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Deputy chair Per Dag Hole began the presentation by explaining the positive effects the inclusion of the initiative on UNESCO’s World Heritage List would have for the area. ”We believe being included on Norway’s tentative list, and later on UNESCO’s world heritage list, will have many positive effects, both in terms of knowledge about the field and in relation to economic development in the area. These topics have received more and more attention in research milieus over the last couple of years. We hope this will continue, with more money being allocated to registration and research in this important field. It is obviously important to me, as mayor, that the municipalities in the area are able to thrive and develop despite vast tracts of land now being tied up with the establishment of more national parks. It has, however, been important to us that all our argumentation is based on expert assessments and not just on the area’s interests in relation to economic development,” concluded Mr Hole in his introduction.
Project manager John Olsen ran through the experts’ arguments for the project and emphasised that the cultural heritage that exists in the mountain areas in the four counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Sør-Trøndelag and Hedmark is also unique in the global context.
The members of parliament showed great interest in the project and expressed a wish that work in the field continue. |
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Members of the Norwegian Storting (parliament) for Møre og Romsdal together with Per Dag Hole and Egil Mikkelsen from the board of Wild Reindeer Hunting as World Heritage (Photo: John Olsen). |
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