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         <title>New cooperation agreement signed between Belgian Science Policy Office and World Heritage Centre</title>
         <description><![CDATA[On 21 November 2006, the Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Francesco Bandarin, signed a new cooperation agreement with Minister Marc Verwilghen, Belgian Minister for Science Policy. Under the agreement the Belgian Science Policy Office will, during a 5-year period, mobilize Belgian scientific expertise in using space technologies to assist State parties to the World Heritage Convention in acquiring the necessary capacity for managing World Heritage sites and in advanced  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/297</link>
         <author>y.kaboza@unesco.org (Yvette Kaboza)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Hippo Massacre in Virunga National Park (DRC): UNESCO Reacts</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Conservation activities continue in the World Heritage sites of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with particular attention given to Virunga National Park, where hippopotamuses are being massacred by the Mai Mai rebel group. In response to this massacre, UNESCO and its field partners have taken the following measures to stop the poaching which threatens to eradicate the hippo population: Alerted the Congolese authorities and the MONUC on the worrying situation of the hippopotamus  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/296</link>
         <author>y.kaboza@unesco.org (Yvette Kaboza)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Jet Tours and World Heritage Centre Implement Safeguarding Projects</title>
         <description><![CDATA[In an ongoing commitment to sustainable tourism, Jet tours will support two safeguarding projects scheduled for implementation early 2007. The projects are part of a joint endeavour through the World Heritage Centre-Jet Tours partnership to promote preservation and awareness through responsible tourism. On 9 November 2006, the Centre&amp;#39;s director, Francesco Bandarin, and the director-general of Jet tours, Laurence Berman, met to discuss the launching of these projects. Entering the second  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/294</link>
         <author>g.hickey@unesco.org (Gabrielle Hickey)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>New Report on World Heritage and Climate Change</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Threats to cultural and natural heritage sites from the effects of climate change are further substantiated in a new report presented at the 12th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change taking place in Nairobi, Kenya. The report, entitled &amp;#39;The Atlas of Climate Change: Mapping the World&amp;#39;s Greatest Challenge&amp;#39; describes impacts such as rising sea levels, flooding and storms. Mosques, cathedrals, monuments and artefacts at ancient sites are  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/292</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Preserving Congolese Heritage in Armed Conflict</title>
         <description><![CDATA[On the occasion of the United Nations&amp;#39; International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, the World Heritage Centre would like to draw attention to the project &amp;quot;Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: Protecting World Heritage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo&amp;quot;. Initiated in 2000, the project continues with the support of the governments of Belgium and Italy, the United Nations Foundation and in collaboration  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/291</link>
         <author>y.kaboza@unesco.org (Yvette Kaboza)</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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