılmış olup, karşılaştırmalı analiz yapılarak her bir aracın sorun alanları tespit edilmiştir. Koruma alanlarının yönetiminde, koruma politikalarının uygulanmasında ve plan uygulamalarında geleneksel uygulama araçlarının finansal ve ekonomik uygulama araçları ile birlikte değerlendirilmesi gerekliliği vurgulanmaktadır. Bu değerlendirmeden yola çıkarak, İngiliz ve Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Planlama Kanunu çerçevesinde ele alınan “koruma irtifakı” aracının bu noktada Türk Hukuk Sistemi’ne entegre edilebileceği değerlendirilmektedir.

The paper presents the generation of an interactive cataloging system for the Courthouse of Milan (Palazzo di Giustizia) and more than one hundred artworks stored in the building. The courthouse is an “unknown museum” in the city and represents a masterpiece of the architectural and figurative culture in the '30s. The online system developed in the project aims at solving a twofold task. First, it must present the "unknown museum" to citizens through a simple and effective online website. Second, it must serve as a repository for technical information not available to the public and only limited to the specialists in conservation. This second section includes catalog forms produced according to specific national standards for artworks, which require a variety of information such as size, material, artist, state of conservation, and description of previous restorations and interventions. The catalog, supported by the development of a preventive conservation plan, meets the need to identify all artworks and their conditions, planning interventions, and keeping a record of restoration activities.

L’île aux Basques et les îles Razade sont respectivement une île de 62,14 ha et deux îlots de 1,15 ha (Razade d’en Haut) et 0,58 ha (Razade d’en Bas) situés à quelques kilomètres au large de Trois-Pistoles, Notre-Dame-des-Neiges et Saint-Simon, dans le Bas-Saint-Laurent, au Québec, Canada). Acquises par la Société Provancher en 1927 (les Razade) et 1929 (l’île aux Basques), ces îles représentent une valeur inestimable tant au point de vue écologique qu’historique. Elles comptent parmi les îles les plus chargées d’histoire humaine, les plus documentées par les scientifiques et les plus connues de l’estuaire du Saint-Laurent. L’île aux Basques, en particulier, est un fleuron tant pour la Société Provancher que pour les résidents de la Municipalité régionale de comté Les Basques. Dans le cadre d’un partenariat financier avec la Fondation de la faune du Québec, la Société Provancher a réalisé une mise à jour des connaissances existantes sur le milieu biophysique de l’île aux Basques et des îles Razade et a retracé l’historique de l’activité humaine sur celle-ci. Les préoccupations environnementales, sociales et économiques actuelles en regard de ces territoires ont ensuite été identifiées, puis des solutions conciliatrices ont été développées pour finalement proposer ce plan de conservation., Société Provancher CP 29005, succ Raymond Québec Qc G1B 3G0 Canada www.provancher.org Tel. 418 554.8636

PurposeThis paper presents a conceptual design process for developing a maintenance-focused heritage conservation model. Currently, there are several intervention approaches that can be applied in conservation from reconstruction, restoration and repairs to a “do-nothing” approach. This paper examines whether a maintenance solution is more than just an option or a necessity. The aim of the paper is to study the challenges and opportunities when putting more emphasis on the maintenance approach in conservation.Design/methodology/approachThis research was conducted in an Australian context, where many major buildings were constructed from the 19th and 20th centuries and are now categorised as “modern heritage”. three case studies were undertaken to inform this paper and others. In addition, 17 global heritage conservation experts were interviewed, and their responses were analysed. Also, comparative field observations and archival records were examined and used to develop the initial framework model. Finally, using focus group discussions amongst 7 experts, the framework was reviewed and formally validated in order to ensure the development of a useful model for use in devising an effective maintenance management plan and monitoring conditions in heritage buildings.FindingsThis paper supports others in a series that have already been accepted by this journal, focussing the research on heritage building conservation being conducted in Australia, the homeland of the Burra Charter. The other papers are entitled (1) model for the maintenance-focused heritage building conservation and (2) engineering in heritage conservation.Originality/valueThe paper examines contemporary issues in heritage building maintenance and conservation in Australia and focusses specifically on the lack of focus on maintenance as a conservation intervention for heritage buildings.

PurposeThis paper aims to set out the role of engineers in heritage conservation and investigates and evaluates the proposed available tools, technology and innovations that are currently available in the civil engineering sector that can be applied in heritage conservation.Design/methodology/approachAs society has become more aware of the grandeur of heritage spaces and structures, there is increasing pressure to preserve historic buildings. But, it is the economic cost of maintaining this important heritage legacy that has become the prime consideration of every state in Australia. Dedicated intelligent monitoring systems supplementing the traditional building inspections will enable the involved and interested stakeholders to carry out not only timely reactive response, but also to plan the maintenance of such buildings in a more vigilant and systematic manner. This will, in future, help to prevent further degradation of heritage buildings, which is very costly, often difficult and sometimes impossible to address if neglected. Savings in time and resources can be achieved, but only if a building's pathological monitoring and inspection results are on hand for use to guide major decisions to be made on how to best prevent further decay, or to save an important historical structure or building fabric.FindingsThe emergence of technological tools will enable the realization of a maintenance-focused conservation model. However, aside from the cost, these tools are still experimental in nature. These technologies are yet to be applied within the conservation industry with hopes of creating an easier and economically effective systematic method of heritage conservation.Originality/valueThe paper discusses the emerging tools and technologies in easing the monitoring aspect of a maintenance-focused conservation model.

Guwahati, a city of 2 million residents is the largest city in northeastern part of India. Situated by the side of River Brahmaputra, the city is of an undulated topography with some hillocks and wetlands. The considerable area of the city is still forested and seven reserve forests are located within the city. The forested topography of the city offers a good habitat for the Common Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca), a Scheduled 1 species under Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972. Over the years, there have been growing casualties on human-leopard conflicts in the region. Indian common leopard (Panthera pardus fusca), is a highly adaptive species and do inhabit in human proximity, which creates conflicts resulting in a loss on both sides. The present study has found that there is a rise in the incidence of human-leopard conflict in Maligaon Gaushala farmland, located in 26o08′48.5″N and 91°41′39.2″E, covering land areas of 34.82 Hectare. The study has been conducted in this area from the last five years i.e. 2015-2019 and recorded 16 number of human-leopard conflicts. It is also found that the area is used for feeding and breeding ground of cattle, for keeping old unproductive cows and dumping ground for dead cattle’s carcass. The area is covered with thick elephant grasses (Pennisetum purpureum), and it is used as chief fodder for cows inside the Gaushala farmland, which is a good foraging for high yielding of milk production from Gaushala farmland and optimum hiding ground for leopard. Due to expansion and high escalations of encroachment to the habitat of leopard a total of 90 incidences of human-leopard conflicts occurs since 1995, which include 13 human causalities, 3 leopards’ mortality and 29 livestock predation. The present study investigates detail movements of the species, their habitat based on camera trapping, Scat analysis, GPS records and field interviews. The data thus gathered not only helped to record the nature of conflicts in the area but also to design a conservation plan for the species. The suggestions recorded in the study are intended to reduce the incidences human-leopard conflicts in the area.

Conservation planning is the primary tool the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) uses to help farmers manage and protect the nation’s soil, water, air, plant, animal, energy, and human natural resources on privately owned lands. While research studies have investigated a multitude of factors that could possibly influence farmer adoption of conservation practices, no recent research exists examining the relationship between having an NRCS conservation plan and the likelihood of applying conservation practices on the ground. This is surprising given that conservation planning is considered to be the foundation for USDA’s technical and financial assistance to agricultural landowners, and recently both the updated NRCS Strategic Plan and the National Conservation Planning Partnership emphasized the need to enhance and expand conservation planning. In this study we analyzed data from 792 respondents of the 2015 and 2016 collection periods of a panel survey of Iowa farmers to examine the relationship between having an NRCS conservation plan and farmers’ implementation of 10 soil and water conservation practices in four categories: (1) soil health, (2) nitrogen (N) management, (3) structural practices, and (4) cropland converted to perennial crops. The results indicate that farmers who reported having an NRCS conservation plan are significantly more likely to have implemented two conservation practices: no-till and terraces. In addition, there was a significant relationship between the number of times a farmer visited a USDA Service Center for conservation and the likelihood they implemented 5 of the 10 selected practices, particularly in the soil health and structural practice categories. These results suggest that it is not the plan itself, but rather the sustained interaction with natural resource professionals, that makes a difference in the use of conservation practices. Implications of the study results for NRCS conservation planning moving forward in the future are discussed.

Climatic items are the inanimate elements of the natural environment, together with the mountains, seas, forests, and lakes that are the structure of the earth. Besides, humans, vegetation, animal communities, and micro-organisms are accepted as the living elements of the environment. As an inanimate natural entity in Ankara, Mogan Lake also provides living people to relax by being in its natural environment and ensures the continuity of the ecological balance. The building construction around Mogan Lake has increased and intensified since 1920. Afterward, Gölbaşı District has faced a rapidly increasing immigration and population since the 1950s. Hence, the unplanned construction continued until the declaration of Gölbaşı and its surroundings as a Special Environmental Protection Area. The lakes of Mogan and Eymir were discussed together, for the first time, in the Environmental Plan prepared by the Special Environmental Protection Agency, although they were assessed separately in the previous plans. Therefore, in this article, the planning process of Mogan Lake and its surroundings, where construction is increasingly intensified, has been discussed, while trying to provide data for the planning studies to be carried out with the aim of protecting Mogan and Eymir Lakes in the same basin., İklimsel ögelerin yanı sıra yerkürenin yapısını oluşturan dağlar, denizler, ormanlar ve göller doğal çevrenin cansız ögeleri olarak bilinir. Yerküredeki insanlar, bitki örtüsü, hayvan toplulukları ve mikro organizmalar ise çevrenin canlı ögeleridir. Mogan Gölü de cansız bir doğal varlık olarak, canlıların doğal ortamda yaşamalarını ve ekolojik dengenin sürekliliğini sağlamaktadır. Kıyısı boyunca rekreaktif etkinliklerin yoğun olarak yer aldığı Mogan Gölü’nün çevresindeki yapılaşma 1920 yılından başlamış ve artarak günümüze kadar gelmiştir. Aynı zamanda, gölün konumlandığı Gölbaşı ilçesi de 1950li yıllardan itibaren giderek artan bir göç ve hızlı nüfus artışına maruz kalmıştır. İlçedeki planlama çalışmaları ise çeşitli dönemlerde yapılmış fakat uygulanamamıştır. Buradaki plansız yapılaşma, Gölbaşı ve çevresinin Özel Çevre Koruma Bölgesi ilan edilene kadar devam etmiştir. Birbirine yakın ve aynı bölge içinde konumlanmasına rağmen, eski planlarda birbirinden ayrı değerlendirilen Eymir ve Mogan Gölleri, ilk defa Özel Çevre Koruma Kurumu’nun hazırladığı Çevre Planında bir arada gösterilip ele alınmıştır. Dolayısıyla, bu makalede Ankara’nın önemli doğal kaynaklarından biri olan Mogan Gölü ve çevresinin planlama süreci ele alınmış, böylece aynı havzada bulunan Mogan ve Eymir Göllerinin korunması amacı ile yapılacak olan planlama çalışmalarına bir veri oluşturulması sağlanmaya çalışılmıştır.

L’île Dumais et le Rocher aux Phoques sont une petite île (4,3 ha) et un îlot voisin (0,5 ha) constituant un territoire de la Société Provancher depuis 1997. Bien ce territoire soit dans un milieu côtier diversifié et relativement accessible, distant d’à peine quelques centaines de mètres des aboiteaux et des terres agricoles de St-Germain-de-Kamouraska (au Québec), il demeure étonnamment intact et peu connu. Dans le cadre d’un partenariat financier avec la Fondation de la faune du Québec et en collaboration avec des organismes locaux, la Société Provancher a réalisé un inventaire des connaissances existantes sur le milieu biophysique et retracé l’historique de l’activité humaine du territoire et de l’environnement. Nous avons ensuite identifié les enjeux de gestion environnementaux, sociaux et économiques du TIDRP pour finalement proposer ce premier plan de conservation., Société Provancher CP 29005, succ Raymond Québec Qc G1B 3G0 Canada www.provancher.org Tel. 418 554.8636

Resumen Eremophilus mutisii (Humboldt, 1805) es un pez endémico del altiplano cundiboyacense, cuya categoría de amenaza actual es vulnerable. El programa nacional para la conservación de esta especie sirvió de base para el plan de conservación en la jurisdicción CAR Cundinamarca de 2018. Este plan se sustentó en el diagnóstico del estado de conservación de la especie presentado en este estudio. Para ello, se investigó su distribución geográfica a partir de colecciones biológicas y salidas de campo a ecosistemas acuáticos previamente identificados por la CAR y el grupo investigador. Se evaluó la presencia de E. mutisii en los ríos Suárez, Bogotá (cuenca alta), Ubaté, Veraguas, Frío, Aguas Claras y Muña, y en la laguna de Fúquene y los embalses del Neusa y Tominé, mediante un protocolo de muestreo basado en la pesca eléctrica y la toma de parámetros fisicoquímicos. El esfuerzo de pesca fue de 0,044 y 0,054 individuos/hora para los ríos y lagunas (o embalses), respectivamente. Se capturaron en total 17 individuos, 53% fueron adultos, 41% juveniles y 6% alevines. La relación longitud-peso encontrada indica que el coeficiente de crecimiento de la especie fue alométrico positivo. Se corroboró que E. mutisii se distribuye geográficamente en un rango altitudinal de 2540-3000 m s. n. m., aunque no se registró en las cuencas de los ríos Bogotá, Veraguas, Ubaté, Suárez y Frío. El declive de estas poblaciones se debe principalmente a factores antrópicos, como la transformación y fragmentación de los ecosistemas, la introducción de especies invasoras y la contaminación de los cuerpos hídricos. Abstract Eremophilus mutisii (Humboldt, 1805), is an endemic fish to the Cundiboyacense plain, currently classified as vulnerable. The national programme to the catfish conservation, was used as a source for implementing the conservation plan in the CAR Cundinamarca in 2018. The present study performed the conservation status diagnosis of E. mutisii in the Cundinamarca region which provides the basis for this conservation plan. In accordance, catfish geographical distribution was investigated by accessing biological collection information and conducting fish surveys of both lentic and lotic systems in pre-selected sites identified by the CAR officials and the research team. E. mutisii presence was evaluated in the Suárez, Bogotá (high basin), Ubaté, Veraguas, Frío, Aguas Claras and Muña rivers, also in the Fúquene lagoon and the Neusa and Tominé reservoirs. An electric fishing technique and physicochemical parameters measurement were used as the fish sampling approach of this study. The catfish catch per unit effort was 0.054 and 0.044 individuals/hour for rivers and lagoons (or reservoirs), respectively. A total of 17 individuals were captured, 53% of them were adults, 41% juveniles and 6% small fry. The length-weight relationship found indicates that the species growth was positive allometric. It was confirmed that catfish is geographically distributed in an elevation range of 2540-3000 masl, although it was not reported in the Bogotá, Veraguas, Ubaté, Suarez and Frio rivers. The decline of E. mutisii populations is mainly due to anthropic factors, such as transformation and fragmentation of ecosystems, introduction of invasive species and water bodies contamination.

Ecuador is blessed by the presence of age-old buildings and places that deserve to be preserved. One of these places is Susudel, whose historical center was declared Cultural Heritage of Ecuador in 2013. One of the most emblematic buildings in the province of Azuay is located here, the chapel of Susudel. This chapel, which belongs to a large estate, is an example of colonial architecture in which traditional construction techniques and materials have been used, such as adobe, bricks, wood and roof tiles. This ancestral knowledge typical of vernacular heritage architecture deserves to be preserved for the enjoyment of future generations. This investigation shows several constructive elements that give a special technological value to the chapel. The interior of the chapel contains a significant sample of murals, which constitute a religious symbol of the colonial era. The aim of this investigation is to establish conservation strategies through the identification of stakeholders, roles, maintenance actions and maintenance tools that result in a preventive conservation and monitoring plan for the chapel. The methodology used is based on the preventive conservation phases as proposed by ICOMOS 2003: anamnesis, diagnosis, therapy and control, which is complemented by recommendations that include the active participation of the community and institutions responsible for the conservation of built heritage.

Resumo O artigo analisa os desafios para a preservação do Pavilhão Mourisco do ponto de vista da equipe do Departamento de Patrimônio Histórico da Casa de Oswaldo Cruz. Apresenta as principais vulnerabilidades do edifício e acervos móveis nele abrigados e a mudança gradual de abordagem em relação à atuação do departamento – da intervenção pontual de restauração à definição de estratégias globais com foco na conservação preventiva. Para tanto, traça um breve panorama das principais obras realizadas na edificação nos últimos trinta anos, bem como das ações contínuas de conservação implementadas, apresentando a metodologia adotada para a elaboração do Plano de Conservação Preventiva do conjunto formado pelo edifício, bens integrados e acervos móveis. Abstract The challenges facing the team from the Department of Historical Heritage at Casa de Oswaldo Cruz in the preservation of its main building, the Moorish Pavilion, are discussed. The main weaknesses of the building and the collections of artifacts it contains are presented, and the gradual change in approach adopted by the department – from ad hoc restoration interventions to the setting of broad strategies for its preventive conservation – is discussed. To this end, a brief overview is given of the main work done on the building in the last thirty years and the ongoing conservation actions undertaken, including the methodology adopted for the design of the Preventive Conservation Plan of the building, its integrated heritage, and its collections of artifacts.

Entre los años 1919 y 1929, Benjamín Muniz Barreto, financió y patrocinó expediciones arqueológicas al Noroeste argentino, generando una colección que consta de 12.000 objetos arqueológicos elaborados en material cerámico, lítico, óseo, textil, metal y malacológico. La documentación en soporte papel que acompaña estos objetos son: libretas y diarios de viaje, cuadernos, fotografías, mapas, planos, bocetos y acuarelas, aportándole así valor científico a la Colección, ya que permite contextualizar los materiales y realizar, por ejemplo, la reconstrucción de contextos culturales y de cronologías relativas, llevándonos, gracias a su estudio, a la recuperación de nuestro pasado precolombino. La Colección actualmente se encuentra en guarda en la División Arqueología del Museo de La Plata. En este trabajo trataremos sobre la conservación de las acuarelas como fuente documental, sobre cómo hemos identificado y caracterizado sus deterioros, y sobre las acciones tomadas en tal sentido para su acondicionamiento, enmarcando estas actividades dentro del “Proyecto de Puesta en Valor de las Colecciones depositadas en el Depósito 7 de la División Arqueología del Museo de La Plata”. Se trata de 111 acuarelas realizadas en soporte papel, que sufrieron cambios en su composición física y funcional durante casi un siglo, poniendo en peligro la información consignada en ellas. Para salvaguardar estosdocumentos se efectuó un plan de conservación destinado a reducir y minimizar los deterioros acaecidos, realizando acciones de conservación preventiva e interventiva para preservar el acervo documental, acorde a los lineamientos actuales establecidos dentro de los códigos de ética profesional. En tal sentido, favoreciendo la protección de los documentos y evitando su manipulación, se creó un catálogo digital que facilita el acceso a las mismas., Between 1919 and 1929, Benjamín Muniz Barreto financed and sponsored archaeological expeditions to the Argentine Northwest that generated a collection consisting of 12,000archaeological objects made of ceramic, lithic, bone, textile, metal and malacological material. The documentation on paper that accompanies these objects are: travel notebooks and diaries, notebooks, photographs, maps, plans, sketches, and watercolors, all of which adds scientific value to the collection, since it allows contextualizing the materials and, for instance, a reconstruction of cultural contexts and relative chronologies; thus, their study leads to the recovery of our pre-Columbian past. This collection is currently stored in the Archaeology Division of Museo de La Plata. In this work we discuss the conservation of watercolors as a documentary source, how we have identified and characterized their deterioration, and the actions taken in this regard for their conditioning, as part of the “Project for the Protection and Enhancement of Collections hosted in Deposit 7 of the Archaeology Division of Museo de La Plata”. These are 111 watercolors on paper, which underwent changes in their physical and functional composition for almost a century, jeopardizing the information contained in them. In order to safeguard these documents, a conservation plan was made to reduce and minimize deterioration, involving preventive and interventive conservation actions to preserve the documentary collection, in accordance with current guidelines established within the codes of professional ethics. In this sense, to protect these documents and avoid their manipulation, a digital catalog was created that facilitates access to them without direct manipulation., Entre 1919 e 1929, Benjamín Muniz Barreto financiou e patrocinou expedições arqueológicas ao noroeste argentino, gerando uma coleção composta por 12.000 objetos arqueológicos de material cerâmico, lítico, ósseo, têxtil, metálico e malacológico. A documentação em suporte de papel que acompanha esses objetos são: livros e agendas de viagem, cadernos, fotografias, mapas, planos, esboços e aquarelas, contribuindo com valor científico para a Coleção, pois permite contextualizar os materiais e fazer, por exemplo, o reconstrução de contextos culturais e cronologias relativas, levando, graças ao seu estudo, à recuperação de nosso passado pré-colombiano. Atualmente, a coleção está em custódia na Divisão de Arqueologia do Museu La Plata. Neste trabalho, discutiremos a conservação de aquarelas como fonte documental, como identificamos e caracterizamos sua deterioração e as ações tomadas nesse sentido para seu condicionamento, enquadrando essas atividades no “Projeto para definição de valor de Coleções depositadas no Depósito 7 da Divisão de Arqueologia do Museu da Prata”. São 111 aquarelas feitas em suporte de papel, que sofreram alterações em sua composição física e funcional por quase um século, comprometendo as informações nelas contidas. Para salvaguardar esses documentos, foi elaborado um plano de conservação para reduzir e minimizar a deterioração, realizando ações de conservação preventiva e interventiva para preservar a coleção documental, de acordo com as diretrizes atuais estabelecidas nos códigos de ética profissional. Nesse sentido, favorecendo a proteção dos documentos e evitando sua manipulação, foi criado um catálogo digital que facilita o acesso a eles., Dossier: Ocupaciones tempranas en América: voces desde el Cono Sur, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the viability of wildlife corridors between the Benue National Park and the Faro National Park through the hunting areas, by identifying the main threats to their integrity, mapping of land use, characterization of their flora and the wildlife inventory that frequents these corridors in order to propose measures for their sustainable management. Field observations, land use mapping from the 2016 Landsat 8 image classification, and 60 floristic surveys at six sites (corridors) on 20 m × 20 m plots treated under R resulted in the following results: nine types of activities were identified, including logging, agriculture, grazing and forestry. With ggold panning the main threats to corridors, the species mostly used by these farmers are Piliostigma thonningii (82.674 ± 4.24), Combretum sp. (78.18 ± 4.01) and Tamarindus indica (75.06 ± 3.85) among the most threatened woody species. On the floristic level, vegetations under the influence of anthropic activities present a large number of rejections, a small number of adult stems. The Shannon diversity index varies between 4.30 and 5.07 in all corridors. On the other hand, the index of equitability varies from 0.50 to 0.59. On the faunal plan, 204 individuals, belonging to 12 animal species, grouped into 6 families frequent the corridors. This number is well below what was achieved in 2010 when there was a decrease of 1024 individuals in the corridors, a decrease rate of 83.38%. In the face of these threats, which risk irreversibly damaging the corridors, a restoration and conservation plan for these corridors that will integrate community management based on strengthening the participatory approach is essential. Key words: Corridor, planning, national park, biodiversity, inventory, socio-economic surveys, anthropogenic activities, north.

Development of systematic methods for conservation planning has improved effectiveness and efficiency of implementing such plans. The lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) is a grouse species of conservation concern native to the southwestern Great Plains of the United States. Recent lesser prairie-chicken conservation planning has involved identifying ecologically important areas but has not incorporated economic data into prioritization of areas to target for conservation management. We used the program Marxan to develop a decision-support tool for managers in Kansas to prioritize tracts for improving lesser prairie-chicken habitat quality and increasing habitat availability. We developed three different conservation scenarios and evaluated the tradeoffs among multiple planning objectives in these scenarios. We incorporated population targets from an existing conservation plan and agricultural economic data to help select land with maximum ecological value and minimum economic productivity to prioritize for lesser prairie-chicken conservation. We compared potential conservation plans and incorporated a post hoc connectivity model to test potential for individuals to travel among habitat patches in these plans during dispersal events. We found that different conservation scenarios led to different solutions, though differences varied by ecoregion. Potential solutions for all scenarios contained habitat patches not currently included in existing conservation plans and had high connectivity potential. These results provide context for spatial prioritization of lesser prairie-chicken habitat management in Kansas. Application of this approach to species of conservation interest could help managers incorporate socioeconomic factors into planning methods and identify important tracts for conservation currently overlooked by existing planning methods.

The restoration or rejuvenation of freshwater ecosystem is being performed through formulation and implementation of conservation plans by the administrative authorities. However, it is essential to examine the performance of conservation plan for addressing the success of work done. The present study aims to develop a novel scoring methodology that could be widely used to assess the performance of a lake conservation plan. Scoring methodology is based on four major characteristics of conservation plan as: ecological lake characteristics, lake catchment characteristics, threat to the lake ecosystem, conservation and management policy. These characteristic terms are given a weightage and score values, which are used to evaluate an overall score of lake that represent the cumulative performance of conservation plan. This scoring methodology is used to assess the performance of conservation plan for four Indian lakes, namely Dal Lake, Nainital Lake, Anasagar Lake, and Rankala Lake. The results reveal that the conservation plans for Dal and Nainital lakes exhibit average performance with overall score values of 138, and 121, respectively. The water quality index of Anasagar Lake is evaluated as 25 that exhibit very poor water quality, while those of other lakes are obtained in poor quality range 50–70. The overall score

The Bathroom area in Qena city is suffering from urban, social and economic problems, which affects negatively on one of the most important Islamic buildings (the Ottoman Bathroom). In the present study, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technique has been chosen for evaluating the current state of the Ottoman Bathroom and its urban surrounding that is situated within Qena city. Three categories of the evaluating were carried out, the urban, economic, and social status of the environment urban of the Bathroom. Monitoring and analysis of spatial and descriptive data were carried on the surrounding of the Bathroom through design the spatial database; the results of the study indicated that the residential buildings have been suffering from severe damage. The samples were collected from different places of the Bathroom, investigated by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) with EDX analytical methods, and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). The previous results were indicated that there is a crystallized salt in bricks pores, micro-cracks, and loss in the internal structure of the building materials. The conservation plan included on many steps: 1) documentation of the building and its urban surrounding; 2) monitoring of deterioration symptoms of the building, urban deterioration symptoms of the surrounding; 3) the conservation plan and adaptive reuse of the Ottoman Bathroom.

The preservation of cultural heritage and the renovation, restoration and remodelling processes could benefit greatly from Building Information Modelling (BIM) workflows being established. Currently, experts are involved with fractionated workflows, where a lot of data are missing, become lost or are duplicated by different stakeholders. All the resulting confusion severely impacts on the preservation of heritage as well as the efficiency of its restoring/remodelling/revitalizing from the point of view of current needs. Heritage information is usually conveyed through conservation-restoration plans and guidelines. In this research, a new methodology for managing the information holistically integrated into the BIM is proposed. The workflow is showcased on a demo-case building that is protected as cultural heritage. Consequently, the conservation plan becomes more accessible, not only for stakeholders in heritage, but also stakeholders responsible for the renovation, such as architects and contractors. This can result in an improved understanding of the heritage and a better revitalization.