Conservation

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How do we co-ordinate the management of our World Heritage Site?

Conservation

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Managing the World Heritage Site

Understand how the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site is managed and how the different organisations involved work together to maintain the status.
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The WHS Team  Karen Willows

Planning within the World Heritage Site

Understand the World Heritage Site Office's role in planning applications within and around the Site.
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St Agnes Smallholdings Barry Gamble

Conservation Projects

The World Heritage Site is made up of a great many features which are internationally important. These features are described by UNESCO as ‘attributes of Outstanding Universal Value’. Explore our past projects to conserve and protect these features.
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The Wheal Busy pumping engine and boiler houses after conservation