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Al Khandaq is a village situated in the northern Sudan for about 423 km to the north of Khartoum. It was described by the early travellers as one of the best-built town in Nubia. It had been recognized to be a New Kingdom (1450-1100 BC) settlements with a temple of Amenhotep. These ruins were superimposed by a Makurian defensive fort (1250-1340 AD), a monastery of St. ...
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UNESCO Bangkok Director Gwang-Jo Kim and Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (DASTA) Director-General Nalikatibhag Sangsnit officially launched the “Cultural Heritage Specialist Guides for the Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns World Heritage Site” project at a ceremony in Sukhothai on 21 April.
The Historic Town of ...
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Tourist guides from World Heritage Sites in Iran participated in the “World Heritage Specialist Guide Training Program” in Kermanshah from 04 to 08 August 2019 to upgrade their knowledge of World Heritage Sites and acquire new skills needed to become a specialized World Heritage tour guide.The participants composed a mixed group coming from the Iranian Cultural Heritage, ...
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The year 2020 was intended to be a “biodiversity super year”. Many far-reaching decisions concerning the preservation of biodiversity were meant to be taken in 2020. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of international meetings could not take place and have been postponed.
Meanwhile, the pandemic is not an isolated phenomenon. Scientific evidence links the emergence ...
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The 4th Huangshan Dialogue on UNESCO-designated sites and Sustainable Development held on 29-30 June in Huangshan, China by the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the auspices of UNESCO, adopted the Huangshan Vision calling for tech-enhanced heritage protection cooperation.
The Huangshan Vision emphasizes the potential ...
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London, United Kingdom,22nd IIC Congress, London 2008Conservation and AccessThe 22nd IIC international Congress will take place in London, UK, 15-19 September 2008. The subject will be ‘Conservation and Access'.Encouraging physical and intellectual access to collections and sites is a major aim for cultural institutions. Conservators and conservation scientists play an ...
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Kyoto, Japan,To conclude the 40th anniversary year, the World Heritage Centre and the Government of Japan will co-organize the "Closing Event of the Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention" in Kyoto on 6-8 November 2012. This is made possible thanks to the generous contribution of the host government, directly as well as through the ...
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The extended 45th session of the World Heritage Committee begins in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, we express our gratitude to our hosts for convening the first in-person Committee since the onset of COVID-19. Surrounded by old friends and young professionals alike, we are reminded that this meeting is more than the sum of important decisions taken. It is a powerful platform ...
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Jamaica,Threats identified at the time of the inscription of the property in 2016:
Insufficient integration of “satellite sites” linked to Maroon tangible and intangible heritage into the interpretation programme of the property
Forest loss and degradation through agricultural encroachment, primarily in the buffer zone
Insufficient human and financial resources, including ...
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University of Fort Hare, Healdtown, Lovedale, St Matthews Complex
Healdtown, Lovedale, Clarkebury and St Matthews are at an important interchange of dialogue of Africa and Europe. One of the defining aspects of the dialogue and conflict of civilisations in South Africa and globally is missionary education. These ...
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Vancouver, Canada,From 3-9 February 2023, the 5th International Marine Protected Area Congress (IMPAC5) will take place in Vancouver, Canada. The UNESCO World Heritage Marine Programme will chair the symposium on empowering local communities to adapt to climate change, bringing together practitioners from across the 29 coral reefs on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
Held ...
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Ihavandhoo Friday Mosque, N6° 57′ 17.45″, E72° 55′ 38.27″ Meedhoo Friday Mosque, N5° 27′ 27.84″, E72° 57′ 16.41″ Malé Friday Mosque, N4° 10′ 40.79″, E73° 30′ 44.56″ Malé Eid Mosque, N4° 10′ 29.41″, E73° 30′ 15.13″ Fenfushi Friday Mosque, N3° 29′ 21.65″, E72° 47′ 1.61″ Isdhoo Old Mosque, N2° 12′ 96.55″, E73° 58′ 00.74″
The Maldives lies in the middle of the Indian Ocean. ...
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At their best, World Heritage marine sites are like time capsules that provide a glimpse into the oceans of our parents and grandparents. Thanks to the expert care of managers and support from the global community, we can still experience the prehistoric Komodo Dragon, the dugongs of Dungonab Bay, or the pristine volcanic island of Surtsey. Our partners at The Polynesian ...
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The Sierra del Divisor National Park is legally established by Supreme Decree No. 014-2015-MINAM, over an area of one million three hundred fifty-four thousand four hundred eighty-five hectares thousand meters (1 354 485.10 ha), located in the district of Callería, province of Coronel Portillo in the department of Ucayali; and in the district of Contamana, province of ...
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The opening ceremony of the 41st session of the World Heritage Committee took place on 2 July at the Royal Palace of Wawel in Krakow, Poland, in the presence of nearly 1,000 people, among them the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, and other leading personalities. The Committee will be in session until 12 July.
Notable speakers at the opening included the Director-General ...
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Afghanistan,Lack of capacity in conservation techniques; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of monitoring system; Lack of presentation and interpretation; Lack of human and financial resources; Lack of institution co-ordination; Earthquake; Civil unrest, Looting/Theft.
Additional Details:
Structural instability of the leaning Minaret aggravated by ...
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,“Heritage has the ability to transcend language and it is an inherent part of our identity. It is a way to understand each other better”. This is how Victoria Kelly, one of the 28 participants to the European Young Heritage Professionals Forum, described the effect of cultural heritage on people and societies. With a background in both tangible and intangible cultural ...
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51 flagship marine protected areas of Outstanding Universal Value: Beacons of Hope In a Changing Ocean
World HeritageMarine Programme
51 flagship marine protected areas of Outstanding Universal Value: Beacons of Hope In a Changing Ocean
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What we do
State of Conservation reporting
We monitor and prepare evaluations on how countries protect their ...
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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 tunnel ...
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The ancient ruin of Drukgyel Dzong, considered as the most beautiful and famous archaeological sites in Bhutan, is situated on a ridge in the upper Paro valley. Since its construction in 1649, Drukgyel Dzong had been served as an important base for defense in the region until 1951 when it was destroyed by fire. Even after the destruction, the ruins of the Dzong continued ...
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The new Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development (JCHMSD), is currently considering papers for inclusion in its first issue launching in 2011. The double-blind peer reviewed journal is edited by Ana Pereira Roders, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, and Ron van Oers, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, France. It stimulates and ...
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Promotion of the World Sky Race, an unprecedented race among skyships, blimps and zeppelins to begin in September 2011, was launched on two giant screens in Times Square, New York City on September 30 and October 1, 2010. Scheduled to begin next year in London, the race involves competing teams that will fly around the world in 180 days and return to London. The team ...
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UNESCO and Collins are delighted to announce the publication of The World’s Heritage (2nd Edition) – the definitive, best-selling guide to all 936 UNESCO World Heritage sites. This is the first book to describe all the sites on the List fully, including the most recent additions to the List in 2011.
Only the world's most spectacular and extraordinary sites make ...
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"The 2016 International Day for Biological Diversity is dedicated to the theme of ‘Mainstreaming Biodiversity, Sustaining People and their Livelihoods.’
This echoes powerfully the vision set forth in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Climate Change Agreement.
I see this as a single agenda to chart a new course for people, peace and the planet for ...
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,The Graduate Program in Historic Preservation/School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania in collaboration with the R. Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (University of Leuven) are organizing an International Symposium on Heritage Recording and Information Management in the Digital Age (SMARTDoc Heritage), March 26-27, 2010 in ...
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Phuket, Thailand,The World Heritage Convention is approaching two important milestones: 40 years since it came into force and the inscription of the 1000th property on the World Heritage List. However, the very success of the World Heritage Convention poses a series of challenges and opportunities not fully envisaged when it was adopted in 1972.
At its 33rd session ...
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Latitude and Longitude, or coordinates UTM:
Cape La Chira -16.537653 N -72.933638 E
Cape Lomitas -14.724829 N -75.864580 E
Cape San Juan -15.378633 N ...
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Thailand,
Illegal activities (Poaching and illegal logging)
Ground transport infrastructure (Road expansion, in particular regarding Highway 304)
Land conversion (Encroachment)
Management systems/management plan
Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Water infrastructure (Dams)
Livestock farming/grazing of ...
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Gabon,
Lack of management structure to deal with the cultural values of the property
Need for training of conservation managers
Road Development
Project of optical fibre
Poaching
,A joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS/IUCN Reactive Monitoring mission visited the property from 10 to 17 January 2015. Subsequently, on 31 January 2015, the State Party submitted a state of ...
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Honduras,
The foreseen construction of an airport in the vicinity of the World Heritage property in a national protected area
Deterioration of construction materials due to natural decay phenomena
Risk of structural failure of archaeological complexes resulting from tunnels excavated for archaeological purposes
Deterioration derived from uncontrolled visitation and ...
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The old merchant village of Vyatskoe is situated in Nekrasovsky district - one of the most environmentally friendly and historically significant areas of Yaroslavl region, 30 kilometres away from Yaroslavl city by Lyubimskaya Road, and 300 kilometres away from Moscow. Vyatskoe is first mentioned in the official records in 1502. In the 18th century two Russian Orthodox ...
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United States of America,Tourism Pressure.
Additional Details:
Tourism regulation; control of wildlife infection; invasive species eradication and control,The State Party provided via letter dated 30 January 2004 a detailed updated report on the situation of Yellowstone National Park.
IUCN received the State Party’s report on Yellowstone National Park noting ...
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The Yangtze Gorges is one of the first key national scenic spots (in 1982). They start at Baidicheng in Fengjie County, Chongqing and end at Nanjin Pass in Yichang, Hubei Province. The gorges themselves are 193km long and cover an area of 1208km2, including Wuxia gorge, Qutang gorge, Xiling gorge and some wide valleys between these gorges. Qutang Gorge is 8km long and is ...
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World Heritage forests: Carbon sinks under pressure, a report by UNESCO, World Resources Institute (WRI) and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released today, provides the first global scientific assessment of greenhouse gas emissions and sequestration by forests in UNESCO World Heritage sites.
It reveals that despite substantial carbon stored and ...
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Located in the heart of Tahrir Square, Cairo, the Egyptian Museum is a unique building designed to host the world's oldest collection of Pharaonic art and monuments. Built on an area of 13,600 sq. meters, with more than 100 exhibition halls, the museum is a product of a competition launched by the Egyptian Government in 1895 and thus it is considered the first national ...
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The Myeik Archipelago (MA) comprises about 800 islands of primarily limestone and granite located along 60 km off Myanmar’s southern coast. These islands are covered by lowland wet evergreen forest and surrounded by an extensive coral reef system. Mangrove forests, beach and dune forests, and seagrass beds add to the faunal and floral diversity. The MA contains one ...
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The Temple of Soleb is a pharaonic temple located 50 km between the second and the third cataracts on the west bank of the Nile. The area of Soleb had a long history of use; near the temple are prehistoric graves, a Nubian A-Group, Kerma Culture, New Kingdom Necropolis, and a Meroitic cemetery. The temple of Soleb, constructed during the reign of Amenhotep III (1378-1348 ...
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Libya,
Need to complete the Conservation and Management Plan in order to co-ordinate actions in the short- and medium-term
Need to provide a detailed map at the appropriate scale showing the boundaries of the property and buffer zone, as well as regulatory measures foreseen to ensure the protection of the property
Inadequate protection leading to threat to rock-hewn ...
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Since 2001, with the support of the UNESCO/Republic of Korea Funds-in-Trust, the World Heritage Centre coordinates conservation and capacity building activities in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to safeguard Koguryo-era burial sites.
With a special emphasis on conservation of mural paintings, this project has achieved significant results and led not only to the ...
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Near Lake General Carrera, to the east of the southern Andes, there are manifestations of rupestrian art constituting the so-called "Patagonian Art Style", which is the oldest in South America. Its best known representations are those of hands, the scenes depicting guanacos, and the frets which, although ill preserved, reach up to some eaves of the pempas region stretching ...
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It is rare for a Director-General to present a certificate of World Heritage in person, but the temples, gardens and archaeological site of Hiraizumi, inscribed on the List in 2011, marked an exception.
Located in north-east Japan, the 12th-century site, representing the Buddhist Pure Land gained its world heritage status three months after the earthquake and tsunami ...
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After a three-day expert meeting held in Italy and ending on 20 June 2012, participants concluded that there is further potential for European beech forests as World Natural Heritage. The workshop was held in the context of the existing site “Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and The Ancient Beech Forests of Germany”, and demonstrated how ...
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The Director-General of UNESCO firmly condemns the destruction of the ancient temple of Baalshamin, an iconic part of the Syrian site of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
“The systematic destruction of cultural symbols embodying Syrian cultural diversity reveals the true intent of such attacks, which is to deprive the Syrian people of its knowledge, its identity and ...
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Following the confirmation by Iraqi authorities of the liberation of the archaeological site of Nimrud, the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has reiterated her support to the people of Iraq and the need to unite for the protection of heritage in the country.
‘This liberation is highly significant for the Iraqi people and the international community. We are now at ...
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Cultural heritage has been targeted in attacks or suffered collateral damage in armed conflict. Recent destruction in World Heritage sites such as Aleppo, Syria or Hatra, Iraq brought this this into the background and alerted the international community. One way to mitigate damage is for armed forces to be aware fully of cultural heritage sites and monuments, ...
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On 3 December 2020, climate experts and local management teams from the 50 UNESCO marine World Heritage sites met online in an effort to accelerate replication of initial successes in assessing climate vulnerability.
The online meeting was the fourth edition in a new digital exchange platform that was launched by the World Heritage Centre in March 2020.During the meeting, ...
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UNESCO has launched a new guidance tool to enhance mutual understanding and achieve improved and constructive cooperation between the deployment of wind energy projects and the conservation of the world’s most precious heritage places.
With climate change being a defining issue of our time, the transition to renewable energy sources and sustainable energy production to ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, Paris,The first two properties inscribed on the World Heritage List, City of Quito and Galápagos Islands, both in Ecuador, will be celebrated on 3 December 2018 at the UNESCO Headquarters, marking the 40th anniversary of their inscription on the World Heritage List in 1978.
The commemorative event, consisting of a conference and photographic ...
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Culture has the power to make cities more prosperous, safer, and sustainable, according to UNESCO’s Global Report, Culture: Urban Future to be launched in Quito (Ecuador) on 18 October. The Global Report presents evidence on how development policies in line with UNESCO’s conventions on the protection and promotion of culture and heritage can benefit cities.
The Report will ...
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Kenya,
Illegal forest resource extraction;
Community-wildlife conflict;
Poaching;
Land excisions from the property.
,On 30 January 2013, the State Party submitted a short report on the state of conservation of the property, which unfortunately provides little information on the implementation of the recommendations of the 2008 monitoring mission or the concerns ...
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Badain Jaran Desert is located in the Alashan Plateau in the hyper-arid and temperate desert region of northwestern China. It is China’s second largest desert. The nominated property of Badain Jaran Desert—Towers of Sand and Lakes concentrates in the central desert area, including unique desert aeolian features of the most concentrated distribution area of mega-dunes and ...
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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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Managers from 46 marine World Heritage sites will meet in Ajaccio, Corsica, from October 18-20, for the second World Heritage Marine Site Managers’ conference.
The World Heritage Convention was founded in 1972 on the premise that certain places on our planet – cultural or natural -- should be recognized as having “outstanding universal value” and ...
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The Belgian Federal Science Policy Office was previously known as the 'Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs' (OSTC). This name change follows the Copernic reform of Belgium's federal administration.
The department's interventions cover a very broad area. It manages an annual budget of about 513 million euro. Today, it has some 2.800 staff, 33% of ...
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Traditional folk architecture is a "non-renewable (cultural) resource": due to a radical change in the lifestyle of villages, resulting from social-economic changes, it no longer creates any works. The former architectural culture of the Hungarian landscape and, in a broader sense, the values of traditional rural-agricultural lifestyle are practically only preserved by ...
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Recent events in Syria, Iraq, Libya and Mali have highlighted the multiple threats to cultural heritage during crisis, including deliberate attacks, destruction as collateral damage in fighting, the greed of unscrupulous traders and collectors, vandalism of factions that seek to erase the achievements of past cultures.These events have shown the complexity of any ...
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India,a) Insurgency 1988-2003;
b) Forced evacuation of Park staff;
c) Destruction of Park infrastructure;
d) Poaching and logging;
e) Illegal cultivation.,Manas Wildlife Sanctuary was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1992, during a prolonged period of political unrest and insecurity, which resulted in poaching and a dramatic decline in wildlife, as well ...
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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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Bauro Highlands of Makira-Ulawa Province - S10 38 E161 54
Mt. Maetambe region of Choiseul Province - S7 08 E156 57
Central caldera forests of Kolombangara of Western Province - S7 58 E157 4
Mt. Popomanaseu region of Guadalcanal Province - S9 42 E159 56
Mixed Cultural/Natural Property :
The Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Solomon Islands property is a natural serial site ...
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Workers’ Assembly Halls is a proposed transnational serial nomination that is representative of the global phenomenon of mass organisation of workers by the international democratic labour movement in the context of industrialisation during the formative period of working-class internationalism from 1850 to 1950. Purpose-built and established by international democratic ...
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Uganda,Impact of tourism, especially climbing expeditions; Anti-personnel mines infestation in the park; Staffing and budgetary deficiencies; Degradation of lands around the park.,As requested by the Committee, the State Party submitted a report through its Permanent Delegation in February 2005. The report stated that for the first time, since the park has been ...
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Bulgaria,
Commercial development (developments in the Bansko ski zone)
Management systems/ management plan (lack of effective management mechanisms)
Management and institutional factors (boundary issues)
Illegal activities (illegal logging)
,On 1 December 2017, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, available at ...
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3.1.1. Geological description
The Mesowic basins of the central western part of Argentina (Ischigualasto, Talampaya, Marayes, Guayaguas, Quijadas, among others) constituted depocentres that worked from the Triassic to the Cretaceous, generating the accumulation of continental sedimentary sequences under arid to semiarid climatic conditions. These sedimentary basins extend ...
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Coordinates:
Samnyeon Sanseong: N36 29 14 E127 44 32
Sangdang Sanseong: N36 39 40 E127 32 25
Mireuk Sanseong: N36 48 07 E127 54 42
Chungju Sanseong: N36 57 23 E127 58 42
Jangmi Sanseong: N37 03 42 E127 54 09
Deokju Sanseong: N36 52 08 E128 05 54
Ondal Sanseong: N37°04'37 E128°29'53
The property refers to the sites of national defenses located in ...
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France,,On 31 January 2013, the State Party submitted a full report concerning the state of conservation of the property. The report provides information on progress achieved in the strategy for the combat against invasive species, as well as on the management of fires that had occurred since its inscription on the World Heritage List.
a) Management Plan
At the time ...
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The site of Schöningen is located near the town of Schöningen, district of Helmstedt, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The site was discovered in 1992 during rescue excavations caused by lignite open cast mining. Systematic excavations have been led by the Lower Saxony State Office of Cultural Heritage (NLD) and since 2008, these are carried out in collaboration with the Eberhard ...
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The FRIM Selangor Forest Park (FRIM-SFP) is a 544 ha park consisting of man-made tropical rain forest, a meandering stream (the River Kroh), waterfalls, arboreta, and botanic gardens. Today, this verdant man-made forest stands as a result of FRIM-SFP’s succesful reforestation efforts that were initiated back in the 1920s. Among the most famous attractions of FRIM-SFP are ...
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Given the current rate of poaching, children from West or Central Africa will one day speak of elephants and rhinoceros as we speak of mammoths: as magnificent creatures belonging to the past.
Over recent years, the massacre of wild species has reached an industrial scale, in particular the poaching of animals for their ivory. In Gabon alone, some 11,000 elephants have ...
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Under the motto “Protection, Prosperity and Conservation”, the Wadden Sea World Heritage and the UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme will be represented at the ITB Berlin, the world´s largest tourism fair, from 9 to 13 March 2016 in Berlin, Germany.
The World Heritage Wadden Sea can be found in Hall 4.1, booth 227 and offers a varied and interesting ...
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Some 230 Syrian and international experts joined forces in a two-day meeting to assess damage to cultural heritage sites in Syria, develop methodologies and define priority emergency safeguarding measures for the country’s heritage. The expert meeting, held in Berlin from 2 to 4 June, was organized by UNESCO and Germany. It was opened by Irina Bokova, Director-General of ...
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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 a report on the state of conservation on 17 February 2012. The report provides an overview of the current situation at the ...
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Afghanistan,a) Fragile state of the cliffs and niches;
b) Absence of a site management plan and monitoring system;
c) Presence of anti-personnel mines in the area.,The State Party submitted a progress report on the state of conservation to the World Heritage Centre on 8 February 2007. It described recent archaeological findings and mentioned that almost all the fragments ...
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Australia,
Financial resources
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Management systems/ management plan
,In 1999, the Australian Committee for IUCN (ACIUCN) initiated a process for monitoring Australian sites that has now been applied to the Great Barrier Reef, Shark Bay and the Wet Tropics of Queensland. In the case of Great Barrier Reef, Focused Recommendations and ...
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Need for information on the management
Site Museum project
Upgrading of the A303 trunk road project
Risks of collapse of Silbury Hill
,WHC:
A report has been received from the State Party on 31 January 2003 underlining that an archaeological condition survey of the Stonehenge part of the World Heritage site is underway ...
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Australia,
Mining projects;
Protected area considered inadequate at the time of inscription
,Summary of previous deliberations:
Third extraordinary session of the World Heritage Committee, 12 July 1999 (WHC-99/CONF.209/5)
Decision of the third extraordinary session of the World Heritage Committee concerning Kakadu National Park, Australia
1. The ...
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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,
Management systems/ management plan (lack of integrated Management Plan, lack of legal protection from logging, and inadequate management of logging in the Slovak part of the property)
Inappropriate ...
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The Lake Tuz SEPA was declared by the Decision of Cabinet of Ministers numbered 2000/1381 dated 14.09.2000. The Lake Tuz protected area is within the borders of three provinces namely, Ankara, Konya, and Aksaray. The Lake Tuz is the second largest lake in Turkey after Lake Van which is mainly fed by undergroundwater. Being a tectonic originated site, the area is located in ...
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Sudan,Factors identified at the time of inscription in 2016:
Need to update the management plan for Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay to complete the preparation of an integrated management framework for the whole property
Lack of high quality resolution maps that clearly define the boundaries of the property and the buffer zone
Need to continue to increase ...
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Costa Rica,Panama,
Construction of hydroelectric dams near the property in Panama and associated effects (greater human presence near the property, interruption of aquatic species migratory corridor)
Encroachment (settlements, cattle ranching)
Planned road construction, which would traverse the property on the side of Panama
,On 3 February 2016, a joint report on the state ...
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Ecuador,
Inadequate implementation of the Special Law on Galapagos
Poor governance
Inadequate and ineffective quarantine measures
Illegal fishing
Instability of Park Director’s position
High immigration rate
Unsustainable tourism development
Educational reform not implemented
,On 12 February 2010 the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the ...
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The Makhteshim phenomenon The Negev, Israel's southern half, is a colorful rocky desert, and its center is dominated by northeastsouthwest anticlinal ridges. The crests of four of these ridges host five deep, breathtaking valleys, that have in common unique features: they are surrounded by steep walls, built of hard limestone and dolomite at the upper half and friable ...
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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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17th ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium on the theme “Heritage: Driver of Development”
The most important triennial gathering of ICOMOS will take place from 27 November to 2 December 2011 for the first time in Paris at UNESCO Headquarters.
The General Assembly is accompanied by a Scientific Symposium on the theme "Heritage: Driver of Development". Both events are open to ICOMOS members and non-members alike.
Visit the special website www.icomos-paris2011.com ...
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The proceedings of the International Colloquium on the conservation of World Heritage Earthen Architecture have been published in the latest edition of the UNESCO World Heritage Paper Series: Earthen Architecture in Today’s World, thanks to the generous support of the Italian Funds in Trust to UNESCO.
The Colloquium took place at UNESCO Headquarters on 17 and 18 ...
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UNESCO Director-General opened the Expert meeting on the safeguarding of syria's heritage, with Maria Bohmer, Minister of State to the Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany.
"Berlin embodies the power of culture to bring people together”, said Irina Bokova.
More than 230 Syrian and international experts from all sides are joining forces to develop a common ...
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International Earth Day is celebrated every year on 22 April to remind each of us that the Earth and its ecosystems provide us with life and sustenance. It also recognizes a collective responsibility, as called for by the 1992 Rio Declaration, to promote harmony with nature and the Earth to achieve a just balance among the economic, social and environmental needs of ...
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UNESCO expresses its sorrow and condolences at the death of Hugo Houben.
As an engineer of electronics and nuclear physics, Hugo Houben embarked on another path, more in line with his ethical commitments. At the age of 28, he responded to a request to participate in the construction of a popular village in Algeria. It was then that he discovered that earth can be a good ...
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UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has appointed Lazare Eloundou Assomo Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
Originally from Cameroon, Mr Eloundou Assomo is a graduate in architecture (Grenoble School of Architecture, France) and in urban planning (DEA Grenoble 1). He began his career as an associate researcher at the Centre for Earthen Construction of the ...
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The extended 45th session of the World Heritage Committee begins in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, we express our gratitude to our hosts for convening the first in-person Committee since the onset of COVID-19. Surrounded by old friends and young professionals alike, we are reminded that this meeting is more than the sum of important decisions taken. It is a powerful platform ...
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UNESCO and ICOMOS visited the Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro, Pakistan, in early March 2024 to monitor the restoration work and elaborate a strategy for drastic intervention in recovering from the disastrous rainfall of August 2022.
Mohenjodaro, a world-renowned Indus civilisation metropolis dating back to the third millennium BCE, began to be excavated in 1922. From ...
494.
Austria,Hungary,,At the inscription of the property, the Committee encouraged the States Parties to provide within two years of inscription a revised management plan for the enlarged area resulting from the revised boundaries of the cultural landscape. This Management Plan was to reflect the need for management structures to sustain the qualities of the cultural landscape, ...
495.
Russian Federation,,As a follow-up to concerns about construction with the World Heritage site, and in particular the new Mariinsky Theatre proposal, a meeting was organized with the Russian authorities at the UNESCO World Heritage Centre on 5 January 2006. At the subsequent request of the Russian Federation National Commission and following an invitation by the State ...
496.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,a) Armed conflict and political instability;
b) Poaching by nationals and Sudanese;
c) Ill-adapted management capacities.,Application of the Reinforced monitoring mechanism at the property since 2007 (31 COM 7A.32)
On 1 February 2008, a concise report on the state of conservation of the five World Heritage properties of the DRC was ...
497.
The Trans-Andean railroad is a unique railway, narrow-gauge (106.7 cm), 450 km long, built beginning in 1873 and, with the decided backing of the Liberal Revolution led by Eloy Alfaro, completed and inaugurated in 1908, crossing through five provinces in Ecuador’s Highlands and Coast, with widely varied climatic zones, including primary forests. Set within a complex ...
498.
Brazil,,On 16 March 2021, the World Heritage Centre sent a letter to the State Party requesting information on significant wildfires that affected the property. On 23 April 2021, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property available at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/999/documents/, reporting the following:
A comprehensive assessment of ...
499.
Brazil,
Fires
,On 25 February 2022, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/999/documents/, reporting the following:
The Pantanal biome has been suffering from the most prolonged and severe drought in the last 60 years and has recorded the lowest water level indices in 17 years in 2020. As ...
500.
Czechia,a) Development of high rise constructions on the Pankrác plain;
b) Lack of effectiveness of existing planning, management and conservation measures for the property.,On 8 January 2010 a report on the state of conservation of the Historic Centre of Prague was submitted by the State Party as well as two letters on high-rise developments and the restoration of ...
501.
Located in Qianshan County, Anhui Province, Tianzhushan has both pleasant ecological environment and profound historical culture. It is a large mountainous landscape, dotted with granite peaks and caves, waterfalls and springs, which is the most beautiful granite along Tan-Lu fault zone. Tianzhushan is rich in geoheritage such as mammalian fossils and an ultrahigh pressure ...
502.
Senegal,
Poaching, capture and relocation of wildlife
Drying up of ponds and invasive species
Illegal logging
Livestock grazing
Road construction project
Potential dam construction
Potential mining exploration and exploitation
Loss of chimpanzee habitat
,On 23 March 2022, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, available at ...
503.
Arkaroola Protection Area: 30°13’46.183”S 139°21’36.457”E
Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park: 30°27’56.96”S 139°8’26.453”E
Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park: 31°21’33.75”S 138°38’32.581”E
Nilpena and Ediacara Conservation Park: 30°58’48.202”S 138°12’22.962”; 30°48’46.767”S 138°8’17.336”E
Maynards Well: 30°32’23.4”S 138°42’41.5”E
Ajax Hill: 30°40’11.475”S ...
504.
Dinder National Park (DNP) is located in the southeast of the central region of the Sudan (North-eastern Blue Nile state and South-eastern Sennar State) towards the Ethiopian border. Dinder, because of its richness in biodiversity is designated a National Park in 1935 following the London convention (1933) for the conservation of African flora and fauna. It is one of the ...
505.
A glacier-fjord in Greenland, the Ilulissat Icefjord, is among the five new natural sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List, while the extraordinary earthen architecture of Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba, in Togo, is one of three new cultural sites inscribed by the World Heritage Committee in Suzhou today.
The ongoing 28th session of the Committee, ...
506.
Ethiopia,
Absence of a Management Plan for the property (issue resolved)
Lack of clearly defined boundaries for the property and the buffer zone
Impact of the four temporary shelters constructed in 2008
Insufficient urban and architectural regulations
Urban development and encroachment around the property
Impact of rainwater and humidity
Impact of earthquakes
Geological ...
507.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,Agriculture Pressure; Logging; Mining; Oil and Gas Exploration; Fishing; Poaching/Hunting; Lack of capacity in conservation techniques; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of monitoring system; Lack of Presentation and interpretation; Lack of human or financial resources; Lack of institution coordination; Armed ...
508.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,Agriculture Pressure; Logging; Mining; Oil and Gas Exploration; Fishing; Poaching/Hunting; Lack of capacity in conservation techniques; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of monitoring system; Lack of Presentation and interpretation; Lack of human or financial resources; Lack of institution coordination; Armed ...
509.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,Agriculture Pressure; Logging; Mining; Oil and Gas Exploration; Fishing; Poaching/Hunting; Lack of capacity in conservation techniques; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of monitoring system; Lack of Presentation and interpretation; Lack of human or financial resources; Lack of institution coordination; Armed ...
510.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,Agriculture Pressure; Logging; Mining; Oil and Gas Exploration; Fishing; Poaching/Hunting; Lack of capacity in conservation techniques; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of monitoring system; Lack of Presentation and interpretation; Lack of human or financial resources; Lack of institution coordination; Armed ...
511.
The property is a mixed natural and cultural site encompassing the marine areas of the Marovo Lagoon and selected terrestrial areas of Vangunu and Gatokae Islands, the uninhabited island of Tetepare and its associated coastal marine areas, the marine and coastal areas of the southern tip and southwest coast of Rendova Island and the uninhabited barrier islands of Hele. The ...
512.
Many cultural and natural World Heritage sites are home to indigenous peoples. As the UNESCO policy on engaging with indigenous peoples recognizes, World Heritage sites are often located within land managed by indigenous peoples whose land use, knowledge and cultural and spiritual values and practices are related to heritage. Inspired by the United Nations Declaration on ...
513.
This proposal represents a key constituent of Saudi Arabia’s intent and commitment to conserve the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba for their globally significant biodiversity as well as their vital national role in achieving the sustainable development targets of the country as part of its ambitious 2030 Vision.
The Red Sea is the northernmost tropical sea on Earth and is ...
514.
The practice of transhumance livestock raising in Spain gave rise to a road network for cyclical migrations along livestock trails (given different names depending on the country in question) which are of unique material and cultural value. In the case of Spain they are called cañadas, cordeles and veredas depending on their width, and have been maintained, originally by ...
515.
Preparation of a new category “Virgin Komi Forests” (re-nomination) solves two major tasks:
1. Extend the area of the existing World Heritage site due to the increase of the territory of the National Park " Yugyd Va " (an area of over 183 thousand hectares) that is the part of an entire old-growth coniferous forests ecosystem, protected within the National Park "Yugyd Va" ...
516.
The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area (the Gondwana Rainforests), inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1986 with extensions inscribed in 1994, is a serial property which consists of numerous reserves, in eight groups, along the coast and subcoast of mid-eastern Australia. These reserves have been described as the terrestrial equivalent of the ...
517.
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 ...
518.
The Malleco Viaduct was in its time considered the highest railroad bridge in the worid. It is one of the largest works of metal engineering in Chiie. It was built within the setting of an ambitious state program to extend the railroad network, which President José Manuel Balmaceda deemed fundamental for the economic future of the country.
The work was part of the ...
519.
The property comprises five long-term field experiments on Typical Chernozem soil on the Balti Steppe of Moldova. The area is n hectares within the total area of n2 hectares of the Selectia Research Institute of field crops, which provides a buffer zone.
The chernozem is the best arable soil in the world and, historically, the breadbasket of Europe and North America.. The ...
520.
A World Heritage partners’ event and panel discussion took place on 2nd July hosted by the German Television Deutsche Welle in Bonn, on the occasion of the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee.
The Partners' event, following a successful first edition in Doha in 2015, provided a platform for discussing private sector partners’ contributions to World Heritage ...
521.
On 6 May 2020, Dr Mechtild Rossler, Director of the World Heritage Centre, is launching the UNESCO publication Empowering Youth for Heritage. Dedicated to the World Heritage Volunteers Initiative (WHV), it kick-starts a series of Webinars to support and build the capacities of the WHV-implementing organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This publication provides a ...
522.
The World Heritage Centre in collaboration with the five field offices in the African region (Abuja, Dakar, Harare, Nairobi and Yaounde) and the African World Heritage Fund has organised four online workshops, between 27 November and 3 December 2020, with site managers from each of the African sub-regions in order to share and discuss the preliminary outcomes of the ...
523.
Thanks to the continued support of the Government of Flanders (Belgium), the World Heritage Online Map Platform is being expanded to include World Heritage properties in Africa, thereby extending the benefits of this Geographic Information System to the region and enhancing the monitoring capacity of digital tool.
The World Heritage Online Map Platform (WHOMP) is an ...
524.
United States of America,Threats identified at the time of inscription of the property:
Need to define an area surrounding the property and including its immediate setting, important views and other areas or attributes that are functionally important
Highway 577 crossing the property from north to south
,On 24 November 2015, the State Party submitted a state of ...
525.
,The Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage, University of Birmingham and World Heritage UK have joined forces to hold special four-day international meeting at the World Heritage Site of Ironbridge Gorge, near Telford, Shropshire. The first two days will bring together academics from around the world to discuss research and global policy focusing on the ...
526.
,The Spanish World Heritage Cities Group is delighted to present on Saturday, 17th September, the fifth edition of THE HERITAGE NIGHT, an unprecedented world-class cultural and artistic event taking place simultaneously the same night in the 15 Spanish World Heritage Cities: Alcalá de Henares, Avila, Baeza, Cáceres, Cordoba, Cuenca, Ibiza / Eivissa, Merida, Salamanca, San ...
527.
Preparation of new nomination "Western Caiscasus" (re-nomination) resolves three basic tasks:
1. Expand the area of existing World I leritage Site by means of broad leaved old-growth forests (currently not represented within the Site boundaries) of Sochi National Park and Sochi Reserve, located on the southern macroslope of Greater Caucasus and forming almost a continuous ...
528.
Former Lester Institute of Technical Education, Wenyuan Building (3rd Floor), Tongji University,On 26 to 28 September 2023, Tongji University, as host, together with the College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP), World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and Pacific Region, a Category 2 Centre under the auspices of UNESCO (WHITRAP Shanghai), ...
529.
Russian Federation,Mining, Oil/Gas Exploration
Additional Details:
Gold mining project; road construction; collaboration with local people,Following the joint IUCN/UNESCO mission to the site which took place from 17 to 21 May 2004, an update of the situation and revised recommendations are provided below in addition to the state of conservation report in document ...
530.
Australia,
Changes to oceanic waters
Ground water pollution
Marine transport infrastructure (Coastal development, including development of ports, shipping lane impacts, grounding of ships)
Non-renewable energy facilities (Liquefied Natural Gas facilities)
Marine transport infrastructure (ports)
Other climate change impacts
Storms
Surface water pollution
Temperature ...
531.
Kenya,a) Lack of approved management plan and accompanying action plan;
b) Lack of risk preparedness, especially in the case of fire;
c) Lack of adequate sewerage, waste disposal, and overall infrastructure, and risk to limited fresh water supplies;
d) Uncontrolled development
e) Lack of resources;
f) Urban and industrial development pressure, including possible new port ...
532.
Indonesia,a) Mining;
b) Security limitations;
c) Development threats;
d) Exploitation of marine resources;
e) Absence of a co-ordinating agency;
f) Absence of a finalized strategic management plan;
g) Park boundaries not physically demarcated;
h) Inadequate financing. ,On 22 February 2010, a report was submitted by the State Party on the state of conservation of the ...
533.
Cheimarros Tower, Naxos: Region of South Aegean, Regional Unit of Naxos 25.519974E, 36.995901N
Tower of Agios Petros, Andros: Region of South Aegean, Regional Unit of Andros 24.759528E, 37.894729N
Tower of Agia Triada, Arkesini, Amorgos: Region of South Aegean, Regional Unit of Naxos 25.801391E ,36.792445N
White Tower, Siphnos: Region of South Aegean, Regional Unit of ...
534.
UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative partner with WWF and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre to launch global insurance industry commitment to protect World Heritage sites
UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative (PSI)—the largest collaborative initiative between the United Nations and the insurance industry—in partnership ...
535.
China,a) Inappropriate tourism and other development projects;
b) No clearly defined boundary;
c) Lack of a comprehensive Conservation Master Plan for the property and its surroundings,The State Party submitted a state of conservation report on 30 January 2008, providing information on the actions taken to address the issues raised by the World Heritage Committee in its ...
536.
Manama, Bahrain,IUCN and Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage
Call for application
TABE’A Programme Training Series: Tentative Lists and Nomination preparation for Natural World Heritage sites.
World Heritage Nominations: application of the Statement of Outstanding Universal Value (SoOUV)
7-10 November 2016| Manama, Bahrain
Background
Tabe’a is partnership regional ...
537.
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 ...
538.
India,a) Forced evacuation of Park staff;
b) Poaching and logging;
c) Illegal cultivation;
d) Slow release of funds;
e) Invasive species;
f) Uncontrolled infrastructure development by local tourism groups;
g) Attempts by paramilitary group Sashastra Seema Bal to set up base camps in the property.,From 24 to 31 January 2011, a joint World Heritage Centre/ IUCN monitoring ...
539.
France,Spain,a) Impacts of the Gavarnie Festival (France);
b) Insufficient support for agroastoralism;
c) Inefficient transboundary cooperation;,The World Heritage Committee, in Decision 32 COM 7B.42, requested the State Party of France to take the necessary steps to relocate the Gavarnie Festival in line with its previous commitments and past decisions of the World ...
540.
NatureAn Arctic archipelago (total land area ca 62 700 km²), approximately 60 % of which is covered by snow and ice. The highest point is Newtontoppen 1713 m a.s.l. Cold water and air masses from the polar region, which meet warmer water and air masses from the south (the Atlantic Ocean Current), produce great differences in climate within the archipelago. Nevertheless, ...
541.
Czechia,,The State Party’s report of 1 February 2008 responds to the issues highlighted in the World Heritage Committee’s Decision 31 COM 7B.94, and also provides a comprehensive overview of the history and present status of approaches to the conservation and management of the Historic Centre of Prague.
This overview includes detailed information on current ...
542.
(1) Indricotheriinae Fauna Fossil site -1 at Yagou-TalaIndricotheriinae Fauna Fossil site -2 at Yagou-Tala103° 16' 46.476" E 35° 38' 43.414" N103° 19' 36.881" E 35° 38' 10.333" N(2) Platybelodon Fauna Fossil site at Laogou103° 24' 55.927" E 35° 28' 19.826" N(3) Hipparion Fauna Fossil site at Hualin103° 25' 14.131" E 35° 21' 19.102" N(4) Equus Fauna Fossil site at ...
543.
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.,As requested by the Committee at its 30th session (Vilnius, 2006), the State Party submitted in February 2007 the finalised Development and Management Plan ...
544.
Australian Cornish Mining Sites: Burra and Moonta is located on the traditional lands of the Ngadjuri and Narungga peoples, respectively, who occupied these lands for thousands of years prior to European settlement and dispossession from the nineteenth century. Burra and Moonta figure in their oral traditions and in European contemporary written records and illustrations, ...
545.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,Agriculture Pressure; Logging; Mining; Oil and Gas Exploration; Fishing; Poaching/Hunting; Lack of capacity in conservation techniques; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of monitoring system; Lack of Presentation and interpretation; Lack of human or financial resources; Lack of institution coordination; Armed ...
546.
Chile,,On 31 January 2012, the World Heritage Centre received a letter signed by 24 local institutions (academic, civil society and trade unions) and 1000 citizens of Valparaiso against the interventions planned at the port, such as the Barón Port and the Prat Dock, as well as for touristic facilities and real estate projects. The World Heritage Centre requested ...
547.
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 ...
548.
These are two of the finest contributions to Barcelona's architecture by the Catalan art nouveau architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner. The Palau de la Musica Catalana is an exuberant steel-framed structure full of light and space, and decorated by many of the leading designers of the day. The Hospital de Sant Pau is equally bold in its design and decoration, while at the ...
549.
550.
For the first time, the Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems brought together all the local communities actively involved in the management of this exceptional marine World Heritage site from 5 to 6 July. The local management committees are unique in their endeavor to include the local population in the management of the lagoons in a very ...
551.
Meeting room A8, Baku Congress Center, Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan,The participants of the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee (Baku, Azerbaijan) are invited to attend a side-event on the implementation of the UNESCO Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest organized by the World Heritage Centre/Advisory Bodies Steering Group on 2 July 2019 (1pm to 3pm, ...
552.
The Padang (Malay for ‘field’) is a multi-use open green space set at the heart of the historic Singapore settlement that combines the features and functions of a playing field, ceremonial parade ground, and tropical civic square. As one of the oldest open spaces in Singapore, the Padang is a seemingly nondescript yet dynamic green that has evolved organically and accrued ...
553.
The internationally recognized geomorphic term “Yardang” was originated from Uygur language which means small hill with steep escarpments, and proposed by Swedish explorer Sven Hedin as a formal technical expression when he was exploring the Lop Nor region of Northwest China in the early 20th century. It represents the ridge-like, castle-like, or hill-like erosional ...
554.
The Lijiang River Scenic Zone at Guilin (24°40'-25°25'N, 11 0O5'-11 0°40'E) is located in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. The total area is two thousand square kilometers which covers the entire city of Guilin, Yangshuo County and certain parts of Lingui, Lingchuan and Yongfu counties. Lijiang River Scenic Zone at Guilin ...
555.
Afghan officials and international experts outlined plans for the future safeguarding of the Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of Bamiyan Valley (Afghanistan) at the end of two meetings at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 2 to 4 of March. The meetings were held on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the tragic destruction of the giant Buddha statues of ...
556.
The 24 members of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will meet in Baku (Azerbaijan) from 2 to 7 December 2013 for the eighth ordinary session to review the progress made by the States Parties on the legal, regulatory and institutional measures taken to safeguard the intangible cultural heritage in their ...
557.
Delegates to the 2014 World Heritage Youth Forum held in Doha from 4 to 15 June, made it clear they expect to play a much bigger role in safeguarding the world’s heritage, and proposed a range of projects aimed at getting young people more involved.
The Youth Forum has become an annual meeting held in conjunction with the session of the World Heritage Committee. This ...
558.
The work at the World Heritage Marine Programme would not be possible without the help of its partners and donors. This month, the Marine Programme welcomes a new partnership with the French Agency for Marine Protected Areas. France’s support will scale up our peer-to-peer learning platforms for managers and grow our on-the-ground capacity for marine conservation around ...
559.
Dear friends of World Heritage,
I would like to thank you once again for all of your support over the past year, to help protect our most precious heritage: All of you count! Whether you work in heritage conservation, work at a site, travel as a tourist, or even just visit the heritage places near your home, your awareness and efforts make a difference. It is also ...
560.
UNESCO and Zanzibar to cooperate in rehabilitation of Stone Town of Zanzibar World Heritage property
Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, 13 January--During a meeting yesterday, Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, President of Zanzibar, and Tirso Dos Santos, Head of the UNESCO Office in Dar es Salaam and UNESCO Representative to the United Republic of Tanzania, reviewed emergency response measures following the collapse on 25 December 2020 of the Beit-al-Ajaib historic ...
561.
From 8 to 13 September 2024, the Peninsula Valdes marine World Heritage property in Argentina hosted the inaugural Regional meeting of UNESCO World Heritage marine site managers from Latin America and the Caribbean. The event brought together managers from the 12 UNESCO World Heritage marine sites in the region, alongside experts from UNESCO and the International Union for ...
562.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,Invasive/alien terrestrial species (mice) (issue mentioned since 1999),On 1 December 2017, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report for the property, which is available at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/740/documents/, and provides the following updates:
A feasibility study for the eradication of house ...
563.
Museum of the World Ocean. Kaliningrad, Rusian Federation,Museum of the World Ocean invites you to take part in the International Theoretical and Practical Conference devoted to issues of study and preservation of maritime heritage and museum’s 25th anniversary.
The conferences, organized by Museum of the World Ocean, bring museum and scientific communities closer to ...
564.
In 1470 or thereabouts, an image of a Madonna and child was enshrined in a niche overlooking the street. Gradually, a history of miracles grew up around it, and the Venetians so worshipped the Madonna that they decided to dedicate a chapel and subsequently a church to her. In 1480, Pietro Lombardo was chosen by competition for his harmonious design of a church set in the ...
565.
Instruments for implementing a convention at the national level; includes action plans such as NBSAPs (for CBD), NAP and NAMA (for UNFCCC and UNCCD), national conservation strategies (for RAMSAR), and national implementation plans (Stockholm).
Source(s): United Nations Information Portal on Multilateral Environmental Agreements
566.
UNESCO is the only UN Agency to have a global network of national cooperating bodies known as National Commissions for UNESCO.
Acting as agencies of consultation, liaison and information, and mobilizing and coordinating partnerships with national partners, including the civil society, the National Commissions make also substantial contributions in the advancement of ...
567.
The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia has inscribed sites in Saudi Arabia, Australia, India, Islamic Republic of Iran and, for the first time, a site in the Marshall Islands, as well as the Republic of Korea on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The latest sites inscribed include (in order of inscription):
At Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah (Saudi Arabia)
This ...
568.
569.
Today, for the third time, we celebrate African World Heritage Day. The Day was established to raise awareness of the immense potential of the African cultural and natural heritage. It also aims to alert the world to the vulnerability of this heritage: there are 21 African sites on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The preservation and enhancement of this heritage are ...
570.
Latvia,a) High-rise building projects located in the buffer zone threating the visual integrity of the property;
b) Regulations for building permissions and guidelines for new construction projects within Riga and its buffer zone,As requested by the Committee at its 29th session (Durban, 2005), the State Party provided a report dated 24 January 2007 on the state of ...
571.
Documents
Score 3.7558165
572.
United States of America États-Unis d'Amérique Estados Unidos de América Соединенные Штаты Америки الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية 美利坚合众国 United States of America
573.
Documents
Score 3.7391143
574.
By compiling on the Internet the national laws of its Member States, UNESCO offers all stakeholders involved (Governments, customs officials, art dealers, organizations, lawyers, buyers and so forth) a complete and easily accessible source of information. In the event of a legal question about the origin of an object (which may have been stolen, pillaged, or illegally ...
575.
The United Nations Foundation (UNF) is a public charity supporting the goals and objectives of the Charter of United Nations by building and implementing public-private partnerships and promoting various actions.
Since 1998, UNF has had a cooperation agreement with the United Nations to achieve the objectives of the Charter of United Nations through innovative, ...
576.
Moravian Church Settlements is a proposed transnational extension of Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement (Denmark) founded in southern Jutland 1773 as a colony of the Moravian Church, a Protestant denomination in the free church tradition centred in Herrnhut, Saxony. The serial extension comprises three component parts: Herrnhut (Germany), the ‘mother’ or ...
577.
Moravian Church Settlements is a proposed transnational extension of Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement (Denmark) founded in southern Jutland 1773 as a colony of the Moravian Church, a Protestant denomination in the free church tradition centred in Herrnhut, Saxony. The serial extension comprises three component parts: Herrnhut (Germany), the ‘mother’ or ...
578.
Moravian Church Settlements is a proposed transnational extension of Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement (Denmark) founded in southern Jutland 1773 as a colony of the Moravian Church, a Protestant denomination in the free church tradition centred in Herrnhut, Saxony. The serial extension comprises three component parts: Herrnhut (Germany), the ‘mother’ or ...
579.
Albania,Austria,Belgium,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria,Croatia,Czechia,France,Germany,Italy,North Macedonia,Poland,Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Switzerland,Ukraine,Threats identified at the time of the extension of the property in 2011:
Lack of integrated Management Plan;
Lack of transnational research and monitoring plans;
Need for capacity building.
,The World ...
580.
Honduras,
Illegal settlements
Illegal livestock grazing and agricultural encroachment
Illegal logging
Illegal commercial fishing
Poaching
Alien invasive species
Management deficiencies
Potential impacts from hydroelectric development projects Patuca I,II and III
Lawlessness
Lack of law enforcement
Lack of clarity regarding land tenure and access to natural ...
581.
582.
583.
Seville Heritage Park is one of Jamaica's most significant cultural heritage sites and the area is regarded as the genesis of modern Jamaica. The site has been occupied since prehistoric times, and includes the archaeological remains of the indigenous Amerindian (Taino) village of Maima, the 16th century Spanish settlement of Sevilla la Nueva, the post-1655 British sugar ...
584.
Costa Rica,Panama,
Water infrastructure - Construction of hydroelectric dams near the property in Panama and associated effects (greater human presence near the property, interruption of aquatic species migratory corridor) - Approval of a new hydropower project (Changuinola II or CHAN 140) without prior finalization of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the ...
585.
Ramallah, Palestine 8-10 April 2000
A national teacher-training Workshop was jointly organized by the Palestinian National Commission for Education, Culture and Science and the Palestinian Ministry of Education with the support of UNESCO Amman Office and the Ron Polnick Foundation. About 30 teachers participated in this Workshop. The participants were introduced to the ...
586.
Since 2018, UNESCO World Heritage Centre and National Geographic Partners have worked together to raise public awareness and create public engagement in the field of sustainable tourism development through culture. One of the major initiatives of the collaboration is World Heritage Journeys, a project that aims to increase sustainable tourism at World Heritage sites, while ...
587.
Senegal,a) Capture and relocation of wildlife;
b) Road construction.,From 21 to 27 January 2007, a joint UNESCO/IUCN monitoring mission visited the property, as requested by the Committee at its 30th session (Vilnius, 2006). The State Party did not submit a further report but accompanied and made available all necessary information and documents to the mission team.
The ...
588.
Indonesia,
Management systems/management plan
Ground transport infrastructure (road construction)
Land conversion (agricultural encroachment)
Illegal activities (illegal logging; Poaching)
Governance (institutional and governance weaknesses)
Renewable energy facilities (geothermal development license adjacent to the property)
Invasive species
,On 31 January 2024, the State ...
589.
Valletta, Malta,In the framework of the Preparation of the Second Cycle of Periodic Reporting in Europe and North America Region, the national Focal Points for Periodic Reporting from Mediterranean Europe shall meet in Valletta on 21-24 September 2011, at a meeting hosted by Malta and organized with the collaboration of the World Heritage Centre.
National Focal Points will ...
590.
Mali,
Occupation of the property by armed groups
Lack of management structure at the site
Armed conflict
,On 25 January 2017, in response to Decision 40 COM 7A.6, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/119/documents/, and supplemented by a more detailed evaluation report submitted on 3 ...
591.
592.
Reykjavik, Iceland,In the framework of the Preparation of the Second Cycle of Periodic Reporting in Europe and North America Region, the national Focal Points for Periodic Reporting from Western and Nordic-Baltic European Countries met in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 18-21 October 2011, in a meeting hosted by Iceland and organized with the collaboration of the World Heritage ...
593.
The Salento peninsula is a uniform lowland area on the southeastern tip of Apulia. Like the Gargano and the Murge - the two sub-regions bordering on the Adriatic Sea, located more to the north - it is composed of limestone and, exactly because of its geological features, it shows karstic phenomena that have given rise to several natural caves, of which some are currently ...
594.
Afghanistan,
Political instability
Inclination of the Minaret
Lack of management plan
Illicit excavations and looting
,As requested by the World Heritage Committee at its 34th session (Decision 34 COM 7A. 20), the State Party submitted to the World Heritage Centre a draft Statement of Outstanding Universal Value on 8 February 2011. However, no progress report on the ...
595.
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 ...
596.
Croatia,
Armed conflict (issue resolved)
Earthquake in September 1995 (issue resolved)
Need to extend the buffer zone
Large project in the vicinity of the property
Cruise ship tourism
Planned sport and recreation centre with golf course and tourist settlement
,In November 2015, a joint UNESCO/ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission to the property was undertaken and provided a ...
597.
598.
599.
Mr John Zulu, site manager of Zambia's Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls National Park and World Heritage site arrived in the U.S. August 5th to spend six weeks immersed in the details of people, park and resource management at Grand Canyon National Park as the latest "U.S. World Heritage Fellow" sponsored by the National Park Service with support from the United Nations ...
600.