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Honolulu, Hawai‘i, United States of America,For the first time, all 43 marine World Heritage Site Managers will come together to discuss their common conservation challenges and management success stories.
The meeting aims at building a stronger community of World Heritage marine site managers that is well informed about the good practices of each other, has access to the ...
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Takuya Okada, Chairman of the AEON Environmental Foundation and Honorary Chairman of AEON Co., Ltd., announced today the opening of nominations for the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity.
The MIDORI Prize is a biennial international prize, established by the AEON Environmental Foundation, in 2010, during the International Year of Biodiversity, that honours individuals who have ...
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,Invasive species,On 26 January 2012, a concise report on the state of conservation of HendersonIsland was submitted by the State Party. The report describes the initiation of the rat eradication programme on the island during the second half of 2011, comments on the possibility of deploying a ranger on the island, as ...
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Paris. The General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention opened Tuesday, 30 October 2001 at 10 a.m. in the presence of the majority of the States Parties to the Convention. After the opening of the session by Mounir Bouchenaki, UNESCO ADG Culture and representative of the Director General, Samuel Fernandéz Illanes, Ambassador of Chile to ...
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Niger,
Political instability and civil strife
Poverty
Management constraints
Ostrich poaching
Soil erosion
Demographic pressure
Livestock pressure
Pressure on forestry resources
,On 30 January 2015, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property. From 8 to 20 February 2015 an IUCN reactive monitoring mission visited the property. Both ...
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Sri Lanka,
Lack of maintenance of historic buildings
Lack of control on building activities within the World Heritage historic centre.
,Immediately following the tragic Sumatra Earthquake and South Asia Tsunami, and based on the first reports of damage caused to the World Heritage property of the Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications, the World Heritage Centre contacted ...
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Iraq,a) Weathering and lack of maintenance affecting the fragile structures;
b) State of conflict in the country that does not allow the responsible authorities to assure the protection and management of the property.,The State Party did not submit a state of conservation report which was requested by the World Heritage Committee at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011). From 5 ...
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Iraq,
Weathering and lack of maintenance affecting the fragile structures;
State of conflict in the country that does not allow the responsible authorities to assure the protection and management of the property.
,The State Party submitted a state of conservation report on 3 February 2013 in which it provided brief information on ongoing actions at the site, aiming at ...
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UNESCO Director-General addresses the Europe Lecture 2016 on heritage protection as a security issue
“The destruction of heritage is inseparable from the persecution of people. This is why we consider the protection of cultural heritage today as far more than a cultural issue. This has become a humanitarian imperative, and a security issue,” stated UNESCO’s Director-General Irina Bokova today in The Hague during the Europe Lecture 2016, organised by the European Lecture ...
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Gathered in Vilnius on Friday, at the initiative of Lithuania, nearly 30 States pledged to increase their support to the recovery of Ukraine’s cultural sector, through the coordination of UNESCO. A medium and long-term plan of action, drawn up by the Organization in consultation with over 40 international and Ukrainian institutions, will be implemented.
There can be no ...
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The World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the Call for Participants for the World Heritage Volunteers 2015 and #Unite4Heritage common action.
This common action aims to encourage young people from the Arab States[1] countries to take part in one of ten selected World Heritage Volunteers Action Camps 2015, at locations around the world.
The aim of this action is to ...
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Côte d'Ivoire,Agriculture Pressure, Poaching/Hunting; Lack of capacity in conservation techniques, Lack of monitoring system, Lack of human or financial resources; Civil unrest, Looting/Theft; Fundamental change/diminution of protection ,IUCN received a copy of the invitation from the State Party, dated 13th February 2004 to carry out a monitoring mission to the ...
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In an important decision taken at the current session of the World Heritage Committee at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, the United Republic of Tanzania has stated it will reconsider its North Road project, which would have split the northern part of the Serengeti wilderness and seriously disturbed the migration patterns of animals there. The alternative is to ...
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On 6 March 2012, Liverpool City Council’s Planning Committee granted outline planning permission for the Peel Holdings £5.5bn Liverpool Waters scheme. The permission is subject to the signing of a legal agreement and has to be referred to the Government which will decide whether a public inquiry will be held.
Experts from UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and from ...
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United Republic of Tanzania,
Shortcomings in the management and lack of resources (issues resolved)
Residents allowed to grow crops inside the World Heritage site (issue resolved)
Construction of an access road
,No new information has been received by the Secretariat concerning progress in the process for investigating options available for the construction of an access ...
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Pakistan,
Demolition of the 375-year old essential hydraulic works of the Shalamar Gardens to enlarge a road
Need to develop a comprehensive management plan
,At the time of the preparation of the working document, the Government of Pakistan was officially submitting its reformulated plan of action to develop a comprehensive management plan for the Shalamar Gardens with the ...
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United Republic of Tanzania,Shortcomings in the management,Support for equipment provided by the World Heritage Fund has arrived and put to immediate use.
IUCN has also secured funds and is working with the Authority and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism to do a land use evaluation and policy study of the area.
IUCN has also helped arrange a technical ...
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United Republic of Tanzania,Poaching,The Bureau was concerned about a proposed plan of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development to open a route through this Reserve to drive cattle from the north to the south of Tanzania.
Since the proposed launching of this plan was not based on a proper environmental impact study, and because the wildlife in the Reserve ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo,a) Armed conflict, lack of security and political instability;
b) Poaching by the army and armed groups;
c) Conflicts with local communities concerning Park boundaries;
d) Impact of villages located within the property. ,On 8 February 2010, the State Party submitted a concise report on the state of conservation of the property. This ...
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State of Palestine,
Potential construction of a separation fence (wall)
Abandonment of terraces and afforestation
Impact of socio-cultural and geo-political transformations
Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system
Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community
Invasive/alien terrestrial species
New constructions within the property’s ...
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Ecuador,
Earthquake of March 1987;
Overpopulation;
Heavy traffic
,The UNESCO Representative in Quito, informed the Secretariat on 7 October 1998 that the Volcano Pichincha, in the vicinity of the western part of the City of Quito, had become active after three hundred years. An eruption (most probably stones and acid ashes) could seriously imperil the lives of the ...
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Niger,
Political instability and civil strife
Poverty
Management constraints
Ostrich poaching
Soil erosion
Demographic pressure
Livestock pressure
Pressure on forestry resources
,On 9 February, 2016 the State Party submitted a report on the conservation of the property, available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/573/documents/, and provided the following information ...
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Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania,A retrospective inventory conducted by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre revealed that of the 76 sites in the Africa region, only 6 have a Statement of Outstanding Universal Value, 27 a Statement of Value, and 43 do not have either one. Therefore 19 State Parties are concerned by the preparation of Statements of OUV to be approved ...
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Stanford Archaeology Center 488 Escondido Mall, Building 500, United-States,In a world where cities are ever increasing in size and significance, how can urban archaeology, heritage and development be reconciled
This international conference on ‘The Conservation of Historic Urban Landscapes and Sustainable Development’ brings together heritage practitioners, urban ...
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Istanbul, Turkey,The Sub-Regional Conference 'Heritage, World Heritage, and the Future: Perspectives on Scale, Conservation and Dialogue' will take place at ANAMED, Koc University (Istanbul, Turkey) on 5-6 December 2019.
Co-organized by UNESCO, this sub-regional conference will highlight the archaeological heritage of Turkey, going back thousands of years (with Hattusha: ...
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30th session of the World Heritage Committee Vilnius, Lithuania 30COM 09 juillet - 16 juillet 2006
Committee Members
Benin, Canada, Chile, Cuba, India, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Republic of Korea, Spain, Tunisia, United States of America
Bureau Members
...
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18th session of the World Heritage Committee Phuket, Thailand 18COM 12 décembre - 17 décembre 1994
Committee Members
Brazil, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Niger, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, United States of America
Bureau Members
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Ecuador,Mining, Oil/Gas Exploration, Poaching/Hunting; Lack of monitoring system ,The State Party has continued to move forward in the drafting and approval of several regulations under the 1998 Special Law for Galapagos and the legal framework for activities in Galapagos is now almost complete. Despite these encouraging developments, the Special Law of Galapagos and ...
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This new UNESCO publication examines World Heritage and sustainable development in Africa. It addresses not only the challenges of safeguarding World Heritage in the Africa region but also the process of integrating the objectives of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development into African regional and national policies as well as the African Union’s ‘Agenda ...
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Côte d'Ivoire,a) Conflict and political instability;
b) Lack of management control and access;
c) Poaching; human occupation and agricultural pressure;
d) Bush fire.,The State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property on 21 March 2006. The report, however, provides little new information to that reported to the 29th session of the Committee ...
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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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Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are islands of the Caribbean Sea, the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are some of the most beautiful places on Earth, with atolls of white sand beaches, mountain ranges, historic ports and towns, and agricultural landscapes.
SIDS share similar interests, concerns and challenges, such as marine and coastal management, impacts ...
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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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New York, 24 March 2017 - UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova addressed today’s public briefing of the United Nations Security Council on “Maintenance of international peace and security: destruction and trafficking of cultural heritage by terrorist groups and in situations of armed conflict,” where the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2347 for the ...
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Maps
Get geographical visualization of the conservation of World Heritage since 1979
Map showing properties to be examined in 2025
Map showing all the properties that have been examined since 1979
World Heritage properties impacted by extractive industries over the past 10 years
World Heritage properties at risk due to conflict situations over the ...
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United States of America,Air pollution problem, including ozone, particulate matter/haze and acid deposition from nitrogen and sulfur emissions ,The State Party provided a detailed report on the site, as requested by the 25th session of the Bureau. IUCN also received an informal report from the State Party. It is reported that: The National Park Service (NPS) ...
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Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Lack of definition of the limits of the properties and of their buffer zones
Lack of conservation and/or management plans
Inappropriate restoration works
Urban encroachment
Exploitation of quarries within the perimeter of World Heritage properties
Since 2011:
Destruction and damage due to the armed conflict
,On 15 January 2018, ...
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The World Heritage Committee will consider requests for the inscription of new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List when it meets for its 34th session in Brasilia (Brazil), from 25 July to 3 August.
During this year’s session - to be chaired by João Luiz Ferreira, the Brazilian Minister of Culture and President of the World Heritage Committee - 35 ...
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Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Serious weathering of many stone blocks due to capillary rising and variations in humidity and temperature
Urban growth of the neighbouring agglomeration
International tarmac road crosses the site
Heavy automobile and truck traffic (vibrations, pollution, risk of accidents...)
Pipeline crossing the southern ...
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The World Heritage Centre and the Vanuatu Cultural Centre (with funding from the World Heritage Fund, and the technical contribution of the Department of Conservation of New Zealand) organized a workshop at Port Vila, Vanuatu, from 5-8 September. It was attended by 32 participants representing 12 States Parties from the Pacific Islands, as well as by experts and ...
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Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Protection Policy does not adequately integrate cultural landscapes
Lack of human and financial resources
Development or infrastructure projects that may affect the integrity of the property
Management Plan still incomplete and lack of an Action Plan
Since March 2011:
Destruction and damage due to the armed conflict
Damage of ...
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Dominica,,At its twenty-second session, the Bureau was informed of a cable car construction project through the centre of this Park, proposed by a private individual concerned with tourism development. The feasibility of the project is questionable due to the heavy rains, high winds and the steep-terrain that characterises this site. The construction of major access ...
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Jordan,
Housing
Lack of a database on cultural heritage
Lack of proper conservation and maintenance of the archaeological sites
Lack of traffic and visitor management plans
Potential encroachment from development in the village of Rum
Lack of trained staff and financial resources for the management of the property
Financial resources
Governance
Human resources
Impacts of ...
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The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today reiterated her call for calm and restraint around the Temple of Preah Vihear, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2008. A border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand caused several deaths and damage to the site in recent days.
"I intend to send a mission to the area as soon as possible to assess the state of the ...
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Room IX, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France,On the occasion of the 19th Assembly of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention , the Europe and North America unit of the World Heritage Centre organised on the 22 November 2013 a Mid-Cycle Review meeting to present the current status of the Second Cycle in Europe and North America.
The results of the preliminary ...
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On 26 and 27 March 2019, World Heritage Site Managers of the Arab States region came together in Cairo, Egypt for a workshop in the framework of the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting which currently being implemented in the region. The World Heritage Centre, in close cooperation with the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH) and the UNESCO Office in Cairo, ...
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Syrian Arab Republic,Since March 2011:
Damage of historic buildings due to the conflict
Illegal constructions following the start of the conflict
,On 8 January 2019, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report for the six Syrian World Heritage properties, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/22/documents/, and includes updated information on ...
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Serbia,See above,
Note: The Secretariat was informed by UNESCO’s Legal Advisor in 2008 that the UNESCO Secretariat follows the practice of the United Nations, which considers that the Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999) continues to be applicable to the territory of Kosovo until a final settlement is achieved.
At its 43rd session (Baku, 2019), the World Heritage ...
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The 2nd South East European (SEE) World Heritage Youth Forum for peace and sustainable development was held from 6 to 11 April 2013 in Zajecar, eastern Serbia, home of the Gamzigrad – Felix Romuliana / Palace of Galerius World Heritage site.
At the opening ceremony on 7 April, the message delivered on behalf of Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO, stated: "Our theme ...
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The inscriptions of the 1000th site and Myanmar’s first property on the World Heritage List, were among the highlights of the 38th session of the World Heritage Committee, which ended today in Doha (Qatar). During its ten-day meeting, the Committee added a total of 26 new sites the List to bring the number of World Heritage Sites to 1007, in 161 countries.
The ...
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Benin,,In 1999, a conservation and management plan for the Royal Palaces of Abomey was prepared and contained a list of priority activities whose implementation would result in the property being removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger within five years.
On 10 February 2004, the government of Benin transmitted to the Secretariat a copy of the monitoring ...
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Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Protection Policy does not adequately integrate cultural landscapes
Lack of human and financial resources
Development or infrastructure projects that may affect the integrity of the property
Management Plan still incomplete and lack of an Action Plan
Since March 2011:
Destruction and damage due to the armed conflict
Damage of ...
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Nine new members have been elected to the 21-member World Heritage Committee in charge of implementing UNESCO's Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.Australia, Bahrain, Barbados, Brazil, China, Egypt, Jordan, Nigeria and Sweden were elected for four-year terms. The election took place during the General Assembly of the 184 ...
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UNESCO regrets the U.K. government's decision to cancel the A303 Stonehenge Road Improvement scheme on the basis of cost concerns and hopes that another solution will be found to relieve traffic congestion around the World Heritage property of Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated sites. UNESCO's World Heritage Centre, which has been actively involved in finding a ...
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United States of America,,In April 2001, the US National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) included Great Smoky Mountain National Park – the most visited park in the National Park System - in its list of America’s Ten Most Endangered Parks for the third consecutive year. This listing was based on the continuing decline in air quality, largely the ...
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The UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia today inscribed a natural site in the Russian Federation on the World Heritage List and has approved the Italian extension of a natural site in Switzerland.
The two sites concerned (in order of inscription)
Monte San Giorgio (Italy) (Extension of «Monte San Giorgio », Switzerland)
Monte San Giorgio is a ...
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Peru,a) Continuous deterioration of earthen architecture structures and decorated surfaces from lack of conservation and maintenance practices;
b) Illegal occupation of the property;
c) Unregulated farming activities;
d) Rising water table levels;
e) Delay in implementing protective measures (legislation and regulations already passed by the National Authorities).,The ...
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Cameroon,
Commercial logging in adjoining natural forests
Poaching
,Previous deliberations :
Twenty-second session of the Committee – page 94 of Annex IV
New information: The twenty-second extraordinary session of the Bureau, held during 28-29 November 1998, requested the State Party to submit a report on the implementation of the Sangmelima workshop ...
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The UNESCO World Heritage Centre was saddened to learn of the passing of David Lowenthal, the American historian and geographer whose revolutionary work contributed to heritage study being recognized as an academic discipline. He argued that heritage was not history, but rather what people choose from history to define themselves.
Born in the United States, he lived ...
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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; and
h) Pressure on wood resources. ,On 1 February 2007, the State Party submitted a report providing information on progress towards achieving corrective measures adopted by the Committee at its ...
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The General Assembly of States Parties to the 1972 World Heritage Convention replaced more than half the 21 members of the World Heritage Committee during its biennial session, which took place at UNESCO Headquarters from 23 to 28 October. The Committee is responsible for the implementation of the Convention. The General Assembly also focused on the priorities to be set in ...
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Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Lack of definition of the limits of the properties and of their buffer zones
Lack of conservation and/or management plans
Inappropriate restoration works
Urban encroachment
Exploitation of quarries within the perimeter of World Heritage properties
Since 2011:
Destruction and damage due to the armed conflict
,On 18 January 2017, ...
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Brazil,
Management systems/ management plan (need to augment the Management Plan)
Lack of implementation of the work set out in the Intervention Plan
Need to strengthen the protection and planning controls of the 1st block of houses and the protection of the buffer zone
,On 3 December 2019, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at ...
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India,
Management Systems/Management Plan (Lack of an adapted management plan; Lack of a heritage conservation unit; Absence of a Buffer Zone)
,On 1 December 2022, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/944/documents, and presents progress with several conservation issues addressed by the Committee at ...
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United Republic of Tanzania,
Poaching
Rapidly growing human population
Poorly designed ad-hoc tourism development projects
Need to strengthen the coordination with the trans-border Masai Mara Reserve in Kenya
Road project
,The Centre and IUCN reported to the 25th session of the Bureau (Helsinki, December 2001) of the potential impacts on the Serengeti and Mara ...
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United States of America,Air pollution.,In January 2006, IUCN was informed of the ongoing planning process for the North Shore Road project, which could have adverse impact on Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The information was subsequently shared with the World Heritage Centre and the State Party. On 27 February 2006, the World Heritage Centre and IUCN received a ...
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Libya,
Invasive/alien terrestrial species
Land conversion
Conflict situation prevailing in the country
Excessive vegetation growth
Natural degradation
Urban encroachment
Local conditions affecting the physical fabric: Impact of humidity and seawater salt on stone masonry
,On 3 February 2022, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, the executive summary of ...
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Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Serious weathering of many stone blocks due to capillary rising and variations in humidity and temperature
Urban growth of the neighbouring agglomeration
International tarmac road crosses the site
Heavy automobile and truck traffic (vibrations, pollution, risk of accidents...)
Pipeline crossing the southern ...
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Iraq,
Weathering and lack of maintenance affecting the fragile structures;
State of conflict in the country that does not allow the responsible authorities to assure the protection and management of the property.
,On 29 January 2014, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/276/documents/. The report ...
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Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Poor state of conservation
Inappropriate restoration techniques
Lack of a buffer zone
Lack of a management plan
Development projects threatening the significant historic fabric
Since March 2011:
Damage due to the armed conflict
Fire due to an electrical incident at al-Asrooniya and elsewhere in the property
,On 15 January 2018, ...
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A mission of experts led by UNESCO has rallied the support of the authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) and of local communities in the preservation of the endangered mountain gorillas of Virunga National Park.The mission, comprising experts from UNESCO and the World Conservation ...
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Paris - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) signed a landmark agreement on Friday 13 October in a new effort to address mounting threats to cultural properties worldwide.
Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed ...
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On 26 March 2021, the Ambassadors of the Sultanate of Oman, Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, United Republic of Tanzania and representative from Somalia joined the UNESCO World Heritage Centre to launch the three-year project entitled: “Supporting capacity-building of World Heritage sites in East Africa” financed by the Sultanate of Oman.
In her welcoming remarks, Ms Mechtild ...
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UNESCO and UNITAR (the UN Institute for Training and Research) have signed an agreement to protect cultural and natural heritage sites with the latest geo-spatial technologies. It was signed at the annual meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Bonn, Germany, and will be delivered through UNITAR’s Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT).
The strategic ...
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Nepal,
Collapse of the roof of the Patan Temple (issue resolved)
Landslide
Need to revise the implementation of the Action Plan
Need for restoration/consolidation works
Encroachment
Rebuilding
Traffic pressures
,The World Heritage Committee at its seventeenth session (1993), expressed deep concern over the state of conservation of the Kathmandu Valley. The Committee ...
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,,In reply to a request by the World Heritage Centre, the State Party by its letter of 7 February 2007 provided information about the accident of the container vessel MSC Napoli (registered in London) in the English Channel. The ship ran into difficulties on 18 January 2007 and a decision was taken to beach it under ...
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Thailand,Factors identified at the time of inscription of the property:
Revision of the boundaries of the property in dialogue between the States Parties of Thailand and Myanmar resulting in a considerably reduced area inscribed
Concerns for the conditions for integrity and requirements for management and protection, including community involvement
Rights and livelihood ...
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One of the largest restoration projects in the history of the United States is underway at Olympic National Park World Heritage site in Washington. Begun in September 2010, the removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams on the Elwha River will result in salmon populations swelling from 3,000 to more than 300,000 as all five species of Pacific salmon ...
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To launch the 40th anniversary celebrations of the World Heritage Convention, UNESCO offered the World Heritage iPhone/iPad application (app) free for one day. On Wednesday, 16 November the app was downloaded 13,343 times from the Apple iTunes store. It proved to be most popular in France, the United States and China.
An update of the App, which now features the 25 new ...
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25 years of Council of Europe cultural routes celebrated in Colmar, France, 21-23 November 2012
The Colmar Forum, organized by the secretariat of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes and the European Institute of Cultural Routes marked 25 years of existence of the Council of Europe’s cultural routes programme. It was attended by around 130 people, ...
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United States of America,
Geothermal development and other subsurface drillings,
Grizzli bears mortalities and habitat loss due to timber harvesting, oil and gas development, road and home building, mining,
Lake trout invasion is a threat to indigenous cutthroat trout and other species,
Bison and elk threatened due to proposals to try and eridacate disease from them,
Heavy ...
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United Republic of Tanzania,
Significant decline of wildlife populations due to poaching
Insufficient funding and management
Modification of legal protective status to permit mineral and hydrocarbon prospecting and mining inside the property
Excision of land from the property to accommodate a uranium mine
Operationalizing the uranium mining project
Inadequate tourism ...
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United States of America,
Water infrastructure (Quantity and quality of water entering the property)
Housing (Urban encroachment)
Surface water pollution and Pollution of marine waters (Agricultural fertilizer pollution, Mercury contamination of fish and wildlife)
Water infrastructure (lowered water levels due to flood control measures)
Storms (Damage from ...
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Saint Lucia,,This property comprises significant tracts of privately owned lands. Current land uses include a small number of hotels strategically located between the two volcanic pitons that contribute to the property’s Outstanding Universal Value. There is increasing pressure on government authorities to provide the necessary permits for considerable expansion of ...
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Afghanistan,
Political instability;
Inclination of the Minaret;
Lack of management plan;
Illicit excavations and looting.
,On 11 February 2013, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report providing information on progress made to achieve the Desired state of conservation for the removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger.
a) ...
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,Invasive/alien terrestrial species (mice) (issue mentioned since 1999),On 30 November 2022, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report for the property, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/740/documents/, and provides the following updates:
In 2021, the house mouse (Mus musculus) ...
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Yemen,Urban Pressure; Lack of capacity in conservation techniques; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of monitoring system; Lack of human or financial resources; Lack of institution co-ordination.,Within the framework of the International Assistance Request submitted by the Yemeni authorities and approved by the World Heritage Committee at its 27th ...
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Commercial development in the area surrounding the site
Redevelopment of a complex for visitor facilities
Need for an integrated management plan
,WHC:
UNESCO and IUCN carried out a monitoring mission to this site from 16 to 19 February 2003, as requested by the 26th session of the Committee. The mission team was ...
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People of Africa, the Americas, the Arab to the future world, Asia, Europe and the Pacific; men, women and children, we are all the inheritors of treasures from past civilizations and natural sites of outstanding beauty. We are all responsible for passing these treasures on civilizations. People of the world, ephemeral owners of the world heritage of humanity, ours is the ...
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Mexico,Urban pression,The Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve (SKBR) is located just 50 km South of the world-renowned tourist destination of Cancun. Development pressures on this coastline are tremendous. Recently, a 4 lane divided highway was completed from Cancun to Tulum, at the edge of the SKBR. Over 2 million tourists visit the area just North of the ...
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United States of America,
Agricultural, industrial and urban developments altering the natural systems;
Pollution of the water (nutrients and mercury);
Hurricane in August 1992 (issue resolved);
Need to elaborate a monitoring plan with benchmarks and indicators
,IUCN notes that Everglades National Park appeared in the Department of Interior’s inaugural ...
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,a) Construction proposals in the immediate vicinity of the Tower of London that could harm the setting, related vistas and integrity of the World Heritage property;
b) Lack of an in-depth visual impact study on possible impacts of development projects, as well as the lack of an approved management plan;
c) Lack of ...
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Cantona was a great fortified city, built around the year 50 A.D. over "bad land", a Pleistocene basaltic outcrop. Due to some of its features, Cantona is unique in its kind. For example, no mortar or cement was used in its buildings, and it has a sophisticated road network, in which streets were laid out over or carved out of the volcanic rock. Cantona's inhabitants ...
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The Rapid Response Facility (RRF), the emergency small grants programme jointly operated by Fauna & Flora International (FFI), UNESCO World Heritage Centre, and the United Nations Foundation, has just launched a new website at www.rapid-response.org.
The RRF is a unique small grant programme. With a target processing time for grant applications of just 8 working days, ...
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Cultural heritage around the world suffers from intentional attacks, collateral damage, looting and the effects of natural disasters. Reaching affected sites and areas quickly to monitor the situation, plan for restoration and prevent further loss often proves very difficult.
Thanks to a partnership between UNESCO and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research ...
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Tangier, Morocco,The Agency for the Promotion and Development of the North (APDN) of the Kingdom of Morocco and the World Heritage Centre are organizing an international reflection workshop on the project of nomination of Tangier’s urban heritage for inscription on the World Heritage List. This workshop will bring together national and local institutions responsible for ...
505.
Thirty-seven new sites will be proposed for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List during the 30th session of the World Heritage Committee scheduled for July 8-16 in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. The President of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus; the Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura; and Ina Marčiulionytė, Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee and ...
506.
Africa
The Africa region covers the 47 States Parties of the World Heritage Convention in the Sub-Saharan Africa. In line with the Global Priority Africa of UNESCO, the Africa unit of the World Heritage Centre strives to enhance the capacity of the Africa region in the implementation of the World Heritage Convention.
Africa is one of UNESCO’s Global Priorities. ...
507.
United Republic of Tanzania,
Management system/management plan
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Development and environmental pressures, particularly in relation with Malindi port project (issue resolved)
Natural disasters and lack of risk-preparedness
Visitors/tourist pressures
Housing pressure
Lack of human and financial resources
Lack of legal ...
508.
Iraq,State of war in the country that does not allow the responsible authorities to assure the protection and management of the property.,On 12 February 2008, the World Heritage Centre received a report from the State Party. The Archaeological City of Samarra remains an insecure military area and, therefore, the archaeological and administrative staff is not able to carry ...
509.
The Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise in the Europe and North America region was launched at the 36th session of the World Heritage Committee (Saint Petersburg, 2012).
In Europe, 49 States Parties and 432 World Heritage properties (382 cultural, 41 natural, 9 mixed) participated in the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise (2012-2015). The exercise ...
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The Arab World Heritage Young Professionals Forum “empowering youth to build peace through the protection and preservation of heritage” starts today!
The Forum was opened by H. E. Mr Mohamed Zinelabidine, Minister of Cultural Affairs of Tunisia, Dr Mohamed Ould Amar, Director-General of ALECSO; Dr Mechtild Rossler, Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre; H. E. Ms ...
511.
Agra, India,At its 36th session (St Petersburg, 2012), the World Heritage Committee discussed a number of state of conservation reports where the question of ‘visual integrity’ and the ‘protection of important views’ came up. The authorities of India informed the World Heritage Committee that they would offer an international expert meeting to ...
512.
Celebrated annually on 2 February, World Wetlands Day aims to raise global awareness about the vital role of wetlands for people and the planet. This year’s theme: ‘It is time for Wetland Restoration’ - is in alignment with the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
Ecosystems support all life on earth. The healthier our ecosystems are, the healthier the planet - and its ...
513.
Funding
The conservation and protection of World Heritage sites require substantial financial resources. Sources of income include the World Heritage Fund, which receives most of its income from cfrom assessed contributions from States Parties to the World Heritage Convention and from voluntary contributions. Other sources of income include profits derived from sales of ...
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Iraq,a) Partial flooding and seepage due to a dam building project;
b) Fragile mud brick structures;
c) Absence of a comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. ,As reported at the 28th (Suzhou, 2004), 29th (Durban, 2005) and 30th (Vilnius, 2006) sessions of the Committee, the assessment mission to the site aiming at developing an emergency conservation plan as well as ...
515.
On 1 September, the UNESCO Director-General, Ms Irina Bokova participated in the IUCN World Conservation Congress opening ceremony, in the presence of several Heads of State of the Pacific Islands, Ms. Sally Jewell, US Secretary of State of the Interior and Senator of Hawaii, Mr Shatz.
Irina Bokova held several bilateral meetings with Heads of State and Conservation ...
516.
Egypt,
Increasing flow of pilgrims (issue resolved)
Possible reconstruction of the church over the Saint's tomb (issue resolved)
,WHC:
At the request of the Egyptian authorities, a World Heritage expert hydrologist carried out a mission in September 2002 to the site, with the aim of evaluating the technical proposals made by the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) ...
517.
China,a) Dams;
b) Boundary modifications;
c) Mining;
d) Signage
e) Management planning.,A report on the state of conservation of the property was received from the State Party on 13 January 2012. The report responds to issues raised by the Committee in decision 35 COM 7B.12 and provides additional information on conservation actions undertaken at the property. Extracts ...
518.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,,On 22 February 2012, two reports on the state of conservation of the World Heritage property “Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape” were submitted by the State Party – one covering the resumption of mining at South Crofty and the other one covering the development proposals for HayleHarbour. Upon ...
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The UNESCO World Heritage Centre participated in a round table on “Attractiveness of regional assets: The creation and regionalization of added value” at the world’s first international forum of Purple Economy held in Paris, France, 11-13 October 2011 together with Carlo Petrini (Founder and President of Slow Food) and Daniel Maximin (Commissioner of the ...
520.
IUCN and UNEP-WCMC have compiled a KML layer with key information on the natural and mixed World Heritage sites inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as of 1 January 2012. The information comes from the latest version of the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA). The WDPA is a joint project of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and IUCN, maintained at ...
521.
,The conference will feature presentations and structured discussions among all sectors on three major and interlinked conference themes:
1. ENSURING SURVIVAL:
Oceans, Climate and Security--Major Issues in Mitigation, Adaptation, and Financing in the Post-Copenhagen Climate Regime.
2. PRESERVING LIFE:
Marine Biodiversity (2010 Global Goal), Networks of Marine Protected ...
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Pumpenhaus Building, World Conference Centre, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 2, 53113 Bonn, Germany,On the occasion of the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee, the Europe and North America Unit organised a side event to mark the successful conclusion of the Second Cycle of Periodic Reporting for Europe and North America.
This event was an opportunity for the World ...
523.
Istanbul Congress Centre, Salle Yıldız 1, Turkey,On the occasion of the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee, the Europe and North America unit is organizing a side event for Focal Points in the region to exchange on follow-up activities to the Second Cycle of Periodic Reporting.
The Helsinki Action Plan Monitoring Survey will be presented at the side event. This ...
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32nd session of the World Heritage Committee Quebec City, Canada 32COM 02 juillet - 10 juillet 2008
Committee Members
Australia, Bahrain, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, United States of America
Bureau Members
...
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Forty-eight sites will be considered for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List of outstanding cultural and natural sites during the 28th session of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, which will meet at the Urban Planning Convention Center in Suzhou (China) from June 28 to July 7.
UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura will address the inaugural session of the ...
526.
Tunisia,
Land development and infrastructures within the property
Legal framework
Housing
Management system / management plan
,On 31 January 2020, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/37/documents/ and outlines progress in addressing the recommendations of the Committee at its 42nd and 43rd sessions, ...
527.
The State of World Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (2003) is now available as publication number 12 in the World Heritage Paper Series. This publication is composed of: a paper version, providing an overview of the results of this first cycle of Periodic Reporting for the Asia-Pacific Region; and a CD-Rom which includes a synthesis of country and site-specific ...
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Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Poor state of conservation
Inappropriate restoration techniques
Lack of a buffer zone
Lack of a management plan
Development projects threatening the significant historic fabric
Since March 2011:
Damage due to the armed conflict
Fire due to an electrical incident at al-Asrooniya and elsewhere in the property
,On 18 January 2017, ...
529.
Malawi,
Need for a new management plan
Growing population within the Park, heavily dependent on fish and wood as principal resource (issue already mentioned and resolved in the past)
Oil exploration/exploitation
,On 1 February 2014, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report. Subsequently, a joint UNESCO/IUCN reactive monitoring mission visited the property ...
530.
Costa Rica,
Governance
Interpretative and visitation facilities (provide visitor interpretation and future accessibility to components not yet open to the public)
Human resources (guardians and managers)
Housing (future urban development)
Water infrastructure (discussion on the construction of a hydropower dam)
Air transport infrastructure
Financial resources
Management ...
531.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,,
WHC:
The Centre has been informed by several individuals and through press articles of two development proposals in the vicinity of the site, which can have a potential impact on the World Heritage area. ICOMOS-UK has expressed its concern regarding this matter. In October 2002, a letter was received from ...
532.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Armed conflict and political instability
Poaching by nationals and trans-border armed groups
Unadapted management capabilities to address the poaching crisis
,On 17 February 2015, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/136/documents/ (pages 26 – ...
533.
Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Serious weathering of many stone blocks due to capillary rising and variations in humidity and temperature
Urban growth of the neighbouring agglomeration
International tarmac road crosses the site
Heavy automobile and truck traffic (vibrations, pollution, risk of accidents...)
Pipeline crossing the southern ...
534.
Senegal,
Lack of monitoring and control mechanism
Lack of a conservation and management plan (existence of a Safeguarding and Enhancement Plan serving as a Conservation and Management Plan)
New constructions, architectural modifications and urban projects affecting authenticity and integrity
Inappropriate housing restoration
Environmental disorder due to the modification ...
535.
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 forestry resources.,On 1 February 2012, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property. The report underlined the efforts realized by the State Party in ...
536.
On 22 October 2015, the UNESCO Regional Office in Dakar united 31 experts, site managers, advisory body and community representatives in Cabo Verde to update the national Tentative List of natural and cultural properties Cabo Verde is considering nominating for future UNESCO World Heritage inscription.
A success story
The first Cabo Verde’s Tentative List, submitted to the ...
537.
The first regional meeting on "Transboundary Cooperation for effective management of World Heritage Sites in Africa" was held from 11 to 15 February 2019 in the city of Man (Cote d'Ivoire), located at 100 km from the Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, the first African transboundary property inscribed on the World Heritage List.
Funded by the Netherlands Funds-in-Trust, ...
538.
During its meeting in Baku this afternoon, the World Heritage Committee, inscribed two cultural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, ending this year’s inscriptions on the List.
The newly added sites, by order of inscription:
Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene (Italy) — Located in north-eastern Italy, the site includes part of the vinegrowing landscape ...
539.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Lack of overall management of new developments
Lack of analysis and description of the townscape characteristics relevant to the Outstanding Universal Value of the property and important views related to the property and its buffer zone
Lack of clearly established maximum heights for new developments, for the backdrops ...
540.
Niger,
Political instability and civil strife
Poverty
Management constraints (lack of human and logistical means)
Ostrich poaching
Soil erosion
Demographic pressure
Livestock pressure
Pressure on forestry resources
Gold panning
Illegal activities (increase in poaching threats and timber harvesting)
,On 31 January 2017, the State Party submitted a report on the state of ...
541.
Peru,
Fires in 1998 and 2001 (issue resolved)
Formalization of the procedures to set up a Management Coordination Unit to implement the Strategic Plan
Revision of the Master and Strategic Plans
New development projects within the Historic Centre including urban transportation systems (Corredor Segregado) and interventions in historical buildings
Development of the cable ...
542.
United States of America,
Water infrastructure (quantity and quality of water entering the property)
Housing (urban encroachment)
Surface water pollution and Pollution of marine waters (agricultural fertilizer pollution, Mercury contamination of fish and wildlife)
Water infrastructure (lowered water levels due to flood control measures)
Storms (damage from ...
543.
The World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the publication of the World Heritage Paper #30: “Adapting to Change – The State of Conservation of World Heritage Forests in 2011” as a contribution to the 2011 United Nations International Year of Forests.
There are 104 World Heritage sites that have been recognized at least in part for their forest values. These range ...
544.
Egypt,
Increasing flow of pilgrims,
Possible reconstruction of the church over the Saint's tomb
,Further to an alarming report prepared in 2000 by an ICOMOS expert, the Director and Chief of the Arab Unit a.i. of the World Heritage Centre carried out a visit to the site in September 2001.
A land-reclamation programme for the agricultural development of the region, funded ...
545.
Sharjah, including its old port and old airport, is located in the old part of the Emirate of Sharjah in the northern United Arab Emirates. According to historical sources, this location contributed to the development of trade. Al Edrissy (an 11th century geographer) stated that there was a port in the existing location of Sharjah: "the road from Julfar to Bahrain ...
546.
China,a) Dams;
b) Boundary modifications;
c) Mining;
d) Signage.,On 31 January 2011, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property. This report provides an overview of the status of dam related projects and the removal of mining threats from the property, as requested in Committee Decision 32 COM 7B.11.
a) Issues related to planned dam ...
547.
Bonn (Germany) - An appeal for the international community to counter the new threat of violent extremism and cultural cleansing was issued at the opening of the World Heritage Committee, which opened its session in Bonn, Germany, today. The Committee will remain in session until 8 July under the chair of Maria Bohmer, Minister of State at the German Federal Foreign Office ...
548.
Experts* sent to Lebanon by UNESCO to assess the state of the country's cultural heritage sites have called for urgent measures to clean up the oil spill from the World Heritage edifices along the Byblos shore line. However, they found that major components of Lebanon's cultural heritage had been spared by the recent conflict. The experts' findings were presented at a ...
549.
Remarkable natural and cultural properties from 40 countries will be considered for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during the meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Paris (19 – 29 June).
Six of these countries stand to have properties inscribed on the World Heritage List for the first time during the forthcoming session: Barbados, Jamaica, ...
550.
United Republic of Tanzania,Shortcomings in the management,First of all, the Committee's attention is drawn to the fact that the Tanzanian authorities, by letter of 27 September 1988, have requested that the Ngorongoro Conservation Area be maintained on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
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Conditions under which this area was threatened are now ...
551.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Interpretative and visitation facilities (Construction proposals in the immediate vicinity of the property that could have an adverse impact on the setting, related vistas and integrity of the property)
Buildings and Development (Continuous development pressure for high-rise buildings that pose changes to skyline and ...
552.
Peru,a) Delays in revising the Master Plan, including detailed yearly operational plans, adequate budget provisions support;
b) No evaluation of transport options, including geological studies and the development of a study on the impact of buses on landslides;
c) Lack of impact studies on the carrying capacity of the Citadel and Camino Inca;
d) Delays in the development ...
553.
Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Lack of definition of the limits of the property and of the buffer zone
Lack of conservation and/or management plans
Inappropriate restoration works
Urban encroachment
Since 2013:
Destruction and damage due to the armed conflict
,On 15 January 2018, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report for the six Syrian ...
554.
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 transport 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 Inca ...
555.
World Heritage and literacy were bookends to a day where Philadelphia opened its arms to UNESCO, during the second day of Director-General Irina Bokova’s visit to the United States on Thursday.Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined the Director-General to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention at morning ceremonies held at Independence ...
556.
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Peru,,In the course of 2004, the World Heritage Centre received many messages of concerned individuals and organizations related to the deterioration of the Lines and Geoglyphs of Nazca and Pampas de Jumana. Upon request of the World Heritage Centre, the National Institute for Culture of the Peruvian Government (INC) submitted a state of conservation report on the ...
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Every year, disasters caused by natural hazards affect millions of people around the world. The resultant human losses are tragic and highlight the vulnerabilities shared by our societies.
Recent events have illustrated the devastating effects of natural disasters. The State of Kerala in India, for example, experienced in August the worst episode of flooding since 1924. ...
559.
Lebanon,
Absence of legislative framework and comprehensive management plan
Absence of coordination mechanisms
Illegal constructions and urban encroachments
Degradation of the mural paintings and buildings
Uncontrolled tourist development and absence of visitor management
Lack of resources for the management structure
,On 1 December 2016, the State Party submitted a state ...
560.
Libya,
Vandalism
Deliberate destruction of heritage
Human Resources
,The State Party did not provide a report on the progress made in implementing the recommendations adopted in Decision 39 COM 7B.57, which was requested by the Committee at its 39th session (Bonn, 2015).
From 9 to 11 May 2016, an International Expert Meeting on the Safeguarding of Libyan Cultural Heritage, ...
561.
Istanbul, 10 July - The 40th session of the World Heritage Committee opened today in Istanbul (Turkey) under the chairmanship of Lale Ulker, Ambassador, Director General of Cultural Affairs and Promotion Abroad of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The opening ceremony was an opportunity to stress that World Heritage, which is now, more than ever, the subject of ...
562.
Poland,Threat to the integrity of the property (tobacco factory project) (issue resolved),See draft decision below.
563.
Paris - UNESCO's 58-member Executive Board - whose 157th session opened on October 5 - today nominated, in the third round of voting, Koichiro Matsuura as its candidate for the post of UNESCO Director-General, to replace the present Director General Federico Mayor at the end of his second 6-year mandate. Mr Matsuura's candidacy will be submitted to the approval of UNESCO's ...
564.
In light of escalated violence in the vicinity of several historic urban areas in Syria, the Director-General reiterates her appeal of 30 March 2012, to all parties involved in the conflict to protect all Syrian cultural heritage.
UNESCO is particularly alarmed over reports of heavy fighting in Aleppo, which ancient city is a World Heritage site. Strategically positioned ...
565.
Integrating World Heritage in the Curricula of Institutions of Higher Learning in Africa – UNESCO's World Heritage Centre (WHC) and Chair on African Heritage at the Great Zimbabwe University join forces to promote capacity building in Africa.
On 24 February 2021, the Africa Unit of the UNESCO WHC and the Great Zimbabwe University (GZU), held an online consultation meeting ...
566.
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567.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Governance: Lack of overall management of new developments
High impact research/monitoring activities: Lack of analysis and description of the townscape characteristics relevant to the Outstanding Universal Value of the property and important views related to the property and its buffer zone
Legal framework: Lack of ...
568.
Cameroon,a) Lack of implementation and full approval of management plan;
b) Industrial mining activities proposed adjacent to the property;
c) Industrial farming proposed in the buffer zone;
d) Threats from commercial hunting; deforestation around the property.,At its 29th session (Durban, 2005), the World Heritage Committee requested the World Heritage Centre and IUCN ...
569.
United States of America,
Pollution (Impacts from aircraft activity, noise pollution)
Mining
Water infrastructure (wells may impact springs)
,On 9 February 2018, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is accessible at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/75/documents, and reports the following:
All the potential uranium mines are located outside of the ...
570.
At the request of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, meeting at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris from 29 to 30 November 2017, granted “enhanced protection” status to Angkor, a cultural World Heritage site. Enhanced protection is a mechanism established by the 1999 Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague ...
571.
Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Lack of definition of the limits of the properties and of their buffer zones
Lack of conservation and/or management plans
Inappropriate restoration works
Urban encroachment
Exploitation of quarries within the perimeter of World Heritage properties
Since 2011:
Destruction and damage due to the armed conflict
Tourism development ...
572.
Bonn, 29 June—The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today launched the Global Coalition, Unite for Heritage, during the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee meeting in Bonn, Germany. The campaign is designed to strengthen the mobilization of governments and all heritage stakeholders in the face of deliberate damage to cultural heritage, particularly in the ...
573.
The World Heritage Committee concluded its 26th session (24 to 29 June 2002) by adopting the Budapest Declaration on World Heritage, marking the 30th anniversary of the signing of the World Heritage Convention in 1972. Adopted in the presence of the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr. Koichiro Matsuura, and representatives of the Hungarian government, the Budapest Declaration ...
574.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,,The monuments of Orkney, dating back to 3000-2000 BC, were inscribed as an outstanding testimony to the cultural achievements of the Neolithic peoples of northern Europe. Their culture flourished for around 500-1000 years at a particularly dynamic time in European pre-history.
The monuments include Maes Howe, a ...
575.
New Zealand,As a logical follow-up to the Periodic Reporting exercise for Asia and the Pacific in 2003 a World Heritage Programme for the Pacific (World Heritage – Pacific 2009) was approved by the World Heritage Committee at its 27th session in Paris (29 June – 5 July 2003).Under the umbrella of the Programme the efforts of UNESCO (Apia and WHC and some other units at ...
576.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Construction proposals in the immediate vicinity of Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church that could have an adverse impact on the setting, related vistas and integrity of the property;
Lack of an in-depth visual impact study on possible impacts of development projects, as well as lack of an ...
577.
The landscape and environmental conditions of the site are typical of the south-westem part of the Kopetdag mountains, which form the north-western edge of the Turkmen-Khorasan mountain system. The Sumbar river (the right-hand branch of the Etrek river) divides the site into northern and southern parts. The right bank is 300-1,900 m in altitude, consisting of wide ridges ...
578.
The World Heritage Committee has decided that improvements in the preservation of the Everglades National Park (Florida, USA) and Rio Plátano Biosphere Reserve (Honduras) were sufficient to remove both UNESCO World Heritage site from the List of World Heritage in Danger.The Committee commended the United States of America for its investment of scientific and financial ...
579.
The 21st General Assembly of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention is meeting on 14 and15 November 2017 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, convening the 193 States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, under the chairmanship of H.E. Mr Adrian Cioroianu, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Romania to UNESCO.
During the session, the General Assembly ...
580.
UNESCO Sub-regional Conference on World Heritage Global Strategy in the context of South Asia met in Kolkata (21-22 February 2019) released the Kolkata Recommendation as a strategy for future implementation of the World Heritage Global Strategy in the Sub-region.
The Sub-regional Conference, attended by approximately 55 governmental officials, experts from Bangladesh, ...
581.
Mexico,
Illegal activities - Illegal logging
Land conversion - Agricultural encroachment
Forest fires (issue resolved)
Decline in the overwintering population of Monarch butterflies in the property
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation (tourism pressures associated with growth in visitor numbers and heavy concentration in specific areas)
Major visitor accommodation ...
582.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Resumption of mining activities
Inappropriate developments (particularly a new supermarket built at Hayle Harbour)
Potential impact of new development projects
Management and institutional factors / Improvements to the planning tools and approval processes not yet completed and implemented
Social/cultural uses of ...
583.
Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Lack of definition of the limits of the property and of the buffer zone
Lack of conservation and/or management plans
Inappropriate restoration works
Urban encroachment
Since 2013:
Destruction and damage due to the armed conflict
,On 18 January 2017, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report for the six Syrian ...
584.
Cameroon,
Commercial logging in adjoining natural forests
Poaching
Mine exploration phase (issue resolved)
Logging roads used for the transportation bushmeat
,WHC:
Dja Faunal Reserve is one of the World Heritage sites that has been reported in the last years to be heavily impacted by wildlife extraction as bush meat, and encroachment on the buffer zone by timber ...
585.
The Chapada do Araripe is located between the parallels of 7 and 8° South Latitude and the meridians of 39° and 41° West Longitude of Greenwich. It is a central plateau that forms a territory comprising three Brazilian states in the northeast of the country: Ceará, Pernambuco and Piauí. Due to its geomorphology, it acts as a watershed between the hydrographic basins of the ...
586.
Yemen,
Renovations seriously threatening the authenticity and integrity of the Great Mosque
No system for the evacuation of waste water
Increase of the permanent humidity of the ground, posing the threat of erosion to the brick walls
Need for a safeguarding and urbanism plan
Lack of traditional materials (noura bricks)
Lack of coordination between the ...
587.
United States of America,a) Quantity and quality of water entering the property;
b) Urban encroachment;
c) Agricultural fertiliser pollution;
d) Mercury contamination of fish and wildlife;
e) Lowered water levels due to flood control measures;
f) Damage from hurricanes. ,On 5 March 2010 a report was submitted by the State Party on the state of conservation of the ...
588.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,Absence of a Management Plan,The State Party provided on 16 July 2004 an updated Management Plan (2004 – 2009), which IUCN reviewed. The plan aims to ensure that the conservation and management of the property is undertaken in a sensitive and appropriate manner. It highlights the key issues affecting ...
589.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,Urban Pressure; Fire,A blaze affected parts of the Old Town area of Edinburgh (Cowgate) on 7 December 2002. Regarding the World Heritage property the damage was limited to less than 1% of the whole area, that is, 13 out of nearly 4,500 registered historic buildings. Historic Scotland submitted a reactive monitoring ...
590.
UNESCO Addis Ababa Liaison Office in collaboration with the World Heritage Centre (WHC) and financial support from the People’s Republic of China, organized a Training workshop on “enhancing the implementation capacity of the 1972 World Heritage Convention ” which took place from 3 to 5 August 2021, in Adama Town, Ethiopia. The meeting brought together 43 participants from ...
591.
United Republic of Tanzania,Shortcomings in the management; Lack of financial resources,As IUCN reported to the 12th meeting of the Committee, conditions here have substantially improved over the past few years when the "warning light" first went on in 1983.
Continued support and surveillance is required but the main threats are now under control.
On 2 March, a letter ...
592.
Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Poor state of conservation
Inappropriate restoration techniques
Lack of a buffer zone
Lack of a management plan
Development projects threatening the significant historic fabric
Since March 2011:
Damage due to the armed conflict
Fire due to an electrical incident at al-Asrooniya and elsewhere in the property
,On 8 January 2019, ...
593.
Peru,a) Continuous deterioration of earthen architecture structures and decorated surfaces from lack of conservation and maintenance practices;
b) Illegal occupation of the property;
c) Unregulated farming activities;
d) Rising water table levels;
e) Delay in implementing protective measures (legislation and regulations already passed by the National Authorities).,The ...
594.
The College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (CALA) at University of Minnesota, USA, has established a Center for World Heritage Studies to undertake research and service projects in partnership with UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC). The objectives of this partnership are embodied in an agreement (MoU) between CALA and WHC signed on December 6, 2004. The CALA ...
595.
Bridgetown, Barbados,From 4 - 8 April 2011, the State Party of Barbados will host the UNESCO Meeting on Small Island Developing States and the Periodic Reporting Exercise of the Caribbean Sub Region of Latin America and the Caribbean. The UNESCO SIDS Meeting is organized for 4 to 6 April 2011, and aims to discuss progress made in the implementation of the 2005 ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo,a) Armed conflict, lack of security and political instability;
b) Poaching by the army and armed groups;
c) Conflicts with local communities concerning Park boundaries;
d) Impact of villages located within the property. ,On 24 March 2011, the State Party submitted a concise report on the state of conservation of the property, providing ...
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As part of a commitment to sharing its expertise, the US National Park Service (NPS) is offering training opportunities to qualified candidates who wish to learn from the US experience in managing and protecting World Heritage Sites. All expenses paid extended residencies in US parks designated as World Heritage Sites will be available to site managers and staff of ...
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20th session of the World Heritage Committee Mérida, Mexico 20COM 02 décembre - 07 décembre 1996
Committee Members
Australia, Benin, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Niger, Philippines, Spain, United States of America
Bureau Members
Chairperson:
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Micronesia (Federated States of),Threats identified at the time of inscription of the property on the List of World Heritage in 2016:
Lack of legal framework (legislation LB392 not yet passed and implementated)
Management system not extended enough
Lack of a risk preparedness strategy as well as of a comprehensive tourism strategy into the management plan
Need to ...
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Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism
For more than 70 years, UNESCO has been working to foster scientific knowledge and cooperation on biodiversity and ecosystems, such as tropical forests, oceans, mountains. In recent years, the effect of human activities -- magnified by population growth and global climate change -- has reduced deeply biodiversity in ecosystems around ...