ABSTRACT
The adoption in 2015 of a policy that aims to integrate a sustainable development perspective into the processes of the World Heritage Convention was a significant step for the heritage conservation field and will inevitably have a lasting impact. After sustainable development was first introduced as a notion in the Brundtland Report Our Common Future, it took considerable time for the World Heritage community to consider its relevance to the Convention. The adoption in 2015 of a policy that aims to integrate a sustainable development perspective into the processes of the World Heritage Convention was a significant step for the heritage conservation field and will inevitably have a lasting impact. In conclusion, the overall message of this policy is that it is time we learn to live with our heritage rather than protecting it as something apart from our living, breathing societies.
