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Sanliurfa known as the city of prophets has a very rich and for reaching background, due to its location in the great fertile plain of upper Mesopotamia Sanliurfa was praised as the city of prophets Hiob, Jethro and St. George besides Abraham who were said to have lived here.
This Holy city is full of historic religious, public and civil architectural buildings. All are ...
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Director of UNESCO World Heritage Centre meets team from the European Bank for Reconstruction (EBRD)
The Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre has met with the team from the European Bank for Reconstruction and exchanged views on heritage impact assessments related to World Heritage properties, especially for consultations on cultural heritage within ESIA processes. Participants from the EBRD included Debbie Cousins, Team Leader for Environmental and ...
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Vilnius, Lithuania,Lunchtime meeting during 30th session of the World Heritage Committee
Agenda
Introduction and Background: Presentation by Ms Mechtild Rossler, World Heritage Centre
Nordic and Baltic European Region:Presentation by Ms Kris Endresen, Nordic World Heritage Foundation
Western European Region: Presentation by Mr Christopher Young, Rapporteur of Working ...
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Bhedaghat, often referred to as the Grand Canyon of India, is a town in the Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh (India), around 25 kms from Jabalpur. One can experience the outstanding beauty of marble rocks and their various morphological glittering forms on either side of the graceful Narmada river which flows through the gorge. It has also been observed that the magical ...
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Qalaat Al Chakif (Beaufoert castle) N33 7 16.12 E35 7 54.65 Qalaat Tibnin (Toron castle) N33 11 42.25 E35 24 43.24Qalaat Chakra (Dubieh castle) N33 11 38.97 E35 29 6.06Qalaat Deir kifa (Maron Castle) N33 15 43.89 E35 23 56.46
These four castles represent one of the most significant examples illustrating the exchange of influences and documenting the evolution of fortified ...
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Canada,
Urban Pressure (issue resolved)
Road construction (issue resolved)
,In December 2014, Mikisew Cree First Nation, an indigenous community of the property, sent a petition to the World Heritage Centre (available online http://cpawsnwt.org/news/mikisew-first-nations-petitions-unesco-to-list-wood-buffalo-np-as-world-her), requesting to inscribe the property on the List ...
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Jaragua National Park occupies the southern portion of the procurrent of Barahona in the southwest region of the country, including in its territorial demarcation the Beata and Alto Velo Islands, as well as the cays called Los Frailes and Piedra Negra. The marine-terrestrial protected area is the largest area of the Dominican Republic with about 1,543 km2 of surface ...
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World Heritage sites cover a quater of all marine protected areas on the planet: 46 jewels of the ocean, beautiful but fragile. Lest's protect them!
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The Yapese Disk Money Regional Sites involved two countries, Republic of Palau and Federated States od Micronesia. In Palau two sites namely Uet el Daob ma Uet el Beluu and Chelechol ra Orrak in a Rock Island in Airai State was where the oval/round disk money were quarried by the Yapese before they were transported back to Yap. In Yap State two sites namely Mangyol Stone ...
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The Yapese Disk Money Regional Sites involved two countries, Republic of Palau and Federated States od Micronesia. In Palau two sites namely Uet el Daob ma Uet el Beluu and Chelechol ra Orrak in a Rock Island in Airai State was where the oval/round disk money were quarried by the Yapese before they were transported back to Yap. In Yap State two sites namely Mangyol Stone ...
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Ajaccio, France,UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre is organizing the 2nd Global World Heritage Marine Site Managers Conference that will take place in Ajaccio, France, from 18 to 20 October 2013 (by invitation only).
This meeting aims at bringing together for the second time all managers from the 46 marine sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in view of sharing best ...
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The coastal cliffs of the Maltese Islands are characterised by vertical or near-vertical rock faces rising from the sea to heights of up to 70-130m above mean sea level and continuing below it down to depths of 80m in places. Steep slopes which are often terraced and which have been under cultivation for hundreds of years cap parts of these cliffs whereas spectacular ...
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UNESCO joined forces with the Somalia Academy of Science and Arts (SOMASA) in collaboration with the Somali National Commission for UNESCO and the Somali Permanent Delegation to UNESCO to organize a national consultation meeting on 23 and 24 November 2020 with national and international experts and other key stakeholders in the culture sector in Somalia to develop a ...
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The World Heritage Centre highlights the importance of World Heritage sites for mirgratory birds on the occasion of the first World Migratory Bird Day launched by the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and other partner organizations. UNESCO has a Memorandum of Understanding with CMS, and the World Heritage Centre is also working with CMS in the framework of the ...
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Built between 400 and 900 A.D., this ceremonial centre was fortified by means of slate (volcanic tuff) masonry walls. Remains of buildings of various sizes crown 50 large terraces. There are five levels in this site. The Hall of Columns, which measures 41 by 30 meters, is in the first level, which is also the one that has been explored more extensively. The Ball Court ...
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Dear friends and supporters of World Heritage,
I would like to wish you a very Happy New Year on behalf of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
2016 was a year with many challenges: World Heritage sites were threatened by natural disaster, terrorist attacks and ill-advised infrastructure projects. Across the world, we saw cultural and natural heritage on the frontline of ...
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From 26 to 30 November 2018, a high-level delegation from Belize is visiting Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to exchange best practices on leveraging their reef’s iconic World Heritage status, to protect their fragile ecosystems from climate impacts and secure sustainable livelihoods, jobs and income for local communities. The visit follows a series of landmark conservation ...
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Spain,a) Urban development pressure;
b) Lack of comprehensive management plan.,The State Party report submitted on 30 January 2007 in Spanish addressed the following issues:
The legal protection of the World Heritage property is based on national and regional laws for heritage protection according to which any changes to protected building or areas on the municipal level ...
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Vani (7th -1st centuries BC) is an ancient temple city in the Colchis Lowlands located on the western bank of the Sulori River at its confluence with the Rioni River. It is located on a hill bordered by two ravines and overlooks the plains through which the Rioni River flows. There are beguiling views of the Sulori River Valley with its surrounding hills and the Meskhetian ...
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The Norwegian Parliament has adopted a resolution to halt emissions from cruise ships and ferries in the West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord World Heritage site by 2026 at the latest. This will make the fjords among the world’s first zero emission zones at sea. The decision is expected to have a positive impact on the local population, transport and ...
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Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre has been working together with the Government of China on a methodological approach for the preparation of a nomination for the cultural properties along the Silk Road to the World Heritage List. Although the network passed through China, Central/Western and South Asia and beyond, China is the only ...
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,The IUCN World Conservation Congress, the world’s largest and most important conservation event, began 6 September on the Island of Jeju, Republic of Korea. Held every four years, the Congress aims to improve how we manage our natural environment for human, social and economic development.
The Island of Jeju harbors one of Korea’s natural World Heritage sites (Jeju ...
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The UN Biodiversity Conference COP13 will be held during 4-17 December 2016 in Cancun, Mexico. It is the highest governing body of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) which brings together representatives of the countries party managers and key players to promote the implementation of the Convention.
Since the CBD came into force in December 1993, the COP has held ...
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Huangshan City, Anhui, China,HIST (International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage) will co-organize with the World Heritage Centre, MAB Secretariat and Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences of UNESCO "Huangshan Dialogue on UNESCO Designated Places and Sustainable Development --Application of Space Technologies for World Heritage Sites, ...
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The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) is an intergovernmental organization created to promote the conservation of all forms of cultural heritage, in every region of the world. Its mission is to provide Member States with the best tools, knowledge, skills and enabling environment to preserve their cultural ...
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Ciudad Vieja is a historic archaeological site, representing first location of the Salvadoran capital of San Salvador. San Salvador was established here in 1528, while the Conquest was still in progress. It was abandoned only 17 years later and never reoccupied. Its low ruins are presently used for traditional agricultural. A variety of features can be observed, some of ...
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Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO, and Paolo Gentiloni, Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, have signed an agreement on the establishment of a centre in Turin (Italy) that will conduct research and training relating to the economics of cultural heritage and cultural policies for development.
Under the auspices of UNESCO, the ...
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,The IFLA (International Federation of Landscape Architects) EUROPE 2015 award will be presented to UNESCO on the occasion of IFLA Europe’s General Assembly, organized in Lisbon, Portugal from 16-18 October. The 2015 IFLA GA will focus on “Landscape Archetypes, lessons for the future.”
UNESCO has been granted the award for the leading role it has played since the adoption ...
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Krakow, Poland,During the 41st session of the World Heritage Committee held in Krakow from 2 to 12 July 2017, the World Heritage Centre's Marine Programme organized the side event "Coral bleaching in World Heritage marine sites". This event presented the results of the study "Impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage Coral Reefs. A First Global Scientific Assessment". ...
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Arras Citadel, France,The Heritage-Environment Association and the “Architecte des Batiment de France” (French State architect) of the Pas de Calais area will organize a workshop on the management of World Heritage sites in France and Europe, to take place on 6 and 7 October 2017 at the Arras Citadel, part of the “Fortifications of Vauban” serial World Heritage ...
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Madrid, Spain,1st International Meeting on Urban Cultural Landscapes and World Heritage. Cityscapes: Places of Memory, Opportunities for the FutureThe inscription of El Paseo del Prado and El Buen Retiro. A Landscape of Arts and Sciences as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 25 July 2020 fostered this International Meeting on Urban Cultural Landscapes with the aim of ...
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In May 2007 the Report on predicting and managing the impacts of climate change on World Heritage and Strategy to assist States Parties to implement appropriate management responses were published as "World Heritage Reports n°22 - Climate Change and World Heritage." These were prepared from an expert meeting that took place on 16 and 17 March, 2006 at the UNESCO ...
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Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in 1982 as one of the pioneering natural World Heritage sites in all of Latin America and the Caribbean. Even at the time of inscription, it was the country's largest protected area extending across roughly 350,000 hectares of the Honduran Moskitia. At the national level, however, the nominated area ...
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From 5 to 9 October 2023, managers from the 50 marine sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List gathered to discuss critical challenges and solutions in protecting ocean biodiversity of outstanding universal value to humanity. The conference’s objective was to accelerate conservation successes by sharing what works and what doesn’t, and to avoid costly mistakes that can be ...
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Romania,a) Dracula Park project;
b) Deterioration of monuments in general and the fortifications in particular;
c) Lack of protection and maintenance measures, local responsibility and funding strategies.,The State Party report, received on 1 February 2010, provides information regarding the actions implemented by the National Institute for Historic Monuments of Romania ...
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Georgia,Management; Conservation.,At the request of the 27th session of the World Heritage Committee, a joint UNESCO-ICOMOS reactive monitoring mission was undertaken from 8 to 16 November 2003. Despite the political situation in Georgia at that time, which made it difficult to organise meetings with the relevant authorities, the mission evaluated the state of conservation ...
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African National Focal Points for Periodic Reporting finalize Third Cycle Draft Regional Action Plan
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC), in collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) and the UNESCO Field Offices in Africa, organized an regional workshop from 17 to 19 February 2021, where National Focal Points from the Africa region participated online.
Following the submission of the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting questionnaires in July 2020 and ...
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The World Heritage Committee on Sunday inscribed eight new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, including Chad’s first World Heritage property. Inscriptions will continue tomorrow Monday. The new sites are:
Major Mining Sites of Walonia (Belgium): The four sites of the property form a strip that is 170km long by 3 to 15 km, crossing Belgium from east to west. ...
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The nomination, which is the subject of this submission, represents an extension of the World Heritage property of the "Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe" (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine - ref. CPM 1133ter). This property has been inscribed by the ...
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Sudan,
Financial resources: Need to continue to increase financial resources and commit to maintain ongoing sustainable financing
Lack of high quality resolution maps that clearly define the boundaries of the property and the buffer zone (resolved)
Management systems/ management plan: Need to update the management plan for Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay to ...
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Senegal,
Construction of a dam (issue resolved)
Proliferation of the aquatic fern Salvinia molesta
,Principal issues:
Control and eradication of the invasive species, Salvinia molesta.
New information:
In June 2001, the twenty-fifth session of the Bureau noted detailed findings of the results of the two-person mission undertaken to the site from 31 March to 10 April ...
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The opening ceremony of the Closing Event taking place in Kyoto from 6 to 8 November featured a performance by UNESCO Artist for Peace Sarah Brightman, and a traditional drum performance by the Japanese group Hi Ryu (Flying Dragon).
The Chairperson of the event, Ambassador Masuo Nishibayashi, and UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova opened the celebration, along with ...
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40 years of protection, 188 States Parties, 936 World Heritage Sites. Join us for the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention as we highlight the role of local communitites in sustainable development.
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China,
Water infrastructure (major hydropower development on all main rivers and related infrastructure)
Mining (within and near the property)
Management systems/management plan (absence of overall serial property-wide management system and plan including tourism planning; unclear property boundaries and absence of demarcation)
Major visitor accommodation and associate ...
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Côte d'Ivoire,
Severe impact caused by heavy wildlife poaching and organized hunting,
Human encroachment particularly by local agricultural communities,
Influx of refugees from the neighbouring countries of Sierra Leone and Liberia
,WHC:
At its twenty-sixth session (Budapest, 2002), the World Heritage Committee requested the State Party: "to provide a detailed report of ...
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Rostov Kremlin is placed in the center of Rostov Veliky (the Great), on the hill of the side of the Lake Nero. The Kremlin consistod of three independent areas. The central one (Bishop's Yard) is fenced by high walls with towers. Two other smaller parts are: north-Sobomaya Square; soth-territory of Gregory Seclusion.
In the second half of the 17th century in the time of ...
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,The European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards is Europe’s highest honour in the heritage field.
It recognises the best restoration projects; the most impressive research; the most dedicated heritage professionals and volunteers; and the finest awareness raising, training and educational programmes. Architects, craftsmen, cultural heritage experts, ...
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Ottawa, Canada,CIPA is the Scientific Committee on Heritage Documentation for the International Committee on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). CIPA2017, the 26th biennial symposium, will be held from August 28 to September 1, 2017, in Ottawa, Canada. CIPA2017 will focus on Digital Workflows for Conservation.
The rapid rise in new digital technologies has revolutionized the ...
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The Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape is situated in the physiographic region known as the lowveld in an ancient valley that includes the confluence of the Shashe and Limpopo Rivers. These rivers drain an extensive area and form the international border between South Africa in the south, Botswana in the North West and Zimbabwe in the north east. The area described below ...
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On May 30, 2023, UNESCO successfully launched an online International Workshop on the pilot implementation of the Culture|2030 Indicators. The workshop began with a video address by Mr. Ernesto Ottone R., UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Culture, and opening remarks from Ms. Erica Gerretsen, Director of the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG-INTPA) ...
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Belarus,Poland,a) Illegal logging;
b) Excess commercial logging;
c) Bark beetle infestation of forest;
d) Alterations of the hydrological regime;
e) Border fence impeding mammal movements;
f) Lack of transboundary cooperation.,The State Party of Poland submitted a report on 1 February 2007 in response to the Committee’s request. It indicates that Poland is ...
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Large timber monasteries, mostly built during the 18th and 19th centuries AD, on a similar linear plan. Four main timber structures are usually aligned on a large wooden platform on posts, providing spaces for cult, assemblies and accomodation for the monks: from east to west, the shrine, the prayer hall, the main teaching hall and an ancillary building. Above the shrine, ...
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Advisory Bodies
Three international non-governmental or intergovernmental organizations are named in the Convention to advise the Committee in its deliberations.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international, non-governmental organization that provides the World Heritage Committee with technical evaluations of natural heritage ...
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Culture, in all of its wondrous expressions, inspires more than 1.2 billion tourists to pack a bag and cross international borders each year. It is an important means to promote inter-cultural dialogue, create employment opportunities, curb rural migration, and nurture a sense of pride among host communities. Yet unmanaged, it can also harm the very heritage cultural ...
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,The world is currently experiencing its fourth global coral bleaching event, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the International Coral Reef Initiative’s (ICRI) network of coral reef scientists - the second this decade. This mass bleaching event is estimated to have already affected at least 30% of the 29 UNESCO World Heritage-Listed ...
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The IUCN World Conservation Congress, the world’s largest and most important conservation event, began 6 September on the Island of Jeju, Republic of Korea. Held every four years, the Congress aims to improve how we manage our natural environment for human, social and economic development.
The Island of Jeju harbors one of Korea’s natural World Heritage sites ...
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Three years after their destruction by extremists, the Timbuktu mausoleums are nearly restored through the extraordinary work carried out by local craftsmen and with international support. The announcement came at an event held in Bonn as part of the World Heritage Committee session taking place in the German city.
“The reconstruction of the mausoleums in Timbuktu is a ...
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Russian Federation,a) Illegal salmon fishing;
b) Gold mining;
c) Gas pipeline;
d) Development of a geothermal power station;
e) Forest fires;
f) Boundary changes;
g) Construction of the Esso-Palana road.,The State Party provided a report to the World Heritage Centre on 1 February 2006 which appears to repeat verbatim the report submitted on 27 January ...
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Niger,
Armed conflict (issue resolved);
Poaching;
Decline in wildlife populations;
Need to update the emergency rehabilitation plan
,IUCN and the Centre were informed in March 2002 that the vehicle and other equipment provided as part of Emergency Assistance had not been transferred to the site. IUCN Niger reports that the vehicle purchased by UNESCO was ...
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Chad,
Urban development and infrastructures
Waste management
Pollution
Transboundary road traffic
Agricultural development
Tourism development
Silting of the lakes/reduction in water supply
Absence of an adequate management plan
Human pressure
,On 22 January 2015, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, available at ...
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The Meru Conservation Area (MCA) lies in the Somali-Maasai Regional Centre of Endemism, an area of some 1.87 million square kilometres, extending from north-eastern Somalia to north-eastern Tanzania and including much of north-eastern Kenya, south-eastern Sudan, parts of Ethiopia and north-eastern Uganda. The MCA is a complex of protected areas along the Tana River which ...
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Belarus,Poland,Logging; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation).
Additional Details:
Transboundary management, logging; community use,A joint IUCN/UNESCO mission visited Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bialowieza Forest in Poland and the Republic of Belarus from 15 to 20 March 2004 in response to the decision of the 27th session of the World Heritage Committee (27 COM ...
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Three international non-governmental or intergovernmental organizations are named in the Convention to advise the Committee in its deliberations.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international, non-governmental organization that provides the World Heritage Committee with technical evaluations of natural heritage properties and, through its ...
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Founded in 1619 on the left bank of the Yenissey as a fortress, it facilitated the expansion of the Russians to the East. The location of the town on the crossroads of the most important rivers, as a fertile region, rich in game, fish, iron ore and salt, told favorably on the development of the town. Yenisseisk reminded the biggest city of East Siberia till the end of the ...
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On 29 November 2022, the Kingdom of Morocco, represented by H.E. Mohammed Mehdi Bensaid, Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, and Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, signed a framework agreement for the protection of African heritage, which will contribute to the implementation of activities for fostering cultural heritage safeguarding and capacity ...
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Bhopal, India,To promote quality research in the areas of Architecture, Planning and Design, the School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, publishes an international journal “SPANDREL”- Journal of SPA: New Dimensions in Research of Environments for Living. The Journal is intended as a medium of communication and discussion of contemporary issues in Architecture, ...
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Italy,The Preventive and Planned Conservation Conference 2014 will be held in Monza and Mantua, Italy, from 5 to 9 May 2014
The conference aims at presenting an international overview of Preventive and Planned Conservation strategies. Theoretical reflections and best practices will be shown in order to highlight potentialities, gained advantages and difficulties ...
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Florence, Italy – S. Croce, sala del Cenacolo,Services for Culture: a visit of qualityPolicies, best practices and experiences in managing services for the public at heritage sites.
The audience and participants for the 5th Conference are all museums, monuments, libraries, archives and archaeological sites open to the public and under either public or private ...
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Berlin, Germany,The European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards is Europe’s top honour in the heritage field. It recognises the best achievements in conservation, research, dedicated service as well as education, training and awareness-raising.
In 2018, the Awards will be used as a pivotal instrument for promoting the key messages of the European Year ...
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,La Noche del Patrimonio is an unprecedented world-class cultural and artistic event taking placesimultaneously in the 15 Spanish World Heritage Cities. For one special night every September, the best of international contemporary dance, UNESCO World Heritage sites and local culture expressions light up the cityscape of the 15 Spanish cities with a celebration that is open ...
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Further to the appeal made by the Director-General of UNESCO for the safeguard of the Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls in the present challenging context, the World Heritage Centre is in the process of the elaboration of an Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Old City.
One of the major fields of intervention identified is the improvement of the quality of the ...
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The Flow Country is widely considered to be the largest area of blanket bog in the world. Together with associated areas of heath and open water it is of international importance as a habitat and for the diverse range of rare and unusual breeding birds it supports.
Covering about 4,000 km2 (1500 miles2), the Flow Country is a large, rolling expanse of blanket bog found in ...
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,LA NOCHE DEL PATRIMONIO
THE NIGHT WHERE ARTS BRING HERITAGE TO LIFE
LA NOCHE DEL PATRIMONIO is an unprecedented world-class cultural and artistic event taking place simultaneously in the 15 Spanish World Heritage Cities. For one special night every September, the best of international contemporary dance, UNESCO World Heritage sites and local culture expressions light up ...
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On 13 July 2022, experts in coral bleaching preparedness and local management teams from UNESCO World Heritage coral reefs met online to share best practices to recognize bleaching alerts and rapidly deploy monitoring and evaluation measures during such events.
Coral reefs have been increasingly exposed to heat stress in recent years due to rising temperatures that result ...
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Costa Rica,
Financial resources
Fishing/collecting aquatic resources (weak control over commercial and artisanal fishing)
Ground transportation infrastructure (Pan-American Highway that bisects the property)
Human resources
Illegal activities
Invasive/alien terrestrial species
Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals
Renewable energy facilities (Las Pailas I and ...
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United States of America,
Geothermal development and other subsurface drillings (issue resolved)
Grizzli bears mortalities and habitat loss due to timber harvesting, oil and gas development, road and home building, mining... (issue resolved)
Heavy metals and acid pollution from abandoned mining tailings (issue resolved)
Water related concerns due to a ...
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New guidelines launched at the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress aim to support the management of areas recognised simultaneously under several international designations, all of which have environmental conservation at their heart.
The publication, “Managing MIDAs – Harmonising the management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage ...
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An oil spill has occurred near East Rennell, the only natural World Heritage site in the Pacific that is on the Danger List. Experts from Australia are currently working with the national authorities to ascertain the status of the situation and advice on possible mitigation measures to be taken.
On 4 February 2019, the bulk carrier MV Solomon Trader ran aground in Kangava ...
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Mousa: HU 457 236
Old Scatness: HU 389 106
Jarlshof: HU 398 095
The Iron Age in Europe was a time of dramatic cultural change but is not directly represented on the World Heritage List. Iron technology complemented bronze tools and weapons and society became proto-urban. Across Europe people built in timber, but in treeless areas of Scotland they developed their already ...
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WHC-12/36.COM/12D
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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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They are located in the city of Stara Zagora, in the district of the Higher Institute of Medicine.The two dwellings stand side by side. They date back to the 6th millennium before our era. They were discovered in the course of excavations. By a rare chance, all the furnishings and household utensils have been preserved intact since discovery. At present, they are the best ...
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Along the mystic Vumba Mountain Range in Central Mozambique, a sacred Hill denominated Chinhamapere stands as one of the prominent features of the landscape. The site comprises the best-known hunter-gatherer rock art paintings (comprising several human figures, some holding bows and arrows and others in trance) tucked into a sacred forest and a set of living Shona rituals ...
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In mid-August 2005 the Government of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada, finalized the purchase of seventeen properties, including 22 buildings and eight wharfs for $5.5 million Canadian (over $4,678,000 USD) in the waterfront district of Old Town Lunenburg, a World Heritage site since 1995.
The buildings had been for sale since the previous winter by Clearwater Seafoods, ...
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Experts from UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and the International Council of Monuments and Sites will arrive in Pompei on 2 December to examine the state of conservation of the World Heritage site. The mission follows the destruction in early November of the Schola Armaturarum and further collapses yesterday and today, including that of a wall at the House of the ...
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A training workshop was organized in Cairo, Egypt, to strengthen the capacities of heritage site managers and for those developing projects in and around heritage sites to train them in applying Impact Assessments in a World Heritage context. Impact assessments is an important tool to find the best possible solutions to meet both conservation priorities and development ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France,The first ceremony of 2012 to recognize children who have participated in the Eco Picture Diary Global Contest will be held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France on 8 February 2012.
Initially developed by Panasonic for primary school children between the ages of 7 and 11, the ‘kids school – eco learning’ education ...
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Florence, Italy – S. Croce, sala del Cenacolo,Services for Culture: a visit of qualityPolicies, best practices and experiences in managing services for the public at heritage sites.
The audience and participants for the 5th Conference are all museums, monuments, libraries, archives and archaeological sites open to the public and under either public or private ...
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Ottawa, Canada,CIPA is the Scientific Committee on Heritage Documentation for the International Committee on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). CIPA2017, the 26th biennial symposium, will be held from August 28 to September 1, 2017, in Ottawa, Canada. CIPA2017 will focus on Digital Workflows for Conservation.The rapid rise in new digital technologies has revolutionized the ...
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historic center of Zacatecas, Mexico,On 23 August 2017, the first meeting for the establishment of the Administrative Council of the Regional World Heritage Institute in Zacatecas, Category 2 Centre created under the auspices of UNESCO in 2010. The meeting will take place in the building "La Casa del Conquistador", where the Institute is located, situated in the historic ...
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Natma Taung National Park (NTNP; also known as Nat Ma Taung or Natmataung) is located in Chin State in western Myanmar. The park covers 72,300 hectares of the Chin Hills and contains Mt. Natma Taung, which rises 2,200 m above the surrounding landscape to a height of 3,051 m (Platt et al. 2012). NTNP ranges in elevation from 740 m to 3,051 m. NTNP was ...
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The 2021 UNESCO Marine World Heritage Annual Overview, made public today, summarises a year of conservation successes for marine World Heritage, but also underscores the urgent need for greater action to protect sites from the rapidly increasing threat of climate change.
Consistent with its mandate, the work of the UNESCO World Heritage Marine Programme concentrates on ...
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Viet Nam,
Ground transport infrastructure (Negative impacts of a road construction project in the World Heritage site)
Illegal activities (Illegal logging and forest crimes (poaching))
Management systems/management plan (Lack of a visitor Management Plan, Inadequate Sustainable Tourism Development Plan)
Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation (Cable car project to provide ...
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Young People's Appeal from Dubrovnik
We, the young people "Patrimonitos" (heritage protectors), as we call ourselves, are so happy to be here in the World Heritage City of Dubrovnik. During this forum we became aware of the importance of preserving our heritage which we consider to be our treasure, and we discussed our ideas for protecting the World heritage with the ...
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Connecting People with Nature
It may seem hard to believe now, but, fifty years ago, it was thought the best way to protect nature was to make it off-limits to the human population…
Today, we know better.
We now know that the closer the relationship between people and their natural environment the more likely people are to appreciate the importance of nature and its ...
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Mauritania,a) Illegal fishing;
b) Mechanical shellfish harvesting;
c) Oil exploitation;
d) Tourism and increased accessibility due to the new Nouadhibou-Nouakchott road;
e) Lack of management capacity and resources.,The State Party submitted (2 March 2006) a report on the property in the form of a periodic report, accompanied by a copy of the Institutional and ...
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WHC-13/37.COM/5E
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Osaka, Japan, 22-29 November 1998
Objectives
The objective of the youth Forum was to build a "Bridge to the New Millennium" by promoting: Peace, Restoration & Preservation, Natural Environment and Coexistence.The Forum suggested to UNESCO to "Create the ‘World Heritage Movement' with youth and children for the New Millennium".
Students Final Draft of "Patrimonito's ...
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From 1 to 10 September 2016, thousands of leaders and decision-makers from government, civil society, indigenous peoples, business and academia will gather together in Honolulu (Hawaii) to share ideas on how to improve the ways we manage the natural environment for human, social and economic development. Held every four years, the IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC) ...
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Today, UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre released the first global scientific assessment of climate change impacts on World Heritage coral reefs. Soaring ocean temperatures in the past three years have subjected 21 of 29 World Heritage reefs to severe and/or repeated heat stress, and caused some of the worst bleaching ever observed at iconic sites like the Great Barrier Reef ...
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UNESCO, with its unique mandate in Earth Sciences, plays a vital role in promoting a sustainable world, with geoscience at the core of its mission. A workshop on geoheritage management in UNESCO designated sites will be held on 19 - 22 October 2023 for personnel working with current or aspiring natural UNESCO designated sites.
A call for applications is now open until 13 ...
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A turreted castle in the icescape of Antarctica evokes not just the sublime beauty of nature but also its impermanence. Preserving this fragile balance between nature and human activity is at the heart of the World Heritage Convention and our efforts to reconcile development and long-term sustainability.In 2008, the International Year of Planet Earth, we would like to pay ...
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Costa Rica,
Financial resources
Fishing/collecting aquatic resources (weak control over commercial and artisanal fishing)
Ground transportation infrastructure (Pan-American Highway that bisects the property)
Human resources
Illegal activities
Invasive/alien terrestrial species
Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals
Renewable energy facilities (Las Pailas I and ...
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Dakar-Goree, Senegal 23-27 August 1999
Objectives
The World Heritage Youth Forum and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
By mobilizing the youth from different schools all around the world, UNESCO desired, through the Associated Schools Network to
sensitize young people to the World heritage preservation;
increase knowledge of the young people on a painful chapter of the human ...
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Côte d'Ivoire,a) Poaching;
b) Agricultural encroachment;
c) Artisanal gold mining.,With the political crisis in the country in 2002, fears existed that commercial poaching, agricultural encroachment and artisanal gold mining would increase substantively. In June 2006, following a return of security, a World Heritage Centre / IUCN monitoring mission visited the World ...
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Nepal,
Proposed irrigation project to divert the Rapti river (issue resolved)
Increase in the natural rate of mortality of the rhinoceros (issue resolved)
Pollution of the Narayani River (issue resolved)
Bridge and road projects
33kV transmission line project
,Following the decision of the 26th session of the Committee, and the invitation of the State Party, IUCN ...
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Australia,
Mining projects;
Protected area considered inadequate at the time of inscription
Presence of cane toads (Bufo marinus) in Kakadu National Park
,WHC:
In responding to Decision 26 COM 21 (b) 30, the State Party provided the following new information in a letter dated 31 January 2003 that was subsequently transmitted by the World Heritage Centre to ICOMOS and ...
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Burkina Faso joined the rank of countries that have World Heritage properties on their territory with the inscription of the Ruins of Loropéni on UNESCO’s List on Friday.
The 11,130m2 property, the first to be inscribed in the country, with its imposing stone walls is the best preserved of ten fortresses in the Lobi area and is part of a larger group of 100 ...
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The main objectives of this evaluation are to assess the Centre’s performance with respect to its objectives and functions, as specified in the agreement between UNESCO and the host Government, and its contribution to UNESCO’s strategic programme objectives and sectoral or intersectoral programme priorities and themes.
The findings of the evaluation will serve as the basis ...
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In February and March 2018, the World Heritage Centre carried out an online consultation with key World Heritage stakeholders on the first draft of the World Heritage Policy Compendium. The consultation gathered feedback and comments from key World Heritage stakeholders including States Parties to the World Heritage Convention. For the first time, the online consultation ...
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UNESCO has been informed of a press release issued by the Office of the President of Kiribati on 15 November last, concerning the Government of Kiribati’s decision to lift the closure of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area as a no-take zone and to introduce a Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) for the sustainable use of marine resources within the World Heritage property. A ...
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Shaoxing, China,A follow-up to the International Conference on Cultural Heritage Management and Urban Development, which was held in Beijing (China) in July 2000, this 2nd international conference will be aimed at increasing institutional understanding of tools for managing and developing cultural heritage.Through plenary and working group sessions (cultural management, ...
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UNESCO Headquarter, Paris,During a special event at the Monaco Yacht Club on 4 April 2017, UNESCO’s World Heritage Marine Programme, IUCN’s Global Marine and Polar Programme and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) will launch the results of the project “Identifying possible World Heritage marine sites in the Arctic Region”.
The project identified seven areas that ...
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Following four preliminary survey missions fielded by the Japanese Government in response to the request of the Royal Government of Cambodia, the Japanese Government Team for Safeguarding Angkor (JSA) was set up in 1994 under the leadership of Professor NAKAZAWA from Waseda University, Tokyo, to carry out a practical project within the framework of the UNESCO/Japan Trust ...
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Montenegro,Proposed dam project on the Tara River; boundary issues; ski development; logging.,Threats to Durmitor National Park by a hydropower plant project were already discussed at the World Heritage Committee in 1985, when the Committee identified the property “for possible inclusion on the List of World Heritage in Danger” and noted “This property ...
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Nepal,
Ground transport infrastructure (Plans to construct a road and railway through the property; Proposed infrastructure projects)
Invasive/alien terrestrial species (Spread of invasive species; Encroachment of wildlife habitats in the buffer zone)
Management systems/Management Plan (Lack of appropriate inter-agencies and inter-ministries consultation and coordination ...
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The Central Karakoram in the Gilgit-Balitstan region of Pakistan is an extreme mountain area between Skardu and Gilgit. It was declared as the Central Karakoram National Park (CKNP) in 1993 and today it is the largest protected area in Pakistan, covering over 10,557.73 km2 in the Central Karakorum mountain range. The area is part of the Asian high-mountain system of ...
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The year 2020 began with an unprecedented health crisis that has affected each one of us, and we still cannot predict its long-term effects. Not only have we been touched in our personal lives. Lockdown has perturbed our work, our communities and our industries, at times with devastating consequences. And this crisis is not yet over.
Inevitably, our World Heritage sites ...
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Makgadikgadi Pans Landscape is located in the north-east of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve and south-east of the Okavango Delta. It is linked to Okavango Delta by the Boteti River and supplied with water from Zimbabwe by the ephemeral Nata River. This makes the area the largest salt pans in the world covering an area of over 30 000 km2 and one of the former largest ...
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Christchurch, New Zealand, 29 June - The World Heritage Committee inscribed 22 new sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List during its ongoing session in Christchurch. The new inscriptions include 16 cultural, five natural and one mixed, cultural and natural property. In a decision unprecedented in the history of UNESCO's Convention concerning the Protection of the ...
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Benin,a) Absence of a national legislative mechanism for the protection of cultural heritage;
b) Major deterioration of almost 50% of the earthen structural components;
c) Lack of presentation and interpretation at the site.,The State Party submitted its state of conservation report on 28 March 2010. The report provides information on the major rehabilitation, capacity ...
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United Republic of Tanzania,
Potential impacts of a hydro-electric project in Kenya;
Poaching;
Reduced and degraded water resources;
Potential impact of optical cables’ installation;
Proposed road crossing the northern part of the property
,On 1 February 2014, the State Party submitted a detailed state of conservation report. An executive summary of ...
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This castle, undoubtedly the best in all of Aragon, was built during the 11th century and later, at the end of the 12th century, a wall was built around it. The oldest part was built in the time of Sancho el Mayor (1020-30); Sancho Ramírez (1064-1094) established a community of the St. Augustinian order here. Loarre Castle consists of a walled area with semi-circular and ...
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The Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape (‘the landscape’) covers an estimated area of 37,500 km2. The landscape consists of Boma and Badingilo National Parks on either sides of a large expanse of savannah habitats. To the west lies Badingilo (8,935km2) and to the east is Boma (19,747km2). These are connected by an unprotected corridor that allows the wildlife to range ...
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Ethiopia,
Road construction through the property
Power transmission line affecting exceptional natural beauty and conditions of integrity
Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community
Agricultural encroachment at the borders of the property and crop cultivation in the property
Growing resource-dependent, economically poor population around the ...
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Being a most valuable natural reservoir that stands out nationally, regionally and worldwide, Ciénaga de Zapata National Park is the main core area of the Biosphere Reserve and the Ramsar site that have the same name. Natural and socio-economic characteristics of this territory make it be a priority area due to the ecological fragility of its ecosystems, its values for the ...
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,Following the successful WHV campaign to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention with 50 projects organized in 40 World Heritage sites around the world in 2012, we have the pleasure to launch the World Heritage Volunteers 2013 (WHV 2013), welcoming the participation of all interested organizations.
In the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage ...
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The archeological site of Incallajta, with a surface area of 67 hectares, is among the main Inca sites in the country. Once they had conquered the Collao territories, the Incas marched deep into the semi-tropical valleys of what now are the Cochabamba and Santa Cruz states. There, they established a series of cities, specially fortified to control de advances of the ...
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Tokaj Wine Region is a testimony of an unique land-use culture that has been existing for centuries and the related cultural traditions, too. With centuries - old experience of grape cultivation and viticulture evolved the unique geographical, geological, geomorphologic, hydrological and climatic condition of. Tokaj Wine Region. This region is characteristic to a large ...
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For the one-year anniversary of the IUCN World Parks Congress, UNESCO has published the proceedings of this Congress to highlight the recommendations of the global conservation community on World Heritage for the next decade.
The Promise of Sydney for World Heritage sites agreed at the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 is to secure the highest level of international ...
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A training workshop on strengthening World Heritage site management planning in Egypt took place in Luxor, Egypt, from 10 to 14 December 2023. Focusing on the site ‘Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis’ in particular, the workshop provided site managers and practitioners concerned with the management, conservation and planning of World Heritage sites in Egypt, with a global ...
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The Meru Conservation Area (MCA) lies in the Somali-Maasai Regional Centre of Endemism, an area of some 1.87 million square kilometers, extending from north-eastern Somalia to north-eastern Tanzania and including much of north-eastern Kenya, south-eastern Sudan, parts of Ethiopia and north-eastern Uganda. The MCA is a complex of protected areas along the Tana River that ...
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Marrakesh - UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, meeting since November 29 in Marrakesh (Morocco), has inscribed 48 new cultural and natural sites on the World Heritage List.
The List now has 630 sites of "exceptional universal value" in 118 countries. Sites in South Africa, Nigeria, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Turkmenistan are on the List for the first time.
Notable among ...
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Indonesia,
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Management systems / management plan
Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community
Fire (wildfires) (issue resolved)
Illegal activities (Deer poaching; coral blasting; illegal dynamite and cyanide fishing) (issues resolved)
,On 31 January 2022, the State Party submitted a state of conservation ...
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Nepal,
Pressure and degradation from increasing tourism and mountaineering;
Development of tourism resort in core area;
Climate change;
Aircraft use;
Mining;
Deforestation for firewood.
,A brief report updating the state of conservation of the property was received from the State Party on 1 February 2012. The report responds to issues raised by the Committee in Decision 34 ...
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China,
Water infrastructure (Major hydropower development on all main rivers and related infrastructure)
Mining (Within and near the property)
Management systems/management plan (Absence of overall serial property-wide management system and plan including tourism planning; Unclear property boundaries and absence of demarcation)
Major visitor accommodation and associate ...
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India,a) Bodo insurgency 1988-2003;
b) Forced evacuation of Park staff;
c) Destruction of Park infrastructure;
d) Poaching and logging;
e) Illegal cultivation.,From 11 to 19 February 2008, a joint World Heritage Centre / IUCN monitoring mission visited the property, as requested by the World Heritage Committee at its 31st session (Christchurch, 2007). A report on the state ...
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Zimbabwe,
Poaching
Oil exploration programme (issue resolved)
Mining project
Tourism development
Management systems/ management plan
,On 1 February 2023, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/302/documents, and reports the following:
Anti-poaching operations are continuing with improved ...
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Marine debris accumulates on the beaches of even the most remote and pristine UNESCO marine World Heritage sites, including Aldabra Atoll (Seychelles). Through action, education and research, the Seychelles Island Foundation removed 25 tons of waste, including 60,000 plastic flipflops.
Aldabra Atoll was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1982 as one of the ...
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Slender West Lake, formerly Baozhang Lake, is located in the northwest of Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, covering an area of two square kilometers. In the mid-18th century, the moats and a large number of suburban villas of salt traders along the moats built in different locations and in different historical period (Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties) were ...
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The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) has released the first set of data for Indicator 11.4.1 related to culture for the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Agenda 2030. The results and analysis are available in a new report, Tracking Investment to Safeguard the World’s Cultural and Natural Heritage.
Indicator 11.4.1 is defined as “total per capita expenditure on the ...
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Côte d'Ivoire,Guinea,
Lack of Management Plan;
Lack of funding;
Poaching;
New railway (issue resolved);
Mining;
Proposed reduction of the protected area;
Refugees from Liberia
,In late November 2002, armed conflict in Côte d’Ivoire spread to the western part of the country, paralysing the whole region. Conservation International (CI) and Birdlife International, ...
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South Africa,
Ground water pollution
Mining
Surface water pollution
Water (rain/water table)
Climate change and severe weather events
Acid mine drainage
Integrated Management plan to be finalized
Interpretative and visitation facilities in case of concern re. additional material requested
,On 1 December 2022, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, ...
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A series of 30 exhibition panels available for World Heritage Exhibits. These posters can be used free of copyright restrictions for non-commercial purposes. They are available for downloading as PDF (See Documents below).
Culture/Nature: the link to preservation
The World Heritage emblem symbolises the interdependence of the world's natural and cultural diversity.
What is ...
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Maijishan Mountain is placed on the first list of state key scenic spots by its peculiar grottoes, exquisite clay sculptures luxuriant vegetation, all kinds geologies and landforms, mountain peaks. Its main area is 142km2 including Maijishan Grottoes, the Immortal Cliff, the Stone Gate, Quxi Stream and Jieting Hot Spring.
Maijishan Grottoes was first built in Later Qin ...
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Edinburgh, UK,Registration for the event has now closed, but due to demand the event is accessible online. To take part in the conference remotely, please read and follow the simple instructions below. Comments and questions will be taken live at the Conference in Edinburgh!
Live streaming 23 and 24 November Live video stream address
http://bit.ly/ikwig
Live video stream ...
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,From 11 June to 16 November 2022, WHITRAP Shanghai will organize a series of 6 monthly online World Heritage Dialogues including a WHITRAP Herit-AP Chat, in July, hosted by the College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP) Tongji University (Shanghai, China) to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural ...
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(1) Description of boundaries
The nominated property is located completely inside Qinghai Lake National Park, coinciding with the Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve.The east boundary reaches the eastern end of Qinghai Lake National Park, 36°28′55″N, 100°51′37″E.The west boundary reaches the western end of Qinghai Lake National Park, 36°56′39″N, 99°34′40″E.The south ...
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The geological structure of Haitan archipelago is deeply influenced by Yanshan organic and neo-tectonic movements, which induced intensive magma and fault activities there. A variety of geomorphology types, such as hill, platform, lake, bedrock shore, sandy coast and muddy coast, were produced on the archipelago in consequence of widely distributed granite and volcanic ...
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Professor Herb Stovel, one of the world’s most renowned experts in heritage conservation, recently passed away in Ottawa, Canada.
During his long career, Professor Stovel made an outstanding contribution to heritage conservation and to the World Heritage Convention in particular. As a scholar and a teacher of exceptional intellectual curiosity and rigour, he has had a huge ...
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Dear friends and supporters of World Heritage,
I would like to wish you a very Happy New Year on behalf of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
2015 was a year with many challenges: World Heritage sites were threatened by natural disasters, terrorist attacks and ill-advised infrastructure projects. Many sites around the world are under serious threat, and protecting our ...
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This year, World Environment Day is focused on air pollution. Almost all of us are affected by it: 92 per cent of people worldwide do not breathe clean air.
So in 2019, those celebrating World Environment Day will urge governments, industry, communities, and individuals to come together to explore renewable energy and green technologies, and improve air quality in cities ...
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,According to the latest IUCN World Heritage Outlook, 75 percent of the 50 UNESCO marine World Heritage sites are threatened by invasive alien species.
This month's online meeting with marine World Heritage managers will highlight the latest innovations in prevention and eradication of invasive alien species.
Invasive alien species often result in drastic habitat changes ...
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Philippines,a) Excess exploitation of marine resources;
b) Illegal and destructive fishing.,The State of Conservation report submitted by the State Party (23 March 2006) provides a detailed account of the progress made by the Tubbataha Protected Area Management Board (TPAMB) since the last report in 2004.
In respond to problems associated to illegal fishing in the property ...
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The Closing Event of the 40thAnniversary of the World Heritage Convention concluded today in Kyoto, Japan, after three days of presentations and lively panel discussions among international World Heritage experts. Held from 6 to 8 November, the occasion was the culmination of a year of celebratory activities around the world, gathering more than 500 international heritage ...
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Côte d'Ivoire,Upon inscription of the property on the World Heritage List in 2012, the Committee requested the State Party to:
Clarify the property’s limits for the land parts following the cadastral boundaries
Enlarge the property’s unified buffer zone to the Petit Paris neighbourhood and the lighthouse
Clarify the land ownership situation (N’zima village, land lots with ...
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Cambodia,
Uncontrolled urban expansion;
Lack of an appropriate management system;
Lack of clarity regarding property rights, ownership and building codes;
Poor law enforcement;
Lack of capacity of management agency.
,On 24 November 2022, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, which is available ...
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Acre, Israel,A second International Workshop on "Disaster Risk Reduction to Cultural Heritage" was held at Acre, Israel, from 14 to 17 November 2009, and organised jointly by the Israel National Commission for UNESCO, the Israel Antiquities Authority and the World Heritage Centre, gathering experts and managers of World Heritage cultural properties from all regions, as ...
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Russian Federation,Illegal Salmon fishing; Gold mining; Gas pipeline; Development of a geothermal power station; Forest fires; Boundary changes; Construction of the Asso-Palana road.,Following the Committee’s decision and the recommendations by the IUCN/UNESCO mission to the property in May 2004, a report was received from the Ministry for Natural Resources dated 27 ...
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Hanklit: N 56,895649° E 8,751962° (ETRS89)Knudeklint: N 56,838216° E 8,964653° (ETRS89)
The Eocene fossiliferous sediments of the Western Limfjord Area constitute a natural site of universal value. The deposits are exposed in various coastal cliffs along the fjord, of which the two most important and complete cliff sections have been selected for the serial locality The ...
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Indonesia,Earthquake,Since the 2006 earthquake in Yogyakarta, the Indonesian government has carried out rehabilitation work for the structural stability of the Prambanan Temples. A team from Tsukuba University, Japan has also conducted research surveys for the restoration of Prambanan Temples. In addition, the World Heritage Centre sent an expert in historic building ...
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,Development of a golf resort,In its Decision 36 COM 7C the World Heritage Committee had requested the State Party to halt the proposed development of a hotel and golf resort in the vicinity of the property until its potential impact on the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) had been assessed. Prior to the ...
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Need for information on the management (issue resolved)
Site Museum project (issue resolved)
Risks of collapse of Silbury Hill (issue resolved)
Lack of visitor management (issue resolved)
Upgrading of the A303 trunk road project
Infrastructure development pressure
Proposals for sections of dual carriageway and ...
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In preparation for the UNESCO experts’ meeting in Berlin (2-4 June 2016) on the safeguarding of cultural heritage in Syria, UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova and UNESCO teams are pursuing consultations with representatives from Member States and experts across the board to assess the situation and the way forward. These actions are in line with the unanimous decision of ...
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The World Heritage Centre has launched an online consultation with key World Heritage stakeholders on the first draft of the World Heritage Policy Compendium. The consultation, which is taking place in February and March 2018, will gather feedback and comments from key World Heritage stakeholders on the draft Policy Compendium, currently being developed by a Working Group ...
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The World Heritage Centre organized a series of testing sessions for the on‑line tool of the World Heritage Policy Compendium. These testing sessions, which took place between April and May 2019, gathered feedback and comments from key World Heritage stakeholders on the Policy Compendium On‑line Tool, currently being developed by the World Heritage Centre.
The consultation ...
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The Director of UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre will be chairing one of the events of the G20 Culture Webinars “Addressing the climate crisis through culture”, session II on “Strategies and Actions for Increased resilience of Cultural Heritage” will take place on 12 April 2021, 13h20 to 14h25. The event will be accessible via livestream through the YouTube channel of the ...
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Gothenburg, Sweden,This September the first ever Heritage in Progress Conference (HIP) takes place in Gothenburg. The theme of the conference is intercultural dialogue and how cultural heritage can be used as a potential tool to engage local communities and be a driving force for social sustainability.
A diverse and dynamic programme
During the conference, we will take ...
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Brazil,Insufficient legal framework and protection in place,On 11 February 2013, a brief report on the state of conservation of the property was submitted by the State Party of Brazil, providing information on the process to re-establish the protection status of Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park (CdVNP), as well as the planning for the remainder of the process. The State ...
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UNESCO is launching initiatives to support cultural industries and cultural heritage as billions of people around the world turn to culture for comfort and to overcome social isolation during the COVID-19 sanitary crisis, which is hitting the culture sector hard.
“The global nature of the COVID-19 crisis is a call for the international community to reinvest in ...
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Krakow, Poland,The World Heritage Convention sets out the responsibilities of the States Parties to identify, protect and manage natural and cultural heritage of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV). While appropriate conditions for proper protection are nearly always generated at State level, most of the obligations associated with World Heritage inscriptions are usually met ...
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Ethiopia,Need for restoration and rehabilitation of the monuments,Background
The Committee, at its nineteenth session took note of a project for the "Restoration and Preservation of the Churches of Lalibela" funded by the European Union and formulated in the framework of the "International Campaign for the Conservation and Preservation of the Monuments of Ethiopia" and ...
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Albania,Austria,Belgium,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria,Croatia,Czechia,France,Germany,Italy,North Macedonia,Poland,Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Switzerland,Ukraine,
Lack of integrated Management Plan;
Lack of transnational research and monitoring plans;
Need for capacity building;
Inadequate regulation and management of uses and activities (logging and hunting) ...
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The Chuao Plantation produces a variety of cocoa that is famous throughout the world, and is unusual because it has a well documented history going back to the 16th century and a weath of archaeological evidence and monuments from the colonial era. Another unusual feature is that it is populated by the descendants of slaves brought from Africa Shortly after the Europeans ...
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The three rock shelters of Jasukavenda (Cerro Guasu): Itaguy Guasu, Itaguy Miri, Itaguy'i:S 23° 05' 77.4''; W 55° 59' 0.20''Akua 1: S 22° 40' 16.8''; W 56° 09' 29.5''Akua 2: S 22° 40' 20.4''; W 56° 09' 57.1''The existing rock shelters inside Cerro Corá National Park:Alambique/Amba: S 22° 40' 09,3''; W 56° 00' 39,7''Tujao 1 and 2: S 22° 40' 58''; W 56° 00' 21.6''
The rock ...
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Karslkrona, Sweden3-8 September 2001
Objectives
The 10th World Heritage Youth Forum Theme was: " Both sides of the coin - how the dark and light sides of my World Heritage can become keys to understand the present and the future"
The Youth Forum aimed at deepening the understanding of World heritage and to make the students aware of the dark and the light sides of their ...
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The World Heritage Centre is determined to support Solomon Islands and Australia in exploring all options to hold the responsible company, owners and insurers to account. The Director of the World Heritage Centre wrote a letter to both the shipping and charter firm South Express Ltd, the owner of the MV Solomon Trader, and the insurance firm Korea Protection and Indemnity ...
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,On 26 September (8.30am-10.00am, Panama time; 3.30pm-5.00pm, Paris time, France; 7.00pm – 8.30pm Kolkata time, India), experts in carbon credit financing for conservation will convene virtually to share first-hand insights on how blue carbon can help close the financing gap across marine protected areas (MPAs).
Register Now
Programme (1,5 hour)
Opening and welcome ...
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Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are islands of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
The UNESCO World Heritage Programme for Small Island Developing States coordinates and develops activities in these areas, providing support for the preparation of new nominations to the World Heritage List, and conservation and management assistance for ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Intensive poaching of large mammals, in particular elephants
Mining activities inside the property
Uncontrolled migration into the villages located within the property
Illegal timber exploitation in the Ituri Forest, which might affect the property in the near future
Planned rehabilitation of the National Road RN4 crossing the property, ...
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The Church of Santa Prisca, along with its towers built in pink stone and its dome covered with polychrome tiles can be seen fi7om any point in town. Its construction took only seven years, from 1751 to 1758, a record time for the XVHI century. Its great artistic value lies in the total unity achieved between the whole and each of its parts, ranging from furniture, ...