Abstract
In November 1972, the United Nations developed the World Heritage Convention in recognition of the need for protecting valuable cultural and natural sites of global importance. The convention was designed to identify and protect heritage sites worldwide. Although the Aral Sea has not yet been proposed by any of the Central Asian states as a world heritage site, it meets many of the criteria designated by the Convention as a site meriting such status. The purpose of this paper is threefold. First, the notion of heritage and its application to world heritage status are discussed. Second, this notion is applied to the Aral Sea Basin in Central Asia in an attempt to answer the question, ‘Does the Aral Sea merit heritage status?’. Finally, ‘environmental Justice’ issues, which might arise as a result of such a designation, are discussed.
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