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Romania, Water penetration and associated increased humidity levels Structural problems and deterioration of the mural paintings  ,On 31 January 2013, the State Party submitted a detailed state of conservation report that addresses the progress made in the implementation of the Committee Decision adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011), including information on the ...

Mexico, Statement on  the selection of the component sites; Need to expand the buffer zone; Need to put in place legal protection for all the individual sites; Need to establish an overall coordinated management system that encompasses all the sites. ,In response to the requests made by the World Heritage Committee at its 35th session (Decision 35 COM 7B.128), ...

India, Construction of a dam (issue resolved); Bodo people insurgency; Destruction of Park infrastructures;  Illegal removal of vegetation; Poaching ,The Bureau, at its twenty-second ordinary session in June 1998, was informed that the implementation of the rehabilitation plan for this site, approved at its last session in June 1997, was progressing satisfactorily. All ...

The Keibul Lamjao Conservation Area represents an extraordinary story of natural antiquity, diversity, beauty and human attachment. Keibul Lamjao Conservation Area (KLCA) comprises of a core area of Keibul Lamjao National Park (KLNP) (40 sq km) and a buffer of Loktak Lake (140 sq km) and Pumlen Pat (43 sq. km). The property area along with buffer area is located in the ...

India,a) Bodo insurgency 1988-2003; b) Forced evacuation of Park staff; c) Destruction of Park infrastructure; d) Poaching and logging; e) Illegal cultivation.,The State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property on 31 March 2006. Key points of the report with regard to the four benchmarks set by the Committee at its 29th session (Durban, 2005) ...

The Tides of Time programme, initiated in 2008 through a partnership with Jaeger-LeCoultre and the International Herald Tribune, has entered its second year. The year began with coverage of sites such as Sian Kaan in Mexico and the Everglades in the USA. Other sites including the Atoll of Aldabra (Seychelles), Sundarbans (Bangladesh/India), Shiretoko (Japan), and the ...

29th session of the World Heritage Committee Durban, South Africa 29COM 10 July - 17 July 2005 Committee Members Argentina, Benin, Chile, China, Colombia, Egypt, India, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Russian Federation, Saint Lucia, South Africa, United Kingdom of Great Britain and ...

The 5th Annual Coordination Meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage related category 2 Institutes and Centres took place in Dehradun, India on 22 November 2016. The UNESCO Category 2 Centre (C2C) on Natural World Heritage Management and Training for Asia and the Pacific Region (NWHMT) at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) hosted the meeting on its campus. Four ...

Namdapha National Park, Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary and Jairampur Forest Division are located within India’s northeastern frontier state–Arunachal Pradesh. Among the last great remote wilderness areas of Asia, Namdapha and its adjoining areas, is flanked by the Patkai hills to the south and south-east and by the Himalaya in the north. The area lies close to the ...

S. No. Names of the component parts: State, Province or Region: Latitude and Longitude, or UTM coordinates: 1. Kochrab Ashram Kochrab, Gujarat 23° 1' 19.15'' N, 72° 34' 10.16'' E 2. Sabarmati Ashram Ahmedabad, Gujarat 23° 3' 38.45'' N, 72° 34' 51.41'' E 3. Sevagram Ashram Wardha, Maharashtra 20° 44' 43.15'' N, 78° ...

With the slogan “ … and when the skies fall silent ",  the World Migratory Bird Day 2016  on 10 May aims to highlight the incredible numbers of migratory birds being threatened and lost each year . This is often linked to illicit activities are various and the toll that they are taking is disastrous – millions of birds are being killed each year.  Such numbers are totally ...

With the slogan “Their Future is Our Future – A Healthy Planet for Migratory Birds and People”, the World Migratory Bird Day 2017 on 10 May aims to highlight the interdependence of people and nature, and more specifically people and migratory birds, as they share the same planet and the same limited resources.  For more than ten years now, World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) ...

Argentina,Belgium,France,Germany,India,Japan,Switzerland, Management systems / management plan (Need to introduce Heritage Impact Assessment procedures for proposed development at all component sites; Lack of monitoring indicators for all component sites and of agreed overall conservation approaches and procedures for the series (issue resolved); Need to complete the ...

Phnom Penh, Cambodia,An informal meeting of Category 2 Centres related to World Heritage took place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 20 June 2013, on the side of the 37th Session of the World Heritage Committee (17-27 June 2013). The meeting, chaired by Mr. Giovanni Boccardi (World Heritage Centre), had an informal character and was aimed to share information on recent ...

Bhubaneswar has a unique position among the cities of India. A temple town with series of ancient sandstone temples, heritage ponds and water tanks, its wealth of monuments is testament to an ancient continuous architectural and historical heritage covering over 2,000 years from the 3rd century BC to the 15th century AD representing most of the important dynastic changes ...

Following the Fourth meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the World Heritage Serial Nomination of the Silk Roads in Almaty, Kazakhstan, 24-25 November 2015, more than 50 representatives and experts from twelve countries together with UNESCO representatives, international experts and representatives of IICC Xi’an (China), Secretariat of Silk Roads Coordination ...

Senegal, Delay in the appointment of a site manager; Risk of collapse of historic buildings; Marine erosion; Illegal occupation of historic buildings. ,On 28 January 2013, in accordance with Decision 35 COM 7B.42, adopted by the World Heritage Committee at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011), the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the Island of ...