United Nations experts said last week that climate change is threatening the country’s art treasures of the tropics, most likely will accelerate the pace of its corruption. “The world is a work of art by the likes of those worms materials.” Latin America and the Caribbean from the United Nations University Biotechnology projects José - Luis Ramirez (Jose-Luis Ramirez) said, “climate change therefore pose a threat because it will increase in many parts of the quantity of fungi and insects. ”
Ramirez is in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, February 9 to 12 a day meeting, an interview with Reuters, made the comments. The conference is looking for in order to protect the art treasures of the new method.
Much has the world’s cultural heritage by the canvas, wood, paper or leather made of, and years, these materials have been warm and humid climate and air baptism, can easily lead to mold, micro-organisms and insect attack, resulting in corruption and decomposition, a United Nations statement said.
Ramirez said that many museums, especially those in tropical countries, museums, and even the lack of air-conditioning ventilation systems to protect the paintings, sculptures and other art collections from the humidity and temperature may change. UN climate experts said that human-induced climate change will cause more heat waves, monsoon rainfall, drought and floods change.
Venezuela Cultural Heritage Trust President Alvaro Gonzalez (Alvaro Gonzalez) said that the global financial crisis, the Government of lack of funds for cultural preservation will make the reality of this situation. “With the world financial crisis and the advent of climate change impacts, a number of tropical countries are at a museum in a state of emergency.” He said in a statement.
United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Rector of UNU-hole Osterwalder(Konrad Osterwalder) urged more action. “Although faced with the current economic downturn, we still shoulder an important responsibility, namely to ensure that the historical relics be able to get good, sustainable management, and protect them from the potential impact of climate warming.” He said.
Experts will discuss new ways of protection of works of art, including the use of microorganisms to remove fungi. “Ways of biological than physical or chemical method is more more modest.” Ramirez said.
In Italy, the museum custodians have to replace the use of microbes to clean up chemical reagents Milan masonry building, at the same time used to remove the murals in Pisa Adhesive redundant. The National Archives of Cuba have also begun to test the use of natural plant extracts of the alternative chemicals to clean up files.
