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Italy,,Following information about a planned waste dump and a development project in the vicinity of the World Heritage property, the World Heritage Centre requested the State Party to submit details on the above. On 27 March and 5 April 2012, the State Party submitted a response including maps, and on 30 May 2012 a further response on the status of the waste dump ...

Belize,,There is a great demand for land on which to carry out tourism related real estate development projects in the Caribbean. The many islands of the Belize Barrier Reef have not escaped global investor attention and in this regard, projects are already being aggressively pursued (see for example: http/:www.treasurecovebelize.com). In late 2007, the World Heritage ...

Egypt, Growing number of visitors (issue resolved) Uncontrolled development of the nearby village (issue resolved) Deterioration of the stones (issue resolved) Road construction project (issue resolved)  Tunnel construction project (issue resolved) Urban encroachment Infrastructure and tourism developments Development projects (highway or tunnel) ,At the time of ...

Panama,a) Deterioration and destruction of the fabric of the sites by environmental factors, lack of maintenance,as well as polluted water; b) Erosion; c) Absence of management policies; d) Uncontrolled urban development e) Tourism pressures (in particular at Portobelo).,The State Party sent information that confirmed damage that had already been detected in 2001, ...

Georgia,a) General need for interior and exterior conservation work on the monuments; b) Insufficient coordination between the Georgian Church and the national authorities; c) Lack of co-ordinated management system; d) Major reconstruction of the structure of Bagrati Cathedral.,The World Heritage Committee at its 29th session (Durban, 2005) encouraged the State Party to ...

Algeria, Natural erosion; Lack of maintenance of housing; Loss of traditional conservation techniques; Uncontrolled land-use; Constant collapse of houses (three dead and others injured in May 2002); Conservation Plan existing but not operational; Lack of coordination activities at the property. ,Referring to the decion of the 28th session of the Committee (Suzhou, 2004), ...

China, Bad state of conservation of many buildings Need to better manage visitors Urban development project Air pollution ,The Bureau, at its twentieth extraordinary session in 1996, recommended that the Chinese authorities adopt a development plan for the town of Chengde in line with World Heritage conservation needs. The Chinese authorities reported to the Secretariat, ...

Yemen, Renovations seriously threatening the authenticity and integrity of the Great Mosque No system for the evacuation of waste water Increase of the permanent humidity of the ground, posing the threat of erosion to the brick walls  Need for a safeguarding and urbanism plan Lack of traditional materials (noura bricks) Lack of coordination between the ...

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Commercial development in the area surrounding the site Redevelopment of a complex for visitor facilities Need for an integrated management plan ,WHC: UNESCO and IUCN carried out a monitoring mission to this site from 16 to 19 February 2003, as requested by the 26th session of the Committee. The mission team was ...

Mexico, Urban pressure (issue resolved); Lack of monitoring system (issue resolved); Earthquake in 1999 (issue resolved). ,In 2012, information on the Integral Project for motorways and bridges was received from the State Party and in 2013, information was received regarding the construction of a cable car. Additional information was requested by the World Heritage Centre ...

Benin, Absence of a national legislative mechanism for the protection of cultural heritage (issue resolved) Major deterioration of almost 50% of the earthen structural components (issue resolved) Lack of presentation and interpretation at the site (issue resolved) Lack and loss of documentation on the site (issue resolved) Lack of sharing of knowledge between site managers ...

Russian Federation, Illegal salmon fishing Gold mining Gas pipeline Development of a geothermal power station Forest fires Boundary changes Construction of the Esso-Palana road Need for the development of a comprehensive national legal framework for the protection and management of natural properties Decline in populations of wild reindeer and snow sheep Lack of management ...

Iran (Islamic Republic of),Threats identified at the time of inscritpion of the property: Speed of the vehicles passing along the buffer zone High-voltage power transmission lines and Zahedan-Zabol main road within the buffer zone No archaeological map of the landscape zone of Shahr-i Sokhta published yet ,On 18 March 2016, the State Party submitted a report on the state ...

Azerbaijan, Changing urban fabric due to the demolition of buildings and uncontrolled construction within the Walled City (issue resolved) Overall lack of any management system and in particular insufficient coordination between the national and municipal authorities (issue resolved) Absence of a comprehensive management plan that addresses conservation problems, urban ...

Iraq, Major looting of Iraqi archaeological sites (issue resolved) Destruction and damage due to the armed conflict ,On 31 January 2017, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/277/documents. Progress in a number of conservation issues addressed by the Committee at its previous sessions is presented in ...

France, Project of new buildings within the historic setting (issue resolved) Fire at the Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris on 15 April 2019 ,On 15 April 2019, a fire devastated the Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris, one of the components of the “Paris, Banks of the Seine” property. On 5 June 2019, in response to a letter from the World Heritage Centre informing the French State ...

Berlin Exhibition Grounds, Berlin, Germany,As part of its tourism programme, UNESCO World Heritage Centre will host its first stand ever at the International Tourism Exchange (ITB), the world's largest travel and tourism trade fair, which will be held in Berlin, Germany from 12–16 March 2004. UNESCO has hosted workshops at ITB every year since 1999, but this is the ...

,The theme of the 12th International Seminar of Forum UNESCO – University and Heritage (FUUH) is both ambitious and crucial to the future of heritage conservation as well as to the development of communities, cities and civil society at large. The Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) Concept includes the broader territorial and landscape context and therefore goes far beyond ...

Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, UK,For the past ten years the Cambridge Heritage Seminars have brought together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to explore the most pressing issues in heritage studies today. This year, for its tenth anniversary, coinciding with the celebration of the 800th anniversary of the founding of the University of ...

UNESCO headquarter,On the occasion of European Heritage Days, UNESCO will open its doors to the public on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 September 2022, from 10 am to 6 pm. This year’s edition will be marked by the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention and will feature a unique exhibition by contemporary painter Sacha Jafri. In addition to opening its emblematic ...