Ainu Recognition and the Shiretoko Natural Heritage ...

AINU RECOGNITION AND THE SHIRETOKO NATURAL HERITAGE DESIGNATION. Richard Rice. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. When the UNESCO World Heritage Designation was awarded to Japan for Shiretoko National Park in Hokkaido in 2005, representatives of the indigenous Ainu (Utari) expected to play a role in the preservation of this unique ecosphere, as called for in United Nations … ................
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