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Deosai National Park is an alpine plateau of exceptional beauty and ecological value located in the western massif of the Himalayas, east of Nanga Parbat Peak and in close proximity to the Central Karakoram Range. The plateau, with an altitude of 3500 to 5200 m., is an area of 358,400 ha. of flat but undulating plains broken by gently rolling hills and surrounded on all ...

The Cultural Landscape of Nagarparkar is located at the southern limit of the vast Thar desert, where old stabilized sand dunes and the flat alluvial plain meet the marshy, tidal mudflats of the Runn of Kutch, and the Arabian Sea. Until as late as the 15th c. this area was covered by the Arabian Sea which extended northwards to the pink granite Karunjhar hills. Today these ...

India, Lack of an operational site management plan (issue resolved) Remains of a collapsed bridge (issue resolved) Effects arising from the use of transportation infrastructure (Lack of traffic regulations limiting heavy duty vehicular traffic) Ground transport infrastructure (Construction project for two cable-suspended bridges in the property; Construction project for ...

Vadnagar is a town and municipality under Mehsana district of North Gujarat region of Gujarat state. Vadnagar is well connected by road transport, lies 90 km South of Gandhinagar and 110 km from Ahmedabad Airport. As an historical city it was known by various names such as Vridhanagar, Anandapur, Anartapur and Nagar. The study of historical geography of the ancient India ...

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 ...

Istanbul, 10 July - The 40th session of the World Heritage Committee opened today in Istanbul (Turkey) under the chairmanship of Lale Ulker, Ambassador, Director General of Cultural Affairs and Promotion Abroad of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The opening ceremony was an opportunity to stress that World Heritage, which is now, more than ever, the subject of ...

This year’s World Migratory Bird Day is dedicated to the world’s major bird flyways—the flight paths of migratory birds that span continents and oceans. These flyways include World Heritage sites that are key stopover sites for birds, so the effective conservation of these sites are crucial for migratory bird conservation on a global scale. The three major flyways, shown ...

India,a) Poaching of rhinos; b) Development of a railway adjacent to the property; c) Proposed upgrading of National Highway 37 adjacent to the property; d) Insufficient infrastructure, budget and staffing.,The State Party did not submit a report on the state of conservation of the property as requested by the World Heritage Committee at its 33rd session (Seville, 2009) ...

India, Possible invasion of Paspalum grass (already an issue in the past) Decline in the population of Siberian cranes (issue resolved) Inadequate water supply  ,In February 2007, the State Party submitted a report in the periodic report format, which responds briefly to only some of the recommendations made by the Committee at its 29th (Durban, 2005) and 30th (Vilnius, ...

India,General threats: a) Lack of co-ordinated and integrated management system; b) Lack of detailed property documentation; c) Increasing numbers of visitors. Specific threats: d) Loss of character of the cultural landscape directly associated with the property and its outstanding universal value; e) Lack of protection under national legislation.,The State Party ...

Bangladesh,Governments of Bangladesh and India were encouraged to co-operate with interested parties and consider initiating actions that could eventually lead to the joint inscription of The Sundarbans World Heritage site of Bangladesh and the Sundarbans National Park World Heritage site of India as a single entry on the World Heritage List,In June 2001, the twenty-fifth ...

India, Major increase in heavy goods traffic (issue resolved) Dismantling and reconstruction of an important historic monument (issue resolved) Serious problems in the implementation of cultural heritage policies and regulations Lack of a comprehensive management approach and plan Lack of co-ordinating authority Rural development pressure and ad-hoc public works, ...

Paris - The Thirteenth General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention will take place this week at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. The bi-annual two-day meeting, which opens Tuesday, is an opportunity for all of the countries which have signed the Convention to take part in its governance. Provisional AgendaParticipation: In accordance with Rule 2 of the ...

The international dialogue on "Understanding rights practices in the World Heritage system: lessons from the Asia-Pacific and the global area" took place in Caux, Switzerland from 18 to 19 January 2016. The meeting was organized by the University of Lucerne in cooperation with ICOMOS and IUCN, with support from the Swiss Network for International Studies, ICOMOS Norway and ...

Following news of the collapse of a part of the House of Wonders (Beit-al-Ajaib) in Stone Town, Zanzibar on 25 December 2020, the Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Ms Mechtild Rossler joins the people of Zanzibar, and the United Republic of Tanzania in general to mourn this sudden and significant loss. The House of Wonders is one of the outstanding monuments in ...

India,Lack of management structure and management plan ,At its 31st session, the World Heritage Committee requested the State Party to submit a progress report on the preparation of a management plan for the property to the World Heritage Centre by 1 February 2009, for consideration by the World Heritage Committee at its 33rd session in 2009. On 12 May 2009, the ...

India,,Upon inscribing the property on the World Heritage List at its 31st session (Christchurch, 2007), the World Heritage Committee requested the State Party to submit the completed and agreed comprehensive conservation management plan for approval at its 32nd session in 2008. A progress report together with a revised draft comprehensive conservation management plan ...

India,Tendancy of iIllegal collection of medicinal plants and herbs (issue resolved),At its twenty-first session, the Bureau noted that the management of this site is based on enforcing a policy of strict protection. An Indian Supreme Court ruling of 1996 suspended, until further review by concerned authorities, rights of the local people to collect forest produce in ...

Campeche, Mexico,Space experts and experts in conservation representing more than 30 countries will be  united at an International Conference on the Use of Space Technologies for the Conservation of Natural and Cultural Heritage to be held in Campeche, Mexico from 28 November to 2 December 2005.Approximately 100 experts who work in the conservation of UNESCO World Heritage ...

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,International World Heritage Expert Meeting on the mainstreaming of the methodological approach related to the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape in the Operational Guidelines, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3-5 September 2013. Following Decision 36 COM 13.II of the World Heritage Committee (St Petersburg, 2012) and within the wider framework of ...