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         <title>World Heritage Committee inscribes Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania) as Cultural World Heritage Site</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia today inscribed the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania) as a cultural property on the World Heritage List. The Committee made its decision because of the extraordinary record of human evolution at the site, which spans a vast area of land from the Serengeti National Park in the north-west of Tanzania to the eastern arm of the Great Rift Valley. The property had previously been inscribed on the List as a natural site.
Archaeological  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/641</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>World Heritage Committee inscribes seven cultural sites  on World Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia has inscribed sites in Saudi Arabia, Australia, India, Islamic Republic of Iran and, for the first time, a site in the Marshall Islands, as well as the Republic of Korea on the UNESCO World Heritage List. &amp;nbsp;
The latest sites inscribed include (in order of inscription):
At Turaif District in ad-Dir&apos;iyah (Saudi Arabia)
This property was the first capital of the Saudi Dynasty, in the heart of the Arabian Penisula, north-west of Riyadh.  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/642</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>World Heritage Committee inscribes five new cultural sites  on World Heritage List and approves two extensions  to existing properties</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Imperial Citadel of Thang Long-Hanoi (Viet Nam) becomes 900th site on UNESCO World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia has inscribed new cultural sites in Viet Nam, China, Tajikistan, France, the Netherlands, on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The Committee also agreed to the extension of two cultural properties in Germany, Norway.
The latest cultural sites inscribed include (in order of inscription):
The Imperial Citadel of Thang Long-Hanoi (Viet Nam)
The  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/643</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>World Heritage Committee inscribes Everglades National Park on List of World Heritage in Danger</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Committee, holding its 34th session chaired by Jo&amp;atilde;o Luiz da Silva Ferreira, the Minister of Culture of Brazil, inscribed the Everglades National Park (United States) on the List of World Heritage in Danger,&amp;nbsp; because of serious and continuing degradation of&amp;nbsp; its aquatic ecosystem.
The inscription was made at the request of the United States. It&apos;s the second time the Everglades has been included on the List of World Heritage in Danger. It was first  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/638</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>World Heritage Committee inscribes  Rainforests of Atsinanana (Madagascar) on List of World Heritage in Danger</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Committee holding its 34th session chaired by Jo&amp;atilde;o Luiz da Silva Ferreira, the Minister of Culture of Brazil, has inscribed the Rainforests of the Atsinanana (Madagascar) on the List of World Heritage in Danger because of illegal logging and hunting of endangered lemurs on the site.
The Committee noted that despite a decree outlawing the exploitation and export of rosewood and ebony, Madagascar continues to provide export permits for illegally logged timber. It  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/639</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>World Heritage Committee inscribes two new sites  on World Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Committee holding its 34th session in Brasilia under the chairmanship of&amp;nbsp; Jo&amp;atilde;o Luiz da Silva Ferreira, today inscribed two new sites on the World Heritage List.
The new sites include 1 natural property and 1 mixed (natural and cultural) property.
The natural site is:
The Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka&apos;s highlands are situated in the south-central part of the island. The&amp;nbsp; property comprises the Peak Wilderness Protected Area, the Horton  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/640</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>List of World Heritage in Danger:  World Heritage Committee inscribes the Tombs of  Buganda Kings (Uganda) and removes Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) </title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Committee holding its 34th session chaired by Jo&amp;atilde;o Luiz da Silva Ferreira, the Minister of Culture of Brazil, has inscribed the Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (Uganda) on the List of World Heritage in Danger. The Committee also decided to remove the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) from this List.
In March 2010, fire almost completely destroyed the Muzibu Azaala Mpanga building, the main structure at the site which contained four royal Buganda tombs. The property,  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/636</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>World Heritage Committee inscribes Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery (Georgia) on List of World Heritage in Danger</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Committee, holding its 34th session chaired by Jo&amp;atilde;o Luiz da Silva Ferreira, the Minister of Culture of Brazil, has inscribed the site of Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery (Georgia) on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The Committee expressed its serious concern about irreversible interventions carried out on the site as part of a major reconstruction project. The Committee believes this project will undermine the integrity and authenticity of the site and  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/637</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Thirty-nine properties to be considered for inscription on UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Thirty-nine nominations from 33 countries will be considered for inscription on UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage List during the meeting of the World Heritage Committee underway in Brasilia. Three of the countries - Marshall Islands, Kiribati and Tajikistan - have no properties inscribed on the World Heritage List to date.
The Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova and Brazil&apos;s Minister of Culture Jo&amp;atilde;o Luiz da Silva Ferreira formally opened the 34th session of the Committee here on the  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/634</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>UNESCO and Brazil establish heritage management Training Centre for Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries</title>
         <description><![CDATA[UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and the Minister of Culture of Brazil, Jo&amp;atilde;o Luiz da Silva Ferreira today signed an  agreement establishing a regional heritage management training centre in Rio de Janeiro. The new centre will help Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia to implement the the World Heritage Convention.
This is the sixth such centre to be established. The others are in Bahrain, China, M&amp;eacute;xico, Norway and South Africa.
The  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/635</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>World Heritage Mission to Haiti</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Within the framework of the Emergency International Request submitted by Haiti after the devastating 12 January 2010 earthquake, the World Heritage Centre - Latin America and the Caribbean Unit (WHC/LAC) organized a Technical Mission from 11-18 July 2010 in close cooperation with the Institut de Sauvegarde du Patrimoine National (ISPAN) and the UNESCO Haiti Office. The Mission&apos;s objectives were two fold:

To assess the state of conservation of the National History Park - Citadel, Sans  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/631</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>New project for the preservation of the World Heritage Property in Nepal: Lumbini, Lord Bhudda&apos;s Birthplace starts with funds from UNESCO/Japanese Fund-in-Trust</title>
         <description><![CDATA[A new project for the conservation and management of Lumbini, the Birthplace of Lord Buddha, one of the UNESCO World Heritage properties in Nepal has been launched on 16 July 2010 in Kathmandu with the signing of the Plan of Operation by the Government of Nepal and UNESCO. The project will be coordinated by the UNESCO Kathmandu office in close collaboration with the World Heritage Centre and will be implemented jointly with the Department of Archaeology of Nepal and the Lumbini Development  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/632</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Managing Disaster Risks for World Heritage Resource Manual</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee, ICCROM, ICOMOS and IUCN are launching the first title within the World Heritage Resource Manuals series. It focuses on one specific approach to the principles, methodology and process for managing disaster risks at cultural and natural World Heritage properties.
So far, this manual, which has been developed through a project coordinated by ICCROM, exists in English and in French. The titles in this  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/630</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>The Operational Guidelines for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention are now available in Portuguese</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Operational Guidelines for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention are now available in Portuguese.
The Operational Guidelines define specific criteria for the inscription of sites on the World Heritage List as well as for the provision of international assistance under the World Heritage Fund. They were revised in 2007 by the World Heritage Committee at its 31st Session in Christchurch, New Zealand, to reflect new concepts, knowledge and experience.
For the English,  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/629</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>UNDP launches the second edition of &quot;Picture this”</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The United Nations Development Programme has&amp;nbsp;launched the new edition of &quot;Picture this&quot;, an international photo contest.
Through the photo contest this year, UNDP hopes to bring much needed attention to the quickly approaching deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals in order to motivate people and governments in developed and developing countries to redouble their efforts in the fight against extreme poverty. At a time when the world&apos;s attention will be focused on  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/628</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Equatorial Guinea ratifies World Heritage Convention</title>
         <description><![CDATA[On&amp;nbsp;10&amp;nbsp;March 2010, the Government of&amp;nbsp;Equatorial Guinea officially deposited with the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, its instrument of ratification, becoming the 187th State Party to adopt the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.
The World Heritage Convention entered into force for this State Party on&amp;nbsp;10 June 2010.]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/622</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>World Heritage Committee to meet in Brasilia to inscribe new sites on UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Committee will consider requests for the inscription of new sites on UNESCO&amp;rsquo;s World Heritage List when it meets for its 34th session in Brasilia (Brazil), from 25 July to 3 August.
During this year&amp;rsquo;s session - to be chaired by Jo&amp;atilde;o Luiz Ferreira, the Brazilian Minister of Culture and President of the World Heritage Committee - 35 States Parties to the World Heritage Convention will present properties for inscription on UNESCO&amp;rsquo;s World Heritage  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/627</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Joint Workshop establishes successful basis to scale-up marine World Heritage</title>
         <description><![CDATA[From 30 June to 4 July 2010, the International Academy for Nature Conservation, Isle of Vilm, Germany, hosted an expert workshop that set the basis for scaling-up Marine World Heritage. The workshop was jointly organized by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the IUCN-World Commission on Protected Areas and UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage Centre and funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/626</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Wildlife authority of C&#xf4;te d&apos;Ivoire awarded Rapid Response Facility grant to combat poaching after period of civil unrest</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Como&amp;eacute; National Park in C&amp;ocirc;te d&apos;Ivoire lies in a region particularly affected by the Ivorian civil war, which lasted for five years until 2007. A World Heritage site since 1983, it was added to the In Danger list in 2003.
During the conflict, park management authorities in Como&amp;eacute; were effectively forced to abandon their operations, so there were few, if any, deterrents to stop people from looking to the park&apos;s natural resources for their own uses. These people included  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/621</link>
         <author>rrf@fauna-flora.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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