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Cambodia,a) Tourism pressure; b) Lack of presentation and interpretative materials.,Following the organization of the Second Intergovernmental Conference for Angkor (November 2003) and the decision of the World Heritage Committee during its 28th session (Suzhou, 2004), the property was removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger, given the improvement in the physical ...

Cambodia, Uncontrolled urban expansion; Lack of an appropriate management system; Lack of clarity regarding property rights, ownership and building codes; Poor law enforcement; Lack of capacity of management agency. ,Since November 2020, the World Heritage Centre received communications through media and civil society groups concerning the proposed construction of a ...

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 ...

Preah Khan Kompong Svay bears the original name of “Bakan” which refers to a high tower or citadel.  It is a large Khmer temple complex  located in Sangkum Thmei commune, Preah Vihear province, approximately 105km to the east of Angkor. The temple is well known for three things ; firstly it was a Mahayana-Buddhism temple related the concept of pure land, secondly it served ...

Beng Mealea is a very impressive temple built in the reign of King Suryavarman II, 12th century CE, and modified by Jayavarman VII. It is located in Beng Mealea village, Beng Mealea commune, Svay Leu District, Siem Reap province. It is about 77 Km Northwest of Siem Reap town and faces the eastern part of Kulen mountain on one side. Importantly, it is situated along the ...

Thailand, Illegal activities (Poaching and illegal logging) Ground transport infrastructure (Road expansion, in particular regarding Highway 304) Forest fragmentation (connectivity and the need for ecological corridors) Land conversion (Encroachment) Management systems/management plan Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated ...

Cambodia, Housing (Uncontrolled urban expansion; Lack of clarity regarding property rights, ownership and building codes) Management systems/Management plan (Lack of an appropriate management system; Poor law enforcement; Lack of capacity of management agency) ,On 30 January 2024, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, in response ...

The Khmer Rouge regime governed Cambodia during Democratic Kampuchea (1975-1979) following a radical ideology - rooted from different communist beliefs and politics - that was put into practice in the entire country over an extremely short period of three years, eight months and twenty days. It is the only regime known to have emptied all cities in their sphere of power ...

In 1975, as a result of the construction of an extensive network of large drainage channels, or esteros, to relieve Butuan City from destructive annual floods, significant amounts of archaeological artifacts were discovered that dated back to the Age of Contact with the Great Traditions of Asia, co-eval with the Yueh type wares to Ming Dynasties of ancient China from the ...

The World Heritage Committee today inscribed two new cultural World Heritage sites, one in India and the other astride the border of Poland and Ukraine. Hill Forts of Rajasthan (India) The serial site, situated in the state of Rajastahan, includes six majestic forts in Chittorgarh; Kumbhalgarh; Sawai Madhopur; Jhalawar; Jaipur, and Jaisalmer. The ecclectic architecture of ...

Vigan, Philippines 20-23 December 2001 Event The "World Heritage in Young Southeast Asian hands: Second Sub-regional Workshop - Introducing the Arts for Teaching on the Historic Environment". Purpose of the workshopwas to examine one particular topic and explore ways to use this topic in teaching about heritage. In line with the decision made at the Karskrona World ...

Marrakesh - UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, meeting in Marrakech (Morocco) since November 29, has today included four new sites on its List of World Heritage in Danger. They are the Iguacu National Park (Brazil), the Rwenzori Mountains (Uganda), the Salonga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and the Groups of Monuments at Hampi (India). The inclusion of ...

A three-day event in Kyoto, Japan, will mark the end of a year-long worldwide celebration of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention from 6 to 8 November. The Convention, which was adopted by UNESCO’s General Conference on 16 November 1972, is the most widely accepted treaty for cultural and natural heritage preservation in the world with 190 States ...

The World Heritage Committee has inscribed a site of rice terraces in Yunnan (China) and an extension to the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park which is now known as the mixed cultural and natural Maloti Drakensberg Tranboundary World Heritage Site (Lesotho and South Africa). Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces, China The Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice ...

Following four preliminary survey missions fielded by the Japanese Government in response to the request of the Royal Government of Cambodia, the Japanese Government Team for Safeguarding Angkor (JSA) was set up in 1994 under the leadership of Professor NAKAZAWA from Waseda University, Tokyo, to carry out a practical project within the framework of the UNESCO/Japan Trust ...

The World Heritage Committee will consider the inscription of 32 sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during its next session, from 16 to 27 June in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap (Cambodia).  Media wishing to attend the meeting must register online. The Committee’s debates, chaired by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, will also be webcast. A press ...

The UNESCO Heritage Division and its World Heritage Centre is very pleased to participate in World Tourism Day, especially given the collaboration of the World Heritage Convention with the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), in efforts to develop sustainable tourism. World Heritage sites are the most outstanding cultural and natural places in the world, so they are ...

China,a) Urban development pressure; b) Tourism pressure; c) Lack of documentary evidence and clearly formulated principles to guide the conservation works. ,The World Heritage Committee during its 31st session (Christchurch, 2007), reiterated its request to the State Party to implement the recommendations made by the reactive monitoring mission of October 2005, and in ...

Cambodia, Uncontrolled urban expansion; Lack of an appropriate management system; Lack of clarity regarding property rights, ownership and building codes; Poor law enforcement; Lack of capacity of management agency. ,In January 2014, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report. Progress in a number of conservation issues addressed by the World Heritage ...

China,a) Urban development pressure; b) Tourism pressure; c) Lack of documentary evidence and clearly formulated principles to guide the conservation works. ,The World Heritage Committee during its 31st session (Christchurch, 2007), reiterated its request to the State Party to implement the recommendations made by the reactive monitoring mission of October 2005, and in ...