Philippines

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (5)

Cultural

• Baroque Churches of the Philippines (1993)
• Historic Town of Vigan (1999)
• Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (1995)

Natural

• Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park (1999)
• Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (1993)

Properties submitted on the Tentative List (29)

• Jesuit Churches of the Philippines (1993)
• San Sebastian Church (2006)
• Angono Triglyphs (1993)
• Spanish Colonial Fortifications of the Philippines (2006)
• Batanes Protected landscapes and seascapes (1993)
• The Tabon Cave Complex and all of Lipuun (2006)
• Paleolithic Archaeological Sites in Cagayan Valley (2006)
• Kabayan Mummy Burial Caves (2006)
• Butuan Archeological Sites (2006)
• Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Extension) (2006)
• The Maranao Settlement of Tugaya (2006)
• Petroglyphs and Petrographs of the Philippines (2006)
• Neolithic Shell Midden Sites in Lal-lo and Gattaran Municipalities (2006)
• Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary (2006)
• Chocolate Hills Natural Monument (2006)
• Ligawasan Marsh (2006)
• Taal Volcano Protected landscape, Batangas (2006)
• Panglao Island, Bohol (2006)
• Mt. Matutum Protected Landscape (2006)
• Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park (2006)
• Mt. Pulag National Park (2006)
• Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary (2006)
• Apo Reef Natural Park (2006)
• El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area (2006)
• Coron Island Natural Biotic Area (2006)
• Mt. Iglit-Baco National Park (2006)
• Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park and outlying areas inclusive of the buffer zone (2006)
• Mount Apo Natural Park (2009)
• Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary (2009)

Activities

• Philippines - Embedment Mooring System For Tubbataha World Heritage Site
• Business Planning for World Heritage Site Managers - a Toolkit
• Business Skills for Natural World Heritage Site Managers programme

News

• Vigan, Philippines recognized for best practice in World Heritage site management Thursday, October 25, 2012
• Rock Islands Southern Lagoon and Tubbataha World Heritage sites win Future Policy Award for marine resource management Monday, October 1, 2012
• Better conservation in Pakistan and the Philippines allow Committee to remove two sites from World Heritage List in Danger Wednesday, June 27, 2012
• World Heritage Committee places Liverpool on List of World Heritage in Danger Tuesday, June 26, 2012
• Jaeger-LeCoultre auction benefits Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park Thursday, March 22, 2012

Events

• International World Heritage Youth Forum: Living with Heritage: Temple, Environment and People (T.E.P.) Jun 8, 2013 - Jun 17, 2013
• Seeing with Young Eyes – Teacher Training Workshop Jan 16, 2006 - Jan 21, 2006
• UNESCO Regional Workshop on Periodic Reporting Follow-up for North-East and South-East Asia Dec 12, 2005 - Dec 16, 2005

• H. E. Mrs Cristina G. Ortega
  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Philippines to France, Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of the Republic of the Philippines to UNESCO
  
• UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines
  Web Site: http://www.unesconatcom.ph