SITUACIÓN DE LA GESTIÓN DEL RIESGO DE DESASTRES EN EL PATRIMONIO CULTURAL EN COSTA RICA Y SU RELACIÓN CON CENTROAMÉRICA

Abstract

This article analyzes the actions carried out in the Central American region in the face of constant threats to cultural heritage. The intensity and frequency of natural hazards, coupled with the lack of preventive conservation and the lack of interest of governments in historical buildings and tra-ditional ways of life, increase their vulnerability. Disaster Risk Management hardly incorporates the theme of cultural heritage into global discussions. The latest Consultative Forums of the Central American Integrated Management of Disaster Risk Management (PCGIR), carried out in 2013 and 2015, and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, establish as a necessity strengthening and protecting cultural heritage and allocating resources to achieve it. Despite this, there are no protocols necessary to reduce risks of cultural heritage disasters. It is concluded that since cultural heritage is a human right and its conservation a global commitment, the incorporation of integral risk management into cultural heritage is a duty to which we must devote our greatest effort.