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297
Properties
Transboundary
36
States Parties with properties out of 196
0
Delisted
In Danger
Cultural
Natural
Mixed

Afghanistan

Australia

Bangladesh

Cambodia

China

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Fiji

India

Indonesia

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Japan

Kazakhstan

Kiribati

Kyrgyzstan

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Malaysia

Marshall Islands

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Mongolia

Myanmar

Nepal

New Zealand

Pakistan

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Republic of Korea

Singapore

Solomon Islands

Sri Lanka

Tajikistan

Thailand

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Viet Nam

Notes
  1. Extension of the "Australian East Coast Temperate and Subtropical Rainforest Park".

    name changed 2007 from 'Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia)'

  2. Renomination of "Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park" under cultural criteria.

  3. Extension of "The Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple Monastery, Lhasa" to include the Norbulingka area.

  4. The "Brihadisvara Temple, Tanjavur", which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the "Great Living Chola Temples".

  5. The Westland and Mount Cook National Park and the Fiordland National Park, which were previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, are part of the "Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand".

  6. The WH area is managed directly by the Divisional Forest Officer from the Forest Dept. A national steering Committee co-ordinates institutions for Sinharaja as a National Wilderness Area, Biosphere Reserve (1988), and WH site. There are two management plans, prepared in 1985/86 and 1992/94, which emphasise conservation, scientific research, buffer zone management, benefit-sharing, and community participation.

*: transboundary property

#: As for 19 Natural and Mixed Properties inscribed for geological values before 1994, criteria numbering of this property has changed. See Decision 30.COM 8D.1

Legend
Category of property

Cultural Natural Mixed

Property inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

Cultural Natural Mixed

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