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30th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. Urbino workshop (Italy) on “Partnerships for World Heritage cities – Culture as a vector for sustainable urban development”

United Republic of Tanzania, Significant decline of wildlife populations due to poaching Insufficient funding and interruption of the retention scheme Management challenges of trophy hunting Changes in legislation in 2009 permitting hydrocarbon and uranium prospecting and extraction inside game reserves Excision of land from the property to accommodate a uranium ...

Albania, Ground transport infrastructure (planned by-pass road project and conversion of the bazaar into a pedestrian area in Gjirokastra) Housing Illegal activities (illegal construction dating from the late 1990s and later on) High impact research/monitoring activities (lack of specific monitoring indicators) Governance (lack of detailed tourism development plan and lack ...

Türkiye, Concern over the situation prevailing in Diyarbakir (issue resolved) Rehabilitation and reconstruction works and development Ground transport infrastructure (roads) Water infrastructure Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation Management system/Management and Conservation Plan modified Land Conversion ,On 2 February 2022, the State Party submitted a state of ...

A three-aisled church of the steep-pitched roof type with flat hooked tiles. The aisles of the church are divided from the nave by wooden arcades. The church retains a considerable number of paintings of the early 16th century. They are of an Italo-Byzantine style and iconography. Its wood-carved gilded iconostavis is a fine example of early 16th century work with a ...

On 12 August 2011, the Government of Brunei Darassalam and on 8 December 2011, the Government of Palestine officially deposited with the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, their instruments of ratification, becoming the 188th and 189th State Parties to adopt the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. The World Heritage ...

,On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, the World Heritage Centre in cooperation with the Mediterranean Agrnomy Institute of Montpellier is organizing a week-long meeting on the cultural landscape of agro-pastoralism from the 1st to the 5th of October 2012. To launch the week, the Event will start with an Operating Experience day on the ...

,African World Heritage Day is celebrated annually on the 5th of May to remember and acknowledge the importance of promoting and safeguarding the UNESCO World Heritage in Africa for the benefit of present and future generations. To celebrate the 8th edition of African World Heritage Day, UNESCO in collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) and the Permanent ...

Uruguay,Threats identified at the time of inscription of the property in 2015: Insufficient legislative protection of the entire buffer zone Incomplete Management Plan Need to complete the arrangements for representation of the local communities on the Management Committee ,On 29 November 2016, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report that is available at ...