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11441.
The World Heritage Centre expresses its deep concern regarding the cargo spill off the British Coast. The MSC Napoli is grounded near Sidmouth's coastline, part of the Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage site, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2001. The chemical containers and oil released from the ship may represent a potential environmental disaster. If ...
11442.
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, today expressed his deep regret at the destruction of Quebec’s ancient drill hall, a landmark adjacent to the Historic District of Old Quebec, which was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1985.
“I deeply regret the destruction of this important landmark,” said the Director-General. “It is particularly sad that ...
11443.
While saving lives and providing humanitarian relief remain the absolute priority of the international community in helping Haiti deal with the devastation of the earthquake, information is beginning to arrive about the state of the country's heritage: the National History Park - Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers, situated in the north of the country, and about Jacmel, in the ...
11444.
The World Heritage Centre has learnt with deep sadness of the recent passing away of Professor Walter Santagata, a long-time collaborator of UNESCO and the creator, among many other scientific programmes, of the Turin Category 2 centre for training and research on the economics of World Heritage (ITRECH, 2011).
The establishment of this institution, aimed at exploring the ...
11445.
An oil spill occurred in The Sundarbans, Bangladesh on Tuesday, 9 December when a small coastal oil tanker sank after being rammed by another vessel from behind, releasing approximately 400,000 liters of oil in the water.
The Sundarbans was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1997 and is one of the largest mangrove forests in the world. It lies on the delta of the ...
11446.
2 February each year is World Wetlands Day.
It marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Each year since 1997, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and groups of citizens at all levels of the community have taken advantage of the opportunity to undertake ...
11447.
Resilience and Re-mobilization towards World Heritage
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the selected projects of the World Heritage Volunteers 2022 Campaign!
Under the theme Resilience and Re-mobilization towards World Heritage, 59 action camp projects will be implemented from June to December 2022 at 56 World Heritage properties and sites on the ...
11448.
The Joint Research Centre through the BIOPAMA program launched a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) focused on ‘Assessing tourism services in protected areas: value chain and economic analyses’. The course is based on Opportunity Study Guidelines produced by The International Trade Centre, and Visitors Count! published by UNESCO and the Federal Agency for Nature ...
11449.
Pakistan,,A very brief report dated 31 March 2006 was submitted by the State Party to the World Heritage Centre. However, this report does not provide any substantial information regarding the state of conservation of the site.
The site was included in the List of the 100 Most Endangered Sites of the World Monuments Watch in 2005, owing to its poor state of conservation ...
11450.
Tunisia,Construction of dams; hunting; grazing and air pollution,Although the integrity of the wetlands of this park remains in doubt due to the increasing interruption of fresh water inflow, there have been several improvements to management in the past year. These include the opening of a visitor centre, the institution of some controls on cattle grazing and the hiring ...
11451.
China,,According to a state of conservation report submitted by the Chinese authorities in July 1998, efforts have been made to conserve the authenticity of the site. To improve the setting of the site, the Divine Road connecting the monumental sites was restored by using traditional building material and the protection of ancient trees was strengthened. A computerized ...
11452.
Catania (Sicily), Italy,Insula, the International Scientific Council for Island Development, is pleased to announce the World Conference on "Volcanoes, Landscapes and Cultures", organized under the auspices of UNESCO, the Council of Europe, the Italian government, and in partnership with UNESCO's Man and Biosphere Programme (MaB), the Sicilian Regional ...
11453.
,UNESCO Chair on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 2012, 7th Cycle: 8-22 September 2012.
The Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan is organizing the 7th International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of ...
11454.
Solomon Islands,The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPaC), in conjunction with UNESCO Apia, is hosting an exhibition at the Festival of Pacific Arts, Honiara, 1–14 July 2012, entitled “Celebrating World Heritage in the Pacific”. The exhibit celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention and showcases World ...
11455.
Jeju, Korea,The IUCN World Conservation Congress is the world's largest and most important conservation event. Held every four years, it aims to improve how we manage our natural environment for human, social and economic development.
The 2012 World Conservation Congress will be held from 6 to 15 September 2012 in Jeju, Republic of Korea. Leaders from government, the ...
11456.
Heverlee, Belgium,The Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (KU Leuven) is very pleased to invite you to the Thematic Week to be held at the Arenberg Castle (Auditorium 01.07) from 22 to 24 January 2014 on the topic : “Community involvement in valuing and managing monuments and sites”.
The value of heritage for society is increasingly ...
11457.
Tushemisht, Albania,The Fourth Management Planning Workshop, in the framework of the project “Towards strengthened governance of the shared transboundary natural and cultural heritage of the Lake Ohrid region” will take place in Tushemisht, Albania, on 12 and 13 May 2016.
The workshop will be an opportunity to present the progress to date on the development of the ...
11458.
Dar Es Salaam (Bagamoyo), United Republic of Tanzania,The International Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM) has been granted the patronage of UNESCO for its ICAHM 2017 Annual Meeting: Archaeological Heritage in Sub-Saharan Africa, International Trade Routes and Conservation, 2-5 October, in Tanzania.
The emphasis of this meeting will be on trade routes ...
11459.
Ecuador,a) Poaching;
b) Illegal livestock grazing;
c) Encroachment along the Park’s perimeter;
d) Unplanned road construction.,The State Party submitted on 26 March 2008 the requested report (in Spanish) together with a map to the World Heritage Centre.
The State Party provided an improved map, as requested by the World Heritage Committee (Decision 31 COM 7B.40); ...
11460.
This site contains two of the most active volcanoes in the world, Mauna Loa (4,170 m high) and Kilauea (1,250 m high), both of which tower over the Pacific Ocean. Volcanic eruptions have created a constantly changing landscape, and the lava flows reveal surprising geological formations. Rare birds and endemic species can be found there, as well as forests of giant ferns. ...
11461.
,Within the framework of the 2012-2017 Action Plan for World Heritage in Africa and its Regional Capacity Building Programme, three unique internship opportunities are being offered from 1 March 2014 to 31 May 2014 in the following three international heritage organizations:
The African World Heritage Fund (AWHF), located in Midrand (South Africa) www.awhf.net/
The ...
11462.
In a recent publication on the SDG, the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA) recognizes that many World Heritage sites are impacted by industrial activities and operations, including oil and gas exploration and extraction. The report on Mapping the oil and gas industry to the Sustainable Development Goals: an Atlas was ...
11463.
On 7 July, the Government of Cambodia will organize a ceremony at the Preah Vihear Temple to mark the twelfth anniversary after its inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
The National Authority for Preah Vihear, Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts has been making safeguarding efforts to preserve the value and authenticity as an outstanding historical monument, whilst ...
11464.
Peru,,In the course of 2004, the World Heritage Centre received many messages of concerned individuals and organizations related to the deterioration of the Lines and Geoglyphs of Nazca and Pampas de Jumana. Upon request of the World Heritage Centre, the National Institute for Culture of the Peruvian Government (INC) submitted a state of conservation report on the ...
11465.
Austria,Urban Pressure; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation).,Following the requests made by the World Heritage Committee at its 26th and 27thsessions to review the ‘Wien-Mitte’ project as to its height and visual impact on the World Heritage property, another urban design competition was launched by the City of Vienna to establish new ...
11466.
India,
Construction of a dam (issue resolved);
Bodo people insurgency;
Destruction of Park infrastructures;
Illegal removal of vegetation;
Poaching
,The Bureau, at its twenty-second ordinary session in June 1998, was informed that the implementation of the rehabilitation plan for this site, approved at its last session in June 1997, was progressing satisfactorily. All ...
11467.
Russian Federation,
Salmon poaching;
Proposals for gold mining;
Gas pipeline project;
Geothermal power plant project;
Road construction project.
,WHC:
Following the Committee’s decision, the Centre requested the State Party to submit a report on the management and staffing levels and arrangements in the protected areas included in the site, the system of delineation ...
11468.
Velebit is the largest mountain in Croatia and is a part of a bigger mountain chain of Dinarides stretching form the Alps, across Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to Albania. The area of Velebit Mountain comprises 2.359 square kilometres. The mountain stretches in the form of slightly bended arch along the Adriatic coast in the northwest-southeast direction, ...
11469.
Romania,a) Dracula Park project;
b) Deterioration of monuments in general and the fortifications in particular;
c) Lack of protection and maintenance measures, local responsibility and funding strategies.,The State Party report, received on 1 February 2010, provides information regarding the actions implemented by the National Institute for Historic Monuments of Romania ...
11470.
L'île de Sal, appartenant au groupe des îles du appelées « Barlovento », a été découverte en 1460 par les portugais. Sal est resté inhabité jusqu'à la fin du XVIIIe siècle en raison de son aridité extrême et a été utilisé de façon sporadique pour le pâturage, la pêche et l'extraction du sel.
La saline est située dans la partie nord-est de l'île comprenant une zone de 40 ...
11471.
WHC-95/CONF.203/6
11472.
SC-87/CONF.005/3 Add. 1
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11474.
11475.
11476.
11477.
11478.
11479.
11480.
11481.
11482.
11483.
CC-78/CONF.010/7 Add.1
11484.
WHC/16/40.COM/12
11485.
11486.
11487.
11488.
11489.
WHC-10/34.COM/5D
11490.
WHC-11/35.COM/5F
11491.
NB- This site has to be considered as part of the Troodos ophiolite, a 90 million year old fragment of extremely well-preserved oceanic crust.
Some 600 m below Malounda Bridge. This sites provides an excellent example of how seafloor spreading takes place with dyke swarms showing dyke-indyke intrusion between lava screens.
11492.
The castle was erected under ruins of an ancient one.
It is traced to the Ayoubid period. It was called Newibah Castle. It was erected in 1893 on the southern sectio of the old one. The blocks of the ancient castle were used in building the outer wall which shows (Mazagell) openings for war. The castle includes a shaft, which is still used and some ...
11493.
Formed by Manchón Guamuchal reserve and Monterrico, it is a complex of different aquatic systems that includes beaches with vegetation of dunes, thorny heath, dry forest, sweet lagoons with emergent, vegetation mainly compound for gramineous and flooded forests that constitute the area with most population of swamps in Guatemala and the highest genetic productivity in the ...
11494.
The place has four architectural groups, with more than 70 buildings on nine artificial terraces. Also, several dozens of sculpted and flat monuments were registered. Abaj Takalik was the first archaeological place of Mesoamérica where was discovered such a magnitude of sculptures, importance that resides not only in the quantity, but also in the representativeness of ...
11495.
It functions as a communicative, cultural, commercial exchange center contacting with neighboring cultures and resembles Anatolia in Caucasus, the Great Khorasan and Mesopotamia.
11496.
Kerma was the capital of country during the period known as "Kerma Culture" (3rd millenium - 2nd millenium B.C.). It contains the remains of an old town marked by unique building (temple) of mud brick preserved to the height of 19m, known locally as the "Western Deffufa". In addition to a vast cemetery with funerary chapel of mud brick (the Eastern Deffufa).
11497.
2nd training workshop to be organized in the Arab region for the application of Information Management for World Heritage Sites, fucusing on nature.
This training to be organized from may 3 to 16, 2004 will gathered a group of trainees from different Arab Countries and known specialists on World Heritage environmental issues.
11498.
The 2005 UNESCO World Heritage Desk Diary is now available. Discover 54 natural and cultural sites with beautiful colour photographs and informative descriptions in English, Spanish and French. Order it at https://en.dl-servi.com/ or at UNESCO Publishing - 7 place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France.
11499.
The letter follows the receipt of about 30,000 petitions received and numerous individual letters and e-mails sent to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
Letter sent by the Chairman of the World Heritage Committee to the Environmental Groups concerning the Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (Mexico)
11500.
The National Park Service of the United States of America is celebrating the World Heritage Convention with events throughout the year. For more information, there is an interactive ...
11501.
Launched in 2002 in an effort to publish a series on various World Heritage subjects, the series will include: papers related to World Heritage issues; reports from seminars, workshops and meetings; and manuals aimed at facilitating the implementation of the World Heritage Convention for its various actors. This series is targeted mainly at World Heritage experts, national ...
11502.
Canada,Project of a dam on the Slave River (issue resolved); Dam on the Peace River ; Pulp and paper mill developments; bison herd infected with either tuberculosis and/or brucellosis,[Oral report by IUCN and the Secretariat]
11503.
Paris, France,Presentation of the work « Histoire de l’autre » (The other’s story) by Sami Adwan (Palestinian, Professor of Education at the University of Bethlehem) and Dan Bar-On (Israeli, Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Ben Gourion du Negev) - UNESCO Headquarters, Room XVI, 10 a.m. – 12 noon.
11504.
Vienna, Austria,A meeting will be held in Vienna in May 2007 to continue the process of implementing the action plan of the countries of Western Europe as it was decided by the World Heritage Committee at its 30th session in Vilnius July 2006. This meeting is the follow-up of the meeting concerning periodic reporting held in Paris, France on 23-24 October 2006.
11505.
Bam County, Islamic Republic of Iran,Stakeholders' Meeting for the Comprehensive Management Plan for Bam and its Cultural Landscape, IranThis is the sixth Stakeholders' Meeting for the final draft of a comprehensive management plan for the World Heritage property of Bam and it Cultural Landscape, Iran. Topics to be discussed include environmental protection of the ...
11506.
,The exhibition "Get to Know the World Heritage"is organized by the Czech Commission for UNESCO and will present fifty photographs inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List from all over the world.
It will be opened by a conference entitled "The Concept of the World Heritage, its success and its drawbacks" with speakers from the field.
11507.
Rabat, Morocco,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is collaborating with the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) on a seminar entitled “Experiences of World Heritage in Africa”, which will be held in Morocco from 14 to 16 October 2014.
The deadline for applications is 30 April 2014.
For more information, please refer to the official announcement below.
11508.
,In parallel with the 2014-2015 public courses, a digital version of the Study Days programme “Action for World Heritage” will be organized by l’Ecole de Chaillot. They are dedicated to architecture and heritage students of l’Ecole de Chaillot, state urban planners, and also open to all heritage stakeholders in charge of the issues discussed.
11509.
Features concrete educational and participatory projects and activities that seek to encourage and enable young people to respond to the continuing threats facing World Heritage sites and give them a chance to participate in the conservation and presentation of cultural and natural heritage from local to global levels.Other World Heritage Education Projects
11510.
The Heritage Office of the Instituto Colombiano de Cultura, COLCULTURA, organized the Caribbean Fortification Experts Meeting, financed by the UNESCO World Heritage Fund, for purposes of encouraging the inclusion of Caribbean Fortifications as a whole within the World Heritage List. The meeting was held during July 31- August 2, 1996, in Cartagena de Indias.Caribbean ...
11511.
CLT/WHC-13/18
11512.
The Nyandarua Mountains (also known by the colonial name of Aberdare Mountains or, simply, The Aberdares) is an isolated volcanic range that forms the easternmost wall of the Great Rift Valley, to the east of the high Kinangop/Laikipia plateau. The mountain range is around 100 km long from north to south (the northern end almost reaching the equator). There are two main ...
11513.
Iran (Islamic Republic of),
On-going development projects
Management systems/management plan
,The State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property on 18 March 2016, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1397/documents/. It reports on progress made to address the concerns raised by the Committee at the property as follows:
Revision ...
11514.
Naukan Multi-Layered Settlement: N 66 01 35.4 W 169 42 43.2
Ekven Burial Ground and Settlement: N 66 01 33.1 W 170 04 24
Nunak Historical and Cultural Complex: N 66 00 25.7 W 169 48 38
The Heritage of Chukotka Arctic Marine Hunters cultural heritage site, including Naukan Multi-Layered Settlement, Ekven Burial Ground and Settlement and Nunak Historical and Cultural ...
11515.
Khan Palace: N44 34 55 E33 52 55
Chufut-Kale: N44 44 27 E33 55 55
The Bakhchysarai valley has been inhabited by different nationalities and tribes since the ancient times. The oldest cave sites of the Mousterian epoch (50-40 thousand years ago) were located in the territory of Staroselye-Salachik. There are several monuments of the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in the ...
11516.
These five archaeological sites, stretching over more than 60 km in the Nile valley, are testimony to the Napatan (900 to 270 BC) and Meroitic (270 BC to 350 AD) cultures, of the second kingdom of Kush. Tombs, with and without pyramids, temples, living complexes and palaces, are to be found on the site. Since Antiquity, the hill of Gebel Barkal has been strongly associated ...
11517.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together. Created in 1948, IUCN has evolved ...
11518.
In order to enhance coherence and cooperation in implementation, a liaison group was established between the heads of the secretariats of the six biodiversity-related conventions. The Biodiversity Liaison Group or BLG, was formed in June 2004 and meets regularly to explore opportunities for synergistic activities and increased coordination, and to exchange information.
The ...
11519.
As per Article 8(1) of the World Heritage Convention (or Rule 49 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Heritage Committee), the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention meets every two years during the General Conference of UNESCO (Article 8.3 of the Convention).
There are 21 Committee members represented by 21 States Parties to the World Heritage Convention. ...
11520.
Inscription refers to the act of including or inscribing a property in the World Heritage List. To be included on the World Heritage List, sites must be of Outstanding Universal Value and meet at least one out of ten selection criteria.
These criteria are explained in the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention which, besides the text ...
11521.
WHC/17/21.GA/7
11522.
WHC-13/19.GA/11
11523.
WHC/19/43.COM/8
11524.
41 C/REP/19
11525.
The Silk Route is a corridor that is stretched mainly east to west and has connected all Asian and European civilizations to each other. It can play an important role at the present time. Here, the part which is located in the political geography of Iran is nominated for inscription in the World Heritage List (Tentative List).
11526.
The World Heritage Centre expresses concerns over on-going bushfires at Fraser Island World Heritage area in Australia, the largest sand island in the world, and solidarity with the people affected by the blaze.
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre has been receiving expressions of concern over the possible impact of the bushfire on the World Heritage property “Fraser Island”. ...
11527.
France,Spain,(transboundary) Management coordination ; Festival de Gavarnie on the World Heritage property ,The State Party of France had been requested to report on the situation of the Festival de Gavarnie, and to provide a progress report by 1 February 2005. However, no report has been received on the state of conservation of the French side of the ...
11528.
Malta,
Need for a larger buffer zone (issue resolved)
Need for better legal protection (issue resolved)
Lack of staff (issue resolved)
General erosion of the stones (issue resolved)
Stone quarrying nearby (issue resolved)
Violent storms (issue resolved)
Structural Instability - movements of the soil
,The Bureau at its twenty-fifth session requested the State Party to ...
11529.
17th session of the World Heritage Committee Cartagena, Colombia 17COM 06 December - 11 December 1993
Committee Members
Brazil, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Niger, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, United States of America
Bureau Members
...
11530.
Le bien dont on propose l’inscription dans la liste indicative du patrimoine mondial est le plus grand centre de production de salaisons de poisson de l’Empire Romain, connu comme Ruines Romaines de Tróia, un vaste ensemble de vestiges romains, implantés dans la péninsule de Tróia, qui ont été classifiés comme Monument National en 1910 (décret du 16 Juin). Un nouveau ...
11531.
WHC/16/40.COM/5C
11532.
WHC/19/43.COM/7A.Add.3
11533.
WHC/19/43.COM/INF.5A.Rev
11534.
WHC-13/37.COM/5D
11535.
La ville ancienne de Sarlat-la-Canéda est un des premiers secteurs sauvegardé créé en France ; ville-pilote des expériences des années 1960 au titre de la protection des centres urbains anciens, cet ensemble a su préserver l'ensemble de ses monuments (77 monuments protégés sur 11ha).Cet élan pour la sauvegarde et la restauration du patrimoine ancien alla de pair avec ...
11536.
The practice of transhumance livestock raising in Spain gave rise to a road network for cyclical migrations along livestock trails (given different names depending on the country in question) which are of unique material and cultural value. In the case of Spain they are called cañadas, cordeles and veredas depending on their width, and have been maintained, originally by ...
11537.
There are three archaeological features within the Ntusi village which deserve recognition and preservation. These are the two man-made mounds which are locally known as Ntusi male (NTIV) and Ntusi female (NT III) (in the plan attached) and the basin also known as Bwogero. Although most other features have been disturbed by human habitation, Ntusi village of a 1 km square, ...
11538.
This national park currently includes 37,852 hectares (93,533 acres) on the southern part of the Colorado Plateau. It was set aside in 1906 to preserve the scientific value of paleontological resources of the Late Triassic period (some 225 to 205 million years ago), most notably vast, colorful, and well preserved deposits of petrified wood. The wood appears at a variety ...
11539.
A new book Les 200 plus beaux sites du monde (The 200 most beautiful sites in
the World), published by Hachette-Tourism to commemorate 10 years of the Voir collection,
was launched in Paris at UNESCO Headquarters on 11 October 2004.
Among the 200 sites selected by the editors, 125 are inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage
List. Published in large format, two full ...
11540.
Heritage advocates often reproach journalists for not being sufficiently interested in their field and for being only able to speak about it in a sensational or superficial way. Journalists for their part, highlight the constraints of editorial offices or express a certain mistrust towards institutions and heritage stakeholders. The international workshop which was held at ...
11541.
Over 1,000 new species have been discovered at marine sites since their inscription on the World Heritage List. This data has been compiled in UNESCO’s global marine biodiversity data portal Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS). The 1972 World Heritage Convention protects 46 marine sites in recognition of their exceptional natural phenomena, their geological ...
11542.
In the context of the recent escalation of hostilities in Bosra and Idlib, the UNESCO Director-General, Ms Irina Bokova, reiterates her call for the protection of Syria’s unique heritage.
“All Syrians must unite for the protection of their shared cultural heritage.” said the Director-General. “This heritage belongs to all Syrians and to all humanity. I call on all parties ...
11543.
On 19 September 2016 at the Cite de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine (Architectural and Heritage Centre), Paris, the representatives of seven States Parties, Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan and Switzerland were presented with the certificates of inscription on the List of World Heritage of the serial property “The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an ...
11544.
The 2019 edition of the World Heritage Young Professionals Forum gathered 30 participants from 30 countries to address the global challenge of heritage protection and conservation in the 21st century.
Following the case studies of the World Heritage proprieties in Azerbaijan, the theme of this year’s Forum was chosen as “World Heritage: Local Insights for Global ...
11545.
Austria,Urban pressure,From July 2003 onwards, letters of concern have also been received regarding the permission of several festivals taking place on the squares of the historic city centre. No new information has been received on the current planning process for the area around the main train station. In August 2003 individuals informed the Centre about the discovery of ...
11546.
Serbia,,The case of the Studenica Monastery was also submitted to the Committee.
To evaluate the impact of the possible construction of a dam some ten kilometres from this property, Unesco had asked ICCROM, at the request of the Government of Yugoslavia, to investigate the situation. The Chairman invited the ICCROM representative, who had been part of the investigating ...
11547.
Oman,,Concerned by the degradation of the earth structures of the Bahla Fort that had just been inscribed on the World Henitage List, the Committee, at its last session, suggested that the Sultanate of Oman consider the possibility of nominating this property for inscription on the World Heritage List in Danger. Such a nomination was submitted by Oman on 8 February ...
11548.
Ethiopia,Presence of armed groups,
The Bureau recalled that this site was one of the first natural areas to be inscribed on the World Heritage List. It was abandoned by the staff of the Wildlife Conservation Organization in 1985 due to civil unrest in the area. Since then there are no reliable reports of its condition. A new government is now being formed and hence the ...
11549.
Poland,Threat to the integrity of the property (not specified - tobacco factory project?),At its twentieth session, Paris, June 1996, the Bureau "commended the Government of Poland on halting the construction works in the immediate vicinity of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, [and] urged the authorities to devise a plan for the preservation of the site and its immediate ...
11550.
Australia,
Lack of funds (issue resolved);
Delayed planning process (issue resolved);
Hydropower development project (issue resolved).
,The Bureau, at its twenty-second session (June, 1998) learnt that the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment had investigated concerns that vegetation clearing may have occurred within this property and determined that World Heritage ...
11551.
Peru,
Dam construction (issue resolved);
Power line development (issue resolved);
Wild fires (issue resolved);
Encroachment;
Urbanization of the valley;
Helicopters flights
Damages due to a crane accident (issue resolved)
,The 24 February -1 March 2002 joint UNESCO-IUCN-ICOMOS extensive mission report is available as document WHC-02/CONF.202/INF.10, attached to this ...
11552.
Guatemala,
Damages caused to the buildings by earthquakes (issue resolved)
Impact of the planned commercial centre
,The State Party has not submitted the requested report. However, the Secretariat received several complaints concerning the reconstruction and transformation of two of the more outstanding buildings of the historical centre: the Cathedral and the Church of ...
11553.
,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre has initiated with Ecotourism Australia a new cooperation programme: World Heritage Mentoring Programme. This programme is intended to educate the professionals and World Heritage site managers about successful tourism and environmental management of Australian World Heritage sites. The programme aims to provide the participants from ...
11554.
Yogyakarta, Indonesia,International Experts' Meeting for the Rehabilitation of Earthquake-affected Prambanan World Heritage Site and Taman Sari Water Castle in Yogyakarta and Central Java, Indonesia On 27 May 2006, an earthquake that measured 5.9 on the Richter scale hit Yogyakarta, the "Cultural Hub" of Indonesia, damaging severely its cultural heritage, including ...
11555.
Bridgetown, Barbados,On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention and for the occasion of the 5th International Conference on the Inclusive Museums, the special Seminar: "Living with Our Heritage: Legacy, Communities and World Heritage" will take place in Bridgetown, Barbados, on the 31st of July 2012.
The event will discuss ...
11556.
Park of the Skocjan Caves, in Slovenia,On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, a conference will be held on 9 October 2012 in the Park of the Škocjan Caves, in Slovenia, "40th Anniversary of the Convention on the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage - The Meaning of the Convention Today".
Dr. Danilo Türk, ...
11557.
Bhopal, India,To promote quality research in the areas of Architecture, Planning and Design, the School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, publishes an international journal “SPANDREL”- Journal of SPA: New Dimensions in Research of Environments for Living. The Journal is intended as a medium of communication and discussion of contemporary issues in Architecture, ...
11558.
Sao Tome,In the framework of the UNESCO Capacity Building Project for Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which aims to reinforce capacities for the conservation of World Heritage and the sustainable development of local communities, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the National Commission of Sao Tome and Principe have organized a national strategic workshop that is ...
11559.
Suva, Fiji,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and UNESCO Office in Apia, in cooperation with the Department of National Heritage, Culture and Arts of the Republic of Fiji, are organizing a Pacific World Heritage Workshop from 27 to 30 November 2013. This activity has been financed by the UNESCO/Australian Funds-in-Trust alongside the World Heritage Centre and the World ...
11560.
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France,In 2016, over 54 of African Member States of UNESCO will be commemorating the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Fund by addressing challenges, opportunities and prospects they are facing in the implementation of the 1972 World Heritage Convention.In the framework of the 38th session of the General Conference, the UNESCO African ...
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Djerba, Tunisia,The UNESCO World Heritage Center, the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) and the National Heritage Institute of Tunisia jointly organize a training workshop for the Maghreb countries on the concepts and mechanisms of the World Heritage Convention and the process of preparing nominations, in Djerba, Tunisia, from 11 to 15 ...
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Reykjavik, Iceland,The Arctic World Heritage Conference on Managing complexity – the way forward for World Heritage in the Arctic Region will take place in Verold – House of Vigdis, at the University of Iceland, in Reykjavik (Iceland), on 24-25 October 2019, in association with the UNESCO.
The conference will bring together researchers and practitioners to explore the ...
11563.
New Delhi, India,Heritage and communities: inclusive and effective approaches for the sustainable management of World Heritage sites
The 6th edition of the World Heritage Site Managers’ Forum was held in New Delhi, India, from 18 to 25 July 2024, in conjunction with the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee. The Forum brought together 82 professionals responsible ...
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The Mosque of Haji Pyada, built in the second half of the 9th century, is the most ancient Islamic religious structure in Afghanistan.
Its form, a small square divided into nine equal sections covered with domes, can be found in other early mosques in Mesopotamia, Egypt and North Africa. The mosque was constructed of dried earth and is now in very bad state of ...
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Originally published in 2007 in English, this publication has now been reprinted for the third time in English and translated into French, Spanish and Arabic. It presents twenty-six case studies from selected natural and cultural World Heritage sites in order to illustrate the impacts of climate change that have already been observed, and those that can be expected in the ...
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Ha Long Bay, Vietnam22 September-4 October 2008
Description
SJ Vietnam in collaboration with the Youth Union in Quang Ninh will organise a workcamp in Halong bay with local youth to raise awareness of the local people and tourist about environmental protection as well as the way how to protect them.
Activities will include cleaning beaches, tidying the natural caves, ...
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WHC/21/44.COM/5A
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On 15 December 2006, Mr Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, and Ambassador Tatjana Gjonaj, Permanent Delegate of Albania to UNESCO, signed an agreement establishing a Funds-in-Trust in favour of the restoration of the historical centre of Gjirokastra inscribed on the World Heritage List since 2005.Mrs Blegina Agalli, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Culture, ...
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Algeria,,Owing to the socio-economic changes which have intervened in past decades, as well as to the demographic growth caused by industrial development of the region, the Valley and the Ksour of M’Zab are currently exposed to very intense pressure from development. This has entailed the deterioration of the natural environment (palm orchards and profile of the ...
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Brazil,Threats identified at the time of inscription in 2012:
Absence of an overall management framework for all the component parts of the serial property
Incomplete Management Plan for the property
Lack of details as to how the buffer zone will be protected and managed
No system in place for defining, recording and inventorying the key components of the overall ...
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WHC-15/20.GA/9
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The National Park includes territories from 5 administrative districts: Lovech (28 827,5 ha), Gabrovo (3 192,4 ha), Stara Zagora (10 550,7 ha): Plovdiv (25 702,1 ha) and Sofia (3 396,8 ha).
Central Balkan National Park, situated in the heart of Bulgaria, includes the central and highest parts of Stara Planina Mountain (The Balkan Mountain Range). The park extends in ...
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On 22 January 2009, the Anegundi Bridge at the World Heritage Group of Monuments at Hampi collapsed, killing eight construction workers. The unfinished bridge over the Tungabhadra River gave way under the weight of the additional concrete used to complete its construction, only weeks after resumption of the works which had been halted over 9 years ago.
The Group of ...
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The third edition of The World’s Heritage is available now, published by UNESCO Publishing and Collins. Featuring all 981 entries on the UNESCO World Heritage List, with all the new sites inscribed onto the list by the World Heritage Committee in 2013.
With only the world’s most spectacular and extraordinary sites making it on to the list, The World’s Heritage (third ...
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Launched on 14 March 2014 in partnership with UNESCO, the rehabilitation work carried out on Sheik Baber Baba Idjé and Sheik Mahamane Al Fullani mausoleums of Timbuktu was completed this week.
Mausoleums, adjacent to the west side of the Djingareyber Mosque, had been razed to the ground by armed rebel groups on 10 July 2012.
Their reconstruction was thus carried out ...
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UNESCO Bangkok Director Gwang-Jo Kim and Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (DASTA) Director-General Nalikatibhag Sangsnit officially launched the “Cultural Heritage Specialist Guides for the Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns World Heritage Site” project at a ceremony in Sukhothai on 21 April.
The Historic Town of ...
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Mechtild Rossler has been appointed Director of the Division for Heritage and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
An expert in both cultural and natural heritage and the history of planning, Ms Rossler was appointed in 2013 to the post of Deputy Director of the World Heritage Centre. Since 2014, as Deputy Director of the Division for Heritage, her tasks included overseeing ...
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This is the story of an archaeological rescue operation of unprecedented scale. In the midst of the Cold War, under the aegis of UNESCO, around fifty countries managed to put aside their differences to save, together, the treasures of ancient Egypt. Threatened by the waters of the Aswan High Dam under construction, they risked being lost forever.
The Campaign for the ...
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Governing Bodies
Consultation of the Governing Bodiesof the World Heritage Convention
At its 39th session (Paris, 2019), the UNESCO General Conference endorsed the recommendations of the Working Group on Governance with its Resolution 39 C/87, and notably the Recommendation 74, which states that UNESCO’s International and Intergovernmental Bodies (IIBs) “should have the ...
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Nepal,
Collapse of the roof of the Patan Temple (issue resolved)
Landslide
Need to revise the implementation of the Action Plan
Need for restoration/consolidation works
Encroachment
Rebuilding
Traffic pressures
,The technical cooperation grant approved by the Committee at its eighteenth session in December 1994, enabled the deployment in October 1995 of an ...
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UNESCO Headquarters (Paris) & Val de Loire, France,Over the past two years the World Heritage Centre of UNESCO has defined a strategy that aims to encourage universities worldwide to develop World Heritage studies and curricula. In this framework, UNESCO WHC is associated with a three-year project, funded by the European Union and the Australian Government, starting in ...
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,[in French only] Les 10èmes rencontres de l'Association des biens français du patrimoine mondial (A.B.F.P.M) et ainsi qu'un colloque auront lieu à les 8 et 9 mars 2012 à Albi, a l’occasion du 40e anniversaire de la Convention du patrimoine mondial.
Les 10èmes rencontres annuelles se dérouleront au Musée Toulouse ...
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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve,Every three years, managers of the 50 marine sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List come together to share their best practices, discuss solutions and forge a path forward together. The 4th edition will be held in the Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve (USA) from 4-9 September 2019.
World Heritage marine managers all face similar ...
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Makgadikgadi Pans Landscape is located in the north-east of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve and south-east of the Okavango Delta. It is linked to Okavango Delta by the Boteti River and supplied with water from Zimbabwe by the ephemeral Nata River. This makes the area the largest salt pans in the world covering an area of over 30 000 km2 and one of the former largest ...
11585.
Les sites à Hominidés sont localisés au Nord du 16" parallèle à plus de 800km au nord de N'Djaména, dans l'erg dunaire du Djourab. La région aujourd'hui désertique et tectoniquement calme est particulièrement plane. Seuls reliefs existants, de magnifiques dunes se déplaçant au gré des vents violents provenant du Nord-Est, canalisés et accélérés entre les massifs du Tibesti ...
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DIMBA
La grotte de Dimba a livré la plus longue séquence archéologique du Bas-Congo (exBas-Zaïre). Les dépôts à l'entrée ont été datés de 18.000 ans avant notre ère: 18.050 ~ 650 bc (Hv 6255). Des restes de faune et un outillage lithique de l'Age de la Pierre Récent sont associés à cette datation par radiocarbone.
Le sondage qui a livré ces résultats a été interrompu à ...
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It is with the deepest sorrow that we learned of the passing of Dr Roland Silva, former President of ICOMOS International (1990-1999) and its Emiritus President thereafter.
He died in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 1 January 2020 at the age of 86 after a brief illness. On this very sad occasion, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre would like to join Dr Silva’s friends from all ...
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In parallel to the extended 44th session of the World Heritage Committee, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC), in close collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF), organised an online side event, “Looking into the future: Highlights of the Regional Action Plan for Africa (2021 – 2027)” on 30 July. The event reflected upon the objectives and challenges ...
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The International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the Auspices of UNESCO is calling for case studies on best practices of digital technologies for the conservation and sustainable development of UNESCO-designated sites.
Objective
The HIST Award on Sustainable Development of UNESCO-designated sites aims at recognizing exemplary ...
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Türkiye,Threats identified at the time of inscription of the property in 2015:
Insufficient legislative protection of the buffer zone
Incomplete Management Plan
Need to assess the management planning proposals, including visitor management, infrastructure, landscaping, and transport/coach park
,On 2 December 2016, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, ...
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Amsterdam, the Netherlands,The Course
According to the Emergency Events database EM-DAT, from 2000-2012, around 2.9 billion people were adversely affected by disasters caused by natural hazards (e.g., earthquakes, floods, storms etc.). Another 1.5 billion people are living in countries afflicted with civil strife and violent conflicts, states the World Development Report ...
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Istanbul, Turkey,This year the ICOMOS Annual General Assembly and Advisory Committee will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 15-21 October 2016, on the generous invitation of ICOMOS Turkey.
In addition to the Annual General Assembly, there will be an Extraordinary General Assembly that will take place on the same morning on 19 October.
The agenda of the Annual General ...
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,The Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage, University of Birmingham and World Heritage UK have joined forces to hold special four-day international meeting at the World Heritage Site of Ironbridge Gorge, near Telford, Shropshire. The first two days will bring together academics from around the world to discuss research and global policy focusing on the ...
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UNESCO assists the Afghan authorities in preventing the illicit trafficking of cultural property.
UNESCO's policy on the protective safekeeping of cultural property is straightforward.
Where there is a serious danger to the survival of heritage, and at the request of the recognized government of the country concerned, UNESCO arranges with NGOs the safe custody of objects ...
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Construit en 1855 par Faidherbe, un officier de l'armée française, le Fort de Médine est le premier dispositif militaire dans la conquête du Soudan Français. Sa position stratégique sur le fleuve Sénégal permettait non seulement de surveiller la région déjà soumise entre Bakel (au Sénégal) et la ville de Médine, mais aussi de l'utiliser comme tête de proue ...
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La mosquée al-Amiriya, 1504, est I'un des fleurons de l'architecture Tahiride du Yémen. Sa restauration est un exemple pour le Yémen et les pays voisins. Le monument en piteux état jusqu'en 1978 ou plusieurs missions étrangères commencèrent à comprendre son importance et son unicité. Car il a fallu d'abord exproprier puis détruire tous les échoppes, magasins, maisons ...
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Mdina is situated high above terraced fields thus dominating the rural skyline. It attracts large amounts of visitors mostly foreigners (about 80,000 each year). Mdina contributes greatly to the glorious heritage of the Maltese Islands with its original setting of Baroque palaces and churches and so it deserves every degree of protection possible to ensure its survival for ...
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Thirty-seven new sites will be proposed for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List during the 30th session of the World Heritage Committee scheduled for July 8-16 in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. The President of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus; the Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura; and Ina Marčiulionytė, Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee and ...
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Australia,Mining ,The State Party provided a report to the World Heritage Centre dated 8 March 2005 in response to the Committee’s request. The State Party reports on the following key areas:
Possible impacts of mining activities: The State Party reported that the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act as the federal law, ...
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Cambodia,
Inadequate protective legislation;
Inadequately staffed national protection agency;
No permanent boundaries established and defined buffer zones;
Need for monitoring and coordination of the international conservation effort
,Issues:
Illicit traffic at the site. Inadequate monitoring of the work undertaken on the entrance porch of the central monument ...
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France,
Project of new buildings within the historic setting (issue resolved)
Fire at the Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris on 15 April 2019
,On 29 November 2019, in response to World Heritage Committee decision 43 COM 7B.82, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, available at ...
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WHC-99/CONF.204/INF.6
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11609.
WHC-98/CONF.203/INF.18
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WHC-98/CONF.202/INF.6
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11612.
11613.
WHC/21/23.GA/11
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Category cultural Heritage, Castle of San Felipe de Lara, it is composed for defensive strength that watched over the entrance to the old Kingdom of Guatemala from the Caribbean sea, built during the time of Spanish dominance (1524-1821). This construction has served from protection to important cultural goods for the reconstruction of the history of this type of ...
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It is a National Reservation of multiple uses that has as main attractive the Lake Atitlán, and the volcanoes located in the South riverbank that possess an incomparable natural scenic beauty.
Around the lake, indigenous communities are seated with ancestral cultural history, as well as more than forty archaeological places and public use areas, so much to carry out ...
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This Reservation of Biosphere is in one of the most spectacular mountainous chains in Central America. The geographical isolation and the great variety of elevations form a great diversity of flora and fauna habitat that are equivalent to islands of genetic evolution, with high endemism.
The biggest quantity in existent primary forest in the Reservation is composed by ...