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World Heritage Properties 178
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Béthanie - the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Landmark Heritage Campus has been awarded an Honourable Mention at the 2008 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Cultural Heritage Awards.
An award presentation ceremony will take place on 9 December 2008 at the Béthanie campus. Officiating guests include Ms Béatrice Kaldun, UNESCO's China representative for Culture ...
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UNESCO dispatched an expert mission to the Philippines from 4 to 11 December following the massive earthquake and powerful typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), which successively struck the central region of the country in October and early November 2013. The goal of the mission was to assist the Government and people of the Philippines in assessing the impact of the disasters on ...
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At its 38th session to be held in Doha, Qatar, from 15 to 25 June 2014, the World Heritage Committee will examine the state of conservation of 150 World Heritage properties. The full reports are now publicly available through the World Heritage State of conservation Information System at the following Web address: whc.unesco.org/en/soc
As part of the reactive monitoring ...
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At its 41st session to be held in Krakow, Poland, from 2 to 12 July 2017, the World Heritage Committee will examine the state of conservation of 154 World Heritage properties. The full reports on these properties are now publicly available through the World Heritage Centre’ State of conservation Information System at the following Web ...
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The World Heritage Centre and the advisory body for natural World Heritage, IUCN, are following with concern the situation in the immediate surroundings of the Galápagos Islands, where the massive presence of industrial fishing vessels from diverse nationalities has been repeatedly reported by media worldwide.
The state of conservation for the Galápagos Islands, including ...
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The International Committee on Historic Towns and Villages (CIVVIH) was established in 1982. The Committee deals with questions relevant to the planning and management of historic towns and villages. Its membership is made of experts who have different professional backgrounds related to historic town preservation. They come from ICOMOS member countries all over the world ...
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Italy Italie Italia Италия إيطاليا 意大利 The Italian Republic
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Spain,,In May 1993 the World Heritage Centre received from an individual from Spain an extensive report suggesting serious problems as to the conservation of this World Heritage Site. The report pointed out that no appropriate institutional arrangements between the national, regional and local authorities were in place, that no restoration and conservation plans existed ...
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Peru,
Fragility of its adobe structures;
Occupation of land by farmers
,The Chan Chan Archaeological Zone was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1986 in view of the fragility of its adobe structures. An extensive monitoring report on the conditions of the site, prepared in the context of the regional monitoring programme for Latin America, was presented ...
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Munich, Germany,The 8th Bamiyan Working Group meeting is organized by UNESCO (World Heritage Centre in close collaboration with UNESCO Kabul Office) for the 25th and 26th of March 2010 in Munich at the Munich Technical University in cooperation with ICOMOS Germany. The aim of the meeting is to advise UNESCO and the Afghanistan authorities on issues related to the ...
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Seoul, Korea,Full and short paper submission deadline for the 16th Int'l Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia with a special track on Virtual Heritage. To be held October 20-23, 2010 in Seoul, Korea, VSMM 2010 will bring information technology and multimedia specialist together with leaders in Art, Science and Heritage to explore creative solutions to 21st Century ...
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,The National Museum of Cambodia, founded in 1920, possesses one of the world's greatest collections of Khmer artefacts. They include sculpture, ceramics and ethnographic objects from the prehistoric, pre-Angkorian, Angkorian and post-Angkorian periods.
As an active member of the UNESCO/Japanese-Funds-in-Trust project “Revitalising World Heritage Site Museums in ...
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Florence, Italy – S. Croce, sala del Cenacolo,Services for Culture: a visit of qualityPolicies, best practices and experiences in managing services for the public at heritage sites.
The audience and participants for the 5th Conference are all museums, monuments, libraries, archives and archaeological sites open to the public and under either public or private ...
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Room XI (Fontenoy),The World Heritage Centre is organizing an information and exchange session for the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention on the occasion of the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee (Istanbul, Turkey, from 1 to 20 July 2016).
This meeting will take place in Room XI (Fontenoy) from 10 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. on Tuesday, ...
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Grand Palais, South-East Gallery - 3, avenue du General Eisenhower, Paris 8th,Grand Palais, South-East Gallery - 3, avenue du General Eisenhower, Paris 8thFree admission| Every day (except Tuesdays) from 10 am to 8 pm and on Wednesdays until 10 pm.
With exceptional digital techonologies, the Eternal Sites exhibition offers an unprecedented immersive experience at the heart ...
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Boulogne-sur-mer, France,Nausicaa, the French National Sea Centre, is organizing the High Seas International Conference to raise public awareness and mobilize civil society on the challenges of the High Seas.
The Conference takes place from 27 to 28 June 2018 in Boulogne-sur-mer and is co-organized with l’Agence Francaise pour la Biodiversite (AFB), the Food and ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, Room IV,World Heritage and Sustainable Development: sharing experiences from Africa and China
The World Heritage Centre, in collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund and the National Commission of the People’s Republic of China for UNESCO, organized the UNESCO-Africa-China Forum on World Heritage Capacity Building and Cooperation, from ...
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The International Coordination Committee for the Safeguarding of Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage (ICC) was formed in 2002 to coordinate all international efforts for the safeguarding of cultural heritage in Afghanistan. UNESCO was entrusted with coordinating all such activities by the Afghan government.
The mandate of this Committee as defined in its Statutes as approved ...
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The 13th Bamiyan Expert Working Group Meeting met at the Technical University of Munich, Germany (1-3 December 2016), and released important recommendations for future safeguarding actions at the Bamiyan World Heritage site, Afghanistan.
The Governor of the Bamiyan province, the Deputy Minister of Culture of Afghanistan, accompanied by high-ranking officials from the ...
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L'oasis de la région de Gabès est une ancienne oasis traditionnelle littorale qui doit son existence à trois ressources naturelles et patrimoniales: (i) Un sol, généralement sablonneux, qui à travers du temps a acquis sa caractéristique propre suite à l'utilisation des engrais naturels. (ii) Une eau jaillissante aux endroits où les nappes profondes affleuraient à la ...
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Use of the World Heritage emblem, or logo, is strictly regulated and determined by the World Heritage Committee, with guidelines for its use defined in Chapter 8 of the Operational Guidelines. Please note that before using the World Heritage logo in any form, authorization from the appropriate UNESCO National Commission is required. Click here for more information ...
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Ramsar sites refer to sites listed on the List of Wetlands of International Importance, also known as the Ramsar List. These sites are designated because they meet the Criteria for identifying Wetlands of International Importance. The first criterion refers to Sites containing representative, rare or unique wetland types, and the other eight cover Sites of international ...
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WHC/18/42.COM/13.Rev
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WHC/17/41.COM/8C
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WHC/18/42.COM/8C.Rev
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WHC-15/20.GA/13
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Czechia Tchéquie Chequia Чешская Республика الجمهورية التشيكية 捷克 The Czech Republic
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Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Pays-Bas (Royaume des) Países Bajos (Reino de los) Нидерланды (Царство Царство) هولندا (مملكة) 荷兰 （王國的） The Kingdom of the Netherlands
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Ecuador,
Earthquake of March 1987;
Overpopulation;
Heavy traffic
,[Oral report by ICOMOS and the Secretariat]
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Les Califes omeyyades de Damas (660 av. J.C – 750 av. J.C) se firent construire dans la steppe de magnifiques palais appelés «Châteaux du Désert » parce qu'ils se situaient sur la lisière du désert syrien, loin de la Capitale et de ses tracasseries ainsi que des regards indiscrets des habitants et où ils pouvaient s'adonner au plaisir de la ...
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Historique du Palais des Princes Evêques
Le premier palais épiscopal a été construit par Notger (972-1008) en même temps que la cathédrale qui lui faisait face. Le Prince-Evêque accorde la même importance aux deux bâtiments. Le bâtiment était certainement construit en colombage, sur un niveau de pierre. Il sera détruit par un incendie en 1185.
Il est ...
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International assistance requests under the World Heritage Fund are evaluated by both the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee, namely ICOMOS and ICCROM for cultural or mixed heritage and IUCN for natural or mixed heritage.International assistance requests for US$30,000 or less are evaluated by the World Heritage Centre only. The ...
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On 10 November 2011 UNESCO’s General Conference adopted the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape by acclamation, the first such instrument on the historic environment issued by UNESCO in 35 years.
The Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape does not replace existing doctrines or conservation approaches; rather, it is an additional tool to integrate ...
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Any World Heritage property that consists of two or more areas which are physically unconnected but related, for example because they belong to the same geological or geomorphologic formation, biogeographic province or ecosystem type, and which together are of OUV; such value would not necessarily exist if its component parts were considered individually (see Operational ...
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State of Conservation or “SOC” reports are the result of the Reactive Monitoring process, which is the reporting by the Secretariat, other sectors of UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the Committee on the state of conservation of specific World Heritage properties that are under threat. These reports on the state of conservation of selected properties are examined each ...
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WHC-15/39.COM/2.rev
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WHC/19/43.COM/8E.Add
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WHC/17/12.EXTCOM/4
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WHC/18/42.COM/14
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Tunisia,Construction of dams; hunting; grazing and air pollution,In response to studies of the drying up of this wetland, the Permanent Delegation of Tunisia has written the Tunisian authorities to suggest it be inscribed on the danger list.
In response, the Minister of Agriculture noted that mitigation measures to safeguard the site are underway and that it is not ...
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Situated on the ancient trade route between Central Asia and northern Europe, Novgorod was Russia's first capital in the 9th century. Surrounded by churches and monasteries, it was a centre for Orthodox spirituality as well as Russian architecture. Its medieval monuments and the 14th-century frescoes of Theophanes the Greek (Andrei Rublev's teacher) illustrate the ...
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Cet ensemble de trois sites comprend : Le Tata, palais fortifié du Sultan Sénoussi.Les grottes de Kaga-Kpoungouvou.La ville de Ndélé. L'ensemble de ces biens représente l'histoire associée au plein épanouissement du Sultanat du Dar-El-Kouti vers la fin du XVIIIème et début du XIXème. La Centrafrique a longtemps été un point de passage pour les migrations qui ont ...
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WHC-10/34.COM/16
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La grotte de Matupi est un des sites archéologiques majeurs de l'Afrique subsaharienne. Il a livré une séquence d'occupation s'étendant sur plus de 40.000 ans.
Les niveaux les plus profonds sont datés entre 32.000 et > 40.700 avant le présent. Ils ont fourni une des plus vieilles industries microlithiques du monde.
Les niveaux inférieurs (entre c. 140-185 cm) sont ...
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The Succulent Karoo biome is an internationally recognized biodiversity hotspot, and is the world's only arid hotspot. The 116 000 km2 biome extends from the south-west through the north-western areas of South Africa and into southern Namibia. The biome is home to 6 356 plant species, 40% of which are endemic and 936 (17%) of which are listed in the Red Data Book. In ...
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The World Heritage Committee consists of representatives from 21 of the States Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, elected by the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention.
The current composition of the Committee is: Argentina, Benin, Chile, China (Chair), Colombia, Egypt, India, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, ...
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The First South-East Europe World Heritage Youth Forum is currently underway with the theme 'World Heritage education: Networking for a Better Common Future'.
It was opened on Sunday 22 May in Porec, Croatia by UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova with the Croatian Minister of Culture, Jasen Mesić and the State Secretary of the Ministry of Culture of Slovenia, ...
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From 7 to 9 November 2011, experts from the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) undertook an advisory mission to examine development projects affecting the World Heritage site "Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Sevilla", inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1987.
At its three last sessions, the World Heritage Committee discussed ...
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UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre welcomes the U.K. government's decision to reject the planning permission for the Navitus Bay Wind Park proposal offshore from the World Heritage property Dorset and East Devon Coast, often referred to as Jurassic Coast.
This decision followed a detailed application review process which took into consideration the importance of the World ...
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Zimbabwe,Poaching,IUCN reported to the 13th Session of the Bureau that Mobil Oil was about to begin an oil exploration programme in the Zambesi valley including the above reserve.
On request of the Zimbabwe Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, IUCN prepared environmental impact guidelines to be built into the contract between Mobil and the Government. ...
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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
,Virunga National Park was included on the List of World Heritage in Danger in December 1994, due to the tragic events in ...
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Ecuador,
Fire (issue resolved);
Limited protected area;
Over fishing;
Tourist pressure;
Lack of financial resources
,The Committee, at its last session in Merida, Mexico, decided to "include the Galápagos National Park in the List of World Heritage in Danger, effective 15 November 1997, unless a substantive written reply by Ecuador is received by 1st May 1997, and the ...
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Gyeongju, Republic of Korea,From 24 to 26 September 2014, the OWHC’s Regional Secretariat for Asia-Pacific will hold its first regional conference in the city of Gyeongju, Republic of Korea.
The conference is organized in close cooperation with the Gyeongju Municipal Government, the UNESCO Bangkok Office, the Korean National Commission for UNESCO, the Cultural Heritage ...
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This partnership builds on state-of-the-art digital visual and sound processing technologies for the production of short digital TV documentaries on Heritage using Hi-Vision technology as well as quality 3-D moving images and reconstruction images related to heritage.
These videos have been edited and adapted especially by UNESCO for online access. They are part of the NHK ...
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The Task Force on the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention was established by the 23rd session of the World Heritage Committee in Marrakesh, Morocco, 29 November - 4 December 1999.
The Committee determined that the Task force, chaired by Canada, would include Australia, Belgium, Hungary, Morocco, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, and the advisory bodies (ICOMOS, ...
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Le territoire bissau-guinéen est divisé en deux zones principales: la zone continentale et la zone insulaire, communément appelée l'Archipel des Bijagós, constituée par 88 îles et îlots parmi lesquels 23 sont habités. C'est la zone la plus riche en Guinée-Bissau, en termes de la biodiversité.L'Archipel des Bolama-Bijagos occupe une superficie totale de plus de ...
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Following the launching in December 2006 of the Patrimonito Storyboard Competition organized by the World Heritage Centre in coordination with the UNESCO Associated Schools, the contest results are now available.
Four hundred students from the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda registered to take part in the Competition. They submitted ...
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Countries (or States Parties) submit nomination proposals to the World Heritage Committee. If the Committee determines, based on the recommendations of its Advisory Bodies (ICOMOS and IUCN), that the nomination meets at least one of the necessary criteria, then the property proposed by the State Party is inscribed on the World Heritage List. In general, the Committee adds ...
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Disaster risk management is the application of disaster risk reduction policies and strategies to prevent new disaster risk, reduce existing disaster risk and manage residual risk, contributing to the strengthening of resilience and reduction of disaster losses.
Annotation: Disaster risk management actions can be distinguished between prospective disaster risk management, ...
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“Cultural diversity” refers to the manifold ways in which the cultures of groups and societies find expression.
These expressions are passed on within and among groups and societies.
Cultural diversity is made manifest not only through the varied ways in which the cultural heritage of humanity is expressed, augmented and transmitted through the variety of cultural ...
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Ecosystem services are processes by which the environment produces benefits useful to people, akin to economic services. They include:
Provision of clean water and air;
Pollination of crops;
Mitigation of environmental hazards;
Pest and disease control;
Carbon sequestration.
Accounting for the way in which ecosystems provide economic goods is an increasingly popular area ...
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The vision of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme is that the world's documentary heritage belongs to all, should be fully preserved and protected for all and, with due recognition of cultural mores and practicalities, should be permanently accessible to all without hindrance.
The mission of the Memory of the World Programme is:
To facilitate preservation, by the ...
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Située au pied d'une colline dans un paysage de plaine, la cour Royale de Tiébélé forme un espace circulaire irrégulier d'environ 1,2 ha. On y accède au sud-ouest par l'entrée principale. On distingue plusieurs éléments caractéristiques: le Pourou, butte sacrée où sont enterrés les placentas des membres de la famille, le nabarê, l’autel de l’ancêtre, le ...
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Les îles Ehotilé ont été érigées en Parc National par le décret N074-1 79 du 25 avril 1974 sur l'initiative des Communautés locales (cas unique en Côte d'lvoire et même en Afrique de l'Ouest).Milieu naturelLe Parc National des Iles Ehotilé est un ensemble de 6 îles (Assokomonobaha, Balouaté, Meha, Nyamouan, Elouamin et I'île sacrée Bosson Assoun) situées en ...
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L'emplacement choisi pour Dura Europos tient à sa position stratégique au point où la route qui va d'Antioche, la capitale méditerranéenne de l'empire séleucide, à Séleucie-du-Tigre, la capitale babylonienne, descend du plateau pour longer l'Euphrate. L'intérêt d'une telle position n'avait pas échappé aux maîtres de la région dans les périodes antérieures à la ...
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L'antique cité d'origine phénicienne (Antaradus) enlevée aux Musulmans par les Croisés garde des vestiges vivants de ce passage qui a duré deux siècles (fin Xle fin Xllle siècle) et qui l'a entièrement façonnée, la transformant en un bastion des Frans parmi les plus stratégiques du bord de la Méditerranée d'où, grâce à son port, elle assurait la liaison ...
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L’espace appelé Gourma au Mali concerne trois régions (Mopti,Tombouctou et de Gao). La zone s’étend sur 83 millions d’hectares (environ 83.000 km²), à l’Est du Mali, entre le fleuve Niger et la frontière du Burkina Faso. Le Gourma est limité au Nord et à l’Est par le fleuve Niger, à l’ouest et au sud par les collines et falaises du pays Dogon. Le Gourma est une vaste zone ...
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The UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, adopted in 2001, is intended to enable States to better protect their submerged cultural heritage.
The main principles laid out in the Convention are the obligation to preserve underwater cultural heritage, the prioritization of in-situ preservation and the stipulation that underwater cultural ...
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WHC-12/36.COM/14
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WHC-12/36.COM/10D Follow-up of the second cycle of the Periodic Reporting exercise for Africa Region
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Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iran (République islamique d') Irán (República Islámica del) Иран (Исламская Республика) إيران (جمهورية - الإسلامية) 伊朗（伊斯兰共和国） The Islamic Republic of Iran
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Les Mégalithes de Djohong sont situés à 80 km de Meiganga dans le Département du Mbéré. « Tazunu » est l’appelation locale de ces mégalithes. Dans le cas présent, il désigne aussi le village où les mégalithes sont situés. Le monument mégalithique est constitué de deux pièces dont l’une reste toujours plantée au sol et l’autre en position renversée et doublée. La première ...
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Mexico,Urban development pressures in the areas surrounding the property,The State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property on 7 February 2012.
The report was compiled by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and includes information on the process of assessment of the physical state of conservation of the inscribed property ...
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WHC-2000/CONF.202/INF.6
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Lake Titicaca is the biggest aquatic mass within the Southern Continent. It is also the highest navigable lake in the world. It has a surface of 8.400 km2, of which 3,690 km2 are on Bolivian territory. Its altitude is 3,810 meters above sea level. Several rivers, primarily born on the mountain range, nourish the lake. On the other hand, only one river drains the waters ...
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Cette zone d'environ 20 000 hectares comprend la Réserve Naturelle de Camargue ainsi que d'autres aires protégées adjacentes. Ce delta, ensemble naturel et artificiel de zones humides, de marais, de prairies et de landes, continue d'évoluer du fait des sédiments en provenance des Alpes, transportés jusqu'en Camargue par le Rhône. Grâce à une combinaison ...
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The Mbaracaya Forest Nature Reserve (MFNR) consists of 64,405.7 hectares, located in the eastern region of Paraguay near the Brazilian border, an area with small landholdings and numerous cattle rancHng establishments in the Mbaracaya Range (Karapa). In the east there are various properties, ranches and two indigenous communities of different ethnic partialities, and in ...
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The Repetek State Biosphere Reserve is situated in the south-eastern Karakum desert, near the Repetek railway station. Its typical landscape is arid, with large, hummocky, ridged, fixed sand dunes in some areas, large areas of sand dune and valley-like depressions. The ridges are 15-20m in height and 8-10km in length. The depressions, which lie adjacent to the slopes of ...
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The Bagçesaray Palace of the Crimean Khans is a compact architectural ensemble consisting of 17 buildings and 9 inner closed courtyards. The total area of the ensemble is about 500000 square meters (including 7190 m of the built-up area).
The Bagçesaray Palace of the Crimean Khans was built in the third-fourth decades of the 16 century. The oldest dated construction of ...
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Rabati Malik Caravanserai is constructed according to the order of Karakhanid Shams-al-Mulk Nasr, son of Tamgachkhan Ibragim ruled in Samarkand from 1068 until 1080.
Only its portal has reached until now from the old huge caravanserai on the surface of the ground. The portal of caravanserai - one of the most ancient place in the territory of the Central Asia portals - ...
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The International Workshop and Expert Meeting "Starlight Reserves and World Heritage - scientific cultural and environmental values", was held in Fuerteventura, Spain, from 10-11 March 2009. It was attended by 32 participants and experts from 10 countries including representatives of private organizations, companies, the tourism industry, NGOs, scientific bodies ...
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UNESCO expresses its deep regret at the passing of Abdoul Aziz Guisse, Director of Cultural Heritage of Senegal, in Dakar on 3 February 2022.
"I would like to pay tribute to the memory of Abdoul Aziz Guisse and to the immense contribution he made to the safeguarding of african heritage," said Ernesto Ottone R., UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Culture. "His ...
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Germany,Floods.
Additional Details:
Infrastructure development pressure ,Concerning the floods, the requested update report on the rehabilitation works in the World Heritage property had not been received by 1 February 2004. By letter of 13 April 2004, the German authorities informed the Centre that the situation at the site is basically unchanged since the last ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo,,By letter of 21 February 1984, the State Commissioner for Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism of Zaire requested the Director-General of Unesco to consider the possibility of placing Garamba National Park on the List of World Heritage in Danger due to the critical situation of its white rhinoceros population.
The ...
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Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre National Park (Italy),1st Training Workshop on "Conserving World Heritage Natural Sites and Cultural Landscapes in South-Eastern Europe - Managing cultural landscapes"Following the launch of the joint project on World Heritage natural sites and cultural landscapes in South-Eastern Europe at the symposium held from 16-18 October 2006 in Osnabruck, ...
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Ghent and Ostend, Belgium,CLIMATES OF HERITAGE CONSERVATION: Responding to the Challenge of Global Climate Change throughPublic Engagement and Social Innovation
This three-day colloquium will focus on the immediate and obvious significance of the impacts of global climate change to the Low Countries, namely rising sea levels and increased river flooding. Papers ...
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Quito, Ecuador,[in French only] Dans le cadre de la commémoration des 40 ans de la Convention du patrimoine mondial, le Centre du patrimoine mondial de l’Organisation des Nations unies pour l’éducations, la science et la culture (UNESCO) et la municipalité de Quito ont organisé le Forum International « Patrimoine ...
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Touho, New Caledonia,We are pleased to announce that the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in cooperation with the Conservatoire des Espaces Naturels de Nouvelle-Caledonie (CEN) will organize the UNESCO Asia Pacific World Heritage Project on Marine Biodiversity & Climate Change Awareness among Youth from 7 to 13 April 2014 in Touho, New-Caledonia.
Contributing to the 2014 ...
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Lucio Costa Centre, Brazil,From the 3 to the 7 October 2016, the Category 2 Centre, Lucio Costa Centre in cooperation with the Latin American and the Caribbean unit of the World Heritage Centre will hold the “Workshop on the fundamental concepts and methodologies for the implementation of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage ...
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,The challenges experienced by the World Heritage properties are the symptoms of crises of global magnitude. The solution-oriented discussions around the future of our World Heritage therefore, require expertise well beyond the realm of heritage.
UNESCO launches “50 Minds for The Next 50” to convene fifty leading, innovative, bold, respected thinkers of our times from ...
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The decoration, carried out at the end of the 18th century for the wedding of Alvise Querini di Zuanne and Maria Teresa di Francesco, consists of stucco work in the pre-neoclassical style, with marmorino borders in shades of green and pink.The ceiling is covered with a series of frescoes, the centre-piece being the Allegory of Dawn, by Jacopo Guarana, surrounded by other ...
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Cet ensemble de villes englobe les principales villes fortifiées de la zone frontalière du nord, qui s'étend sur les régions françaises du Nord - Pas-de-Calais et de Champagne-Ardennes, la Belgique et les régions sud des Pays Bas. Ces villes bastionnées constituent, au coeur du nord-ouest de I'Europe, à les rivages de la mer du Nord et les reliefs plus tourmentés des ...
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Le Bassindu du fleuve Niger (du seuil de Markala au lac Débo) couvre une superficie de plus de 4 119 500 hectares. Riche en ressources naturelles et présentant des écosystèmes variés (lacs, plaines, forêts inondables, bourgoutières), il est la plus vaste zone humide continentale d’Afrique de l’Ouest et la seconde pour l’Afrique après le delta de l’Okavango au Botswana.
La ...
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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 during the sessions of the General Conference of UNESCO.
During its session, the General Assembly determines the uniform percentage of contributions to the World Heritage Fund applicable ...
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WHC-13/19.GA/8
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WHC-15/39.COM/INF.16
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WHC-11/18.GA/10
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WHC-12/36.COM/8B.Add
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WHC/18/42.COM/8B.Add
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WHC-14/38.COM/12
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Kamabulon ou Case Sacrée de Kangaba : 11° 56’ 31’’ N 8° 24’ 37’’ W
Site de KurukanFuga : 11° 56° 998’’ N 8° 24’ 420’’ W
L’Arche de Kamandjan : 12° 23’ 111’’ N 8° 21’ 598’’ W
Kamablon ou Case Sacrée de Kéniéro : 12° 22’ 934’’ N 8° 31’ 269’’ W
Le bien dénommé « Sites historiques et paysages culturels du Manden » est un bien en série composé du Kamabulon, de la Case ...
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Depending on their amount, International Assistance requests under the World Heritage Fund are approved by
the Director of the World Heritage Centre, when the request is for US$5,000 or less;
the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, when the request is between US$5,001 and US$30,000 (but between US$5,001 and US$75,000 for emergency assistance requests);
the World ...
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The "Policy document on the impacts of climate change on World Heritage properties" was adopted by the 16th General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention. It touches on synergies between conventions on the issue; identification of future research needs in this area, legal questions on the role of the World Heritage Convention with regard to suitable ...
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According to Article 5(d) of the World Heritage Convention, the States Parties are required to:”[…] take the appropriate legal, scientific, technical, administrative and financial measures necessary for the identification, protection, conservation, presentation and rehabilitation of this heritage ”.
The World Heritage Operational Guidelines (paragraph 97) further states ...
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The World Heritage Convention defines natural heritage as:
natural features consisting of physical and biological formations or groups of such formations, which are of Outstanding Universal Value from the aesthetic or scientific point of view;
geological and physiographical formations and precisely delineated areas which constitute the habitat of threatened species of ...
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World Heritage Resource Manuals are tools available to help States Parties in their implementation of the World Heritage Convention.
Consult the Resource Manuals
UNESCO, ICCROM, ICOMOS and IUCN. 2010. Managing Disaster Risks for World Heritage. Paris, UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
UNESCO, ICCROM, ICOMOS and IUCN. 2011. Preparing World Heritage Nominations.(Second edition). ...
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WHC-12/36.COM/INF.10D
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WHC-13/37.COM/INF.19
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WHC-13/37.COM/8B.Add
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WHC-10/34.COM/INF.5F.2
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WHC-11/35.COM/INF.10C
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WHC-12/36.COM/12D
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WHC-13/37.COM/5E
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37 C/REP/13
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WHC/21/44.COM/10B
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WHC/17/41.COM/6
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WHC-15/39.COM/6
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WHC-13/37.COM/6
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WHC-14/38.COM/6
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Brazil Brésil Brasil Бразилия البرازيل 巴西 The Federative Republic of Brazil
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Japan Japon Japón Япония اليابان 日本 Japan
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Russian Federation Fédération de Russie Federación de Rusia Российская Федерация الاتحاد الروسي 俄罗斯联邦 The Russian Federation
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United States of America États-Unis d'Amérique Estados Unidos de América Соединенные Штаты Америки الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية 美利坚合众国 United States of America
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Côte d'Ivoire,Poaching, gold prospection, tree-felling, and subsequent encroachment,IUCN has brought this site to the attention of the Committee four times since 1982, recommending it for consideration in the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The values of the park have been considerably eroded since it was inscribed through gold mining, poaches, illegal settlement and ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Poaching;
Managerment issues (issue resolved);
Civil unrest
,Since the Committee included this property in the List of World Heritage in Danger, at its last session in December 1996, the eastern regions of the country where this site is located have become further destabilised. Infrastructure of the Park has been damaged and ...
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Türkiye,Management issues (issue resolved) ,IUCN has received preliminary worrying reports on the state of conservation of Hierapolis-Pamukkale World Heritage site. The reports note that the limestone cliffs are becoming discoloured. Furthermore, despite the authorities prohibiting visitors from entering the travertines, and the placement of signs ...
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Le Turó de la Seu Vella de Lleida a été expliqué comme un paysage de la mémoire, un jalon monumental et un patrimoine situé dans un vide urbain. Le complexe, au coeur de la ville de Lleida, sur un promontoire qui centre géographiquement une grande plaine alluviale, présente trois éléments architecturaux qui composent le patrimoine le plus significatif et symbolique des ...