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         <title>Rock Islands Southern Lagoon and Tubbataha World Heritage sites win Future Policy Award for marine resource management</title>
         <description><![CDATA[This year, two Marine World Heritage sites won the Future Policy Award, which celebrates policies that create better living conditions for current and future generations. Both Rock Islands Southern Lagoon (Palau) and Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (Philippines) won a Future Policy Award 2012 in recognition of their marine policies.
Palau was given&amp;nbsp;the Gold Award 2012 for its Protected Areas Network Act, which provides a framework for the marine and terrestrial protected areas network,  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/941</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Wadden Sea, Italy&apos;s Dolomites and Philippines&apos;s Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park inscribed on UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Committee, chaired by Mar&amp;iacute;a Jes&amp;uacute;s San Segundo, the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain to UNESCO, has inscribed the Wadden Sea on the World Heritage List as a transboundary property for Germany and the Netherlands.
The Committee also inscribed Italy&apos;s Dolomites mountains and the Philippines&apos; Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park as an extension to the Tubbataha Reef Marine Park inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1993, representing a threefold increase in  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/525</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Jaeger-LeCoultre and the International Herald Tribune continue to support the World Heritage Marine Programme</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Tides of Time programme, initiated in 2008 through a partnership with Jaeger-LeCoultre and the International Herald Tribune, has entered its second year.
The year began with coverage of sites such as Sian Kaan in Mexico and the Everglades in the USA. Other sites including the Atoll of Aldabra (Seychelles), Sundarbans (Bangladesh/India), Shiretoko (Japan), and the Peninsula Valdez (Argentina) should be the focus of this year&apos;s campaign.
The partnership, implemented over a period of  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/526</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Tubbataha Reef Marine Park in the Philippines receives &#xa3;13,540 from an auction organized by Jaeger-LeCoultre</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage site of the Tubbataha Reef Marine Park in the Philippines will benefit from the total amount of &amp;pound;13,540 collected through an auction organized in February by the Swiss watch company Jaeger-LeCoultre, within the framework of the partnership with UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage Centre and the International Herald Tribune.
The purchase of a watch designed to celebrate this partnership, as well as the auction registration fees, enabled financing of a project which aims to  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/493</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>New Book on World Heritage Sites in the Philippines</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Living Landscapes and Cultural Landmarks: World Heritage Sites in the Philippines by Augusto F. Villalon, Photographs by Neal M. Oshima, Publisher: ArtPostAsia Pte. Ltd, Manila, the PhilippinesThis attractive book is the first publication to present all five World Heritage properties located in the Philippines in a single volume. Widely acknowledged by the international scientific community as a &amp;quot;biodiversity hotspot&amp;quot;, the Philippines hosts an astoundingly rich and varied network  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/375</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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