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| Title | Sites | State Parties | Description | Category | Date updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Heritage Marine Programme | Aldabra Atoll iSimangaliso Wetland Park |
50 flagship marine protected areas of Outstanding Universal Value: Beacons of Hope In a Changing Ocean | Conservation of Natural Sites Marine & coastal Natural |
2024-10-25 | |
| World Heritage Online Map Platform | Funded by the Flanders UNESCO Trustfund (FUT), an online geographic information system for World Heritage is being developed. | Science & technology Site Management |
2024-10-17 | ||
| World Heritage Cities Programme | Aksum Asmara: A Modernist African City Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town Historic Centre of Agadez Historic Town of Grand-Bassam Island of Gorée Island of Mozambique Island of Saint-Louis Lamu Old Town Old Towns of Djenné Stone Town of Zanzibar Timbuktu Tiya |
The World Heritage Cities Programme is one of six thematic programmes formally approved and monitored by the World Heritage Committee. The programme concerns the development of a theoretical framework for urban ... | Cities | 2024-10-10 | |
| World Heritage Programme for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) | Aapravasi Ghat Aldabra Atoll Alejandro de Humboldt National Park Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site Blue and John Crow Mountains Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park Central Suriname Nature Reserve Chief Roi Mata’s Domain Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande Colonial City of Santo Domingo Desembarco del Granma National Park East Rennell Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison Historic Centre of Camagüey Historic Inner City of Paramaribo Jodensavanne Archaeological Site: Jodensavanne Settlement and Cassipora Creek Cemetery Kuk Early Agricultural Site Le Morne Cultural Landscape Levuka Historical Port Town Morne Trois Pitons National Park Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers Old Havana and its Fortification System Phoenix Islands Protected Area Pitons Management Area Rock Islands Southern Lagoon San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba Singapore Botanic Gardens Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve Viñales Valley |
Antigua and Barbuda · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · Cabo Verde · Comoros · Cook Islands · Cuba · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Fiji · Grenada · Guinea-Bissau · Guyana · Haiti · Jamaica · Kiribati · Maldives · Marshall Islands · Mauritius · Micronesia (Federated States of) · Nauru · Niue · Palau · Papua New Guinea · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Samoa · Sao Tome and Principe · Seychelles · Singapore · Solomon Islands · Suriname · Timor-Leste · Tonga · Trinidad and Tobago · Tuvalu · Vanuatu | Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are islands of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are some of the most beautiful places on Earth, with atolls of white sand beaches, mountain ... | Small Island Developing States | 2024-08-22 |
| Cultural Landscapes | Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland Al-Ahsa Oasis, an Evolving Cultural Landscape Alto Douro Wine Region Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora Ancient Villages of Northern Syria Aranjuez Cultural Landscape Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba Bam and its Cultural Landscape Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe Blaenavon Industrial Landscape Budj Bim Cultural Landscape Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars Chief Roi Mata’s Domain Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia Colonies of Benevolence Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape Costiera Amalfitana Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy Cultural Landscape of Hawraman/Uramanat Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces Cultural Landscape of Maymand Cultural Landscape of Sintra Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana Curonian Spit Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape Dutch Water Defence Lines Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė) Konso Cultural Landscape Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped Flint Mining Region Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap Kuk Early Agricultural Site Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem Landscape of Grand Pré Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene Le Morne Cultural Landscape Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape Lushan National Park Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape Matobo Hills Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany Mount Wutai Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir Pampulha Modern Ensemble Papahānaumokuākea Paraty and Ilha Grande – Culture and Biodiversity Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences Petroglyphs of the Archaeological Landscape of Tanbaly Pimachiowin Aki Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca Pyrénées - Mont Perdu Quebrada de Humahuaca Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka Roșia Montană Mining Landscape Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Royal Hill of Ambohimanga Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range Saloum Delta Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga Singapore Botanic Gardens Sítio Roberto Burle Marx St Kilda Sukur Cultural Landscape Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain Taputapuātea The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy The English Lake District The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand The Persian Garden The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape Tongariro National Park Trang An Landscape Complex Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Upper Middle Rhine Valley Val d'Orcia Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago Viñales Valley Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato Wachau Cultural Landscape West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape Þingvellir National Park ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape |
There exist a great variety of Landscapes that are representative of the different regions of the world. Combined works of nature and humankind, they express a long and intimate relationship between peoples and ... | Cultural landscapes | 2022-09-27 | |
| Post-Conflict and Post-Disaster Reconstruction and Recovery | Post-conflict and post-disaster reconstruction became an increasingly important issue after the destruction of cultural heritage sites in countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Nepal, Syria, and Yemen. ... | 2022-08-25 | |||
| Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative (CAWHFI) | Dja Faunal Reserve Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda Ivindo National Park Sangha Trinational |
Cameroon · Central African Republic · Congo · Gabon | Covering an area estimated at 1.62 million km2, the forests of Central Africa are home to vital biodiversity for the planet and play a central role in climate regulation and carbon sequestration. | Conservation of Natural Sites Forests |
2022-08-25 |