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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 ...