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| Title | Sites | State Parties | Description | Category | Date updated |
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| Case Study: Assessing the potential visual impact of onshore wind energy projects in relation to a World Heritage ... | Frontiers of the Roman Empire | In the period between 2004 to 2008, Historic England was dealing with an increased number of renewable energy applications that could be seen from the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage site. In response, Historic ... | 2023-05-11 | ||
| Case Study: Assessment of cumulative impacts of multiple developments near a World Heritage property | Wood Buffalo National Park | In 2016, the World Heritage Committee requested Canada prepare a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the World Heritage property of Wood Buffalo National Park to assess the cumulative impacts of all ... | 2023-04-27 | ||
| Case Study: Impact assessment of a wind energy project near a World Heritage property in the Netherlands | Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | In 2013, the national government and the provinces of the Netherlands agreed on allocating the onshore wind power production per province to jointly reach the national target of 6,000 MW. | 2023-04-27 | |
| Case Study: Planning offshore wind turbines along the coast of Normandy, France | Fortifications of Vauban | The Multiannual Energy programme provides for the development of new offshore wind projects in France, including a 1-gigawatt (GW) project along the coast of Normandy. | 2023-04-27 | ||
| Case Study: Policy framework for a controlled wind energy development near a transboundary World Heritage property | Wadden Sea | The transboundary World Heritage property is managed according to the trilaterally adopted Wadden Sea Plan (WSP), a common framework for the protection and sustainable management of the Wadden Sea as an ecological ... | 2023-04-27 | ||
| Case Study: Stakeholder participation and engagement – a discussion forum to develop joint recommendations, the ... | The Competence Centre for Nature Conservation and Energy Transition (Kompetenzzentrum für Naturschutz und Energiewende, KNE) is a publicly funded organization that fosters a nature compatible energy transition. As ... | 2023-04-27 | |||
| Case Study: Strategic planning of wind energy projects outside a World Heritage property and its buffer zone in the ... | Upper Middle Rhine Valley | In order to avoid negative impacts of wind turbines on the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, a planning and heritage consultancy was commissioned with an expert report on the ‘Mapping of Exclusion Zones for Wind Turbines ... | 2023-04-27 | ||
| Community conservation: Timbuktu | Timbuktu | Mali | As of May 2012, the Government of Mali sought help from the international community through UNESCO. Timbuktu and the Tomb of Askia were placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger and UNESCO initiated a series of ... | Conservation of Cultural Sites Earthen Architecture |
2022-12-09 |
| Creating reconciliation: Mostar Bridge | Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar | Bosnia and Herzegovina | During the conflict that tore apart the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, the beautiful Old Bridge in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was completely destroyed. | Conservation of Cultural Sites Cultural |
2022-12-08 |
| Evolving together: Tongariro | Tongariro National Park | New Zealand | The site’s values are communicated to the public through signage, publications and interpretation at visitor centres. The Maori have been involved in creating displays explaining the cultural and natural ... | Conservation of Cultural Sites Cultural Cultural landscapes |
2022-12-09 |
| Guide 1 – Case Study: Historic Town Of Vigan (Philippines) | Historic City of Vigan | Philippines | Vigan is an exceptionally intact and well-preserved example of a European trading town in East and South-East Asia. The architecture of the city reflects its historic roots and rich culture in both materials and ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 2 – Case Study: Angkor and The Tourism Development Strategic Plan 2012–2020 | Angkor | Cambodia | Guide 2 Case Study: Angkor and The Tourism Development Strategic Plan 2012–2020 © Toolkit About the Sustainable Tourism Toolkit How to use this guide? Our Objective Resource ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 2 – Case Study: Ichkeul National Park (Tunisia) | Ichkeul National Park | Tunisia | Ichkeul National Park is characterized by a very specific hydrological functioning system, based on seasonal alternation of water levels and salinity. The lake and surrounding marshes constitute a stopover for ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 3 – Case Study: Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca (Malaysia) | Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca | Malaysia | George Town and Melaka were jointly inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2008 due to their shared rich multi-cultural trading heritage. However, they have also been subject to criticism and a feeling of ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 4 – Case Study: Avebury World Heritage site, Wiltshire (United Kingdom) | Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Avebury stone circle or ‘henge’ lies at the centre of half the Stonehenge, Avebury, and Associated Sites inscribed as World Heritage. It is the sister-site to the perhaps more widely recognizable monument: ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 4 – Case study: Great Barrier Reef (Australia) | Great Barrier Reef | Australia | Coral reefs around the world are threatened both by natural and anthropogenic factors, with tourism having an important role in the latter. Direct impacts in coral reefs are related with badly managed tourism ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 4 – Case study: Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) | Old and New Towns of Edinburgh | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | The World Heritage Status Report showed that 41% of visitors to Edinburgh are aware that it is a World Heritage site, and 17% of all visitors think that Edinburgh’s World Heritage status influenced their choice. ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 4 – Case study: Røros Mining Town and the Circumference (Norway) | Røros Mining Town and the Circumference | Norway | Røros Mining Town and the Circumference is linked to the copper mines, established in the 17th century, which were used for 333 years until 1977. The site includes the Town and its industrial-rural cultural ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 5 – Case study: Røros Mining Town and the Circumference (Norway) | Røros Mining Town and the Circumference | Norway | In was back in 1922 when the Chief Inspectorate of Ancient Monuments and Buildings (Riksantikvaren) first understood the potential value of Røros Mining Town heritage. At that time, a recommendation of protection ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 6 – Case Study: Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (United Kingdom) | Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | The Cornwall and West Devon mining landscape was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2006 comprised of 10 different mining landscapes across the area. As the largest World Heritage site in the United Kingdom, ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 7 – Case study: Røros Mining Town and the Circumference (Norway) | Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Røros Mining Town and the Circumference is a clear case of a cultural landscape sustained by traditional socio-economic systems. In 2009 there were 21 active farms within the property and a number of redundant farms ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 8 – Case Study: Wadi Al-Hitan (Egypt) | Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) | Egypt | Wadi Al-Hitan – also known as Whale Valley – is located in the Western Desert of Egypt. It is an ‘open-air museum’ of invaluable fossil remains of the earliest, and now extinct, suborder of whales (Archaeoceti), as ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Guide 9 – Case study: Land of Frankincense (Oman) | Land of Frankincense | Oman | The Land of Frankincense (LoF) World Heritage site is composed of four archaeological sites related to the antique trade of Frankincense and other luxury items across the Dhofar province of Oman: Shisr (sometimes ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2023-02-27 |
| Saving nature and livelihoods: Belize | Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System | Belize | The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (BBRRS) won its place on the World Heritage List in 1996 as an outstanding natural system, consisting of the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere, offshore atolls, ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Natural |
2022-12-09 |
| Working Together: Abu Simbel | Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae | Egypt | The two Temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel and the Sanctuary of Isis at Philae are the most illustrious of the Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae (Egypt), listed as World Heritage since 1979. The Great ... | Conservation of Cultural Sites Cultural Restoration |
2022-12-08 |