I'm very sorry to hear the news of Jim's passing. He was a giant in the world of World Heritage when I first started attending meetings on behalf of ICCROM. I remember the good-natured teasing between Jim and Henry Cleere of ICOMOS about whether cultural or natural heritage was more important to the Convention. Jim would often laugh at a picutre of an archaeological site and call it "a pile of rocks". In the end, they were both right. RIP Jim.
Jim Thorsell
I'm very sorry to hear the news of Jim's passing. He was a giant in the world of World Heritage when I first started attending meetings on behalf of ICCROM. I remember the good-natured teasing between Jim and Henry Cleere of ICOMOS about whether cultural or natural heritage was more important to the Convention. Jim would often laugh at a picutre of an archaeological site and call it "a pile of rocks". In the end, they were both right. RIP Jim.