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         <title>3rd annual Business Skills for Natural World Heritage Site manager training event held</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Midway through a discussion on risk analysis, someone jumps to their feet and shouts &amp;ldquo;ELEPHANTS!!&amp;rdquo; and within a matter of seconds the classroom is deserted. For the next few minutes, the participants in Earthwatch&amp;rsquo;s Business Skills for World Heritage programme can be found lined up along Mpala Research Centre&amp;rsquo;s electric fence watching the herd pass on the far side of the river. 
The elephants, wild dogs, hippos and antelope that pass by are a captivating reminder of  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/817</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Five World Heritage Sites in Africa Selected to Participate in Business Planning Programme</title>
         <description><![CDATA[After a rigorous selection process, a total of 18 managers from five World Heritage sites in Africa were recently selected for admission into the World Heritage Centre / Earthwatch / Shell 2011 &amp;quot;Business Planning for natural World Heritage site managers&amp;quot; programme.&amp;nbsp;First offered in South East Asia in 2009 and 2010, this year&apos;s programme will focus on Africa. The programme combines a 10-day intensive training session, followed by a one-year implementation phase, where lessons  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/777</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>World Heritage Committee Inscribes 31 New Sites on the World Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Helsinki, Finland - 14 December 2001. The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Helsinki since December 11, has inscribed 31 new sites on the World Heritage List. The List now numbers 721 sites of &amp;quot;outstanding universal value&amp;quot; in 124 countries. For the first time, sites in Botswana and Israel appear on the List. The 31 inscriptions this year include six natural sites and 25 cultural sites. In addition to the 31, six sites already inscribed on the List were extended. The following  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/143</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2001 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>World Heritage Committee Inscribes 46 New Sites on World Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The following sites have been inscribed on the World Heritage List by the World Heritage Committee at its 21st session, meeting in Naples, Italy, 1-6 December, 1997. A total of 46 sites were inscribed: 7 natural sites; 38 cultural sites; and 1 mixed site. The work of the 21st Session thus brings the total number of sites on the World Heritage List to 552 (418 cultural, 114 natural and 20 mixed) in 112 States. 4 States Parties have sites on the World Heritage List for the first time:  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/180</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 1997 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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