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The master's degree course "World Heritage at Work", offered by the University of Turin and the Polytechnic of Turin and organized by the International Training Centre of ILO in collaboration with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, is preparing for its second year.
The programme is intended for professionals involved in the management of a World Heritage property and those ...
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Manama, Bahrain,IUCN and Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage
Call for application
TABE’A Programme Training Series: Tentative Lists and Nomination preparation for Natural World Heritage sites.
World Heritage Nominations: application of the Statement of Outstanding Universal Value (SoOUV)
7-10 November 2016| Manama, Bahrain
Background
Tabe’a is partnership regional ...
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Syrian Arab Republic,a) Protection Policy does not adequately integrate cultural landscapes;
b) Lack of human and financial resources;
c) Development or infrastructure projects that may affect the integrity of the property;
d) Management Plan still incomplete and lack of an Action Plan.,Decision 35 COM 8B.23 adopted by the World Heritage Committee at its 35th session ...
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The death toll continues to rise in Virunga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo), where three females and one male silverback gorilla were shot and killed in the southern sector of the Park during the night of 22 July.The females, Safari, Neeza and Mburanumwe and the male Rugendo belonged to a group that was regularly visited by tourists. The death of these ...
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In the framework of UNESCO’s Action plan for the safeguarding of Mali’s cultural heritage adopted in February 2013, and as part of the World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP 2007-2017), the World Heritage Centre has now published the Conservation Manual and the Study on Timbuktu’s Mausoleums.
Both publications compile valuable documentation on this prominent ...
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Saint Lucia,,This property comprises significant tracts of privately owned lands. Current land uses include a small number of hotels strategically located between the two volcanic pitons that contribute to the property’s Outstanding Universal Value. There is increasing pressure on government authorities to provide the necessary permits for considerable expansion of ...
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The property is a mixed cultural and natural site covering the middle and upper reaches of the Sepik River basin including slopes of the Central Range and potentially the Torricelli and Prince Alexander mountains. The Sepik River at 1126 km in length and covering an area of 7.7 million hectares is one of the world's greatest river systems. It is the largest ...
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UNESCO Headquarters and Online,Enhancing engagement in the World Heritage Reactive Monitoring process
UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM and IUCN, under the World Heritage Leadership Programme, are pleased to announce that the 7th edition of the World Heritage Site Managers’ Forum (WHSM25) will be organised in conjunction with the session of the World Heritage Committee. ...
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Fauna and Flora International (FFI) a longtime partner of UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre, launched a global appeal this week with the objective of helping protect over 50,000 hectares of the globally unique “fynbos” ecosystem in the Cape Floral region of South Africa.The targeted lands are in the World Heritage site’s buffer areas, contributing to ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo,a) Armed conflict and political instability;
b) Poaching by military and armed groups;
c) Encroachment;
d) Illegal mining and deforestation.,On 30 January 2006, an updated report on the state of conservation of the five DRC World Heritage properties was submitted by the State Party, including information on the Kahuzi-Biega National Park. ...
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Egypt,,On 7 April 2010 the State Party submitted a report on the conservation of the property to the World Heritage Centre, in response to the request of the World Heritage Committee in its Decision 32 COM 7B.5. This decision noted the significant progress by the State Party in managing this property since its inscription, and a number of outstanding issues including in ...
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Mexico,,On 18 January 2016, the World Heritage Centre sent a letter to the State Party regarding serious concerns over the conservation status of two species, vaquita (porpoise species) and totoaba (marine fish), both endemic to the Gulf of California and recognized as attributes of the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (OUV). The letter noted that according to the ...
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In November 2006, the World Heritage Centre signed a multi-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, to establish the first World Heritage Digital Center (WHDC) under the leadership of Dr. Ching-chih Chen, information technology Professor at Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science. "The World Heritage Centre ...
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Periodic Reporting
© UNESCO / Valentino Etowar
What is Periodic Reporting
Periodic Reporting is one of the core conservation monitoring mechanisms of the World Heritage Convention. Every eight years or so, the States Parties are invited to submit to the World Heritage Committee a Periodic Report on the application of the World Heritage Convention in their ...
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Ethiopia,a) Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species;
b) Increasing human populations and livestock numbers in the park;
c) Agricultural encroachment;
d) Road construction.,On 15 March 2013, the State Party submitted a comprehensive report on the state of conservation of the property, addressing remaining corrective measures ...
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World Tourism Day is an opportunity to recognize the importance of sustainable tourism as a tool for intercultural dialogue, peace building and economic development. The United Nations’ International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017 has focused its efforts on promoting tourism as a catalyst for positive change.
For UNESCO, tourism presents both ...
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Senegal,
Road project;
Poaching;
Management issues;
Gold prospecting
,A Centre/IUCN monitoring mission to the site was undertaken from 5 to 15 July 2001. The full mission report is provided as an information document WHC-2001/CONF.207/INF.7. As suggested in the report, the Centre and IUCN propose that an aerial survey should be conducted as a matter of urgency. This ...
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China,
Management activities (Project to raise up the Yuzhen Palace at the property)
Management systems / Management Plan (Requirement for a living heritage management approach)
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation (Tourism development has begun to reach a critical mass)
Others (Lack of clarity regarding components and buffer zone of the property)
,On 7 March 2023, ...
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Rijal village located in the Assir Region, and is the capital of the Rijal Almaa Province. The village was a natural corridor linking those coming from Yemen and the Levant to Makkah and Madinah which makes it an important regional commercial center. The village consists of about 60 palaces built from natural stone, clay and wood, and the palaces consists of several ...
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United States of America,a) Mining;
b) Wildlife management: bison and cut-throat trout;
c) Invasive alien species;
d) Water quality;
e) Road construction;
f) Snow mobile impact on noise and air quality;
g) Visitor numbers. ,In its report submitted on 30 January 2008, the State Party documented progress in addressing the threats already identified in 1995 which led to ...
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A severe tropical cyclone struck the Island Nation of Fiji in late February 2016, causing catastrophic destruction and human loss.
It is with great sadness that the World Heritage Centre learnt of the tropical cyclone storm that struck Fiji, and wishes to express its deepest sympathy for the human losses as well as for the material damages caused by Cyclone Winston. ...
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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 Bureau at its nineteenth session recalled that the site was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1993 due to an increasing number of threats since the date of its ...
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Rome, Italy,Application deadline for the 3rd Course on Conservation of Built Heritage organized by ICCROM and which will take place from 5 March to 30 April 2010 in Rome, Italy
ICCROM is pleased to announce the third training course on Conservation of Built Heritage in Rome. ICCROM has been a pioneer in organizing courses in heritage conservation ...
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Chilika Lake is a brackish water lake and a shallow lagoon with estuarine character spread across the districts of Puri, Khurda and Ganjam in the state of Odisha in eastern India. Fed by 52 rivers and rivulets, the waterspread area of Chilika varies between 900 to 1165 sq. km. during summers and monsoon respectively. The pear shaped lagoon is about 64.5 km. long and its ...
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Saint Lucia,Development pressures associated with tourism and housing,A state of conservation report on this property was requested by the World Heritage Committee in Decision 32 COM 7B.40 referred to above, in which, inter alia, the World Heritage Committee noted with concern that development continues to affect the integrity of the property, which if not urgently ...
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Chile,
Emergency situation due to the massive fire of April 2014 (issue resolved)
Interventions planned at the port, such as the Barón Port and the Prat Dock, as well as for touristic facilities and real estate projects
Fragmentation of competencies and mandates by sectors and by different levels of government, as well as by the different types of specific protection and ...
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Rome, Italy,The goal of the Conference is the exchange of experience on internal and external evaluation instruments for the management of Cultural Heritage open to the public (such as monuments, museums, libraries, archives, archaeological sites, etc.) developed in different countries on the basis of defined criteria.
Contributions will be requested directly from ...
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,UNESCO launches the inaugural Sustainable Heritage Management Foundation Course for heritage practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region to upskill and reskill core competences
Pressures on cities such as the current pandemic, climate change, economic slowdown, and conflicts mean that approaches to heritage management need to be reinvented. Beyond conservation-related ...
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It is a great pleasure for me to share this 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention celebration with you.
Over the past five decades, the World Heritage Convention has protected and promoted humanity’s treasures and transformed the way we value and safeguard heritage.
In this issue we look at a few key sites that have marked turning points for the Convention, ...
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France,Spain,a) Impacts of the Gavarnie Festival (France);
b) insufficient support for agroastoralism;
c) inefficient transboundary cooperation.,The States Parties of France and Spain submitted two separate state of conservation reports on 1 February 2010, in relation to the issues raised in Decision 33 COM 7B.40, on (a) transboundary management arrangements, (b) increased ...
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Lao People's Democratic Republic,
Lack of enforcement of the Luang Prabang Conservation Plan (PSMV), illegal constructions and long-term conservation and management of wooden structures
Public works (proposed new town, airport extension, pedestrian bridge, Nam Khan riverbank protection project and Nam Khan bridge replacement)
Luang Prabang Hydropower Project (LPHPP) which ...
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The area of old carved stone in SAPA lies mainly in the MUONG HOA valley where there are settlements of ethnic minority people in Sapa District, Lao cai Province, 350 km in the Noth-West of Hanoi. Carved stone here has been discovered since long time ago.
ln 1925, a French scholar coming here discovered more than 30 pieces of stone that had been carved with various ...
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The Data Bank for the UNESCO
The UNESCO Thematic Indicators for Culture in the 2030 Agenda (UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators) is a framework of thematic indicators whose purpose is to measure and monitor the progress of culture’s enabling contribution to the national and local implementation of the Goals and Targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
© ...
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World Heritage and literacy were bookends to a day where Philadelphia opened its arms to UNESCO, during the second day of Director-General Irina Bokova’s visit to the United States on Thursday.Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined the Director-General to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention at morning ceremonies held at Independence ...
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Ecuador,a) Inadequate implementation of the Special Law on Galápagos and lack of enforcement;
b) Poor governance;
c) Inadequate and ineffective quarantine measures;
d) Illegal fishing;
e) Instability of Park Director’s position;
f) High immigration rate;
g) Unsustainable tourism development;
h) Educational reform not implemented.,The principal threat to this property’s ...
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With almost a thousand sites inscribed on the World Heritage List, the reach of the World Heritage Convention is vast. To better present one important issue and the work that’s being done to make a difference, UNESCO has produced an infographic on rhinoceros conservation. This attractive, easy to follow poster describes the plight of several rhinoceros species in Africa ...
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Italy,earthquake , On 20 May 2012, a powerful earthquake hit the region of Emilia Romagna, in the north of Italy, followed by numerous aftershocks, notably on 29 May and 3 June. This caused several casualties and considerable damage to several important historic buildings, some of which unfortunately collapsed.
On 7 and 8 June 2012, in close consultation with the Italian ...
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Italy,earthquake , On 20 May 2012, a powerful earthquake hit the region of Emilia Romagna, in the north of Italy, followed by numerous aftershocks, notably on 29 May and 3 June. This caused several casualties and considerable damage to several important historic buildings, some of which unfortunately collapsed.
On 7 and 8 June 2012, in close consultation with the Italian ...
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Italy,earthquake , On 20 May 2012, a powerful earthquake hit the region of Emilia Romagna, in the north of Italy, followed by numerous aftershocks, notably on 29 May and 3 June. This caused several casualties and considerable damage to several important historic buildings, some of which unfortunately collapsed.
On 7 and 8 June 2012, in close consultation with the Italian ...