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A mechanism or network designed to detect signs of an impending hazard and deliver timely alerts, allowing preventive action to protect people and heritage. For example, sensors that monitor environmental conditions (flood levels, seismic activity) or community-based warning protocols can give heritage site managers and local residents advance notice to secure collections or evacuate.

Source: UNDRR, UNESCO

Emergency Decree relates to the legal, institutional, or policy frameworks that govern heritage protection and emergency action. It clarifies responsibilities, permissible actions, and cooperation across jurisdictions and organizations.

Source: UNESCO, Hague Convention, UNIDROIT, ICOM

Emergency Funding is a concept or practice used to reduce harm from hazards and manage emergencies affecting people, assets, and heritage. It supports preparedness, response, and recovery decisions with clear roles and prioritized actions.

Source: UNDRR, UNESCO

Emergency Preparedness refers to planning, training, and resource allocation carried out in advance to ensure effective response to disasters affecting cultural heritage. It includes evacuation planning, safety protocols, and coordination with emergency services.

Source: UNDRR, UNESCO

Emergency Preparedness is a concept or practice used to reduce harm from hazards and manage emergencies affecting people, assets, and heritage. It supports preparedness, response, and recovery decisions with clear roles and prioritized actions.

Source: UNDRR, UNESCO

Emergency Procurement is a concept or practice used to reduce harm from hazards and manage emergencies affecting people, assets, and heritage. It supports preparedness, response, and recovery decisions with clear roles and prioritized actions.

Source: UNDRR, UNESCO

Emergency Response is a concept or practice used to reduce harm from hazards and manage emergencies affecting people, assets, and heritage. It supports preparedness, response, and recovery decisions with clear roles and prioritized actions.

Source: UNDRR, UNESCO

Environmental Control is a conservation approach or technique used to stabilize, preserve, or restore heritage materials and structures. It aims to protect significance while minimizing unnecessary change and documenting all interventions.

Source: ICCROM, ICOMOS

The ongoing tracking of environmental conditions – such as temperature, humidity, light, and pollution – in spaces where cultural heritage is kept or displayed. By using sensors and data loggers, conservators ensure conditions remain within safe ranges. Proper environmental monitoring helps prevent damage like mold growth (if humidity is too high), cracking (if air is too dry), or fading of pigments (if light is too intense).

Source: ICCROM, ICOMOS

Equity describes ethical principles or engagement practices that protect people, respect communities, and improve collaboration in heritage work. It emphasizes consent, accountability, and culturally appropriate decision-making.

Source: ICCROM, UNESCO

Ethical Field Conduct defines principles and behaviors that ensure respect for affected communities, cultural values, and human dignity during heritage protection activities. It emphasizes consent, sensitivity, and accountability in documentation and intervention processes.

Source: ICCROM

Ethical Field Conduct describes ethical principles or engagement practices that protect people, respect communities, and improve collaboration in heritage work. It emphasizes consent, accountability, and culturally appropriate decision-making.

Source: ICCROM, UNESCO

Ethics Review describes ethical principles or engagement practices that protect people, respect communities, and improve collaboration in heritage work. It emphasizes consent, accountability, and culturally appropriate decision-making.

Source: ICCROM, UNESCO

Evacuation is a concept or practice used to reduce harm from hazards and manage emergencies affecting people, assets, and heritage. It supports preparedness, response, and recovery decisions with clear roles and prioritized actions.

Source: UNDRR, UNESCO

Evacuation Route Planning is a concept or practice used to reduce harm from hazards and manage emergencies affecting people, assets, and heritage. It supports preparedness, response, and recovery decisions with clear roles and prioritized actions.

Source: UNDRR, UNESCO

An official authorization required by law to take cultural property (such as antiquities, artworks, or historical objects) out of a country. Many nations have laws that designate certain heritage items as national treasures or culturally significant, and an export permit system ensures these items are reviewed before leaving the country (to prevent illegal trade or permanent loss of heritage).

Source: UNESCO, Hague Convention, UNIDROIT, ICOM

Exposure is a concept or practice used to reduce harm from hazards and manage emergencies affecting people, assets, and heritage. It supports preparedness, response, and recovery decisions with clear roles and prioritized actions.

Source: UNDRR, UNESCO