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FAQ 46
News 1351
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Publications 42
State of Conservation 2869
States Parties 1
Tentative Lists 873
World Heritage Properties 78
5866.
Hanyangdoseong 1
Jongno-gu, Seodaemun-gu and Seongbuk-gu Districts, Seoul City
N37°35'35.09" E126°58'25.24"
Hanyangdoseong 2
Seongbuk-gu and Jongno-gu Districts, Seoul City
N37°34'50.07" E127°0'31.39"
Hanyangdoseong 3
Jongno-gu District, Seoul City
N37°34'16.07" E127°0'35.03"
Hanyangdoseong 4
Jongno-gu District, Seoul ...
5867.
Ibiza provides an excellent example of the interaction between the marine and coastal ecosystems. The dense prairies of oceanic Posidonia (seagrass), an important endemic species found only in the Mediterranean basin, contain and support a diversity of marine life. Ibiza preserves considerable evidence of its long history. The archaeological sites at Sa Caleta (settlement) ...
5868.
The Magellan Route is the trail of the First Voyage Around the World. It is a universal and global road because its itinerary is developed throughout the main oceans and all the continents in both planet hemispheres. The Magellan Route is the way traced by the nautical expedition made by the first world circumnavegation in the dawning of the 16th century. This path was ...
5869.
Algeria,
Natural erosion
Lack of maintenance of dwelling places
Loss of traditional conservation techniques
Uncontrolled land use
Non-operational safeguarding plan
Lack of coordination of activities
,On 29 January 2015, a report on the state of conservation of the property and an impact study of the metro project for Algiers was submitted by the State Party. A summary of ...
5870.
Recent excavations of Dmanisi have revealed an extraordinary record of the earliest hominid dispersal beyond Africa (1,75 million years ago). Several hominid individuals along with abundant well-preserved remains of fossil animals and stone artefacts have been found. The Dmanisi specimens are the most primitive and small-brained humans found outside of Africa to be ...
5871.
East Nimba Nature Reserve (ENNR) is located at North- eastern Central Liberia with a total area of 13, 500 hectares or 337,500 acres. The Reserve is characterized by a composition of natural ecosystems evolving from several ecological and geo- physical processes that have resulted in the creation of many habitat types such as montane gallery forest, secondary thickets, or ...
5872.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a submarine mountain chain forming the boundary between the North and South American Plates and the European and African Plates. The continents are moving away from each other and volcanic activity has created a submarine ridge stretching from the Norwegian Sea to the southern Atlantic Ocean. In places the ridge rises above sea level, creating ...
5873.
The Karatepe-Aslantaş Archaeological Site consists of a settlement continuum located today on the west bank of the Aslantaş dam lake at its narrowest point and continues further beyond on the opposite bank. The location preserves the original bend of the Ceyhan/Pyramos River flowing through the once fortified hilltops. The archaeological site comprises the Iron Age remains ...
5874.
Vespasianus Titus Tunnel built during the Roman period is located within the boundaries of the Ancient City of Seleuceia Pieria (Figure1). The antique city Seleuceia Pieria is situated near the actual village Cevlik, 35 km to the southwest of Antakya (the historical city Antioch on the Orontes), at the foot of Nur mountains in eastern Mediterranean coast in Turkey. ...
5875.
Peru,a) Damage caused by illegal mining and farming activities;
b) Continued vehicle traffic through the geoglyphs;
c) Lack of systematic monitoring of the property;
d) Insufficient air traffic security measures;
e) Lack of a management plan;
f) Planned infrastructure projects (i.e. Interoceanic highway, new airport construction).,The State Party submitted its state of ...
5876.
Ukraine,Urban development pressure,The State Party submitted a state of conservation report on 29 January 2010 and supplementary information on 1 February 2010, as requested by the World Heritage Committee at its 33rd session (Seville, 2009).
a) Management
A Law “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on protection of cultural heritage”, including ...
5877.
Côte d'Ivoire,Guinea,
Mining
Influx of refugees
Agricultural encroachment
Deforestation
Poaching
Weak management capacity
Lack of resources
Lack of trans-boundary cooperation
,On 9 February 2016, the State Party of Côte d'Ivoire submitted its report on the state of conservation of the property, available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/155/documents/. On 20 March 2016, ...
5878.
Costa Rica,
Governance
Interpretative and visitation facilities (provide visitor interpretation and future accessibility to components not yet open to the public)
Human resources (guardians and managers)
Housing (future urban development)
Water infrastructure (discussion on the construction of a hydropower dam)
Air transport infrastructure
Financial resources
Management ...
5879.
United States of America,
Water infrastructure (Quantity and quality of water entering the property)
Housing (Urban encroachment)
Surface water pollution and Pollution of marine waters (Agricultural fertilizer pollution, Mercury contamination of fish and wildlife)
Water infrastructure (Lowered water levels due to flood control measures)
Storms (Damage from ...
5880.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Resumption of mining activities
Inappropriate developments (particularly a new supermarket built at Hayle Harbour)
Potential impact of new development projects
Management and institutional factors / Improvements to the planning tools and approval processes not yet completed and implemented
Social/cultural uses of ...
5881.
Honduras,
The foreseen construction of an airport in the vicinity of the World Heritage property in a national protected area (issue resolved)
Deterioration of construction materials due to natural decay phenomena
High impact research / monitoring activities (Risk of structural failure of archaeological complexes resulting from tunnels excavated for archaeological ...
5882.
Panama,
Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals
Management systems/ management plan (delayed implementation of the Management Plan)
Marine transport infrastructure (planned construction of a naval base)
Legal framework (absence of clear regulations)
Fishing/collecting aquatic resources
Human resources (insufficient management capacity)
Impacts of tourism / ...
5883.
Lao People's Democratic Republic,
Ground transport infrastructure (New infrastructure construction, including new proposed roads)
Housing (New constructions contributing to the haphazard densification of the main monumental complex)
Management systems/Management Plan (Lack of a coordinated management mechanism)
Impacts of tourism/visitors/recreation
Interpretative and ...
5884.
Phnom Kulen range is located 30 km northeast of Angkor archaeological site, Siem Reap province, northwest Cambodia. It is registered since 1992 on the Government of Cambodia’s tentative list as a World Heritage potential cultural site, with the criteria V and VI. Phnom Kulen means the Mountain of Leeches in Khmer. According to the old Khmer inscriptions (and particularly ...
5885.
Ba Be - Na Hang Natural Heritage Area belongs to Bac Kan and Tuyen Quang provinces. Estimate World Heritage nominated area consists of four main parts:
Ba Be National Park (Ba Be district, Bac Kan province).
Nam Xuan Lac Nature Reserve (Cho Don district, Bac Kan province).
Na Hang Nature Reserve (Na Hang district, Tuyen Quang province).
Lam Binh Protection Forest (Lam ...
5886.
The Classical Karst is part of the Dinaric Karst. Dinaric Karst is a typical karst landscape located in temperate latitudes, the largest continuous karst surface in Europe and belonging among the largest karst surfaces in the world. The karst landscape is the most widespread landscape type in Slovenia. Classical Karst covers the area between the Ljubljana Marsh ...
5887.
Les Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert sont les premières galeries commerciales véritablement monumentales construites au XIXe siècle. Edifiées en 1847, non loin de la Grand-Place de Bruxelles, elles reflètent la prospérité et l'ambition du nouvel état belge sous le règne du roi Léopold Ier. Leur programme révolutionne le type architectural du passage tel qu'il ...
5888.
Costa Rica,Panama,a) Construction of hydroelectric dams near the property in Panama and associated effects (greater human presence near the property, interruption of aquatic species migratory corridor);
b) Encroachment (settlements, cattle ranching);
c) Planned road construction which would traverse the property on the side of Panama.,On 22 March 2012, a joint report on ...
5889.
Russian Federation,a) Quality of new design projects in the inscribed zone;
b) High-rise development ;
c) Confusion over definition and extent of inscribed property and its buffer zones.,The World Heritage Committee at its 33rd session (Seville, 2009) expressed its grave concern about the continuous lack of a leading management system and defined mechanisms of coordination ...
5890.
China,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,
Management systems/management plan (Need to implement the timetables for developing detailed management plans; Need for strategies for conservation of component sites; Need for visitor management strategies, including interpretation)
Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation
Urban development (Comparative fragility of many sites)
Ground transport ...
5891.
Tarraco (modern-day Tarragona) was a major administrative and mercantile city in Roman Spain and the centre of the Imperial cult for all the Iberian provinces. It was endowed with many fine buildings, and parts of these have been revealed in a series of exceptional excavations. Although most of the remains are fragmentary, many preserved beneath more recent buildings, they ...
5892.
The Taung Skull Fossil Site, part of the extension to the site inscribed in 1999, is the place where in 1924 the celebrated Taung Skull – a specimen of the species Australopithecus africanus – was found. Makapan Valley, also in the site, features in its many archaeological caves traces of human occupation and evolution dating back some 3.3 million years. The area contains ...
5893.
The four Nabatean towns of Haluza, Mamshit, Avdat and Shivta, along with associated fortresses and agricultural landscapes in the Negev Desert, are spread along routes linking them to the Mediterranean end of the incense and spice route. Together they reflect the hugely profitable trade in frankincense and myrrh from south Arabia to the Mediterranean, which flourished from ...
5894.
Higher education is crucial to the long-term preservation of World Heritage sites. As the World Heritage List grows, there is an urgent need for qualified professionals to manage every aspect of the sites, from conservation and preservation to monitory, to tourism and visitor flows as well as interaction with local authorities and communities.
The World Heritage Centre ...
5895.
The 34,658 ha site, between the foothills of the Tequila Volcano and the deep valley of the Rio Grande River, is part of an expansive landscape of blue agave, shaped by the culture of the plant used since the 16th century to produce tequila spirit and for at least 2,000 years to make fermented drinks and cloth. Within the landscape are working distilleries reflecting the ...
5896.
The site of Mleiha is located in the Central Region of Sharjah, UAE, to the east of Jebel Faya. The region is distinguished by a rich assemblage of archaeological sites ranging in date from the Paleolithic to the Islamic period, as well as an uninterrupted occupation since the Neolithic.
The area of Mleiha in particular shows Neolithic and Bronze Age occupations, ...
5897.
Cult-mortuary complex in Ostrusha mound - Center Point Coordinates 42°41'23.5"N 25°21'03.8"E
Tomb in Golyama Kosmatka mound - Center Point Coordinates 42°42'00.2"N 25°20'00.5"E
Tomb in Shushmanetz mound - Center Point Coordinates 42°42'24.7"N 25°20'55.5"E
Tomb in Golyama gola mogila mound, the so-called “The Griffins” - Center Point Coordinates 42°42'19.5"N ...
5898.
1. The Walk of Peace (in Slovenian: Pot miru)
Log pod Mangartom: Štoln
GPS: 46.40485, 13.59631
UTM: 46°24'17.5"N 13°35'46.7"E
Gorjansko
GPS: 45.80457, 13.70899
UTM: 45°48'16.4"N 13°42'32.4"E
2. Vršič: Russian Chapel (in Slovenian: Ruska kapelica); Heritage Register Number http://rkd.situla.org/ - HRN #855
GPS: 46.4429, 13.7677
UTM: 46°26'34.4"N 13°46'03.7"E
3. Log ...
5899.
Cluster
Rock Art Sites
Co-ordinates
Cluster I-
Gwalior District,
Madhya Pradesh
Aurpura,Baba Chaj,Bhau Saheb Ki Samadhi, Chudel Chaj, Daulatpur,Denagaon,Gupteshwar Hill,Gwalior West, Maharajapure, Mohna,Para,Sia Chaj,Tikla (Kanakali Mata)
26.2925° N, 78.2305° E
Cluster II-
Mandsaur District,
Madhya ...
5900.
The Orheiul Vechi Archaeological Landscape is located in central-eastern part of Moldova and lies along the gorge of the lower course of the Răut River, 14 km upstream from the confluence of the Răut and the Dniester Rivers. This is an extremely strategic position. The Răut links it with most of central and northern Moldova, while the Dniester is the most important trade ...
5901.
Georgia,a) General need for interior and exterior conservation work on the monuments;
b) Insufficient coordination between the Georgian Church and the national authorities;
c) Lack of co-ordinated management system;
d) Major reconstruction of the structure of Bagrati Cathedral. ,The Committee during its 33rd session reiterated its request to the State Party to ...
5902.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,a) Construction proposals in the immediate vicinity of the Tower of London that could harm the setting, related vistas and integrity of the World Heritage property;
b) Lack of an in-depth visual impact study on possible impacts of development projects, as well as the lack of an approved management plan;
c) Lack of ...
5903.
The urban morphology of the two small cities of Ubeda and Baeza in southern Spain dates back to the Moorish 9th century and to the Reconquista in the 13th century. An important development took place in the 16th century, when the cities were subject to renovation along the lines of the emerging Renaissance. This planning intervention was part of the introduction into Spain ...
5904.
The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Worlitz is an exceptional example of landscape design and planning of the Age of the Enlightenment, the 18th century. Its diverse components - outstanding buildings, landscaped parks and gardens in the English style, and subtly modified expanses of agricultural land - serve aesthetic, educational, and economic purposes in an exemplary manner. ...
5905.
The 987-ha site on the volcanic island of Pico, the second largest in the Azores archipelago, consists of a remarkable pattern of spaced-out, long linear walls running inland from, and parallel to, the rocky shore. The walls were built to protect the thousands of small, contiguous, rectangular plots (currais) from wind and seawater. Evidence of this viniculture, whose ...
5906.
The Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and Western Galilee are inscribed for their profound spiritual meaning and the testimony they bear to the strong tradition of pilgrimage in the Bahá’i faith. The property includes the two most holy places in the Bahá’i religion associated with the founders, the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh in Acre and the Shrine of the Báb in Haifa, together with ...
5907.
· Egypt, the gift of the Nile
Egypt would not exist without the river and its periodical flooding which regulated life, work in the fields, religious and civil feastdays.
The banks flooded by the river when it was in spate were transformed into arable lands. Before the great modern dams were built, the average width of these banks varied between 100 m in Sudanese ...
5908.
Melka Kunture, as it can be seen today, is part of a gently undulating landscape of the Upper Awash Valley, in the highlands of Ethiopia, at c. 2000m asl. All over the Upper Pliocene and the Pleistocene, tectonic activities led to the deepening of the demi-graben depression were the meandering paleo-Awash deposited alluvia. Through time, parts of the paleo-landscape were ...
5909.
Mount Kitanglad Range Natural Park: N8 8 34 E124 54 45
Mount Kalatungan Range Natural Park: N7 57 18 E124 48 09
Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park (MKRNP) and Mt. Kalatungan Range Natural Park (MKaRNP) are legislated protected areas located in the Province of Bukidnon, Northern Mindanao, Philippines. Both are cultural and biodiversity important areas with unique landscapes ...
5910.
Birkenhead Park is situated in the town of Birkenhead, in the Wirral Peninsula. The proposed site includes the originally designed parkland (44 ha), the Park’s eight lodges, and a selection of the mid- 19th century residential properties. The total site area is 51 ha.
Designed in the style of the English Landscape School, its undulating parkland consists of a crafted ...
5911.
Uzbekistan,a) Lack of strategic approach to urban conservation;
b) Lack of a proper management plan;
c) Detrimental impact of new roads;
d) Conservation of urban fabric.,On 31 January 2011, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report.
a) Strategic approach to urban conservation
The State Party report summarizes that the preparation of the 2011-2015 ...
5912.
Russian Federation,a) Quality of new design projects in the inscribed zone;
b) Confusion over definition and extent of inscribed zone and buffer zone;,Although the World Heritage Committee, at its 31st session (Christchurch, 2007), requested the State Party to submit a state of conservation report, the State Party only submitted a set of maps. No information was provided ...
5913.
Oman,,At the 30th session (Vilnius, 2006), the Committee inscribed the property on the World Heritage List and requested the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2007, for examination at its 31st session in 2007:
a) Documentation confirming that the enlarged areas are given adequate legal protection;
b) A management plan or system for the ...
5914.
Jordan,a) Absence of management structures and protective measures;
b) Lack of management and conservation plans;
c) Lack of security and risk of collapse due to open trenches and unstable structures;
d) Important tourism development project with new constructions.,Upon inscription of the property on the World Heritage List, the World Heritage Committee, at its 28th ...
5915.
United Republic of Tanzania,
poor state of preservation
plant infestations
sea wave and river erosion
land use conflicts such as animal grazing, subsistence farming, constructions, vandalism
lack of a functional management plan
,An ICOMOS mission visited the Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins Songo Mnara, in the United Republic of Tanzania, from 23 to 27 February 2004 at ...
5916.
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.
,On 31 January 2014, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/544/documents/. ...
5917.
Russian Federation,
Lack of joint management system between national, local and religious authorities (issue resolved);
Lack of monitoring mechanisms;
Lack of appropriate legal measures and rules for conservation, restoration, management and use of World Heritage properties of religious interest.
,In August 2013, a joint World Heritage Centre/ ICOMOS/ICCROM monitoring ...
5918.
Honduras,
Illegal settlements;
Illegal livestock grazing and agricultural encroachment;
Illegal logging;
Illegal commercial fishing;
Poaching;
Alien invasive species;
Management deficiencies;
Potential impacts from hydroelectric development projects Patuca I,II and III;
Lawlessness;
Lack of law enforcement;
Lack of clarity regarding land tenure and access to natural ...
5919.
Russian Federation,
Lack of Management Plan (issue resolved)
,On 21 October 2014, the World Heritage Centre requested the State Party to provide information on the geophysical prospecting in the marine area surrounding the property conducted by the oil and gas company Rosneft and on the planned construction of a naval base for the Russian Pacific Fleet within the ...
5920.
Canada,
Urban Pressure (issue resolved)
Road construction (issue resolved)
,In December 2014, Mikisew Cree First Nation, an indigenous community of the property, sent a petition to the World Heritage Centre (available online http://cpawsnwt.org/news/mikisew-first-nations-petitions-unesco-to-list-wood-buffalo-np-as-world-her), requesting to inscribe the property on the List ...
5921.
Niger,
Political instability and civil strife
Poverty
Management constraints
Ostrich poaching
Soil erosion
Demographic pressure
Livestock pressure
Pressure on forestry resources
,On 9 February, 2016 the State Party submitted a report on the conservation of the property, available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/573/documents/, and provided the following information ...
5922.
China,Threats identified at the time of inscription of the property:
Need to revise the system of buffer zones and to consider the definition of priority visibility corridors in order to protect them from the potential impact of new constructions
Finalize the creation of the Monitoring and Archive Centre and improve the historical and archaeological knowledge of the ...
5923.
China,
Apparent decline in wildlife populations
Water infrastructure (Major dams and related infrastructure)
Mining
Management systems/management plan (Inadequate management planning, including tourism planning; Unclear property boundaries)
Illegal activities (issue resolved)
,On 3 December 2016, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available ...
5924.
Brazil,
Insufficient legal framework and protection in place
Lack of submission of a significant boundary modification to reflect the new boundaries of the property
,On 1 February 2017, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report for the property, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1035/documents, providing the following information:
The ...
5925.
Australia,
Changes to oceanic waters
Ground water pollution
Marine transport infrastructure (Coastal development, including development of ports)
Non-renewable energy facilities (Liquefied Natural Gas export facilities)
Other climate change impacts
Storms
Surface water pollution
Temperature change
Other (Grounding of ships)
,On 1 December 2016, the State Party submitted an ...
5926.
Jordan,
Lack of a database on cultural heritage
Lack of proper conservation and maintenance of the archaeological sites
Lack of traffic and visitor management plans
Potential encroachment from development in the village of Rum
Lack of trained staff and financial resources for the management of the property
Financial resources
Governance
Human resources
Impacts of tourism / ...
5927.
Oman,
Use of inappropriate conservation techniques
Urban pressure
Lack of a management plan and appropriate legislation
Housing
Legal framework
Management activities
Management systems/ management plan
Deterioration of the earthen structures of the Fort
,On 31 December 2017, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, available at ...
5928.
Jordan,
Lack of Management systems / plan / structure
Unstable structures and lack of security
Lack of comprehensive conservation plan
Important tourism development project with new constructions
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
,On 16 March 2018, the State Party submitted a Management Plan for Um er-Rasas, including a section on the state of ...
5929.
India,Factors identified at the time of inscription of the property:
Management Systems/Management Plan (Lack of an adapted management plan; Lack of a heritage conservation unit; Absence of Buffer Zone)
,Following the submission of information by third parties, the World Heritage Centre sent four letters to the State Party (26 June 2017, 11 July 2017, 18 July 2018 and 14 ...
5930.
Türkiye,
Concern over the situation prevailing in Diyarbakir (issue resolved)
Rehabilitation and reconstruction works and development
Ground transport infrastructure (roads)
Water infrastructure
Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation
Management system/Management and Conservation Plan modified
Land Conversion
,On 1 February 2020, the State Party submitted a state of ...
5931.
Bolivia (Plurinational State of),
Lack of a management plan (issue resolved)
Governance
Lack of coordinated conservation policies and interventions between the national government and local stakeholders
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Legal framework
Management systems/ management plan
Urban high rise/ urban sprawl
Lack of conservation policy
,On 2 January 2020, ...
5932.
China,
Housing (Including high-rise buildings; Potential visual impact of new developments)
Land conversion (Land reclamation)
Management systems / Management Plan (Inadequacy of the current management systems; Lack of Management Plan)
,On 30 November 2020, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, available at ...
5933.
Belize,
Housing and major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure (Destruction of fragile ecosystems due to resort / housing development) (issue resolved)
Integrated management
Invasive / alien marine species (Introduced species)
Land conversion (Sale and lease of public lands within the property)
Oil and gas (Oil concessions within the marine area)
,On 19 ...
5934.
South Africa,
Ground water pollution
Mining
Surface water pollution
Water (rain/water table)
Climate change and severe weather events
Acid mine drainage
Integrated Management plan to be finalized
Interpretative and visitation facilities in case of concern re. additional material requested
,On 2 December 2020, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, ...