{"id":5650,"date":"2013-04-12T16:29:33","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T16:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=5650"},"modified":"2013-04-12T16:29:33","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T16:29:33","slug":"global-status-sought-for-welsh-slate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=5650","title":{"rendered":"Global status sought for Welsh slate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Experts on natural stone are seeking a special recognition for one of the icons of Wales &#8211; its slate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The BBC writes<\/span>:<br \/>\nSlate. It is part of the look and feel of Wales, and now there are efforts to have its iconic status more formally recognised on the international stage.<\/p>\n<p>Experts want it listed as one of the great natural stones to have had an impact on human culture the world over.<\/p>\n<p>Since Roman times, the quality of Welsh slate has made it a premier building material, with top architects still demanding it for prestige projects.<\/p>\n<p>This makes it a candidate for \u2018Global Heritage Stone Resource\u2018 status.<\/p>\n<p>Other rocks that will be considered are likely to include one or two of those exquisite Italian marbles, such as Carrara, and that other redoubtable British building block &#8211; Portland stone.<\/p>\n<p>The case for many is being made in a special session here in Vienna this week at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">For the global heritage slate strategy see<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalheritagestone.org\/home\/basic-information\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Read more at<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-22097403\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experts on natural stone are seeking a special recognition for one of the icons of Wales &#8211; its slate. The BBC writes: Slate. It is part of the look and feel of Wales, and now there are efforts to have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=5650\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5650"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5652,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5650\/revisions\/5652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}