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         <title>Training in marine spatial planning of World Heritage marine sites in Mexico</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino and Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California(both located in Baja California, Mexico).
The Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino site has been inscribed on the World Heritage List since 1993. It is the only calving and nursery area for the Eastern Pacific gray whale population, which traditionally travels there&amp;nbsp;each season&amp;nbsp;from the Bering and Chukchi seas in the Arctic, a voyage of thousands of miles. Among all gray whales in the world, this  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/796</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>President of Mexico Announces Decision to Halt Saltworks Project at World Heritage Site, El Vizcaino Whale Sanctuary</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The President of Mexico, Ernesto Zedillo, announced on 2 March 2000 that the development of the proposed saltworks at San Ignacio would not proceed. The decision was made following the international UNESCO expert mission to the site in August 1999. The results of the mission were presented to, and adopted by, the World Heritage Committee at its twenty-third session held in Marrakesh (Morocco) from 29 November to 4 December 1999. The experts considered a variety of issues including the  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/150</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2000 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>The Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino in Mexico Inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1993</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Committee at its twenty-third session held in Marrakesh (Morocco) from 29 November to 4 December 1999, adopted the conclusions and recommendations of the mission of international experts sent to the Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (Mexico). The Committee endorsed the main findings of the mission&apos;s report which &amp;quot;concluded that the World Heritage site under present circumstances is not in danger, and scientific data show that the whale population is not endangered and  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/149</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 1999 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Second letter from the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee to the Environmental Groups concerning the Whale Sanctuary of El Viscaino (Mexico)</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Second letter from the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee to the Environmental Groups concerning the Whale Sanctuary of El Viscaino]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/151</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 1999 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Letter from the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee Concerning the Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (Mexico)</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The letter follows the receipt of about 30,000 petitions received and numerous individual letters and e-mails sent to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Letter sent by the Chairman of the World Heritage Committee to the Environmental Groups concerning the Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (Mexico)]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/148</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 1998 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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