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913.
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee, meeting in New Delhi (India), decided on Wednesday to remove Niokolo-Koba National Park in Senegal from the List of World Heritage in Danger, following the positive steps taken by the State Party, which have contributed to improving the natural site’s state of conservation.
Inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1981 for its ...
914.
India,
Lack of co-ordinated and integrated management system;
Loss of character of the cultural landscape directly associated with the property and its outstanding universal value;
Lack of protection under national legislation.
,On 29 January 2014, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report; a summary of which is available at ...
915.
UNESCO headquarters, Paris,Through 11 years of fruitful experience, the World Heritage Volunteers Initiative has mobilized over 5000 youth volunteers who participated in more than 350 action camp projects in about 60 countries, organized by over a 100 organizations and institutions, at about 150 World Heritage sites.
Despite this outstanding growth of the World Heritage ...
916.
,UNESCO marine World Heritage sites are vital refuges for global biodiversity, hosting about 35% of threatened marine species. However, over 70% of the 50 marine sites inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List are currently threatened by climate change, according to the 2020 IUCN World Heritage Outlook. The UNESCO Environmental DNA (eDNA) Expeditions, a global citizen ...
917.
Spain, with its long, complex history and the global character of its territorial and cultural extension, remains marked by a striking diversity of historical influences and regional differences, and it justifiably prides itself on the forty Spanish sites currently inscribed on the World Heritage List. Together, they represent a broad range of categories: religious, ...
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There was a time when the world appeared boundless and inexhaustible. We are just beginning to realize that it is both limited and surprisingly vulnerable. It follows that if we are to survive at all as a species, we shall have to learn to see the world in a different light. Warnings have been sounded. Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, opened the international ...
919.
37th session of the World Heritage Committee Phnom Penh, Cambodia 37COM 16 June - 27 June 2013
Committee Members
Algeria, Cambodia, Colombia, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, India, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Qatar, Russian Federation, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates
Bureau Members
...
920.
The World Heritage Committee will consider the inscription of 40 sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List when it meets in Doha (Qatar) from 15 to 25 June under the chair of Sheikha Al Mayassa Bint Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani.
Sites to be considered include five that are extensions to sites already on the List. The state of conservation of existing World Heritage sites ...
921.
The World Heritage Committee’s 44th session will be chaired from Fuzhou (China) and take place online from 16 to 31 July, combining current work and issues left outstanding since last year, when the annual meeting was postponed due to COVID-19. The extended session will be chaired by Tian Xuejun, China’s Vice Minister for Education and Director of China’s National ...
922.
The World Heritage Committee today inscribed the transnational property of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment) on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment) features components in Austria, Germany, and SlovakiaIt covers almost 600km of the whole Roman Empire’s Danube frontier. The ...
923.
India,a) Lack of co-ordinated and integrated management system;
b) Loss of character of the cultural landscape directly associated with the property and its outstanding universal value;
c) Lack of protection under national legislation.,On 5 February 2010 a report on the state of conservation of the property was submitted by the State Party. This report covered management ...
924.
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 ...
925.
The Trans-Andean railroad is a unique railway, narrow-gauge (106.7 cm), 450 km long, built beginning in 1873 and, with the decided backing of the Liberal Revolution led by Eloy Alfaro, completed and inaugurated in 1908, crossing through five provinces in Ecuador’s Highlands and Coast, with widely varied climatic zones, including primary forests. Set within a complex ...
926.
The Baha’i House of Worship in New Delhi is the Mother Temple of Baha’i faith in the Indian subcontinent. It is an edifice eminently and elegantly distinctive in its design, and uniquely inspirational in its purpose: to represent the Oneness of God, the Oneness of all Religions, and the Oneness of Mankind, the guiding tenets of Baha’i faith.
Expressionist ...
927.
Spain,High-rise development in the vicinity of the property.,On 28 January 2010, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property. This addressed the requests of the World Heritage Committee at its 33rd session (Seville, 2009) to undertake a comprehensive impact assessment of the proposed development of the Torre Cajasol on the Outstanding ...
928.
India,
Forced evacuation of Park staff
Poaching and logging
Illegal cultivation
Slow release of funds
Invasive species
Uncontrolled infrastructure development by local tourism groups
Attempts by paramilitary group to set up base camps in the property
,On 28 January 2015, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at ...
929.
India,
Water management (Inadequate water supply and competition among different users; Insufficient quality and quantity, combined with high natural variability of rainfall)
Invasive/alien terrestrial species; Invasive/alien freshwater species (Prosopis, Eichhornia, Paspalum)
Other (Disappearance of Siberian cranes)
,On 1 December 2017, the State Party submitted a state ...
931.
The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia has today approved extensions to three cultural sites in Austria, Romania and Spain.
The approved extensions include (in order of inscription):
City of Graz - Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg (Austria) (extension of "City of Graz - Historic Centre")
Graz is an exemplary model of the living heritage of a central European ...
932.
Some fifty potential Silk Roads Heritage Corridors have been identified, with twenty corridors being considered as a medium priority, while three corridors within the five Central Asian countries and China are recommended as a top priority for the first phase of the serial and trans-boundary World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads at the 2nd meeting of the ...
933.
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the Call for Participants for the First Youth Regional Forum for the World Heritage in Asia.
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Cambodian National Commission for UNESCO will organize the forum from 25 November to 3 December 2015 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. We welcome the participation of all interested young future ...
934.
The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Manama since 24 June under the chair of Shaikha Haya Bint Rashed al-Khalifa of Bahrain, inscribed three cultural sites on the World Heritage List this afternoon. The inscription of sites will continue through 1 July.
The new World Heritage sites, in order of inscription, are:
Thimlich Ohinga archeological site (Kenya) – Situated ...
935.
India,
Housing (Urban development in wider setting of Chittorgarh Fort)
Mining (Industrial mining activities in wider setting of Chittorgarh Fort)
Management systems / Management Plan (Interpretation strategy for the overall ensembles of palaces, temples and fortifications)
Management activities (Vulnerabilities of certain individual structures within the forts requiring ...
936.
UNESCO and the Government of Mozambique signed an agreement in 2003 for the rehabilitation of the San Sebastian Fortress, the most emblematic monument on the Island of Mozambique, a site inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991.
Built in the 16th century by the Portuguese colonial rulers, the Fortress is one of the oldest and in its massive and sober military ...
937.
Muan Getbol: N35°02′46.18″ E126°20′17.26″
Goheung Getbol: N34°42′05.23″ E127°26′36.12″
Yeosu Getbol: N34°44′32.77″ E127°34′24.37″
The Yellow Sea is one of the world’s major tidal flat habitats, and the nominated property is located on the east side of the Yellow Sea and the southwest coast of the Republic of Korea (ROK).
Sediments containing abundant nutrients are supplied ...
938.
United Nations Foundation and Expedia announced the launch of the World Heritage Alliance, an innovative joint initiative to promote sustainable tourism and awareness of World Heritage sites and communities around the world. This partnership believes conscientious travelers can contribute directly to nature conservation, historic preservation, and poverty reduction ...
939.
Jaeger-LeCoultre
Photo: © Jaeger-LeCoultre
Between 2008 and 2018, the Swiss watch manufacturer Jaeger-LeCoultre supported the World Heritage Marine Programme through a series of activities. The partnership included a 6-year international campaign “Tides of Time” in collaboration with the International New York Times to raise public awareness of the conservation ...
940.
India,a) Lack of an operational site management plan;
b) Lack of traffic regulations limiting heavy duty vehicular traffic.,The Group of Monuments at Hampi was inscribed on the World Heritage in Danger List in 1999, due to the partial construction of a cable-suspended bridge within the protected archaeological area, which threatened the property’s integrity and ...
941.
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
High level of ...
942.
Nestled high in West Himalaya, India’s Valley of Flowers National Park is renowned for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers and outstanding natural beauty. This richly diverse area is also home to rare and endangered animals, including the Asiatic black bear, snow leopard, brown bear and blue sheep. The gentle landscape of the Valley of Flowers National Park complements ...
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Nishat Bagh N34 07 30.57 E74 52 53.90Shalimar Bagh N 34 08 58.71 E74 52 23.21Achabal Bag N 33 42 53 E75 06 38.32Chashma Shahi N34 05 08.37 E74 53 12.86Pari MahalVerinag N33 32 10.86 E75 14 56
Pre-Mughal Period
Before the advent of Islam, Kashmir was predominantly a Hindu region, the concept of pleasure gardens was not alien to it even during this period. Influenced by the ...
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Latitude and Longitude, or UTM coordinates
Kanchipuram
12°50'25.4"N
79°41'59"E
Components of the Nominated proposal
Rajasimhesvaram (Kailasanatha temple)
12°50'32"N
79°41'23"E
Parameswara Vinnagaram (Vaikuntaperumal temple)
12°50'13"N
79°42'35"E
Piravathaneswara temple
12°50'48"N
79°42'20"E
Iravathaneswara ...
945.
The San Fernando Fortress is located in the bay of Omoa on the Caribbean coast of Honduras. In the municipality of Omoa, there are altitudinal differences that go from zero at sea level to 2,242 meters above sea level in the Sierra de Omoa, which causes climatic variations in precipitation, temperature and relative humidity1.
This region is part of the Sula Valley, which, ...
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Nepal,
Ground transport infrastructure (Plans to construct a road and railway through the property; Proposed infrastructure projects)
Invasive/alien terrestrial species (Spread of invasive species; Encroachment of wildlife habitats in the buffer zone)
Management systems/Management Plan (Lack of appropriate inter-agencies and inter-ministries consultation and coordination ...
947.
Srirangapattana located in Mandya district of Karnataka state in the course of River Cauvery. The island measures approximately 5 kilometers east to west and 1.5 kilometers south to north. It is well connected by Air, Rail and Road network. The nearest airport is Mysore and Kempegowda International Airport Bangalore. Approximately in the centre of the Island state High way ...
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950.
The mountain of Le Morne, a former hideout of runaway slaves in Mauritius, a Nabataean archaeological site in Saudi Arabia and earthen houses in Fujian Province in China have been inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.Le Morne Cultural Landscape, a rugged mountain that juts into the Indian Ocean in the southwest of Mauritius was used as a shelter by runaway ...
951.
International experts meeting on earthen architecture: its preservation and potential for the future
Forty of the world’s leading experts on earthen architecture—which serves as habitat for up to one third of the world’ population—will exchange experiences about the preservation of this often remarkable and always sustainable heritage in a meeting at UNESCO Headquarters on 17 and 18 December (RoomXI).
The International Colloquium on the ...
952.
UNESCO World Heritage Centre and UNESCO New Delhi Office, in close collaboration with the Department of Culture of the Royal Government of Bhutan, held the 2015 Bhutan Workshop and Forum on Cultural Landscape and Sustaining its Significance (22 July to 7 August 2015). This activity was financially supported by the NGO Oriental Cultural Heritage Sites Protection Alliance ...
953.
Unite4Heritage is proud to present the video "The Value of Heritage" that raises awareness about the importance of safeguarding heritage for future generations.
This video was produced by the UNESCO Beirut Office in the framework of the Emergency Safeguarding of the Syrian Cultural Heritage project, funded by the European Union and supported by the Flemish Government and ...
954.
Culture, in all of its wondrous expressions, inspires more than 1.2 billion tourists to pack a bag and cross international borders each year. It is an important means to promote inter-cultural dialogue, create employment opportunities, curb rural migration, and nurture a sense of pride among host communities. Yet unmanaged, it can also harm the very heritage cultural ...
955.
The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Manama since 24 June under the chair of Shaikha Haya Bint Rashed al-Khalifa of Bahrain, inscribed four cultural sites on the World Heritage List this morning. The inscription of sites will continue through 1 July.
The new World Heritage sites, in order of inscription, are:
Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai (India) – ...
956.
The opening ceremony of this year’s session of the World Heritage Committee was held on 30 June at the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, marking the start of the Committee’s work, scheduled to continue until 10 July.
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay welcomed the enthusiasm for World Heritage and “its exceptional ability to bring people together.” She urged “respect for ...
957.
In 2023 many natural World Heritage sites in Africa have faced serious challenges related to civil unrest and conflicts threatening biodiversity. The Rapid Response Facility (RRF), a UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Fauna and Flora International joint initiative, has quickly mobilized resources to partners on the ground to tackle these emergency situations.
© Wild Africa ...
958.
UNESCO has launched a new digital platform, the UNESCO Urban Heritage Atlas that leverages the power of digital technology to support the conservation and management of the world’s historic cities and promote their diversity.
Historic cities and settlements have their own unique character that is the outcome of the history, geography, local culture and influences that ...
959.
India,Factors identified at the time of inscription in 2016:
Management systems / Management Plan (lack of an Integrated Master Plan of Nalanda; need for strengthened approaches to visitor management and interpretation)
Other (lack of appropriate documentation to establish the authenticity of the property)
,On 30 November 2017, the State Party submitted a state of ...
960.
The greater part of this issue is devoted to the reinstallation of the great stele of Aksum in Ethiopia, an exploit that ranks alongside such major UNESCO achievements as the safeguarding and restoration of the temples of Abu Simbel and Borobudur.
The stele, removed from Aksum in 1937 after Mussolini’s army had marched into Ethiopia, was assembled and raised in Rome. ...
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The geographical region of Majuli is North-East of India, which has seven states - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalya are a part of the greater sub llimalyan Region. The island situates itself is in the state of Assam, mid-stream of the Great male river Brahmaputra river, which is also one of the largest rivers in the world. It is a part of the ...
962.
India,
Management Systems/Management Plan (Lack of an adapted management plan; Lack of a heritage conservation unit; Absence of a Buffer Zone)
,A joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission visited Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) and the Kalka Shimla Railway in December 2019. The mission report is available at ...
963.
India,
Invasive/alien terrestrial species (Prosopis, Paspalum)
Invasive/alien freshwater species (Eichhornia, Clarias gariepinus)
Water (extraction)
Water infrastructure
Management system/management plan (Need to update the Management Plan; inadequate water management including insufficient water supply and quality and competition among different users; inadequate measures ...
964.
Doha, 23 June – The World Heritage Committee this morning inscribed properties in the Russian Federation, Costa Rica, Viet Nam, India, Philippines and Denmark on the World Heritage List. It also approved the extensions of a site in China and two transboundary sites in Poland and Belarus, and Denmark and Germany.
The sites discussed include two cultural sites, a ...
965.
India,General threats:
a) Infrastructure construction in the vicinity of inscribed monuments;
b) Lack of management mechanism;
c) Lack of building and land-use regulations;
d) Tourism development pressures.
Specific threat:
e) Building of inappropriately situated bridges.,The State Party submitted a report to the World Heritage Centre on 27 January 2007 on the progress ...
966.
India,Urban and tourism development pressure; Absence of communication and co-ordination between concerned authorities responsible for the conservation, management and development of the properties,The World Heritage Committee, at its 27th session in July 2003, requestedthe World Heritage Centre and ICOMOS to undertake a Joint Reactive Monitoring Mission to hold ...
967.
Bangladesh,
Pollution of marine waters
Changes to oceanic waters (High level of salinity, sea level rise)
Water infrastructure (Reduction in freshwater inflows, dredging of the Pashur River)
Management systems/management plan (Overall governance and management of the property)
Storms (Loss of monitoring capacity due to cyclone damage)
Illegal activities (Tiger ...
968.
Bagh-e Babur is located on the slopes of Kuh-e Sher Darwaza, southwest of the old city of Kabul. The garden is c. 11.5 ha large and arranged in 15 terraces along a central axis in east west direction. From the top terrace, the visitor has a magnificent vista over the garden and its perimeter wall, across the Kabul River towards the snow covered mountains.
Created by the ...
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Sr. No
Name of the component
State, Province or Region
Latitude and Longitude
A
Aihole-group,
Aihole village, Hungund Taluka, Bagalkot District
16°01'11.5"N, 75°53’00"E
01
Ravanphadi complex
Ravanphadi Main Cave
16°01′16.4″N 75°53′01″E
2 Temples in Ravanaphadi Cave Premises
16°01′20.5″N ...