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The Eastern Arc Mountains are part of the larger Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot which is ranked ninth in the world. They are ancient crystalline mountains uplifted 30 mil-lion years ago stretching from the Taita Hills in Kenya to the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania.About thirty million years ago, the area was covered by extensive rainforest. During a cooler and ...

Nairobi, Kenya,In the framework of the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting on the implementation of the World Heritage Convention in the Africa region, training workshop for Anglophone World Heritage Site Managers will be held from 19-21 February 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya  Over 100 participants including around 80 African World Heritage Site Managers from 18 Anglophone ...

On 22 November 2023, the Republic of Kenya and UNESCO signed the Letter of Agreement to establish a partnership for the implementation of the UNESCO Thematic Indicators Culture in the 2030 Agenda (UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators) in Kenya. The UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators is a framework to measure and monitor culture’s contribution to the national and local implementation ...

Kenya, Impacts of the Gibe III dam Other planned hydro-electric developments and associated large-scale irrigation projects in the Omo region Oil exploration Wildlife populations and pressure from poaching and livestock grazing Impacts of the larger development vision for Northern Kenya Management capacity of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and National Museums of Kenya ...

Kenya, Illegal activities leading to serious destruction of canopy and a decrease of the overall forest area Livestock grazing in the site Fire Landslides Cannabis cultivation Lack of implementation of the Management Plan  ,The Centre and IUCN received a letter from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) noting that IUCN had ‘requested KWS nominate Mt Kenya World Heritage Site ...

Kenya, Impacts of the Gibe III dam Other planned hydro-electric developments and associated large-scale irrigation projects in the Omo region Oil exploration Wildlife populations and pressure from poaching and livestock grazing Impacts of the larger development vision for Northern Kenya Management capacity of KWS and NMK Design of the World Heritage site ,On 1 February ...

The World Heritage Committee has inscribed the Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley (Kenya) and Australia's Ningaloo Coast on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley (Kenya), a natural property of outstanding beauty was the first to be added to UNESCO's World Heritage List during the current Committee session. It comprises three ...

Kenya, Impacts of the Gibe III dam; Oil exploration; Wildlife populations and pressure from poaching and livestock grazing; Impacts of the larger development vision for Northern Kenya; Management capacity of KWS and NMK; Design of the World Heritage site. ,On 31 January 2014, the State Party of Kenya submitted a short progress report, which is available at ...

Kenya,a) Illegal forest resource extraction; b) Community-wildlife conflict; c) Poaching; d) Excisions from the property. ,On 28 January 2010, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property together with a copy of the management plan 2010-2020 for the Mount Kenya ecosystem, the EIA for the proposed electric fence and associated civil ...

Modernist city of Asmara, Eritrea,Organised by the World Heritage Centre, in collaboration with the Government of Eritrea and Africa 2009 (ICCROM, UNESCO-WHC, CraTerre-EAG, African cultural heritage institutions) as counterparts. It brought together 20 experts from various African countries, who presented Asmara (Eritrea), the Kenya Cultural Centre and National Theatre ...

Tiwi, Kenya,Expert Meeting - The World heritage Convention and Cultural Landscapes in Africa

United Republic of Tanzania, Potential impacts of a hydro-electric project in Kenya Reduced and degraded water resources Water infrastructure Potential impact of optical cables’ installation Air transport infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities, including poaching ,On 3 January 2020, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report ...

The 15th session of the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention elected Kenya and Peru to the World Heritage Committee at the 3rd open ballot. The World Heritage Committee is composed of the following States Parties:BeninCanadaChileCubaIndiaIsraelJapanKenyaKuwaitLithuaniaMadagascarMauritiusMoroccoNetherlandsNew ZealandNorwayPeruRepublic of ...

The field testing of the World Heritage Centre’s field guide for climate change adaptation in natural World Heritage sites was launched last Friday in Nairobi.  Managers from Mount Kenya National Park/National Forest and the Kenya Lakes System in the Great Rift Valley and their civil society partners gathered for a two-day introductory workshop on the field guide. The ...

In response to the fires in Mount Kenya National Park in early March, the Kenyan authorities - Mount Kenya Trust - submitted a grant application to the Rapid Response Facility (RRF) and obtained the maximum amount of US$30,000. This support will make it possible to finance hours of helicopter flights to monitor the Park's risk areas and intervene with water bombers in the ...