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FAQ 325
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Publications 86
State of Conservation 4130
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Tentative Lists 1677
World Heritage Properties 178
10561.
Upper Middle Rhine Valley, Koblenz and Bonn, Germany,In conjunction with the 39th Session of the World Heritage Committee, the World Heritage Young Experts Forum: Youth Involvement in Sustainable Management of World Heritage Sites is organized by the German Commission for UNESCO and the Ministry of Education, Science, Advanced Training and Culture of Rhineland-Palatinate ...
10562.
,The World Natural Heritage Management and Training Centre for Asia and the Pacific Region, a Category II Centre at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII, India) will co-organize a workshop under the auspices of UNESCO. The International Training Workshop on “Enhancing Capacity for Effective Management of Coastal and Marine World Heritage Sites of the Asia-Pacific Region,” ...
10563.
Bahrain,‘Protecting Heritage in an Ever-Changing World’
The Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities is hosting the World Heritage Young Professionals Forum 2018 as an integral part of the 42nd session of the World Heritage Committee, and in the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, under the theme of ‘Protecting Heritage in an Ever-Changing ...
10564.
Adopting a more hands-on approach
At skills development training courses, young people are actively involved in the preservation of World Heritage, while acquiring new skills that contribute to a better understanding of the importance of both their tangible (monuments, historical centres, natural reserves, etc.) and intangible heritage (traditional know-how, music, ...
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No.
Name of the component part
Latitude and Longitude
Latitude
Longitude
01
Ajinatepa Buddhist monastery
37°47'52.70"С
68°51'16.00"В
02a
Kalai Hulbuk
37°46'39.70"С
69°33'24.35"В
02b
Shahristoni Hulbuk
37°47'0.50"С
69°33'37.47"В
02c
Makbarai Shohoni ...
10566.
Paleolithic sites are located within the Cagayan Valley Basin which is bordered by the Sierra Mountain range on the East; the Caraballo on the South; the Cordillera Central on the west; and the Babuyan Channel on the north.Found in two municipalities of the province, namely, Solana and Penablanca, Paleolithic sites yielded the earliest stone tools and remains of extinct ...
10567.
The historic quarter of the Island of Janjangbureh, Historic Georgetown, is being proposed for inclusion in the tentative list as an extension of the Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites inscription. The area encompassing two streets and the environs of the Regional Governor's office and residence, is approximately 500 sq meters in extent and is replete with historic ...
10568.
IBWEINLatitude: 35 12 5.123Longitude: 32 2 9.556
ARRABEHLatitude: 35 12 7.192Longitude: 32 24 16.615
BEIT WAZANLatitude: 35 12 54.038Longitude: 32 13 51.893
BURQALatitude: 35 11 31.679Longitude: 32 18 5.876
DEIR GHASSANEHLatitude: 35 5 49.63Longitude: 32 2 47.195
DEIR ISTIALatitude: 35 8 21.89Longitude: 32 7 49.665
DURALatitude: 35 1 36.752Longitude: 31 30 ...
10569.
Russian Federation,
Lack of joint management system
Lack of monitoring
,The State Party did not submit a state of conservation report as requested by the World Heritage Committee. In a letter dated 9 April 2012, the President of the Russian World Heritage Committee within the National Commission for UNESCO explained that the delay of the report and the implementation of ...
10570.
Canada,,On 4 February 2013 the World Heritage Centre contacted the State Party in reference to information received on plans for directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing by the Shoal Point Energy company in community enclaves surrounded by the World Heritage property. The World Heritage Centre indicated concerns that these exploratory activities could threaten the ...
10571.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,Invasive/alien terrestrial species (mice) (issue mentioned since 1999),On 14 November 2019, the State Party submitted a progress report on the funding and implementation of the house mouse (Mus musculus) eradication programme and, on 1 December 2020, a state of conservation report for the property, which are available at ...
10572.
1
Centro histórico urbano y conjunto monumental
20 1 17 N
75 49 46 W
2
Cementerio patrimonial Santa Ifigenia
20 2 10 N
75 50 21 W
3
Sistema de fortificaciones y sitios arqueológicos subacuáticos de la batalla naval de Santiago de Cuba
19 58 6 N
75 52 13 W
4
Paisaje cultural El Cobre
20 2 47 N
75 57 6 W
The city of Santiago de Cuba is ...
10573.
These Transylvanian villages with their fortified churches provide a vivid picture of the cultural landscape of southern Transylvania. The seven villages inscribed, founded by the Transylvanian Saxons, are characterized by a specific land-use system, settlement pattern and organization of the family farmstead that have been preserved since the late Middle Ages. They are ...
10574.
Lebanon,a) Absence of legislative framework and comprehensive management plan;
b) Absence of coordination mechanisms;
c) Illegal constructions and encroachments;
d) Degradation of the mural paintings and the buildings;
e) Touristic development and absence of visitors management,The State Party did not submit a state of conservation report which was requested by the World ...
10575.
Italy,a) Construction project of a highway extension in the vicinity of Villa Saraceno
b) Uncontrolled development and urban encroachment in the Veneto region,In compliance with Decision 31 COM 7B.113, the State Party submitted on 29 January 2009 an updated report on the status of planning of the highway Valdastico-South, section Vicenza-Rovigo and activities related to ...
10576.
Czechia,In the 1950s, a revolving 80-seat theatre was installed in the 17th century garden. In 1998, it was transformed into a permanent building with a seating capacity of 650 spectators. ,In its report of 24 January 2007 on the state of conservation of the site, the State Party confirmed its intention to move the theatre from the garden of the summerhouse and to ...
10577.
Türkiye,Threats identified at the time of inscription of the property:
Incomplete Management Plan
Need to restrict vehicle access to the acropolis
Need to improve the monitoring system by specifying which organization is responsible for monitoring each indicator and include seismic monitoring
,On 3 December 2015, the State Party submitted a report concerning the state of ...
10578.
WHC/18/42.COM/9
10579.
10580.
10581.
10582.
10583.
10584.
10585.
The site is a unique and spectacular hilltop setting. Monuments include the medieval palace, cave of Gorakhnath, Kalika temple and other monuments.
10586.
Yemen Yémen Yemen Йемен اليمن 也门 The Republic of Yemen
10587.
Zambia,Zimbabwe,Project to construct a dam across the gorge,[Oral report by IUCN and the Secretariat]
10588.
,The 50-year Anniversary will be acknowledged at a small celebratory morning tea at the first Riversleigh World Heritage Advisory Committee meeting in August 2022.
10589.
Minaret of Jam
Cuzco Centre of the Andean World
Lamu Coral garden of the Swahili
East Rennell a Pacific gem
Paramaribo
10590.
The Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape was adopted on 10 November 2011 by UNESCO General Conference. It outlines the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) approach, which moves beyond the preservation of the physical environment and focuses on the entire human environment with all of its tangible and intangible qualities. It seeks to increase the sustainability of ...
10591.
WHC/21/44.COM/INF.5A.1
10592.
10593.
The Kermadec archipelago contains the northernmost land and territorial seas in New Zealand. Raoul Island (Rangitahua) is by far the largest (2900 ha) of the 15 islands, which are spread as four clusters in a line over 250 km of the Pacific Ocean (Latitude 29º - 32º S and Longitude 177º - 179º W), about 1100 km north-east of the Northland coast. The site for immediate ...
10594.
This National Wildlife Refuge consists of more than 162,000 hectares (about 400,000 acres) embracing 92% of the Okefenokee Swamp, a large hydrologically intact swamp that is the source of two rivers, one that flows into the Atlantic and the other into the Gulf of Mexico. The Refuge also has extensive and essentially undisturbed peat deposits.
10595.
Canada,
Project of a dam on the Slave River (issue resolved);
Dam on the Peace River (issue resolved);
Pulp and paper mill developments (issue resolved);
Bison herd infected with either tuberculosis and/or brucellosis (issue resolved)
Road construction
,The Centre received the State Party’s report, dated 7 February 2003, on the status of the ...
10596.
The town of Slavonice lies in the easternmost part of the Region of 6eske Budejovice near the Czech-Austrian border. It was founded at the crossing of historical merchant?routes in the picturesquely undulating Moravian landscape. Slavonice was at its economic and social zenith after 1530 when a permanent post station was established there. In 1750, however, the postal ...
10597.
Alongside with the unique ground-plane organisation, typical just for the region of the East Slovakia, the historical town core has got the preserved valuable compact set of buildings, including even medieval ones located in the centre of the town. It grew up on the crossroads of the long-distance merchant roads, connecting the East Europe with the West Europe and the ...
10598.
Established in 1944, Big Bend National Park encompasses 324,153 hectares along the international border with Mexico. As the largest protected portion of the Chihuahuan Desert in the United States, the park preserves vast desert landscapes, mountain ranges, desert springs, and riparian ecosystems along the Rio Grande.
Elevation in the park ranges from 550 meters along the ...
10599.
Algeria,
Natural erosion;
Lack of maintenance of housing;
Loss of traditional conservation techniques;
Uncontrolled land-use;
Constant collapse of houses (three dead and others injured in May 2002);
Conservation Plan existing but not operational;
Lack of coordination activities at the property.
,Referring to the decion of the 28th session of the Committee (Suzhou, 2004), ...
10600.
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 Bureau recalled that the Committee at its last session concluded that the reduction in the size of this site proposed by the Government of Guinea in order to exclude areas that would be impacted by a proposed ...
10601.
Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK,On the 22nd May 2009, over 60 young people from across the UK will be meeting in Lyme Regis for the first UK UNESCO Youth Summit to discuss and debate World Heritage in the 21st century. The young people will be representing 11 different sites from Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and one overseas territory, Bermuda.
The young people have ...
10602.
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 World Heritage Committee, at its 32nd session(Quebec City, 2008), strongly urged the ...
10603.
Saint-Denis de La Reunion,[in French only] Du 2 au 4 novembre 2011, au Theatre du Grand Marche a Saint-Denis de La Reunion, se tiendront les premiers «Entretiens du patrimoine de l'ocean Indien : la ville patrimoniale ».
Le Ministere francais de la Culture et de la Communication (ENSAM/DAC-OI) et le conseil regional de La Reunion inaugureront les 2/3/4 novembre 2011 a ...
10604.
International assistance requests may be filled in and submitted either directly online, or on paper.Reminder: International Assistance requests must be transmitted by a State Party National Commission for UNESCO or Permanent Delegation to UNESCO, or an appropriate governmental Department or Ministry. Individuals who do not represent one of these bodies are therefore not ...
10605.
Taking action in the timeframe before a disaster to lessen post-event damage to lives and property. In risk management, many hazards such as earthquakes cannot be reduced, but the risk from that hazard can be reduced, or mitigated, for example by constructing earthquake-resistant buildings, or shelves that prevent objects from sliding off. The former is structural ...
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10607.
10608.
10609.
WHC/19/43.COM/12
10610.
WHC/21/44.COM/6
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10612.
10613.
WHC-10/35.COM/12D
10614.
10615.
WHC-13/37.COM/5E
10616.
The site consists of two separate elements, containing outstanding vestiges dating back to Greek and Roman times: The Necropolis of Pantalica contains over 5,000 tombs cut into the rock near open stone quarries, most of them dating from the 13th to 7th centuries BC. Vestiges of the Byzantine era also remain in the area, notably the foundations of the Anaktoron (Prince’s ...
10617.
China,
Water infrastructure (major hydropower development on all main rivers and related infrastructure)
Mining (in and near the property)
Management systems/management plan (absence of overall serial property-wide management system and plan including tourism planning; unclear property boundaries and absence of demarcation)
Major visitor accommodation and associate ...
10618.
Mexico,a) Urban development pressures in areas surrounding the property;
b) Lack of management plan.,On 4 March 2008, the World Heritage Centre received the State Party’s report. The report was submitted in Spanish, but contains little new substantive information concerning the current situation to address the requests of the World Heritage Committee at its 31st ...
10619.
Canada,Petroleum exploration in the vicinity of the World Heritage property,On 31 January 2014, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/419/documents/. The State Party reports the following:
Parks Canada has contributed to the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the Western Newfoundland ...
10620.
Iran (Islamic Republic of),
Lack of a comprehensive management plan; (issue resolved)
The boundaries of the property inscribed on an emergency basis were not aligned with the written text of the original Nomination File; (issue resolved)
Development pressure related to the post-disaster reconstruction process
,On 18 March 2015, the State Party submitted a detailed state of ...
10621.
United States of America,Threats identified at the time of inscription of the property:
Need to define an area surrounding the property and including its immediate setting, important views and other areas or attributes that are functionally important
Highway 577 crossing the property from north to south
,On 24 November 2015, the State Party submitted a state of ...
10622.
10623.
10624.
10625.
SC-88/CONF.001/10
10626.
WHC-01/CONF.208/19
10627.
10628.
WHC-2000/CONF.202/INF.8
10629.
10630.
Lithuania,
Limited financial resources (issue resolved);
Need for a comprehensive rehabilitation programme (issue resolved)
,
10631.
New World Heritage Sites
Ancient Merv Queen of cities
Mesoamerican Biological Corridor
Arequipa a white city of volcanic stone
10632.
Modern Architecture
Zanzibar Stone Town
Ichkeul a wetland in search of water
Trinidad de Cuba
The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Worlitz
10633.
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang (State of Conservation 2005)
China,Urban development pressure; Tourism pressure; Lack of management mechanism (no legislation for buffer zone).,On 30 January 2005, the World Heritage Centre received a fax-letter from China’s State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH), informing the secretariat that the Government of Beijing Municipality attached great importance to the conservation of the ...
10634.
Tendaguru Palaeontological Site (TPS) is a world-famous palaeontological property situated almost 60 kilometres from the Indian Ocean over a hill elevated at about 310 metres above sea level in Lindi District, Lindi Region. In 1908, a mining engineer from Germany, Bernard Wilhelm Sattler, serendipitously discovered the Tendaguru dinosaur locality while exploring ...
10635.
Financed by the Flemish Government and organized by UNESCO and its space partners, in particular Planet Action, this exhibition uses a series of remarkable examples to demonstrate the use of satellite Earth observation to assess the effects of climate change on selected World Heritage sites.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that ...
10636.
As we celebrate International Mountain Day and the rich diversity and identity of the world’s mountain cultures, we acknowledge the deep connection of communities and individuals to these majestic and unique areas, where many natural and cultural World Heritage sites of outstanding universal value can be found. These sites entail not only diverse geological features and ...
10637.
World Heritage Young Professionals Fora are among the flagship activities of the World Heritage Education Programme, serving as a platform for bringing young professionals and heritage experts together to foster intercultural learning and exchange, to debate about common concerns and to discover new roles for themselves in heritage conservation.
As an integral part of the ...
10638.
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has appointed Lazare Eloundou Assomo Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
Originally from Cameroon, Mr Eloundou Assomo is a graduate in architecture (Grenoble School of Architecture, France) and in urban planning (DEA Grenoble 1). He began his career as an associate researcher at the Centre for Earthen Construction of the ...
10639.
Under the presidency of Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Hasnaa, the Foundation for the Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage of Rabat has set up the programme "I discover my heritage" for the benefit of 3720 secondary school students from 62 secondary schools in Rabat in partnership with the Ministry of National Education, Preschool and Sports and the Ministry of Youth, ...
10640.
The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Riyadh until 25 September, decided today to inscribe the sites of "The Saint Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings and Lavra of Kyiv-Pechersk" and "L’viv – the ensemble of the historic centre" on the List of World Heritage in Danger, due to the threat of destruction the Russian offensive poses.
The UNESCO World Heritage ...
10641.
City of Prague,The conference "Integrating Urban Heritage in Urban Planning Processes" took place on 24 March 2021 in the context of the 10th anniversary of the 2011 UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL Recommendation). The event was organised by the City of Prague in cooperation with the World Heritage Centre, to share and discuss the proposal of its ...
10642.
UNESCO, in cooperation with the Japanese Government, has launched several cultural heritage conservation projects along the Silk Roads. Two projects in China (the Longmen Grottoes and the Kumtra Thousand Caves), and three projects in Central Asia (the site of Fayaz Tepe in Uzbekistan, the Otrar project in Kazakhstan, and the Krasnaya Rechka, Chuy Valley sites project in ...
10643.
Following the successful meeting held in Martinique on the subject of Rock Art in the Caribbean and the World Heritage Convention, it was noticed by the working groups that the logical theme for follow-up in terms of the trans-regional value and future possibility serial nomination was that of Rock Art in the Caribbean. Rock Art has been defined as one of the most ...
10644.
WHC-11/35.COM/7A.Add
10645.
WHC-12/36.COM/7A État de conservation des biens inscrits sur la Liste du patrimoine mondial en péril
WHC-12/36.COM/7A
10646.
10647.
WHC/19/43.COM/8A.Rev
10648.
WHC/21/23.GA/8
10649.
WHC-15/20.GA/2A
10650.
WHC/21/23.GA/2A
10651.
The fortification wall of the gigantic fort of Rani Kot is 35 kms in length and connects barren hills. The fort was built in the first quarter of the l9th century. The fortification wall, which follows the natural contours of the hilly area, has solid semi-circular bastions at intervals. The fortification wall runs on three sides of the area, while on the northern side the ...
10652.
Bigo bya Mugyenyi is 10 sq. kms series of archaeological earthworks dating to between the 14th and 16th centuries A.D. There is an outer trench system which runs around the ridge and joins the Katonga river banks on the north and south (see plan I attached). The inner trench system is composed of four enclosures which open into each other (see plan II attached).
Bigo ...
10653.
Paris - The 13th session of the General Assembly of the State Parties of the World Heritage Convention ended on the 31st October with the election of eight new members of the World Heritage Committee. The following States Parties were elected:
Argentina
India
Lebanon
Nigeria
Oman
Russian Federation
Saint Lucia
United Kingdom
1 November 2001: Fifth Extraordinary ...
10654.
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre was informed of two attacks on an ancient rock carving of a seated Buddha located near Janabad in north-west Pakistan, a region known for its ancient Buddhist heritage and archaeological sites. According to numerous reports, suspected pro-Taliban militants carried out two attacks on the rock in early and late September, the second attack ...
10655.
One of America's most renowned photographers, Tom Till's work has appeared in magazines such as Time, Life, National Geographic and The New Yorker, as well as in numerous books. Along with his World Heritage collection, Mr. Till has photographed the landscapes, nature and history of more than 60 countries worldwide. The World Heritage exhibit includes photos of 32 sites, ...
10656.
Once again UNESCO will partner with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for Earth Hour, one of the world's largest and most well-known environmental campaigns in the world. UNESCO has invited World Heritage sites to participate in this initiative by switching off the lights on the night of Earth Hour: Saturday, 23 March 2013, from 8:30 to 9:30pm local time.
The Earth ...
10657.
The World Heritage Centre expresses its condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Professor Karel Bakker from the Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria (South Africa), and a long-time collaborator on World Heritage, who passed away on 19 November 2014.
Prof. Bakker contributed to numerous World Heritage missions, Heritage Impact Assessments, ...
10658.
On 1 August 2018, the World Heritage Centre received a petition signed by more than 2,400 citizens who expressed their concerns about deforestation at Lake Baikal World Heritage site (Russian Federation).
The competent authorities of the State Party as well as the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Body IUCN are informed of the concerns raised by the campaign. The ...
10659.
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre has learned with great sadness of the passing of Vivian Ramnarace, the National Focal Point for the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System World Heritage site (Belize). A marine scientist, Ms Ramnarace was the Fisheries Officer at the Belize Fisheries Department for the last 15 years.
The passing of Vivian Ramnarace is a significant loss for ...
10660.
Ecuador,,[Oral report]
A man-caused fire on Isabela Island in March 1985 had resulted in an international appeal to aid the efforts of the Ecuadorian Government and Park authorities to extinguish the blaze, which had burnt over 30,000 ha.
A contribution of US$10,500 from the World Heritage Fund under emergency assistance had been provided, in addition ...
10661.
Côte d'Ivoire,Guinea,Lack of Management Plan; Lack of funding; Poaching,A Swedish mining company and the Société des Mines de Fer de Guinée have proposed a new railway link to the Liberian side of the mountain.
IUCN has sent an intervention letter noting that although the forests on the Liberian side have been destroyed, those on the Guinea side still ...
10662.
Canada,United States of America,,The Bureau recalled that the Committee at its sixteenth session, while approving the extension of this transfrontier site to include the Glacier Bay National Park (USA), urged the American and the Canadian authorities to incorporate additional areas to the World Heritage property.
On 30 September 1993, a nomination was received for the ...
10663.
Oman,
Degradation of the structures;
Use of recent construction materials (cement, etc.)
,Following previous expert missions, a third mission took place from 19 September to 3 October 1998 in order to assess the quality of the restoration works in terms of authenticity and use of materials, advise on future works and on the preparation of a management plan for an extended ...
10664.
United States of America,
Agricultural, industrial and urban developments altering the natural systems;
Pollution of the water (nutrients and mercury);
Hurricane in August 1992
,The twenty-fourth ordinary session of the Bureau requested the Centre and IUCN to meet with the State Party and discuss the preparation of a schedule of actions for complete rehabilitation of the ...
10665.
Accra and Elmina, Ghana,The main objective of the Conference is to bring together professionals, museologists, educationists and responsible officers of specialized international, regional and sub-regional organizations and non-governmental organizations in order to elaborate strategies and mechanisms aimed at raising awareness among populations and decision-makers on the ...
10666.
Asmara (Eritrea),Eritrea ratified the World Heritage Convention in 2001, but does not yet have a site inscribed on the List, or a complete Tentative List of sites.The workshop will raise awareness of problems that can arise in the application of the Convention and encourage an active commitment on behalf of the country among national administrators, politicians, future ...
10667.
Sibiu, Romania,ICCROM, the Canadian Conservation Institute and the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage are pleased to announce the 2007 session of the international course on "Reducing Risks to Collections". The purpose of this course is to focus on the risk management approach to preventive conservation of collections.The course will take place in Sibiu, Romania, ...
10668.
Room 3.33, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Paris,Mr Bandarin warmly welcomed the participants of the Coordination meeting. He highlighted important points to be taken into account by the Committee for the Reflection Year in 2007, for which funds were allocated. The discussion focused on the links between the Berlin meeting to discuss the European Action Plan and Regional ...
10669.
Tokyo, Japan,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) are organizing a one day seminar on “World Heritage and Public Works–Development cooperation for poverty alleviation” at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan.
The seminar aims at examining the contribution of heritage preservation policies and ...
10670.
,The Office for the Protection of the Historical Heritage of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of the Government of Spain is organizing the IX National Meeting of World Heritage Managers on 6 to 8 October 2015 in the World Heritage site of Vizcaya Bridge (Getxo), Spain, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2006.
The theme of the meeting is “World Heritage: ...
10671.
,Digital developments are happening at a remarkable pace in Africa. But despite the increasing role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in people’s daily lives, only few Heritage institutions are harnessing the opportunities they provide.
UNESCO and the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) are therefore taking the lead in proposing a webinar to highlight ...
10672.
Russian Federation,
Gas and oil pipeline project across the World Heritage property in 2006 (issue resolved)
Management Systems/Management Plan (lack of adequate management system)
Legal framework (uncertain legal protection)
Pollution from paper mill and domestic and industrial wastewater
Land use and use of natural resources (timber harvesting, construction on the lake ...
10673.
Being a most valuable natural reservoir that stands out nationally, regionally and worldwide, Ciénaga de Zapata National Park is the main core area of the Biosphere Reserve and the Ramsar site that have the same name. Natural and socio-economic characteristics of this territory make it be a priority area due to the ecological fragility of its ecosystems, its values for the ...
10674.
HISTORY®
Photo: © HISTORY®
UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and HISTORY® have partnered to increase awareness about heritage preservation worldwide and to promote education about World Heritage.
New pedagogical approaches were developed to mobilize young people to participate actively in the promotion of World Heritage sites, about the history and traditions of ...
10675.
Egypt,
Earthquake in 1992 (issue resolved)
Inappropriate reconstruction works
,Precise and concordant information from several sources was brought to the attention of UNESCO that the restoration work at the three Fatimid mosques of Al Agmar, Al-Guyushi and Lu-lu-a (11th and 12th centuries, and among the most ancient in Cairo), carried out by the Bohra community had in fact ...
10676.
Mauritania,
Capture operation of the monk seal (issue resolved)
A Rally, “Trophée des Gazelles - Rallye des Sables” traversed the area of the Park in 1997 (issue resolved)
,The issue of 23 June 2001 of the New Scientist included an article on Banc d’Arguin National Park. Entitled “Breaking the Banc: Africa’s largest marine sanctuary is failing”, the article describes ...
10677.
Indonesia,
Management systems/ Management Plan (Establishment of a new Management Board)
Housing (Finalization of appropriate land-use regulations in view of development pressure)
Society's valuing of heritage (Involvement of the residents as stakeholders in property management)
Control over sand mining (issue resolved)
Interpretative and visitation facilities
,On 29 ...
10678.
36th session of the World Heritage Committee Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation 36COM 24 June - 06 July 2012
Committee Members
Algeria, Cambodia, Colombia, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, India, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Qatar, Russian Federation, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates
Bureau Members
...
10679.
The property includes a selection of eleven penal sites, among the thousands established by the British Empire on Australian soil in the 18th and 19th centuries. The sites are spread across Australia, from Fremantle in Western Australia to Kingston and Arthur's Vale on Norfolk Island in the east; and from areas around Sydney in New South Wales in the north, to sites ...
10680.
10681.
10682.
WHC/23/45.COM/5C
10683.
WHC-95/CONF.201/INF.8
10684.
CC-79/CONF.015/3
10685.
WHC-2000/CONF.204/19
10686.
WHC-99/CONF.206/5
10687.
CC-86/CONF.001/9
10688.
Lebanon,
Need to establish an international safeguarding campaign
Land fill project in part of the bay to build a tourist complex
,
10689.
,The workshop will include training young architects on modern and digital techniques of heritage documentation, mainly the use of laser scanner, as this documentation will be a sustainable tool for management the property.
10690.
Borobudur, The Glory of Buddhist Art
Baku, City on the Silk Road
Robben Island, a Monument to Courage
Redwood park, Mother Nature's Cathedral
10691.
In June 2012, the World Heritage Education Center for Youth (Beijing, China) and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC) launched the Patrimonito National Storyboard Competition, China.
Of the 103 student submissions, 15 of the storyboards were selected by the Chinese World Heritage Education Center for Youth of Beijing and sent to the UNESCO World Heritage ...
10692.
We are pleased to present the visual identity of the World Heritage Volunteers 2020-2021 Campaign.
The World Heritage Volunteers Initiative launched a Banner and T-Shirt design competition in 2020 for the World Heritage Volunteers 2020-2021 campaign, with the aim to have a global shared identity for the campaign, while celebrating the creativity of the participating ...
10693.
Russian Federation,
Illegal activities (Illegal salmon fishing)
Mining (gold mining)
Major linear utilities (Gas pipeline)
Renewable energy facilities (Development of a geothermal power station)
Fires
Management and institutional factors (Boundary changes)
Ground transport infrastructure (Construction of the Esso-Palana road)
Legal framework (Need for the development of a ...
10694.
Iraq,
Lack of survey, documentation and mapping of surviving surface buried archaeological remains of all types
Slopes of the archaeological mound non stabilized
Location and/or architectural design of the Kurdistan National Museum not appropriate
Existing legal framework needs to be improved
Insufficient involvement of former inhabitants and of Erbil’s civil society in ...
10695.
Le Massif du Mont-Blanc dont le sommet (4.810 mètres) est le plus haut d'Europe est un milieu naturel unique et exceptionnel. Le Massif est d'une lisibilité parfaite et s'individualise lui-même: c'est la montagne la plus élevée, au point de courbure de l'arc alpin, 18 ou la chaine est la plus mince et oh les autres grands massifs s'écartent A ...
10696.
Perge, the long-established city of Pamphylia region, is located 18 km east of Antalya and 2 km north of Aksu Village. The Archaeological site of Perge has been excavated systemically by Istanbul University since 1946.
Archaeological finds in Perge date back to different periods beginning from the Late Chalcolitic Ages. It's revealed through the even rarely found remains ...
10697.
On February 13-16, 2006, the World Heritage Centre organized the Steering Committee of the Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative (CAWHFI) in Libreville, Gabon. During this event, conservators and wildlife directors of the Congo, Cameroon, Gabon and the Central African Republic met with representatives of the United Nations Foundation, World Wildlife Fund for ...
10698.
The final meeting in the Second Cycle of the Periodic Report on the State of World Heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place from 3 to 5 December in Santiago, Chile. The objective of the meeting is to draw up a World Heritage Action Plan (2013-2020) for this region.
The activity is in compliance with Decision 36 COM 10C, approved by the World Heritage ...
10699.
From the intertwining roots to the tips of the branches, in a complex habitat, many species come to feed and reproduce, forming together one of the most flourishing ecosystems in existence. And we humans depend on these environments that slow down coastal erosion and are a source of food for many.
This is probably why the Colombian poet Tomas Gonzalez made it the symbol of ...
10700.
Croatia,
War in the region;
Destruction of the forests and park facilities;
Poaching of bears;
Dynamite fishing.
,At its sixteenth session, the Committee was informed of a mission carried out in September 1992. This mission found the natural values of Plitvice National Park largely undisturbed. The mission noted however, considerable damage to buildings and structures, ...
10701.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Political uncertainties,
New settlements in the Park,
Gold mining,
Livestock grazing,
Destruction of vegetation,
Poaching,
Agricultural encroachment,
Over-exploitation of fish populations,
Lack of financial resources
,Kahuzi Biega National Park, inscribed on the World Heritage List under criterion (iv) in 1980, and Virunga National Park, ...
10702.
United States of America,
Geothermal development and other subsurface drillings,
Grizzli bears mortalities and habitat loss due to timber harvesting, oil and gas development, road and home building, mining,
Lake trout invasion is a threat to indigenous cutthroat trout and other species,
Bison and elk threatened due to proposals to try and eridacate disease from them,
Heavy ...
10703.
United Republic of Tanzania,
Poaching
Rapidly growing human population
Poorly designed ad-hoc tourism development projects
Need to strengthen the coordination with the trans-border Masai Mara Reserve in Kenya
,Previous deliberations: Ngorongoro Conservation Area was included in the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1984 due to poaching and threats posed by ...
10704.
Honolulu, Hawai’i,A Regional Forum for Oceania on Marine Managed Areas and World Heritage Oceania is an expansive geographic region dominated by an ocean that covers over one-third of the surface of the earth. This region is larger than the total land area of the entire world and is comprised of numerous island groups collectively referred to as Melanesia, Micronesia, ...
10705.
UNESCO Headquarter, Paris,[in French only] Monsieur Eusebio Leal, Directeur de la Oficina del Historiador de La Habana, donne une conference magistrale sur le Centre historique de cette ville. Cette derniere apparait comme un modele de gestion integrale et une experience singuliere.
Le centre historique de La Havane, construit entre les XVIe et XIXe siecles, a ete declare ...
10706.
Tangier, Morocco,The Agency for the Promotion and Development of the North (APDN) of the Kingdom of Morocco and the World Heritage Centre are organizing an international reflection workshop on the project of nomination of Tangier’s urban heritage for inscription on the World Heritage List. This workshop will bring together national and local institutions responsible for ...
10707.
The late prehistoric rock-art sites of the Mediterranean seaboard of the Iberian peninsula form an exceptionally large group. Here the way of life during a critical phase of human development is vividly and graphically depicted in paintings whose style and subject matter are unique. 874Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian PeninsulaArt rupestre du bassin ...
10708.
The name of serial nomination
Geographical Coordinates
Karakorum-Pamir
Tashkurghan National Nature Reserve
N36 10 E76 30
Pamir Wetlands National Nature Reserve
N75 12 E75 12
The Pamirs are the most famous mountain convergence zone in the world. It is the largest mountain convergence zone that was formed by the convergence of the Tianshan Mountains, the ...
10709.
WHC-07/31.COM/13B
10710.
10711.
10712.
10713.
10714.
10715.
WHC/18/42.COM/12
10716.
WHC/18/42.COM/9
10717.
WHC/18/42.COM/9
10718.
WHC-02/CONF.202/13C
10719.
WHC-07/16.GA/11
10720.
10721.
CC-86/CONF.003/9
10722.
Algeria Algérie Argelia Алжир الجزائر 阿尔及利亚 The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
10723.
Peru,
Lack of sufficient human and financial resources
Lack of a Management Plan
Deterioration of the site
,
10724.
The Alligator Sinensis distributed in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River is a peculiar wildlife in China. The Alligator Sinensis, one of the fresh water crocodiles in the alligator family, have a history of 200 million years. There are only two species of this family in the world today, one is the Alligator Sinensis in China and the other is Alligator mississippiensis ...
10725.
Dominant le Pays d'Aix en Provence, la montagne Sainte-Victoire est un relief caractéristique de la "Provence calcaire" : elle culmine a 1000 mètres.C'est d'abord un site naturel très riche en raison de son patrimoine paléontologique (œufs de dinosaures), de la diversité' de sa flore (un millier d'espèces ont été répertoriées) et de sa faune ...
10726.
Yemen,,Three restoration projects have been developed within the context of the international campaign for its safeguarding. Inscribed on the World Heritage List under criteria (iii), (iv) and (v), Shibam, former capital of Wadi Hadramaut, is called the "Manhattan of the desert" because of its tall houses reaching up to seven or eight stories and entirely built of clay. ...
10727.
Initially protected by the broadest expanses of virtually impenetrable tropical rainforest on Earth, Brazil still takes prides in a stunning variety of species found nowhere else. With giant snakes such as the anaconda, minuscule hummingbirds, iridescent blue butterflies, voracious piranhas, the fauna of Brazil seems to haunt the imagination of humanity quite as much as it ...
10728.
A nominated property is independently evaluated by two Advisory Bodies mandated by the World Heritage Convention: the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which respectively provide the World Heritage Committee with evaluations of cultural and of natural sites nominated. The third Advisory Body ...
10729.
The International Council on Monuments and Sites, a non-governmental organization, was founded in 1965 after the adoption of the Charter of Venice, in order to promote the doctrine and the techniques of conservation. ICOMOS provides the World Heritage Committee with evaluations of properties with cultural values proposed for inscription on the World Heritage List, as well ...
10730.
10731.
10732.
10733.
WHC-15/39.COM/10B
10734.
Documents
Score 2.4792056
10735.
10736.