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12927.
Portugal,,The Bureau at its twenty-second session took note of a report on the impact of works at the River Douro on the World Heritage values of the site of Porto. In response, the State Party by letter dated 16 November 1998, informed that: -       the works would be undertaken at three kilometres distance from the World Heritage site -       due to the distance and the ...
State of Conservation Score 2.0380979 Date 11/1998
12928.
Bulgaria, Upstream Iron Gates dam Deterioration of the water quality Impact of upstream pig farms Loss of biodiversity ,At its twenty-fourth ordinary session from 26 June to 1 July 2000, the Bureau noted that a cyanide spill in the Danube River had been contained without any major impacts to the integrity of the site. Nevertheless, the Bureau had encouraged the State Party ...
State of Conservation Score 2.0380979 Date 09/2000
12929.
Nepal, Construction of concrete foundations at the Maya Devi Temple site in December 1998 Need for a site conservation plan Extremely harsh natural environment ,The Centre received an international assistance request from the Nepalese authorities for the organisation of the International Technical Meeting to discuss and initiate alternative draft conceptual designs for ...
State of Conservation Score 2.0380979 Date 10/2000
12930.
,In the context of Chandigarh's nomination to the World Heritage List, as part of the serial nomination of "The Architectural and Urban Work of Le Corbusier", the World Heritage Centre in cooperation with the Chandigarh authorities, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the UNESCO New Delhi office has organized a 3-day technical workshop on site management and ...
Events Score 2.0380979 Date 12/2007
12931.
Kyoto, Japan,Course will take place 3-15 November 2008, Kyoto, Japan The Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto is organizing the 3rd International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage from 3 to 15 November 2008, in cooperation with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM and ...
Events Score 2.0380979 Date 07/2008
12932.
Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain,Thanks to the generous invitation of the Kingdom of Bahrain, fourteen out of the eighteen States Parties from the Arab Region met in Manama to launch the second cycle of the Periodic Reporting decided by the World Heritage Committee at its 32nd session in Quebec City (July 2008). Two days of the meeting were devoted to training for the drafting ...
Events Score 2.0380979 Date 12/2008
12933.
,This international colloquium, sponsored by the German Research Association (DFG),  is held at the Technical University Dresden in association with ICOMOS from 13 to 14 June 2014. It will for the first time address the issues of Integrating Heritage Conservation and Flood Control Concepts along rivers and streams.  Increasingly frequent disasters ...
Events Score 2.0380979 Date 06/2014
12934.
UNESCO Headquarters,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre invited representatives of StatesParties to the World Heritage Convention to participate in an information and exchange meeting on the 39th session, which will take place from 28 June to 8 July in Bonn, Germany. After a welcome note by the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, Prof. Maria Bohmer, the German ...
Events Score 2.0380979 Date 05/2015
12935.
,The World Heritage Centre will be hosting an online information session on 3 September 2020 for the UNESCO Field Offices, Category 2 Centres in Asia and the Pacific and the Advisory Bodies, in preparation of the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting in the APA region. On 3 September 2020, the World Heritage Centre will host an online information session with the UNESCO Field ...
Events Score 2.0380979 Date 09/2020
12936.
,In the framework of the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting, which started in the Africa region in September 2019, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in close collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund and UNESCO Field Offices, is organising a final regional online workshop for National Focal Points of the Africa region to present the outcomes of Periodic Reporting ...
Events Score 2.0380979 Date 02/2021
12937.
,On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH), and in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, ARC-WH is delighted to announce the week-long event, World Heritage Days. Each activity is catered towards highlighting the importance of celebrating and preserving World ...
Events Score 2.0380979 Date 09/2022
12938.
Chott El Jerid est situé dans la partie continentale du sud-ouest du pays. Site partagé entre le Gouvernorat de Tozeur et le Gouvernorat de Kebili. Villes les plus proches : Tozeur (au nord- ouest) et Kebili (au sud-est). Il s'étend sur une superficie de 586.187ha. Le Chott El Jerid est une vaste dépression salée, située entre la chaîne de montagnes du Cherb au nord et le ...
Tentative Lists Score 2.0323272 Date 05/2008
12939.
Batroun est une ville de la côte méridionale du Liban. Se situant à environ 54 km au nord de Beyrouth, elle s’étend sur un promontoire rocheux, avec une superficie de 4.68km². Cette ville a été occupée de façon continue depuis le bronze ancien jusqu’à nos jours. En effet, les travaux archéologiques qui ont eu lieu récemment au centre de la ville ancienne de Batroun ont ...
Tentative Lists Score 2.0316663 Date 11/2019
12940.
Aperçu historique Le parc national d'El Feijaa été investi par l'homme depuis ng=" préhistoire, à savoir il y a 10.000 ans (le néolithique). La présence des silex et des obsidiennes taillés atteste de cette présence. L'appropriation préhistorique de ce site est encore plus attestée par des traces de peintures rupestres dans les creux du Rocher de Kef Negcha, qui ...
Tentative Lists Score 2.0316663 Date 05/2008
12941.
According to Paragraph 23 of the 'Policy Document for the Integration of a Sustainable Development Perspective into the Processes of the World Heritage Convention' (World Heritage Sustainable Development Policy), "Gender equality is one of UNESCO’s two global priorities. The UNESCO Priority Gender Equality Action Plan (2014-2021), moreover, requires Member States and the ...
FAQ Score 2.0313811 Date 11/2022
12942.
Cultural heritage is defined in Article 1 of the World Heritage Convention. 'For the purposes of this Convention, the following shall be considered as "cultural heritage"; - monuments: architectural works, works of monumental sculpture and painting, elements or structures of an archaeological nature, inscriptions, cave dwellings and combinations of features, which are of ...
FAQ Score 2.0313811 Date 11/2022
12944.
Historical documents show that the sinking method of the Karez wells inside Xinjiang including the Western Region was introduced by the Han people. The majority of the ethnic minorities of the northwest borderland hadn't mastered the sinking technology by that time. It was Lin Zexu that stood out among all the people who advocated and promoted the Karez wells as the ...
Tentative Lists Score 2.0313811 Date 03/2008
12945.
Khazarasp is one of the most ancient cities of Central Asia. Many ancient authors of East At-Tabbari (XI century), Arabian historian Al-Istakhri (X century), Beykhaki (XI), Djuveni (XIII century) and many other were mentioned about this city. It is a coeval to Memphis, Rome, Athenes, Merv, Samarkand, Bukhara and many other cities.Khazarasp was the main advanced post of ...
Tentative Lists Score 2.0313811 Date 01/2008
12948.
Near Lake General Carrera, to the east of the southern Andes, there are manifestations of rupestrian art constituting the so-called "Patagonian Art Style", which is the oldest in South America. Its best known representations are those of hands, the scenes depicting guanacos, and the frets which, although ill preserved, reach up to some eaves of the pempas region stretching ...
Tentative Lists Score 2.0280395 Date 01/1998
12949.
On 15 December, the Representatives of Italy, Jordan, UNESCO, INTERPOL, UNODC officially opened an exhibition on the protection of cultural heritage that will be displayed at the United Nations Headquarters from 14 to 24 December. The exhibition is co-organized by Italy, Jordan, UNESCO, INTERPOL and UNODC with the aim to highlight the new partnership to act together ...
News Score 2.0280395 Date 12/2015
12950.
new sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List Nominations to be examined Cultural properties Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque, Renaissance Hydraulic Complex in America (Mexico) Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalu and Monreale (Italy) Baekje Historic Areas (Republic of Korea) Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas) (Jordan) Bet She’arim ...
Pages Score 2.0280395 Date 07/2021
12951.
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 ,In the framework of assistance provided by the UNESCO Secretariat to the Cambodian authorities, to enable them to honour the ...
State of Conservation Score 2.0280395 Date 10/1996
12952.
Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan,The 10th expert working group meeting for the preservation of the Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley World Heritage property, will be held in Tokyo from 6 to 8 December 2011, followed by  two public symposiums concerning Bamiyan on 9 and 11 December, in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan. The UNESCO  World Heritage Centre is ...
Events Score 2.0280395 Date 12/2011
12953.
Turin, Italy,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre will be holding the 3rd Expert Working Group Meeting for the Old City of Herat and the Archaeological Remains of the Jam World Heritage Site at the Museo d'Arte Orientale in Turin, Italy, from 4 to 6 September 2012. More than 20 world-famous experts, as well as representatives of donor countries, Afghan experts and high-ranking ...
Events Score 2.0280395 Date 09/2012
12954.
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre will organize a photographic exhibition “The Preservation of the World Heritage Site of the Koguryo Tombs and Mural Paintings of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 2001-2012” from 12 to 26 October 2012 at Salle des Pas Perdus, UNESCO Headquarters, in Paris. Over the last decade, ...
Events Score 2.0280395 Date 10/2012
12955.
Baku, Azerbaijan,In the framework of the implementation of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting in Europe and North America, the World Heritage National Focal Points for Periodic Reporting from the Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe countries met in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 29 to 31 October 2013. The workshop included a practical training session on the use ...
Events Score 2.0280395 Date 10/2013
12956.
,In July 2021, the UNESCO Office in Almaty, in close cooperation with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and three Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Convention (ICCROM, ICOMOS, IUCN), will organize a series of online capacity-building webinars for individuals and organizations responsible for the management of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage sites in Central ...
Events Score 2.0280395 Date 07/2021
12957.
Les forêts humides sont principalement localisées dans la partie orientale de Madagascar, à l'Est de la ligne de partage des eaux. Cependant des blocs forestiers relativement grands sont éparpillés sur le Haut Plateau central et dans la partie septentrionale de l'île. Le climat est de type tropical humide, caractérisé par des précipitations abondantes. Du nord vers ...
Tentative Lists Score 2.025122 Date 03/2008
12958.
Il s’agit de biens funéraires produits d’une brillante civilisation originale à la fois africaine et méditerranéenne. Ces monuments royaux représentent une sélection d’exemples remarquables de sépultures remontant à des périodes variées et issues de régions différentes. Ils témoignent de la diversité des conceptions architecturales et techniques ...
Tentative Lists Score 2.0247085 Date 12/2002
12959.
Le site de Nosy Lonjo est un site mixte. Il se trouve à l’extrême-Nord de Madagascar dans la baie de Diégo-Suarez, Commune Ramena, District d’Antsiranana. Nosy Lonjo est un îlot d’origine volcanique, de forme conique de 122 mètres de hauteur et d’une superficie de 4,5 hectares. Il est constitué par des bancs de calcaire nummulitique détachés de la montagne dénommée ...
Tentative Lists Score 2.0247085 Date 02/2018
12960.
Saada est une des plus anciennes cites médiévales du Yémen, d'une grande importance pour sa valeur historique, architecturale, urbaine et spirituelle. Saada fondée par l'Imam AI-Hadi Yaya au 9ème siècle, devient le berceau du "zaydisme", puissante école spirituelle de la pensée musulmane du Yémen. Elle prospère, habitée sans interruption dans un schéma médiéval avec une ...
Tentative Lists Score 2.0247085 Date 08/2002
12961.
We are happy to publish this special issue dedicated to the World Heritage sites of the Russian Federation on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, which the Committee will be celebrating at its meeting in Saint Petersburg on 25 June 2012. The inscription of both cultural and natural sites on the World Heritage List has progressed rapidly ...
Publications Score 2.0247085 Date 06/2012
12962.
List of wetlands which have been designated by the Parties to the Ramsar Convention as internationally important according to one or more of the criteria that have been adopted by the Conference of the Parties. Source(s): www.ramsar.org
FAQ Score 2.0237885 Date 11/2022
12963.
Protection and management of World Heritage properties, as outlined in the Operational Guidelines should ensure that the OUV, the conditions of integrity and/or authenticity at the time of inscription are maintained or enhanced in the future (Paragraph 96). Source(s): Managing Natural World Heritage
FAQ Score 2.0237885 Date 11/2022
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