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State of Conservation 3434
States Parties 6
Tentative Lists 1074
World Heritage Properties 152
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India,
Forced evacuation of Park staff;
Poaching and logging;
Illegal cultivation;
Slow release of funds;
Invasive species;
Uncontrolled infrastructure development by local tourism groups;
Attempts by paramilitary group Sashastra Seema Bal to set up base camps in the property.
,On 11 February 2014, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, a ...
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Viet Nam,
Management systems / management plan (Need to revise the management and zoning plans, including tourism planning and consideration of the adequacy of permissible activities and developments; Lack of an appropriate buffer zone; Need to undertake a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and a Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) for any major developments within the ...
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WHC-10/34.COM/3A
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WHC-14/38.COM/3A.Rev
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Sinja Valley contains the archaeological evidence of the capital city of the well organized and influential Western Malla or Khasa Kingdom of the 12th and 14th Century. After the 14th Century the Khasa Kingdom split into the Baise or Twenty-Two Kingdoms which existed until the unification of Nepal in the late 18th Century. Excavations have revealed the remains of old ...
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This assemblage comprises the complex of Sheikh Bayazid Bastami, the Chief Mosque, the towered dome of Kashaneh and a part of old wall of the city. The complex of Sheikh Bayazid Bastami comprises the grave of Sheikh Bayazid Bastami, one of the five elevated Sufis of the world. For the same reason, from 19th century onward, several important properties have been constructed ...
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Paris, France,This was the second informational meeting organized for all States Parties representatives of Europe and North America regions (first one being hold in Budapest, Hungary on occasion of the 26th Session of the WH Committee. During the meetings participants were briefed on the periodic report process and provided with a calendar of events and deadlines for the ...
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The Next 50 - 50th anniversary of World Heritage
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Mali,a) Inappropriate design and scale of new Ahmed Baba Cultural Centre in the vicinity of the Sankoré Mosque; lack of detailed drawings supplied to the Committee
b) Approaches to the restoration of the Djingareyber Mosque;
c) Urban development pressure;
d) Flooding and rubbish disposal;
e) Lack of building regulations and land use plan;
f) Lack of adequate ...
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Niger,a) Political instability and civil strife;
b) Poverty;
c) Management constraints;
d) Ostrich poaching;
e) Soil erosion;
f) Demographic pressure;
g) Livestock pressure;
h) Pressure on wood resources.,The political instability and civil conflict, as a result of the Touareg uprising in the early nineties, has prevented effective management presence and facilitated ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Armed conflict, lack of security and political instability
Poaching by the army and armed groups
Conflicts with local communities concerning Park boundaries
Impact of villages located within the property
,On 5 February 2016, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, which is available at ...
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The Mývatn area has unique geological and biological conservation values. Precipitation is trapped by the porous volcanic bedrock and moves beneath the surface until it reappears in a series of springs which supply systems of rivers and lakes. The largest of these is the wetland area of Mývatn and Laxá. Lake Mývatn (37 km²) is situated 278 ...
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The World Heritage Committee, meeting for its 32nd session, finished inscribing new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List on 8 July with the addition of 19 cultural sites and eight natural sites to the List.
New cultural sites inscribed during the 32nd session:
Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia)
Fujian Tulou (China)
Stari Grad Plain (Croatia)
Historic Centre of ...
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Just over one year ago, on 25 April 2015, Nepal was devastated by an earthquake and its subsequent aftershocks. This natural disaster heavily damaged Nepal’s cultural and natural heritage, including 691 historic buildings in 16 districts, of which 131 fully collapsed. Rapid visual assessment showed that the monuments, institutions and sites within the World Heritage site ...
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Need for information on the management (issue resolved)
Site Museum project
Upgrading of the A303 trunk road project
Risks of collapse of Silbury Hill (issue resolved)
Infrastructure development pressure
Lack of visitor management
,On 1 February 2011 the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of ...
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Albania,
Difficult financial situation
Need for monitoring of the situation at the site
,Summary of previous deliberations:
Twenty-first session of the Committee (paragraph number VII.44) Twenty-second session of the Bureau (paragraph number V.13) Twenty-second session of the Committee (paragraph number VII.14)
New information: The UNESCO-ICOMOS-Butrint Foundation ...
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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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Yemen,
Serious degradation of the city’s heritage (many houses and the ancient souq are in an alarming state of deterioration)
Large percentage of the city's houses replaced by inappropriate concrete buildings
Large sections of the city’s open spaces have been privatized, either illegally or informally and more than 30% of these built-up
Reduction in support and resources ...
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Yemen,
Modern constructions and uncontrolled expansion of commercial activities (issue resolved)
Lack of a Safeguarding Plan (issue resolved)
Fly-over bridge project (issue resolved)
Uncontrolled vertical and horizontal additions
Management activities (Use of inappropriate building materials and techniques)
Densification of the historic fabric through occupation of green ...
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This 3-year project by UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Conservation International, and with financing from the UN Foundation and Global Conservation Fund, calls for the promotion of long-term management and conservation of five marine protected areas within the Eastern Tropical Pacific through using the World Heritage Convention and other international and national legal ...
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Documents
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World Heritage Convention 40th anniversaryVeillonRichard
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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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WHC-13/37.COM/19
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WHC/16/40.COM/3A.Rev
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WHC-11/35.COM/INF.3A
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WHC-13/37.COM/3B.Rev
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The property being proposed for inclusion on Spain’s Tentative List is an ex novo sector of the Roman city of Italica, referring to an urban planning project dating back to Hadrian’s era. This project significantly extended the limits of the city and completely changed its urban space. This autonomous sector of Italica is located in the northern area of the site, declared ...
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Uplistsikhe Cave Town-Fortress is situated on a rocky massif in 15 km eastwards to town Gori on the left bank of the river Mtkvari. The fortress is mentioned in chronicles from earliest times. Its history begins in the I-II millennium B.C. Uplistsikhe was an important religious, political and cultural centre in the Hellenistic and the late Antique periods (IV c. B.C. - IV ...
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Booklet, 10th Anniversary of the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement
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30th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention Virtual Congress
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The National Sanctuary of Huayllay (SNH) is a protected natural area legally recognized since 1974, thanks to the extraordinary geological formation of the Rock Forest of Huayllay. It is located in the district of Huayllay, in the province and department of Pasco at an altitude between 4,000 and 4,600 meters above sea level, covering an area of 6,815 hectares north of the ...
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Located on the island of Lesvos (North Aegean Region), one of the most important natural heritage monuments in the world, the Petrified Forest of Lesvos, is a unique testament to the ecosystem that once existed in the Aegean region during the Miocene Epoch. The forest consists of hundreds of fossilized trunks, standing or downed, coniferous or fruit-bearing, which are ...
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Memorial sites are specific places with convincing architectural and/or archaeological evidence that are linked to a memorial aspect of material and intangible values that demonstrate the outstanding universal value of the site and are associated with the interpretation of its significance, which is presented here in the elementary and multidimensional narrative that ...
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The city of Fuzhou (China) will host the next session of the World Heritage Committee in 2020. This decision concluded the work of the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee, meeting in Baku since 30 June.
During this year’s session, the World Heritage Committee inscribed a total of 29 new sites on the World Heritage List (one in Africa, two in the Arab States, ten ...
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Estonia,a) Lack of an integrated management plan;
b) Extension to Viru Hotel;
c) Development of the Skoone Bastion;
d) Construction of new buildings adjacent to the Town Wall between Suurtüki and Rannamäe Streets;
e) Impact of the transportation of hazardous materials to the Old Town;
f) Framework for high-rise buildings.,The World Heritage Committee at its ...
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United Republic of Tanzania,
Development pressures;
Environmental pressures in relation with the Malindi Port project;
Natural disasters and lack of risk-preparedness;
Visitors/ tourist pressures;
Lack of resources;
Lack of legal framework.
,On 31 January 2014, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report. An executive summary of this report is available at ...
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Mexico,
Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation (tourism activities, off-road vehicles as well as potential problems derived from tourism-related water consumption)
Invasive/alien terrestrial species
Ground transport infrastructure (proposed roads)
Necessity to save the Sonoran Pronghorn from possible extinction
Environmental concerns in security efforts along the ...
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WHC-11/35.COM/16
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WHC-13/19.GA/2B
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WHC-15/39.COM/3B.Rev.2
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WHC/16/40.COM/3B.Rev.2
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Senegal,a) Invasive species;
b) Integrated water management system not operational;
c) Lack of hydrological monitoring;
d) Soils salinity;
e) Cattle grazing;
f) Hunting;
g) Lack of management plan and sustained funding;
h) Poor management capacity and constant changes in staff;
i) Poor visitor management.,On 31 January 2011, the State Party submitted a report on the state ...
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Russian Federation,Mining, Oil/Gas Exploration
Additional Details:
Gold mining project; road construction; collaboration with local people,Following the joint IUCN/UNESCO mission to the site which took place from 17 to 21 May 2004, an update of the situation and revised recommendations are provided below in addition to the state of conservation report in document ...
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Today, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre released an update to its 2017 first global scientific assessment of the impact of climate change on UNESCO World Heritage coral reefs.
The latest update concludes that limiting global temperatures to 1.5°C degrees above pre-industrial levels would mean World Heritage-listed coral reefs are expected to avoid severe annual bleaching ...
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Mali,
Lack of site management
Armed conflict
,On 25 January 2017, in response to Decision 40 COM 7A.7, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1139/documents/, and supplemented by a more detailed evaluation report submitted on 3 May 2017, available at the same web address. These reports ...
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Nigeria,Damage to the Hidi’s Palace, the Palace Square, the Black Smith Homestead, paved walkways and ritual structures by insurgents,On 29 November 2017, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/938/documents/, and reports the following:
Relative calm has returned to the Sukur World Heritage property ...
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Italy,
Concern over the announcement of a universal exhibition in Venice (issue resolved)
Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure
Inadequate planning tools
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation, including damage to building fabric and cultural context, through conversion of residences for tourist accommodation or commercial use
Proposals for large ...
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World Heritage Youth Forum (2012) 4th EditionQuinCarméla
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WHC/16/40.COM/INF.3A.Rev.4
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Peru,a) Delays in reviewing the Master Plan and developing detailed yearly operational plans, and inadequate budgetary support for effective implementation;
b) No evaluation of transportation options, related geological studies, or the impact of bus traffic on increasing the risk of landslides;
c) Lack of impact studies related to the carrying capacity of the Citadel and ...
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Lithuania,Russian Federation,
Potential pollution from the oil exploitation of the D-6 oil field in the Baltic Sea by the Russian Federation;
Lack of bilateral cooperation between Lithuania and the Russian Federation, including joint assessment of environmental impact of the D-6 project;
Impacts of sewage spill accident which took place at Klaipėda Water Treatment Station ...
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Costa Rica,Panama,
Construction of hydroelectric dams near the property in Panama and associated effects (greater human presence near the property, interruption of aquatic species migratory corridor);
Encroachment (settlements, cattle ranching);
Planned road construction which would traverse the property on the side of Panama.
,From 17 to 24 January 2013, an IUCN reactive ...