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State of Conservation 2869
States Parties 1
Tentative Lists 873
World Heritage Properties 78
1996.
Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Legal framework (Protection Policy does not adequately integrate cultural landscapes)
Financial resources
Human resources
Housing (Development or infrastructure projects)
Management System/Management Plan (Management Plan still incomplete and lack of an Action Plan)
Since March 2011:
War (Destruction and damage due to the ...
1997.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,a) Armed conflict, insecurity and political instability;
b) Poaching by armed military groups;
c) Encroachment;
d) Extension of illegal fishing areas;
e) Deforestation and cattle grazing.,In 1994, the year of the genocide in neighbouring Rwanda, the massive influx of populations fleeing Rwanda to seek refuge in Virunga National Park (PNVi), ...
1998.
1999.
2000.
2001.
2002.
Albania,
Ground transport infrastructure (planned by-pass road project and conversion of the bazaar into a pedestrian area in Gjirokastra)
Housing
Illegal activities (illegal construction dating from the late 1990s and later on)
High impact research/monitoring activities (lack of specific monitoring indicators)
Governance (lack of detailed tourism development plan and lack ...
2003.
The Salento peninsula in South-Eastern Puglia extends, between the Adriatic and the Ionian Seas, from the last hills of Murgia to the headland, Capo Santa Maria di Leuca, and its celebrated homonymous sanctuary, marking Finibus Terrae, which was probably built over the ruins of an ancient temple dedicated to Minerva. The Salento peninsula is prevalently calcareous, with a ...
2004.
Peru,a) Lack of a Disaster Preparedness Plan
b) Ongoing planned development projects which impact the historic centre, such as the planned construction of the Chilina Bridge
c) Illegal demolitions involving historical buildings,The World Heritage Centre received a state of conservation report on 2 February 2010. The report provides a brief summary of the property and ...
2005.
The World Heritage Scholarship of 2021, a residency programme of one month at the World Heritage property ‘Decorated Farmhouses of Halsingland’ (Sweden), was awarded to artist Imke Rust from Namibia/Germany. The call for applications was open for people from all over the world, including researchers, artists or other cultural actors and creators. Imke’s winning proposal ...
2006.
Khor Dubai (Dubai Creek in English) is a natural seawater inlet of the Arabian Gulf located in the heart of Dubai with 14 kilometres length and between 100-500 meters width that runs South-East and ends at Ras Al-Khor wildlife Sanctuary. The creek divides the city into two parts: Bur Dubai and Deira, and has played a major role in the economic development of the region ...
2007.
Georgia,a) Lack of a management mechanism;
b) Insufficient coordination between the Georgian Church and the national authorities;
c) Need to re-define core and buffer zones;
d) Loss of authenticity in recent works carried out by the Church. ,The World Heritage Committee, at its 29th session (Durban, 2005), expressed “serious concern over the state of ...
2008.
Myanmar,Factors identified at the time of inscription of the property:Boundaries to be revisedTourism infrastructure developmentsPossible expansion of Bagan AirportIllegal constructions,On 24 November 2021, a report on the state of conservation was submitted, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1588/documents/ and provides updates on a number of ...
2009.
The German Commission for UNESCO herewith invites UNESCO World Heritage sites and UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in Africa to submit proposals for projects that help them to overcome an existing impairment caused by the COVID 19 pandemic. Up to 20,000 Euro financial support will be provided to selected projects.
By providing financial and technical support to UNESCO World ...
2010.
Chile,
Interventions planned at the port, such as the Barón Port and the Prat Dock, as well as for touristic facilities and real estate projects;
Fragmentation of competencies and mandates by sectors and by different levels of government, as well as by the different types of specific protection and use of different areas, does not allow for the management of the ...
2011.
On 3 and 4 November, fifty years after the 1966 Venice flood and the International Safeguarding Campaign launched by UNESCO, the Director-General, Irina Bokova, undertook a visit to Venice, Italy.
This visit was an opportunity to mark the longstanding cooperation with Italy and to express UNESCO’s support to its government and people after the country was struck by a ...
2012.
From June to October 2021, over Gambian 300 secondary school students have attended at least one discovery and training session at one of the two Stone Circles of Senegambia World Heritage sites in the country (two more are located in Senegal). Wassu and Kerbatch sites have been visited under the guidance of trained tour guides and teachers as well as staff from the ...
2013.
Through innovative national debt restructuring and blue bond arrangements, both Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles and the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System in Belize are securing sustainable finance to help conserve their marine World Heritage sites over the next decades.
On 19 January 2022, global marine protected area practitioners met online with World Heritage managers ...
2014.
Indonesia,
Preparation of a zonation map of Komodo National Park (issue resolved)
Population pressure
Forest fires
Poaching (deer)
Coral blasting
Fish poisoning
Tourism pressures
,The State Party had submitted a report on the state of conservation of the site using the format prescribed in the periodic reporting brochure and this report has been reviewed by IUCN. The State ...
2015.
Introduction
Located in the Middle Euphrates region of Iraq, in the province of Al-Qadisiyah, the site of Nippur (Nuffar) encompasses a group of archaeological mounds (tells), the largest one 25m high, and the remains of a canal bed (Shatt al-Nil). It extends over 168.4 ha in the Mesopotamian plain and, in Mesopotamian times, the city lay on the Euphrates. Nippur played an ...
2016.
Since its inception in 2001, the Netherlands Funds-in-Trust (NFiT) at the World Heritage Centre has served the international heritage community as well as local communities in practically all regions of the world in pursuing the safeguarding and sustainable development of the World Heritage, both natural and cultural.
The agreement between the Dutch Government and ...
2017.
Ecuador,Proposed reduction of the boundaries; Colonization pressure,In August 1991, IUCN informed the Secretariat of a proposal for a road construction project in this site and requested the Secretariat to obtain information on the proposal from the Ecuadorean authorities. The Secretariat transmitted the information provided by IUCN to the Ecuadorean authorities by letter ...
2018.
Azerbaijan,
Changing urban fabric due to the demolition of buildings and uncontrolled construction within the Walled City;
Overall lack of any management system and in particular insufficient coordination between the national and municipal authorities;
Absence of a comprehensive management plan that addresses conservation problems, urban development control and ...
2019.
Russian Federation,
Structural integrity issues at the Church of the Transfiguration
Lack of an integrated management plan addressing the overall management of the World Heritage property
Tourism development pressures including development of infrastructures
,On 13 December 2017, the State Party submitted a detailed state of conservation report, which is available at ...
2020.
This mosque is named as "Al Bidya Mosque" due to its location in Al Bidya area. Al Bidya is a large village in the Fujairah Emirate that form part of several other villages in the area including Al Fai, Al Jubail, Haqeel, Twai Bin Saada, Al Hara and Al Telae. Until recently, the population of these villages used Al Bidya Mosque for the Friday prayer "Al Jumu'ah".
Al Bidya ...
2021.
France,Spain,
Impacts of the Gavarnie Festival (France)
Insufficient support for agropastoralism
Inefficient transboundary cooperation
,The State Parties submitted a joint report on the state of conservation of the property on 31 January 2014. A summary of this report is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/773/documents/. Progress achieved regarding some of ...
2022.
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2024.
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2027.
WHC-05/29.COM/INF.15
2028.
WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
2029.
WHC-12/36.COM/7C
2030.
Yalo and Apialo are two ‘spirit’ caves located in Northwest Malakula. The terms ‘yalo’ and ‘apialo’ mean ‘place of the spirits’ in the languages of the Small Nambas and Big Nambas people. Yalo cave is located in Small Nambas territory, close to the site of Wonbrav in the Tenmiel area. Apialo is located approximately 7km to the south of Yalo in Big Nambas territory, between ...
2031.
The Niuheliang Archaeological Site: N 41°16′15″ , E 119°27′9″
The Hongshanhou Archaeological Site: N 42° 19′ 19″ , E 118° 59 ′29″
The Weijiawopu Archaeological Site: N 42 °08′ 24.6″ , E 118° 57′ 41.3″
The Niuheliang, Hongshanhou and Weijiawopu Archaeological Sites, which could ...
2032.
Delegates to the 2014 World Heritage Youth Forum held in Doha from 4 to 15 June, made it clear they expect to play a much bigger role in safeguarding the world’s heritage, and proposed a range of projects aimed at getting young people more involved.
The Youth Forum has become an annual meeting held in conjunction with the session of the World Heritage Committee. This ...
2033.
Illegal fishing threatens 30% of Marine World Heritage sites, and resources for monitoring and enforcement are always a challenge. Thanks to long-time World Heritage partner Jaeger-LeCoultre, Cocos Island National Park’s efforts to fight illegal fishing recently got a major boost. The Swiss watch manufacture donated 30,000 euros, raised through the auction of diving ...
2034.
The Eastern Tropical Pacific region is a vast swath of open ocean, coasts and islands that stretches from the west coast of Mexico to the northern tip of Peru. Its rich waters support some of the world’s most productive fisheries, and are home to wildlife found nowhere else on the planet.
The region’s spectacular scenery and wildlife have made it a global tourism ...
2035.
Paris, 1 November 2017 – The Principality of Monaco announced the signature of a strategic partnership aimed at strengthening the activities of the World Heritage Marine Programme. The announcement follows an initial cooperation earlier this year that led to the identification of potential new World Heritage marine sites in the Arctic region.
The UNESCO World Heritage List ...
2036.
Unprecedented fires are blazing through the Pantanal, threatening numerous endangered species and the highly valuable ecosystem. The Rapid Response Facility, a joint initiative of UNESCO and Fauna and Flora International (FFI), is supporting firefighting activity in the Pantanal Biosphere Reserve to prevent fires from spreading into the Pantanal Conservation Area World ...
2037.
In June 2022, the Resilient Reefs Initiative was launched in Palau with the appointment of its first Chief Resilience Officer and Resilience Advisor. The Chief Resilience Officer will be tasked with bringing local communities, businesses, NGOs, and tourism operators together in an effort to build an inclusive resilience strategy for this globally outstanding World Heritage ...
2038.
In a pivotal moment for global sustainable development, the UNESCO-EU Regional Preparatory Capacity-Building Workshop successfully gathered representatives from 24 countries, emphasizing the critical role of enhanced data collection in achieving culture-driven sustainable development.
In alignment with the 2022 MONDIACULT Declaration, which emphasizes the pivotal role of ...
2039.
Doha, 23 June – The World Heritage Committee this morning inscribed properties in the Russian Federation, Costa Rica, Viet Nam, India, Philippines and Denmark on the World Heritage List. It also approved the extensions of a site in China and two transboundary sites in Poland and Belarus, and Denmark and Germany.
The sites discussed include two cultural sites, a ...
2040.
Surrounded by blue rolling hills and topographically cut off from the rest of the populated areas of the region, Ziro Valley presents an example of how co-existence of man and nature has been perfected over the centuries by the Apatani civilization. The valley, inhabited by the Apatani tribe, lies tucked in the lower ranges of the eastern Himalayas in the state of ...
2041.
2042.
France,Outbreaks of mould and bacterial spores on the surface of the cave paintings of Lascaux ,On 1February 2010, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report in response to the recommendations of the World Heritage Committee at its 34th session (Brasilia, 2010). This extensive report includes an Action Plan and detailed annexes with graphics and ...
2043.
Manama is located at the northern coast of the main island of the Kingdom of Bahrain, a small island state located in the center of the Arabian Gulf. As a result of its strategically good location Bahrain has always been an international maritime trade and multicultural hub. Since ancient times the main harbor is located at Bahrain's northern coast; previously in Qal'at ...
2044.
Leishan County, N 26 15-26 34, E 107 58-108 24
Taijiang County N 26 22-26 51, E 108 08-108 28
Jianhe County N 26 20-26 55, E 108 17-109 04
Congjiang County N 23 21-24 04, E 108 13-109 13
As one of the numerous nationalities living in Southwest China, the Miao Nationality has a unique cultural tradition of its own. The Miao Nationality Villages in Southeast Guizhou Province ...
2045.
“Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia” is a jewel in the Pacific that has inspired many stories and myths. There are more than 100 islets at the site, constructed with walls of basalt and coral boulders, upon which were built structures with walls up to eight meters high of columnar basalt that glistens in the sun. These ruins represent the ceremonial center ...
2046.
In a groundbreaking move aimed at fostering socio-economic development and preserving cultural heritage, the Governments of Japan and the Kindgom of Saudi Arabia provided support of the Rehabilitation of the Majestic Cinema theatre in Stone Town of Zanzibar, the United Republic of Tanzania and the Government of Zanzibar has now agreed on the strategy, methodology and ...
2047.
Cameroon,
Commercial logging in adjoining natural forests
Poaching
Mine exploration phase (issue resolved)
Logging roads used for the transportation bushmeat
,WHC:
Dja Faunal Reserve is one of the World Heritage sites that has been reported in the last years to be heavily impacted by wildlife extraction as bush meat, and encroachment on the buffer zone by timber ...
2048.
Lake Guija is shared with neighboring Guatemala, and is one of the largest natural lakes in the region. The lake and its shores preserves an outstanding natural environment, including a large forest on the San Diego Volcano and an area of marshland and ponds extending north of the lake (the "Lagunas de Metapan"). A traditional fishery is still supported by the lake.
Over ...
2049.
The need to mobilize support and raise awareness to overcome threats facing the 2.5 million hectare Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra has led the World Heritage Committee to place the property on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra , inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2004 for its biodiversity, has been ...
2050.
With support from UNESCO’s World Heritage Marine Programme, the Banc d’Arguin National Park in Mauritania organized a series of educational activities for students from four local schools who are located in the park.
Throughout 2014, about 100 students participated in three-day excursions in which they learned about the biodiversity, the socioeconomic importance of the ...
2051.
From 7 to 13 November 2016, the archaeological department of the University of Zimbabwe hosted a regional workshop on rock art conservation with participants from Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland. The workshop received financial support from the UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa and the French Embassy in Zimbabwe.
The workshop discussed rock art ...
2052.
The World Heritage Cities Programme supports countries in protecting and managing their urban heritage through theoretical application and technical advice.
More than 315 World Heritage cities function as inhabited urban centres worldwide facing the challenges of balancing heritage conservation with contemporary urban development.'Changing the World: Innovations and ...
2053.
Croatia,
Armed conflict (issue resolved);
Need to extend the buffer zone;
Earthquake in September 1995 (issue resolved).
,The Bureau at its twenty-second ordinary session examined a substantive state of conservation report on the state of conservation of Dubrovnik that was submitted by the Croatian authorities. ICOMOS informed the Bureau that it was greatly impressed by ...
2054.
Poland,Threat to the integrity of the property (tobacco factory project) (issue resolved),See draft decision below.
2055.
Porto-Novo, Benin,Within the framework of Africa 2009 Programme, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM, CRATerre-EAG and African cultural heritage organizations are organizing a Directors Seminar on Conservation and management of African immovable cultural heritage sites associated with the slave trade in Sub-Saharan Africa. The seminar has been set up to celebrate the 2004 ...
2056.
Coimbra, Portugal,The 1st International Meeting on World Heritage of Portuguese Origin will be held in Coimbra, Portugal, from April 27th to 29th, 2006. The meeting is convened by the University of Coimbra, the Portuguese Institute for Architectural Heritage, and the Portuguese Commission for UNESCO, following a proposal made by the Portuguese National Committee for ICOMOS ...
2057.
Brussels and Venice,The Regional Management Support Unit (RMSU) of the Euromed Heritage Programme is pleased to announce two new training sessions on "Project Design and EU Financial Resources", which will take place in Brussels (in French) from 29 May to 1st June 2006, and Venice (in English) from 5 to 8 July 2006. Each course includes 25 participants, selected among ...
2058.
Coiba, Panama,The Fundacion Albatros Media is presenting an exhibition of 40 large-format photographs and videos called "Treasures of Coiba" from 20 April to 20 May 2006 at the Mall Multiplaza Pacifico in Panama. The goal of the exhibition is to raise awareness of risks to Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection, inscribed on the World Heritage List ...
2059.
Rome, Italy,The goal of the Conference is the exchange of experience on internal and external evaluation instruments for the management of Cultural Heritage open to the public (such as monuments, museums, libraries, archives, archaeological sites, etc.) developed in different countries on the basis of defined criteria.
Contributions will be requested directly from ...
2060.
Hiroshima, Japan,World Heritage Management Over Time - Maintaining Values and Significance By focusing on the values associated with World Heritage sites, this series aims to facilitate a better utilization of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention through providing support to national policy making and planning, and information exchange on best practices and case ...
2061.
Zacatecas, Mexico,Within the Framework of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting of Latin America and the Caribbean, the World Heritage Centre/Latin America and the Caribbean Unit with the generous support from Mexico, the Government of Zacatecas and the Zacatecas Regional Centre for World Heritage in Mexico and Central America organizes a Sub-Regional meeting for ...
2062.
Edinburgh, United Kingdom,The lecture “World Heritage and Economic Development”, organized by Edinburgh World Heritage together with the City of Edinburgh Council and RSA Fellows MCICH Network, will take place on Tuesday 17 April, 6.00pm at the Royal College of Physicians in order to mark World Heritage Day and the 40th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage ...
2063.
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris (France),In the framework of the three-year EU funded project for the Emergency Safeguarding of the Syrian Cultural Heritage launched in March 2014, UNESCO is organizing with the generous support of the Flemish Government an international expert meeting entitled “Rallying the International Community to Safeguard Syria’s Cultural ...
2064.
Funafuti, Tuvalu,Within the framework of the Japanese Funds-in-Trust project "Capacity Building to Support the Conservation of World Heritage Sites and Enhance Sustainable Development of Local Communities in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)" the World Heritage Centre and UNESCO Apia office will organize a national workshop on the World Heritage for government ...
2065.
UNF launched a “Friends of World Heritage” partnership program in September 2003 during the World Parks Congress in Durban, South Africa . A newsletter and web site were set up to support the program and inform the public about the advantages of becoming a “member” of World Heritage.Build the capacity of World Heritage site management to deal with tourism.Raise public ...
2066.
Egypt,Visitors management,The World Heritage Committee, at its 26th session, invited the State Party to submit a progress report on the preparation of a visitor-management plan for the monastery and on the implementation of the 1998 sustainable development plan (SDP) for the town of St Catherine.
On 5 March 2004, the Secretariat received from the State Party a ...
2067.
China,Uncontrolled urban development and expansion of tourism-related facilities in and adjacent to the boundary of the property ; Negative impact of the rehabilitation projects on the protection of the traditional urban tissue of the historic centre. ,Following Decision 28 COM 15B.55 of the Committee at its 28th session (Suzhou, 2004) and at the invitation of the ...
2068.
UNESCO has assessed the measures taken by governments to respond to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on culture professionals and on the sector as a whole, an impact which appears to be more severe than previously assumed, according to data collected by the Organization and contained in a new policy guide.
In the film industry, it is estimated that ten million jobs will ...
2069.
The 46th session of the World Heritage Committee ended on Wednesday July 31st in New Delhi, India. The 10 days of work resulted in significant advances in the recognition and protection of African heritage, with the inscription of five new sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List and the removal of Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal) from the List of World Heritage in ...
2070.
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They are located in the city of Stara Zagora, in the district of the Higher Institute of Medicine.The two dwellings stand side by side. They date back to the 6th millennium before our era. They were discovered in the course of excavations. By a rare chance, all the furnishings and household utensils have been preserved intact since discovery. At present, they are the best ...
2076.
Located in the eastern part of the central Korean peninsula, Mt. Soraksan Nature Reserve covers an area of 163.6 square kilometers. This region includes many high peaks measuring over 1,200 meters above sea level including Taech'ongbong, the highest peak (1,708 meters). It is part of a complicated mountain ranges of strongly dissected granite and gneiss and is ...
2077.
From 4 to 5 May, UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, is travelling to Estonia for an official visit, where she is expected to meet with a number of high level government officials including, the Minister of Foreign Affairs , Ms Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, the Deputy Secretary-General for Planning, Ministry for Education and Research, Ms Kadri Maasik, the Minister for ...
2078.
The 20th General Assembly of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention met from 18 to 20 November 2015 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, under the chairmanship of H.E. Mr Jose Filipe Mendes Moraes Cabral, Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Portugal to France, convening the 191 States Parties to the World Heritage Convention.
During the ...
2079.
The Association of World Heritage Properties in France (ABFPM) is launching a call for candidates for the second national training session “Interpretation – World Heritage” which will be held from 7 to 9 March 2016 at the Arc-et-Senans Royal Saltworks (France).
This intensive and operational training is aimed towards personnel in charged with welcoming the public to World ...
2080.
At its 40th session to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 10 to 20 July 2016, the World Heritage Committee will examine the state of conservation of a number of World Heritage properties. The full reports on 152 properties are now publicly available through the World Heritage Centre’ State of conservation Information System at the following Web address: ...
2081.
UNESCO offers its sincere solidarity with the people of Japan, and in particular the residents of Okinawa, who have lost a cultural and historical symbol of the Ryukyu islands. UNESCO stands ready to assist the authorities as needed.
In the early morning hours of 31 October, a number of buildings, including Shuri Castle of the World Heritage site of “Gusuku Sites and ...
2082.
Today is Nelson Mandela International Day. Nelson Mandela spent the greatest number of years that he was in prison - 18 out of 27 on Robben Island (South Africa) World Heritage site.
Robben Island was used at various times between the 17th and 20th centuries as a prison, a hospital for socially unacceptable groups and a military base. Its buildings, particularly those of ...
2083.
Côte d'Ivoire,Guinea,
Lack of Management Plan;
Lack of funding;
Poaching;
New railway;
Mining;
Proposed reduction of the protected area;
Refugees from Liberia
,The site was included on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1992 because of negative impacts from a proposed iron-ore mining project and threats due to the arrival of a large number of refugees from ...
2084.
Russian Federation,,The Bureau may wish to recall that the Committee, when it inscribed this property on the World Heritage List at its last session (Merida, 1996), noted that the special Lake Baikal Law was in its second reading in the Duma, and expressed its concern over a number of integrity issues, including pollution of the Lake.
The Centre has been informed that the ...
2085.
Australia,
Road construction
Expansion project of a holiday resort
Proposed mine
,IUCN has reviewed the first-year progress report on the implementation of the “Focused Recommendations” prepared by the ACIUCN and the State Party. IUCN had pointed out as part of its state of conservation report on the site that problems of integrated management of land and ...
2086.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Tourism Pressure;
Lack of management mechanism (including legislation)
,The State Party provided an up-date in response to the Committee’s request, and informed the Centre of the following: The Henderson Management Plan has been in existence for a number of years but has yet to be finalised. The State Party ...
2087.
Panama,
Increased population and deficient infrastructure
More attention to be paid to stone conservation
Impact of expected rise in tourism numbers and degradation of the sites
,To date the Secretariat has not received any report from the State Party concerning the state of conservation of the site. Information received from the World Monuments Fund, which is considering ...
2088.
Morocco,
Deliberate destruction of heritage (issue resolved)
Ground transport infrastructure (issue resolved)
Housing (issue resolved)
,In April 2003, the Centre received information concerning the partial covering of the Oued Boukhrareb, within the Medina of Fes, by a concrete slab of around 250 Meters. This intervention, apparently carried out without the approval of the ...
2089.
Venice, Italy,One year after the inauguration of the Old Bridge of Mostar, ten Culture Ministers from South East Europe will meet on the Venetian island of San Servolo on November 25 to 26 to discuss the issue of cultural heritage as an instrument for reconciliation and for economic and social development. Branko Crvenkovski, the President of the Former Yugoslav Republic ...
2090.
Dushanbe, Tajikistan,This workshop, organized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, will bring together the relevant authorities of each State Party in the sub-region (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), China, as well as international experts from UNESCO and ICOMOS, to discuss the serial nomination of the Silk Road for inscription on the ...
2091.
Regensburg, Germany,The City of Regensburg, a German medieval town, which was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2006, will host this year's OWHC Northwest European Regional Conference
The selected conference theme ‘Earth, Wind, Water, Fire - Environmental Challenges to Urban World Heritage’ fits perfectly into the concept of the United ...
2092.
Strasbourg, France,The European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA) of the Council of Europe, in cooperation with the European University Centre for Cultural Heritage (CUEBC) is organizing a 5-day Master-Doctorate Course on "Vulnerability of Cultural Heritage to Climate Change" in Strasbourg, France, from 7 to 11 September 2009.
The Course aims to ensure ...
2093.
,International Training Course on Heritage Impact Assessment
15-24 October 2012, Shanghai , China
Application Deadline: 1 June 2012
In recent years the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has examined a considerable number of State of Conservation Reports related to threats from various types of large-scale development activities to the World Heritage properties. These ...
2094.
Beijing, China,The International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST), under the auspices of UNESCO, is organizing the 1st International Workshop on Technologies for World Heritage, which is sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Bejing from the 9th to the 28th of October 2012. The theme of the workshop is “From Space to ...
2095.
Lin Peninsula, Albania,The Collaborative and Integrated Management of Protected and Heritage Landscapes Training, which is part of the project “Towards strengthened governance of the shared transboundary natural and cultural heritage of the Lake Ohrid region” will take place on 31 March – 1 April 2016 in the Lin Peninsula, Albania.
Management of the potential extension of ...
2096.
In 1954 the decision to build the Aswan High Dam was made. This dam would lead to the creation of a huge artificial lake covering the Upper Nile Valley from Aswan in Egypt to the Dal Cataract in Sudan - a culturally extremely rich area, which has been known as Nubia since antiquity.
In 1959 the Egyptian and the Sudanese Governments requested UNESCO to assist their ...
2097.
2098.
Indonesia,The following factors were identified at the time of inscription of the property in 2012:
Vulnerability of the subak system
Lack of support for traditional farming systems and of benefits that would allow farmers to stay on the land
Protection of the setting of the landscape to protect the water source that underpins the subak system
Development pressures
Lack ...
2099.
Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo: N: 995933,051; E: 666505,166Historic Centre of Panamá City Within Casco Antiguo: N: 989913,756; E: 661089,998
Panama City is directly associated with important interchanges of human values throughout its history due to its strategic position on the Central American Isthmus. As a terminal city and link of important communication routes, ...
2100.
Egypt,
Rise of the underground water table level and ensuing damage to the structures
Impact on structures due to earth trembling and other forms of damage likely to result from the use of heavy earth-moving equipment (works completed)
Lack of conservation plan, defining short-, medium-, and long-term objectives and establishing technical parameters (materials, techniques, ...
2101.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Armed conflict, lack of security and political instability (issue resolved)
Poaching by the army and armed groups (issue resolved)
Conflicts with local communities concerning Park boundaries
Impact of villages located within the property
Threat of oil exploitation
Poaching
,On 8 April 2022, the State Party submitted a report on the state ...
2102.
Sri Lanka,
Newly (in 1999) constructed temple, alien to the World Heritage complex (issue resolved)
Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system
Impacts of tourism / visitors / recreation
Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses
Local conditions affecting physical fabric (Impact of water ingress and other natural forces)
Management systems / ...
2103.
Thailand,
Road expansion, in particular regarding Highway 304;
Forest fragmentation, connectivity and the need for ecological corridors;
Encroachment;
Management Planning;
Tourism and visitor levels;
Dams and cattle grazing.
,On 1 February 2013, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, which provides information on impacts from ...
2104.
Belize,a) Sale and lease of public lands within the property, leading to destruction of fragile ecosystems due to resort and housing development;
b) Oil exploration and potential oil drilling;
c) Introduction of invasive species,A report on the state of conservation of the property was received from the State Party on 16 February 2012. The report includes a request for ...
2105.
The President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, the Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura and the World Bank's Vice President for Europe, Jean-Francois Rischard, will open a conference and an exhibition at UNESCO Headquarters celebrating the cultural heritage of Mauritania and its ancient cities of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and ...
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With the financial support of the World Heritage Fund, as well as national organizers of India, the final of a series of "Itinerant Workshops on the Conservation and Management of Persian, Timurid and Mughal Architecture", has successfully taken place in Delhi and Agra, from 6 to 12 April 2009 in India. It was jointly organized by the World Heritage Centre, the ...
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Culture & Development No.11World Heritage in the Caribbean
The results of the Second Periodic Report on the State of World Heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean were presented at the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Phnom Penh (Cambodia), in June 2013. The UNESCO Office in Havana, with the aim of supporting the preparation of a new Action ...
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From 24 to 26 May 2017, in La Paz, Bolivia, in the framework of the project “Support to the reinforcement of the participative management structure of the Qhapaq Nan, Andean Road System” and with the financial support of UNESCO/ Japanese Funds-in-Trust for the Preservation of the World Cultural Heritage, the Ministry of Cultures and Tourism of Bolivia, organized the ...
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Within the framework of the project “Support to the reinforcement of the participative management structure of the Qhapaq Nan, Andean Road System”, a workshop entitled “Heritage Impact Assessments International Workshop” took place in Santiago de Chile from 7 to 10 August 2017. This meeting organized by the National Center of World Heritage Sites of the National ...
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Following the Fifth Meeting of the Coordinating Committee on Serial Transnational World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads, 4–5 December 2018, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, the participants including national focal points and experts from thirteen countries, adopted a list of decisions for further activities to preserve and manage the Cultural Heritage sites along the Silk ...
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Launched in July 2017 with financial support from the Netherlands Funds-in-Trust, the “Communities and reinforcement of the management of the Royal Palaces of Abomey World Heritage Site” project, has been successfully concluded with a three-day cultural celebration event, from 27 to 29 December 2018.
These ‘Cultural Days’ which responded to the theme “Let’s open our ...
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Vaquita are one of the world’s most threatened mammals, with less than ten individuals thought to remain. These all exist in a small area of the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California UNESCO World Heritage site in Mexico, where entanglement in illegal fishing nets threatens their survival. The site was for this reason inscribed on the List of World Heritage ...
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UNESCO is deeply concerned about the allegations in the report of Amnesty International regarding the population relocation programme in Angkor carried out by the Cambodian authorities. UNESCO reiterates that at no point did it request, support, or participate in this programme.
It is important to note that the Angkor site is not only a heritage site, it is also a living ...
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Mali national museum, Bamako,"Niger, river and men" will be opened to the public in Mali national museum, Bamako, from 10. May to 31. July 2011. The exhibition was produced by UNESCO and its partners as part of the "Niger-Loire : Governance and Culture" project and intends to raise awareness of the general public and decision makers on the cultural assets of the Niger ...
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Tashkent, Uzbekistan,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in close cooperation with the UNESCO Offices in Almaty and Tashkent, and in active partnership with the Uzbekistan authorities, and the International Institute for Central Asian Studies (IICAS), a UNESCO category II Centre based in Samarkand, Uzbekistan will organize a two-day expert meeting of the Coordination of ...
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Gran Canaria, Spain,The meeting aims to establish and identify the links that exist between astronomical heritage, religious heritage and sacred sites. Sacred sites embrace areas of special spiritual significance to peoples and communities, and many of these sites also have clear connections with astronomy or the skyscape.
This thematic meeting will address the confluence ...
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,The World Heritage Centre is organising a series of online training sessions to accompany States Parties in Asia and the Pacific as they carry out the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting.
This session is dedicated to Periodic Reporting in the Pacific SIDS and focus on the following:
Main aspects of Periodic Reporting,
Specific aspects of reporting for the Pacific ...
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Historic Jeddah Room, Al Faisaliah Hotel,Dive into Heritage
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Side Event date and time : Tuesday 12 September, 13:30-15:00 (UTC +3)Room : Historic Jeddah Room, Al Faisaliah Hotel
To showcase the Dive into Heritage project's progress and generous contributions and support of the donor, a side event is organized on 12 September 2023, during the Extended ...
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Old part of Steyr including Wehrgrabenviertel:The old town of Steyr and the Wehrgrabenviertel, or moat quarters, form a unique symbiosis of well-preserved medieval houses with adjacent industrial settlement ("Steyrdorf" merging into the rural suburbs).Situated at the confluence of the Enns and Steyr rivers the castle and the surrounding city, which controlled the ...
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Austria,Urban development pressure,At the request of the Austrian authorities, a UNESCO/ICOMOS expert mission went to the property on 20 October 2006 to follow up on the first joint mission of February 2005. The mission evaluated the re-worked design and possible adaptation of the Department Store project of Kastner & Öhler, located in the core zone of the ...
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Zambia,Zimbabwe,
Project to construct a dam across the gorge (issue resolved);
Unplanned tourism development;
Uncontrolled urban development leading to significant human population increase and pollution (water, air and visual);
Reduced water flows over the falls due to drought and/or upstream hydropower production.
,The World Heritage Centre and IUCN have received a ...
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United States of America,
urban development
alterations of the hydrological regime
agricultural pollution
,The State Party submitted a report dated 27 January 2005 which provides an update on efforts in addressing previously identified threats to the integrity of the property.
In relation to alterations of the hydrological regime and impacts from adjacent urban growth, it ...
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India,
Management systems / Management Plan (lack of an Integrated Master Plan of Nalanda; need for strengthened approaches to visitor management and interpretation)
Other (lack of appropriate documentation to establish the authenticity of the property)
,On 13 December 2019, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at ...
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France,Factors identified at the time of inscription of the property:
need to revise the boundaries
inventory of buildings and monitoring of slow changes
management coordination
,On 29 November 2022, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1635/documents/. Progress on a number of conservation issues ...
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,The theme of the 12th International Seminar of Forum UNESCO – University and Heritage (FUUH) is both ambitious and crucial to the future of heritage conservation as well as to the development of communities, cities and civil society at large.
The Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) Concept includes the broader territorial and landscape context and therefore goes far beyond ...
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4 April 2017, Monaco -- The Arctic Ocean urgently needs protection as melting sea ice is opening up previously inaccessible areas to activities such as shipping, bottom trawl fishing and oil exploration, according to a scientific report launched today by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in partnership with the US-based Natural Resources Defense ...