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Blog post by Director of World Heritage at UNESCO - Lazare Eloundou AssomoIs there a place you have never been, but always felt a special connection to From Peru’s Machu Picchu to Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, the Temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia to the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, these wonders of the world are as diverse as they come. But they have one thing in ...
News Score 4.1739664 Date 04/2023
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Thailand, Illegal activities (poaching and illegal logging) Road expansion, in particular regarding Highway 304 Forest fragmentation, connectivity and the need for ecological corridors Encroachment Management Planning Tourism and visitor levels Dams Cattle grazing ,On 20 February 2015, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, a ...
State of Conservation Score 4.068944 Date 05/2015
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Indawgyi Lake Wildlife Sanctuary (WS) contains Indawgyi Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Myanmar, and a substantial portion of the surrounding forested watershed. Established in 1999, ILWS covers 73,600 hectares and ranges in elevation from 169 m at the lake surface to over 1,400 m.  The lake drains to the north and includes 12,000 hectares of open water, along ...
Tentative Lists Score 3.9122438 Date 02/2014
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The opening ceremony of the Closing Event taking place in Kyoto from 6 to 8 November featured a performance by UNESCO Artist for Peace Sarah Brightman, and a traditional drum performance by the Japanese group Hi Ryu (Flying Dragon). The Chairperson of the event, Ambassador Masuo Nishibayashi, and UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova opened the celebration, along with ...
News Score 3.8930268 Date 11/2012
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Ahead of the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia signed a historic agreement at UNESCO Headquarters to renovate Block 17 of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum and install a new and joint permanent exhibition on the Holocaust in the former ...
News Score 3.8930268 Date 02/2024
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Cambodia, Management systems/ management plan (Need to clarify the attributes of the Outstanding Universal Value with regard to the boundaries of the temples zone and the buffer zone; Need to augment the Conservation Plan, to refine the Management Plan and to complement the monitoring program) Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation (Need to address a number of ...
State of Conservation Score 3.8930268 Date 07/2023
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The World Heritage Convention is a legal tool. In adhering to it, countries commit to protect heritage within their borders and to refrain from any deliberate measures that might damage directly or indirectly the cultural and natural heritage of the territory of other States Parties to this Convention. The true measure of the Convention is the effectiveness of its ...
Publications Score 3.8930268 Date 01/2019
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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 ...
State of Conservation Score 3.7200117 Date 08/2023
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Krakow, Poland, 12 July—The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Krakow since 2 July, closed its annual session today. During the session, the Committee inscribed 21 new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. It also extended or modified the boundaries of five sites already on the List. The new inscriptions bring to 1,073 the total number of sites on the World Heritage ...
News Score 3.64752 Date 07/2017
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The 16th of November marks the 48th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. This Convention protects the world’s most outstanding places, belonging to us all. Where it all began The idea of creating an international movement for protecting heritage emerged after World War I. The 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural ...
News Score 3.64752 Date 11/2020
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The 16th of November marks the anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. The Convention has preserved UNESCO World Heritage, natural and cultural for 49 years. This common heritage belonging to us all is the best of our world, and the best of who we are. However the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) made it clear that if we do not adequately ...
News Score 3.64752 Date 11/2021
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Discover the World Heritage Volunteers Initiative and join the 2024 campaign! © UNESCO When the World Heritage Volunteers Initiative was launched jointly with the Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service in 2008, 12 projects involving 153 volunteers were selected. Since then, more than 10,000 volunteers have taken part in over 600 action camps in more ...
News Score 3.64752 Date 06/2024
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Lao People's Democratic Republic, New infrastructure construction including new proposed road Lack of coordinated management mechanism Parking lot and visitor centre Lack of sufficient professional staff ,On 24 February 2015, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/481/documents/. The report provides ...
State of Conservation Score 3.64752 Date 05/2015
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Cambodia,Factors identified at the time of inscription of the property: Need to clarify the attributes of the Outstanding Universal Value with regards to the boundaries of the temples zone and the buffer zone Necessity to augment the Conservation Plan, to refine the Management Plan and to complement the monitoring program  Need to address a number of tourism-related ...
State of Conservation Score 3.64752 Date 05/2019
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Cambodia, Uncontrolled urban expansion; Lack of an appropriate management system; Lack of clarity regarding property rights, ownership and building codes; Poor law enforcement; Lack of capacity of management agency. ,On 24 November 2022, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, which is available ...
State of Conservation Score 3.64752 Date 08/2023
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University of Tsukuba, Japan,UNESCO Chair on Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage Conservation  Capacity Building Workshop on Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage Conservation in Asia and the Pacific: Disasters and Resilience Dates: September 21 – October 1, 2018 Place: University of Tsukuba, Japan Organized by the UNESCO Chair on Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage ...
Events Score 3.64752 Date 03/2018
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Osaka, Japan, 22-29 November 1998 Objectives The objective of the youth Forum was to build a "Bridge to the New Millennium" by promoting: Peace, Restoration & Preservation, Natural Environment and Coexistence.The Forum suggested to UNESCO to "Create the ‘World Heritage Movement' with youth and children for the New Millennium". Students Final Draft of "Patrimonito's ...
Activities Score 3.5281534 Date 06/2022
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The Closing Event of the 40thAnniversary of the World Heritage Convention concluded today in Kyoto, Japan, after three days of presentations and lively panel discussions among international World Heritage experts. Held from 6 to 8 November, the occasion was the culmination of a year of celebratory activities around the world, gathering more than 500 international heritage ...
News Score 3.4311419 Date 11/2012
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The World Heritage Committee The World Heritage Committee meets once a year, and consists of representatives from 21 of the States Parties to the Convention elected by their General Assembly. At its first session, the Committee adopted its Rules of Procedure of the World Heritage Committee. The Committee is responsible for the implementation of the World Heritage ...
Pages Score 3.4311419 Date 12/2024
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Cambodia, Management systems/ management plan (Need to clarify the attributes of the Outstanding Universal Value with regard to the boundaries of the temples zone and the buffer zone; Need to augment the Conservation Plan, to refine the Management Plan and to complement the monitoring program) Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation (Need to address a number of ...
State of Conservation Score 3.4311419 Date 06/2021
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The World Heritage Committee, meeting for its 32nd session, inscribed 13 new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in the afternoon and evening of 7 July. The nomination of new sites for inscription on the World Heritage List will continue tomorrow morning, 8 July.The new sites inscribed are: Preah Vihear Temple (Cambodia). Situated on the edge of a plateau that ...
News Score 3.3253117 Date 07/2008
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The World Heritage Committee will consider requests for the inscription of new sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List when it meets for its 32nd session in Québec, Canada, from 2 to 10 July. During this year’s session, hosted by Canada to coincide with the 400th anniversary celebration of the founding of Québec City, 41 States Parties to the World ...
News Score 3.2389984 Date 06/2008
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Cambodia,a) Uncontrolled urban expansion; b) Lack of an appropriate management system. ,On 28 January 2008, the State Party submitted an extensive report on the World Heritage property of Angkor, describing the set of actions carried out at Angkor since the early 1990s and containing copies of all the presentations delivered at the December 2006 and July 2007 ICC ...
State of Conservation Score 3.2389984 Date 05/2008
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For 2,000 years, the high rice fields of the Ifugao have followed the contours of the mountains. The fruit of knowledge handed down from one generation to the next, and the expression of sacred traditions and a delicate social balance, they have helped to create a landscape of great beauty that expresses the harmony between humankind and the environment. 722Rice Terraces ...
World Heritage Properties Score 3.2389984 Date 12/1995
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Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, also known as Thiruvaranga Tirupati, is one of the most illustrious Vaishnav[1] temples in the country, dedicated to Ranganatha, a reclining form of Hindu deity, Bhagwan (God or Lord) Vishnu. Situated in an ethereal setting on the island of Srirangam that is bounded by the two rivers of Cauvery and Kollidam (a ...
Tentative Lists Score 3.1445265 Date 04/2014
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Qatar and Fiji had their first World Heritage sites inscribed during the afternoon session of the World Heritage Committee on Saturday, as the intergovernmental body added six properties to UNESCO’s World Heritage List Fujisan, Sacred Place and Source of Artistic Inspiration (Japan) The beauty of the solitary, often snow-capped, stratovolcano, known around the world ...
News Score 3.067233 Date 06/2013
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Two new sites and one extension to a Polish site were inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List on Sunday afternoon, bringing to 19 the total number of sites added to the List during the 37th session taking place in Phnom Penh. The latest inscriptions are: Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, (Germany) Descending a long hill dominated by a giant statue of Hercules, the ...
News Score 3.067233 Date 06/2013
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Thailand, Illegal activities (poaching and illegal logging); Road expansion, in particular regarding Highway 304; Forest fragmentation, connectivity and the need for ecological corridors; Encroachment; Management Planning; Tourism and visitor levels; Dams and cattle grazing. ,An IUCN reactive monitoring mission visited the property on 13-17 January 2014. Subsequently, the ...
State of Conservation Score 3.067233 Date 05/2014
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Angkor is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia. Stretching over some 400 km2, including forested area, Angkor Archaeological Park contains the magnificent remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire, from the 9th to the 15th century. They include the famous Temple of Angkor Wat and, at Angkor Thom, the Bayon Temple with its countless ...
World Heritage Properties Score 2.9823847 Date 12/1992
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The Phanom Rung sanctuary or “Vnam Rung”, meaning “Big Mountain”, first appeared on stone inscriptions written in Pali and Sanskrit. (H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, 1978). The sanctuary complex, constructed of pink sandstone, is situated on top and close to the crater of Phanom Rung Mountain, an extinct volcano on the Phanom Dongraek Range. Rising to 200 metres ...
Tentative Lists Score 2.9127684 Date 11/2019
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Thailand, Road expansion, in particular regarding Highway 304; Forest fragmentation, connectivity and the need for ecological corridors; Encroachment; Management Planning; Tourism and visitor levels; Dams and cattle grazing. ,On 1 February 2013, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, which provides information on impacts from ...
State of Conservation Score 2.8612328 Date 05/2013
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The Ayeyawady River Corridor (ARC) covers a 400 km stretch of one of the last major undammed rivers in Asia. Tributaries originating high in Myanmar’s northern mountains flow south before joining northeast of Myitkyina to form the Ayeyawady River. The river basin lies almost entirely within Myanmar and covers nearly 60% of its land surface. Above the city of Mandalay ...
Tentative Lists Score 2.7828522 Date 02/2014
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The World Heritage Committee will assess the nomination of 34 sites for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during its 41st session, which will be chaired by Jacek Purchla, founder and director of the International Cultural Centre in Krakow, the Polish city that will host the session from 2 to 12 July. This year’s nominations for inscription on the World Heritage ...
News Score 2.6462402 Date 06/2017
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Children's Artwork on World Heritage Sites Thank You Children's Artwork on World Heritage Sites The artwork displayed below was posted in response to a global call for the Little Artists Exhibition inviting children around the world to draw a UNESCO World Heritage site that matters to them. This could be a site in their community, a memory from a family vacation, ...
News Score 2.3932953 Date 05/2020
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Sites on the World Heritage List are cultural, natural or mixed properties recognized by the World Heritage Committee has being of outstanding universal value. Biosphere Reserves are areas of terrestrial and coastal ecosystems which are internationally recognized within the framework of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme. State Party World Heritage ...
Activities Score 2.2368774 Date 06/2022
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Students' recommendations We, the participants of the first Asia-Pacific World Heritage Youth Forum are here to express our views on the importance of preserving World Heritage. We can appreciate and see all these sites because our forefathers preserved them for us and in turn, it is our duty to preserve these for our children, so they too can appreciate them and be ...
Activities Score 2.0762815 Date 06/2022
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The Taninthayi Forest Corridor (TFC) is one of the largest remaining areas of unprotected low and mid-elevation, seasonal evergreen forest in Southeast Asia. It is located in the Taninthayi Range that straddles the southern Thai-Myanmar border and contains a multitude of globally threatened species. Taninthayi and Lenya National Parks (TNP, LNP) were proposed in 2002, ...
Tentative Lists Score 2.0094128 Date 02/2014
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Coordinates: 1. Seruwila - N8 22 14 E81 19 12 2. Trincomalee - N8 35 32 E81 11 47 I. Koddiyar bay - N8 29 59 E81 14 51 II. Koneshwaram - N8 34 56 E81 14 43 III. Kompanachchi - N8 10 E81 13 3. Somawathie - N8 7 39 E81 11 49 4. Polonnaruwa Ι. Dalada Maligawa - N7 56 52 E81 00 04 ΙΙ. Dimbulagala - N7 52 2 E81 07 02 ΙΙΙ. Pulligoda - 5. Mahiyangana ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.8717642 Date 04/2010
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