Światowe tendencje w podejściu do ochrony dziedzictwa kulturowego zagrożonego katastrofami

The devastation of cultural goods owing to natural calamities is increasingly frequently perceived as a challenge which must be faced by contemporary society. The last decades comprise a period of appreciating the view that only the concentrated efforts of numerous organisations and services will, via interdisciplinary undertakings, oppose the enormity of problems and the scale of the damage caused by a catastrophe. It has been understood that the foundation of further activity should consist of information, education and the practical training of suitable services and milieus involved in a widely comprehended sphere of the protection of cultural goods. Additional support should be provided by international cooperation and assistance realised on various levels of management and reaction. The creation, upon the basis of existing international associations, of the Blue Shield organisation could set into motion a centre for practical reaction in reference to historical monuments, resembling the international Red Cross organisation, active today.