Norðurlendskur UNESCO-fundur í Havn

Týsdagin og mikudagin høvdu norðurlendsku UNESCO-nevndirnar ársfund í Havn. Í hesum sambandi var Tórshavnar kommuna vertur fyri einum døgurða í Müllers Pakkhúsi týskvøldið.

Eini 80 fólk úr øllum Norðurlondum, sum umboðaðu útbúgving, vísindi, mentan og samskifti, vóru við.

Elsa Berg, borgarstjóri, helt røðu og vísti millum annað á týdningin av at verja og varðveita sína fortíð, men samstundis ikki ræðast at fevna framtíðina og vera ein partur av framburðinum í tíðini, vit liva í. Hon vísti eisini á Koltursverkætlanina, sum UNESCO kann hava áhuga í.

“Here in the Faroe Islands protecting our past is something we strive very much to do, because in our small community it can be difficult to withstand the pressure and the influence from the big outside world.

At the same time we must never forget to embrace the modern world and to be an integral part of the immense progress being made in this age we live in.

To do that and still remain true to ourselves we need education. We need science. And we need culture.

This is also why we were delighted in 2021, when the Faroese rowing boat – as part of the special Nordic clinker boat traditions – became a part of the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Our cultural heritage is one thing, but we also strive to protect and preserve our natural heritage. As a part of this, we are very excited about the new project of establishing the island of Koltur as a nature reserve.

The Faroe Islands National Museum – Tjóðsavnið – has just finished the baseline studies of Koltur, meaning that we know the current status of the island’s biodiversity, thus in the future we will have a better knowledge of the effects of the management of the island. The island of Koltur will be “returned to nature”, so to speak, by removing sheep grazing from some areas, which in turn should result in ecological changes, which will be monitored and studied.”