L’identification des patrimoines et des menaces, vecteur de développement durable d’un territoire. Exemple de l’archipel des Marquises (Polynésie française)

Abstract

Marquesas islands archipelago aimes to built its territorial development project in particular thanks to become listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO and the establishment of a marine protected area. In this context, a research programme was carried out. It was a partenarial and partipatory research about maritime heritage in Marquesas (PALIMMA). The objectives were to identify knowledge in the bibliography and to built data with the population (what heritage, what threats and what managerial solutions). Beyond knowledge production, this research programme, with marquisian local community, showed how important it is in ordrer to reach a balanced territorial development, to foster the empowerment of local population and to build relationships between individuals and institutions. A research program like PALIMMA can help to aim those objectives.

Keywords

• heritage
• UNESCO
• marine protected area
• Marquises
• Polynésie française
• territorial development