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,As this year 1 February falls on a weekend, nominations, additional information concerning pending referrals and minor boundary modifications must be received at the World Heritage Centre, in compliance with the Operational Guidelines, the preceding Friday, that is 31 January 2014 by 17h00 GMT.
Should you need any further information please contact Mr ...
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The Simien Mountains National Park (SMNP) is a world heritage property located some 800km north of Addis Ababa in Amhara National Regional State in the northern Ethiopia highland massif. The property area was only 136 square kilometers when it was originally established under the Negarit Gazetta No 4 of 31st October 1969, Order No 59 of 1969. More recently, the Simien ...
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Australia,a) costal development
b) fishing
c) tourism,While no State Party report was requested by the World Heritage Committee for this property, the recent approval of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Processing Plant on Curtis Island within the property on 22 October 2010 led the World Heritage Centre and IUCN to request that this issue be considered by the Committee at ...
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Hungary,,The State Party provided a report on 12 September 2000 on the state of conservation of the site in connection with the cyanide pollution of River Tisza, which was caused by the spill of 30 January 2000 at the Romanian Baia Mare mining site. The cyanide pollution potentially threatened the artificial and natural wetland areas of the site. There are three separate ...
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Brussels - The Belgian Government and UNESCO signed an Agreement of Cooperation today, wishing to enhance their cooperation, especially between the Federal office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural affairs (OSTC) and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. “Through this Agreement, we will make available the Belgian know-how and the expertise of the Universities of Ghent and ...
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The proceedings of the International Colloquium on the conservation of World Heritage Earthen Architecture have been published in the latest edition of the UNESCO World Heritage Paper Series: Earthen Architecture in Today’s World, thanks to the generous support of the Italian Funds in Trust to UNESCO.
The Colloquium took place at UNESCO Headquarters on 17 and 18 ...
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An inter-regional workshop entitled “World Heritage and Sustainable Development: the Role of Local Communities” was organized at the National Museum in Karachi, Pakistan (23-24 November 2017) by the World Heritage Centre in close co-operation with the UNESCO office in Islamabad and the Department of Archaeology of the Government of Sindh Province, Pakistan.
The Workshop, ...
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From 4 to 9 September, managers from the 50 marine sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List gather in a momentous setting to discuss challenges and solutions toward reaching the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. With the oceans facing existential threats and global targets only a decade away, time is critical. Bringing managers together provides an ...
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The 1972 World Heritage Convention is truly unique. It is the only legal instrument conceived to protect both cultural and natural heritage, based on the principle of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) – the value of a site that is irreplaceable and must be protected for the future.
Each year, during its annual session, the World Heritage Committee adds new sites to the ...
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World Heritage sites require an enormous number of resources for their protection. Conservation needs are met in different ways by governments, vibrant communities, or donors of many types. But increasingly the private sector is taking action with a powerful impact on conservation and management.
Natural sites especially are impacted by industrial activities, and ‘no-go’ ...
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The mausoleum is situated on the territory of large and ancient burial—ground and built in honour of the Abu—Khu Khureyra considered as prophet's associate. The mausoleum has centric composition, square in plan and oriented to all World's parts. The cubiform construction is flanked by guldusta towers and crowned by well—proportioned sphere—conical dome. Octahedron with ...
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The need to mobilize support and raise awareness to overcome threats facing the 2.5 million hectare Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra has led the World Heritage Committee to place the property on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra , inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2004 for its biodiversity, has been ...
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Coral Gables and Miami Beach, Miami, USA,Organised by UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and the University of Florida (College of Design, Construction and Planning Preservation Programs). 20 experts, 10 from the USA, 9 from Canada and one from Brazil, were invited by the Director of the World Heritage Centre to discuss identification, protection, conservation and potential ...
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Room 3.33, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Paris,Mr Bandarin warmly welcomed the participants of the Coordination meeting. He highlighted important points to be taken into account by the Committee for the Reflection Year in 2007, for which funds were allocated. The discussion focused on the links between the Berlin meeting to discuss the European Action Plan and Regional ...
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The largest and most representative collection of stelae are to be found near the village of Tiya.
Originally forty-six stelae were erected in the cemetery between the tenth and fifteenth centuries. Archaeological excavations show that the site contains graves. The stelae of Tiya have carvings representing swords and various enigmatic signs quite unlike those of other ...
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This historical mosque, situated in the vicinity of the Old Bridge, in the most touristic part of Mostar, was built c. 1600.
This monocameral mosque had a rectangular plan a roof of slates and a slender minaret, twenty metres high. A wooden porch marked the entrance. This picturesque little mosque suffered considerable damage during military operations in 1992 and 1993: ...
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Paris - UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee will hold its annual meeting from November 30 to December 5 in Kyoto (Japan) at the close of which it will inscribe new cultural and natural sites on the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger. Alongside the 22nd session of the Committee, UNESCO is organising another event in Japan the International World ...
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Today is International Youth Day, when we focus on the future guardinas of our irreplaceable UNESCO World Heritage.
If heritage is what we leave behind for future generations, we need to work with young people to protect it. This International Youth Day, we wish to highlight the Young Professionals Forum which took place during the extended 44th session of the World ...
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,Proposed Oil exploration and production, and potential oil spills,Previous deliberations:
Twenty-second session of the Committee – Chapter VII. 27
Twenty-third ordinary session of the Bureau – Chapter IV. 43
New information: The twenty-second Bureau session noted conflicting information in relation to the state of ...
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Libya,
Conflict situation prevailing in the country
,On 30 January 2018, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/184/documents/. Progress in a number of conservation issues addressed by the Committee at its previous sessions is presented in this report, as follows:
Due to the armed conflict and as a ...
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Delphi, Greece,On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports and the Permanent Delegation of Greece to UNESCO in cooperation with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre are organizing an international Conference in Delphi (Greece) on 17-18 November 2022, entitled: The Next 50 - The future of World ...
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Helsinki, Finland, 11-16 December 2001
Objectives
Five main objectives of the Workshop
Present recent WHE achievements and the results of the external World Heritage Evaluation
Make proposals for the integration of the World Heritage Education Kit in school curricula
Chart the future path for the development of the World Heritage Education Project
Recommend proposals for ...
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November 27 - December 08, 2023Fada, Republic of Chad
Context
In 2016, UNESCO inscribed Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape on the World Heritage List as a mixed natural and cultural property. Two years later, the public-private partnership between African Parks Network (APN) and the government of Chad was signed, with the aim of rehabilitating and maintaining ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo,a) Armed conflict and political instability;
b) Poaching by military and armed groups;
c) Conflicts with local communities on the boundaries of the Park;
d) Impact of villages included in the Park.,On 30 January 2006, an updated report on the state of conservation of the five DRC World Heritage properties was submitted by the State Party, ...
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Cambodia,Tourism Pressure; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of presentation and interpretation; Looting/Theft.,The State Party submitted a state of conservation report to the World Heritage Centre, as requested by the World Heritage Committee at its 27th session.
The Government of France organized, with the assistance of the Division of ...
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Australia,
Mining projects;
Protected area considered inadequate at the time of inscription
Presence of cane toads (Bufo marinus) in Kakadu National Park
,WHC:
In responding to Decision 26 COM 21 (b) 30, the State Party provided the following new information in a letter dated 31 January 2003 that was subsequently transmitted by the World Heritage Centre to ICOMOS and ...
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UNESCO and ICCROM held an online ceremony to mark the launch of their joint initiative “Improving Management Effectiveness of World Heritage in Africa” with representatives from UNESCO World Heritage, ICCROM, IUCN, the Ambassadors of Japan, Norway, South Africa and Switzerland, and other participants. This event marks the end of the first set of activities (from 6 December ...
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Athens,ICOMOS/Greece
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On April 13, 2006, Mr. Breton, French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry met with Mr. Doumba, Minister of Forest Economy, Water, Fisheries and National Parks, Mme Raonimarahy, UNESCO's representative in Gabon, and Mr. Severino, Director General of the French Development Agency, at the presidential palace of Libreville to confirm France's commitment to ...
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The first preparatory meeting for the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting exercise for World Heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) for the Mexico and Central America sub region was held from 6 to 8 September 2010 at the Antiguo Convento Franciscano de Propaganda FIDE, currently the Guadalupe Museum in Zacatecas (Mexico). The meeting coincided with the ...
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In view of the forthcoming 11th World Congress of the Organization of World Heritage Cities in Sintra (Portugal), 22 to 25 November 2011, the OWHC has launched a Call for Posters on the congress theme World Heritage Cities and Climate Change.
This Call addresses all those who are engaged in the conservation and management of a World Heritage City - public servants and ...
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From 22 to 24 January 2015, UNESCO, in cooperation with the Vietnamese authorities, hosted a workshop on World Heritage and sustainable development at the Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex in Viet Nam.
The workshop responded to the request by the World Heritage Committee at its 36th session in Saint Petersburg to develop a policy on the integration of sustainable ...
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Considering that the sky is the common heritage of all humanity, as well as recognizing the need to identify and reinforce the ties that exist between religious / sacred traditions and knowledge of the universe, that illustrate in many places the close relationship between spirituality, the skyscape and sacred places, experts from 18 States Parties from around the world ...
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The Director of the World Heritage Centre, Ms Mechtild Rossler, and Mr Miguel Clusener-Godt, Director of the Man and the Biosphere Programme, express their deep sadness and profound concern following the death, ascertained on 29 January 2020, of Mr Homero Gomez González, manager of a component of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (Mexico), property inscribed on the ...
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UNESCO expresses its sadness and dismay at the disappearance of Mr Raul Hernández, guide of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (Mexico) and committed nature conservation activist, whose body, bearing signs of violence, was found on 3 February in the state of Michoacán.
UNESCO is calling for light to be shed on the extremely disturbing circumstances that marked his ...
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On 25 November 2020, the World Heritage Centre held an 'Online technical meeting for Libyan properties on the List of the World Heritage in Danger' to support Libya in drafting the desired state of conservation and corrective measures for the eventual removal of Old Town of Ghadames from the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The online meeting brought together ...
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Hanoi and Quang Binh Province, Vietnam,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC), the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and UNESCO Office in Hanoi, are jointly organizing a High-Level Consultation Workshop on the conservation of Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park (Vietnam) and Hin Namon National Conservation Area (Lao PDR) from 7 to 11 December 2006 at Hanoi and Quang Binh ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France,Please note that the documents are only available in the language in which they have been presented during the meetingInvitation letter Provisional Agenda List of Participants Final report on the Berlin Meeting Presentation of the final results of the Berlin meeting and strengths and weaknesses of the Periodic Reporting process (Ms ...
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Bundu Country Lodge, Mbombela, South Africa,Mbombela Local Municipality and the Tshwane University of Technology's Department of Tourism Management are pleased to announce the 2010 International Tourism Conference on Global Sustainable Tourism. This conference will take place at the Bundu Country Lodge, Mbombela, South Africa, from 15 to 19 November 2010.
The aim of the ...
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,This Research Seminar is organised based on the themes defined by the 1st Public call for Research projects from Lucio Costa Centre and the 2nd Public call for Submissions from Lucio Costa Centre both published during the first semester of 2015 and is aimed at satisfying the objectives regarding research activities set by the Centre.
Objective
Promote a broad and ...
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Great Zimbabwe University, Masvingo, Zimbabwe,In line with UNESCO’s mandate to promote culture and education in Africa, the World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce that the workshop entitled “World Heritage and Education Institutions in Africa” will take place in Masvingo (Zimbabwe) from 26 to 28 April 2018. Organized in cooperation with the African World Heritage ...
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The Park of Koga (Japan) was awarded the Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes for its 2003 edition.
Park of KogaJapan
Park of Koga (Japan) © UNESCO
The park of Koga is the work of the great landscape designer Nakamura Yoshio, supported by Tadao Kokubo, Mayor of Koga. The park is a mix of old and new elements. The ...
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Malta,
Air pollution
Maritime humidity
Highly crumbly basic building material used
Lack of a safeguarding plan
,In the framework of UNDP's Action Plan for the Mediterranean, the Programme Coordinator for "100 Historical Sites of the Mediterranean" carried out a mission to Malta at the request of the World Heritage Centre.
Deterioration of the building stone in the city ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Presence of armed groups, lack of security and political instability rendering a large part of the property inaccessible to the guards
Attribution of mining permits inside the property (issue resolved)
Poaching by armed military groups
Bush meat hunting
Villages in the ecological corridor between the highland and lowland sectors of the ...
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List of factorsaffecting the properties
Within the framework of the revision of the questionnaire of the Periodic Reporting exercise (Section II) in 2008, the World Heritage Committee adopted a standard list of factors affecting the Outstanding Universal Value of World Heritage properties.
This list was established following a 2-year consultation process with experts in ...
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Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, today expressed her sorrow over the tragic fire that ravaged the Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi, a World Heritage site in Uganda, and the deaths of two people in protests that followed the blaze. She made an appeal for calm and said UNESCO stands ready to help Ugandan authorities to assess damages and plan remedial action at this ...
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Members of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads release recommendations for two priority transnational heritage corridors of Silk Roads Serial and Transnational Nomination
Following their meeting in Tashkent, a group of 30 experts from 5 Central Asian countries and China as well as international experts from UK, Japan and ...
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The reconstruction of the Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi in Uganda was launched today at a ceremony held on the World Heritage site, which was partially destroyed by fire in March 2010.The project , which is financed by Japan, is being implemented by the Ugandan Government and UNESCO.
The ceremony was attended by several government representatives including ...
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Cyprus,,On 11 March 2003, the World Heritage Centre received a development plan by the State Party related to the lighthouse at Paphos and the refurbishment of the area surrounding it, located within the core zone of the World Heritage property.
ICOMOS stressed that this area has been almost entirely expropriated for archaeological research, and that the Lighthouse ...
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Croatia,
War in the region;
Destruction of the forests and park facilities;
Poaching of bears;
Dynamite fishing.
,At its sixteenth session, the Committee was informed of a mission carried out in September 1992. This mission found the natural values of Plitvice National Park largely undisturbed. The mission noted however, considerable damage to buildings and structures, ...
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Dushanbe, Tajikistan,Final International Steering Committee of UNESCO/Japanese Fund-in-Trust for Preservation of Ajina Tepa - Buddhist Monastery on the Silk Road, and Presentation of Central Asia Silk Roads World Heritage Serial Nomination process to International Diplomatic Corps in Tajikistan.
The Final International Steering Committee for the Ajina Tepa project is ...
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During the year 1999, Save Venice Inc.passed from the planning to the execution phase of the restoration of the German Synagogue, but even after full-scale preparatory surveys and tests the Superintendency is already having to cope with the unforseeable consequences of the intricacies and improvisations that characterized building practices in the Ghetto over the ...
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The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz – Fiocruz, in Portuguese) has its origins in the Federal Serum Therapy Institute (Instituto Soroterápico Federal, in Portuguese), founded in 1900, on Manguinhos Municipal Farmlands, in the then federal capital of the country (Rio de Janeiro), to manufacture serums and vaccines against the bubonic plague that had arrived in ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo,a) Armed conflict, insecurity and political instability;
b) Poaching by military and armed groups;
c) Conflicts with local communities on the boundaries of the park;
d) Impact of villages included in the property.,On February 12, 2007 a succinct report on the state of conservation of the five DRC World Heritage properties was submitted by ...
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Documents
Score 3.1704764
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The property is a mixed cultural and natural site covering over 6% of the landmass of PNG. The Kikori River Basin / Great Papuan Plateau encompasses over two million hectares. There are few landscapes in Melanesia as dramatic with features including the extinct volcano of Mt Bosavi, cockpit and needle karst of the extensive Darai limestone, remarkable Hegigio Gorge and ...
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The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is seeking an evaluator to carry out the “External Evaluation of the UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes (2017-2023)” to be carried out from January to February 2024.
The UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural ...
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The Italian government and UNESCO have entered into a joint agreement to enhance their cooperation within the framework of the 1972 Convention Concerning the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage. The aim of the agreement is to reinforce the effectiveness of the World Heritage Convention, promote Global Strategy for a more representative World Heritage List, and ...
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Spain,Since the beginning of the 2012 year, the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport have been coordinating all the Spanish activities in the framework of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention.
Nationals and internationals meetings or forums:
International Technical symposium about rock art, World Heritage. Organised by Comarca del Somontano ...
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The year 2020 began with an unprecedented health crisis that has affected each one of us, and we still cannot predict its long-term effects. Not only have we been touched in our personal lives. Lockdown has perturbed our work, our communities and our industries, at times with devastating consequences. And this crisis is not yet over.
Inevitably, our World Heritage sites ...
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Today, Belize’s Ministry of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation launched the Strategy for Reef Resilience in Belize, paving the way for concerted action across government, businesses and civil society to help safeguard the future of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System from the impacts of climate change. The strategy was released alongside ...
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Germany,,The World Heritage Centre received a number of complaints and reports from individuals and local NGOs concerning the construction of a four-lane bridge (“Waldschlösschen-Bridge”) crossing the Elbe at a crucial point for the view axis, located within the core zone of the World Heritage cultural landscape. Although the project already existed at the ...
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Launched in 1971, UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) is an Intergovernmental Scientific Programme that aims to establish a scientific basis for the improvement of relationships between people and their environments.
MAB combines the natural and social sciences, economics and education to improve human livelihoods and the equitable sharing of benefits, and to ...
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WHC-14/38.COM/12
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The cities that are in this area were related strongly with Tikal (declared by the UNESCO like World Heritage in 1979). The archaeological evidences demonstrate the ideological and technological bloom reached by the old inhabitants that were leading by big statesmen during almost two thousand years. This area achieved the biggest splendour in the Mayan civilization, thanks ...
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Tunisia,Construction of dams; hunting; grazing and air pollution,An official response to the request made at the last Committee meeting has been: received by the Secretariat.
The Tunisian Government in April opened tenders for construction of a sluice that would mitigate the immediate problems facing the Park, but tenders have not been approved and long ...
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India,Construction of a dam (issue resolved); Bodo people insurgency; Illegal removal of vegetation and poaching,The Secretariat transmitted the concerns of the Bureau regarding the integrity of this site to the Indian authorities by a letter dated 8 August 1990.
The Indian authorities, by their letter of 22 August 1990, have acknowledged receipt of this letter and ...
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Beijing, China,UNESCO will co-organize the 4th International Conference on Remote Sensing in Archaeology (ICRSA4) with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing on 24-26 October 2012.
ICRSA4, with the theme “A New Era of Earth Observation for Natural and Cultural Heritage”, will focus on cutting edge space technologies for monitoring, documenting, ...
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UNESCO, Room XI,The UNESCO Urban Heritage Atlas is new tool and platform prepared by the Culture Sector to support Member States for the conservation and management of historic cities and settlements.
This tool was developed in the framework of the UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL Recommendation) adopted by the UNESCO General Conference in 2011 to ...
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The serial transnational nomination “Memorials to the Heroes of the Great Patriotic War: Brest Fortress and Mamayev Kurgan” (Republic of Belarus, Russian Federation) includes two large-scale memorial complexes associated with the beginning and the turning point of military operations on the Eastern Front of the World War II.
World War II is the most significant event of ...
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The serial transnational nomination “Memorials to the Heroes of the Great Patriotic War: Brest Fortress and Mamayev Kurgan” (Republic of Belarus, Russian Federation) includes two large-scale memorial complexes associated with the beginning and the turning point of military operations on the Eastern Front of the World War II.
World War II is the most significant event of ...
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CLT/WHC-12/12
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CLT/WHC-13/19
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Croatia,
War in the region (issue resolved);
Poaching of bears (issue resolved);
Dynamite fishing (issue resolved;
Destruction of the forests and park facilities;
Possible over-visitation of the site
,The Committee, at its last session (Merida, 1996), decided to retain this site on the List of World Heritage in Danger due to damage to the Park infrastructure ...
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Mount Huangshan, China,The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre are jointly organizing an International Conference on Sustainable Tourism Management in Heritage Sites which will take place at the Mount Huangshan World Heritage site in China from 24 to 27 March 2008.Tourism growth is accelerating worldwide and arrival numbers are ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo,Agriculture Pressure; Logging; Mining; Oil and Gas Exploration; Fishing; Poaching/Hunting; Lack of capacity in conservation techniques; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of monitoring system; Lack of Presentation and interpretation; Lack of human or financial resources; Lack of institution coordination; Armed ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo,Agriculture Pressure; Logging; Mining; Oil and Gas Exploration; Fishing; Poaching/Hunting; Lack of capacity in conservation techniques; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of monitoring system; Lack of Presentation and interpretation; Lack of human or financial resources; Lack of institution coordination; Armed ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo,Agriculture Pressure; Logging; Mining; Oil and Gas Exploration; Fishing; Poaching/Hunting; Lack of capacity in conservation techniques; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of monitoring system; Lack of Presentation and interpretation; Lack of human or financial resources; Lack of institution coordination; Armed ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo,Agriculture Pressure; Logging; Mining; Oil and Gas Exploration; Fishing; Poaching/Hunting; Lack of capacity in conservation techniques; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of monitoring system; Lack of Presentation and interpretation; Lack of human or financial resources; Lack of institution coordination; Armed ...
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Located on the north shore of the Tunca River in Edirne, the second capital of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Bayezid II Külliyesi (complex) consists of a mosque, tabhanes (guest-houses), a madrasah, (medical school), darüşşifa (hospital), imaret (soup kitchen-cellar), pharmacy, and food-storage areas. The main center of the Külliye, however, is the darussifa (hospital) and ...
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Philippines,a) Over-exploitation of marine resources;
b) Illegal and destructive fishing;
c) Oil exploration,This state of conservation report was requested by the World Heritage Committee at its 31st session (Christchurch, 2007) in relation to the above threats. The concerns of the World Heritage Committee related in particular to the management and protection of the ...
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This site has been designated as a Wetlands of International Importance (known also as Ramsar site) under the Convention of Wetlands of International Importance. This place is globally important due to the transition between the Chaco, Pantanal, Amazonas and Atlantic Forest (BAAPA) ecosystems. It is also an Important Bird Area (IBA), due to 22 migratory bird species (most ...
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Thirty-nine nominations from 33 countries will be considered for inscription on UNESCO's World Heritage List during the meeting of the World Heritage Committee underway in Brasilia. Three of the countries - Marshall Islands, Kiribati and Tajikistan - have no properties inscribed on the World Heritage List to date.
The Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova and Brazil's ...
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UNESCO and Panasonic Corporation announced the renewal of their strategic partnership agreement today. The new agreement will run for two years from June 2013 to May 2015.
The strategic framework agreement was signed by UNESCO Director-General, Ms. Irina Bokova and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Panasonic Corporation, Mr. Takumi Kajisha, on June 18, 2013, in Phnom ...
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Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Protection Policy does not adequately integrate cultural landscapes;
Lack of human and financial resources;
Development or infrastructure projects that may affect the integrity of the property;
Management Plan still incomplete and lack of an Action Plan.
Since March 2011:
Destruction and damage due to the armed conflict
Damage ...
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Yemen,a) Serious degradation of the city’s heritage (many houses and the ancient souk are in an alarming deterioration state);
b) Large percentage of the city's houses replaced by inappropriate concrete buildings;
c) Large sections of the city’s open spaces have been privatized, either illegally or informally and more than 30% of these built-up;
d) Lack of conservation ...
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Austria,High-rise building project to the east of the Gardens, in the visual axis from the Gloriette (of Schönbrunn) and the Vienna City Centre (especially the Cathedral St. Stephan).,East of the gardens of Schönbrunn, in the quarter of Meidling, a business centre is under development with an architectural contest initiated by the City of Vienna. The ...
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Beyrouth, Liban,[in French only] La reunion porte sur la presentation de la problematique et des documents preparatoires tels que: - l'etat de la question, la position du site dans le monde et dans la region et les priorites d'action; - la presentation des valeurs spirituelles de la vallee et la vision du Patriarcat Maronite (principal proprietaire); - l'etude etablie par ...
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South Africa,a) Lack of a proper buffer zone
b) Lack of a management plan
c) Mining activities
d) Development pressure,The World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies were alerted through press reports to the granting in February 2010 of a coal mining permit to an Australian company, Coal of Africa Ltd (CoA), in an area immediately to the east of the Mapungubwe Cultural ...
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The nominated property covers a continuous area of approximately 188,292 hectares embedded in a large-scale buffer zone. It consists of 17,712 hectares in the former inner-German border strip and 170,580 hectares in adjacent protected areas.
The Green Belt is a joint nomination from the nine federal states Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, ...
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Kiribati,
Illegal fishing and overfishing by licensed and unlicensed vessels
Degradation of seamounts
,No state of conservation report was submitted by the State Party as was requested by Decision 45 COM 7B.17. Still no response was received from the State Party to the World Heritage Centre’s letter transmitted on 19 November 2021 requesting further information about the ...
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This table is a way to present geographic information system (GIS) obtained data.
A geographic information system, or GIS, relies on computer-based technology to produce, organize and analyse spatial information in the form of maps. GIS encompasses database management, mapping, image processing and statistical analysis tools. These tools allow users to see statistical data ...
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According to Article 5(d) of the World Heritage Convention, the States Parties are required to:”[…] take the appropriate legal, scientific, technical, administrative and financial measures necessary for the identification, protection, conservation, presentation and rehabilitation of this heritage ”.
The World Heritage Operational Guidelines (paragraph 97) further states ...
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The course on “People-Centred Approaches to the Conservation of Nature and Culture” is a flagship capacity building activity of the World Heritage Leadership Programme
This course is dedicated to World Heritage site managers/coordinators and heritage practitioners working in the Latin America and Caribbean region. The course will be held online in February 2022 and will ...
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United Republic of Tanzania,Shortcomings in the management,Support for equipment provided by the World Heritage Fund has arrived and put to immediate use.
IUCN has also secured funds and is working with the Authority and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism to do a land use evaluation and policy study of the area.
IUCN has also helped arrange a technical ...
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Berlin, Germany,The 35th annual CAA conference to be held on April 2-6, 2007 in Berlin, Germany, brings together students, researchers, heritage managers and other experts to present, examine, and discuss current theory and application of quantitative methods and computer science in Archaeology. The CAA conference has established a tradition of international, open ...
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Aachen, Germany,This technical meeting is the fifth gathering of international experts and Afghan officials to report on the recent on-site works implemented in the Cultural Landscape and the Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley, in particular those under UNESCO's post-conflict emergency conservation project for the site. The experts, together with the ...
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,The Partners Forum of the Slovak Commission for UNESCO is a yearly event that brings together the representatives of all UNESCO designations in Slovakia, including the relevant governmental offices, academia, NGOs, media and other cooperating partners. The Forum discusses proposals for cooperation, proposes projects and serves as a platform for presentation of all ...
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Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a process of evaluating the likely environmental impacts of a proposed project or development, taking into account inter-related socio-economic, cultural and human-health impacts, both beneficial and adverse.
UNEP defines Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as a tool used to identify the environmental, social and economic impacts ...
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Kirtipur is a medieval settlement located along a narrow ridge towards the southwest of the Kathmandu Valley. The medieval Newari settlement was developed with fort-like characteristics. The victory over Kirtipur by the army from Gorkha was pivotal in the history of the unification of Nepal. Kirtipur is a testimony to the medieval art and architecture of the Newars. The ...
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On 10 August 2011 the Japanese Government approved the programme proposal "Capacity Building to Support the Conservation of World Heritage Sites and Enhance Sustainable Development of Local Communities in Small island Developing States (SIDS)", with a total budget of USD 1 million.
The overall objective of the project proposal is to develop regional capacity building ...
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The Director-General is visiting Mali today with French President François Hollande, with the goal to launch the assessment of the state of Mali’s cultural heritage and manuscripts after the recent fighting and tensions and to define a plan of action with the Government of Mali that will guide UNESCO’s support to its reconstruction and ...
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Following Decisions of the World Heritage Committee, the World Heritage Centre expects a total of 60 state of conservation reports on World Heritage properties which are due to be received by the deadline of 1 December 2016.
The Director of the World Heritage Centre confirmed that a number of these reports have already been submitted, for example from Donana National Park ...
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Port Vila (Vanuatu),The regional workshop has been proposed within the framework of the Action Plan for the implementation of the World Heritage – Pacific 2009 Programme. Furthermore, the proposed workshop in Vanuatu is in line with the World Heritage Global Strategy for a balanced, representative and credible World Heritage List. This workshop has been organized by the ...
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Moscow, Russian Federation,This conference is organized in co-operation with ICOMOS International, with the support of World Monuments Fund and DOCOMOMO International, the Russian Academy for Architecture and Building Sciences, Russia's UNESCO Commission, Russia's Ministry for Culture and Mass Communications, the Union of Architects of Russia, the Moscow Union of ...
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Vilnius, Lithuania,Lunchtime meeting during 30th session of the World Heritage Committee
Agenda
Introduction and Background: Presentation by Ms Mechtild Rossler, World Heritage Centre
Nordic and Baltic European Region:Presentation by Ms Kris Endresen, Nordic World Heritage Foundation
Western European Region: Presentation by Mr Christopher Young, Rapporteur of Working ...
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Vredefort Dome, South Africa,The final meeting of the 2nd Periodic Reporting cycle of the Africa region will be held at Vredefort Dome, South Africa from 14 - 17 February 2011. The meeting will close the cycle that was launched at the 33rd session of the Committee in Sevilla 2009. Organized in partnership with the Government of South Africa, the meeting aims to bring ...
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Maun, Botswana,This workshop will explore and design pilot projects for income generation to improve local communities' livelihoods and promote local sustainable development. The project will target communities living within and around Okavango Delta (Botswana), Mapungubwe (South Africa) and the Namib Desert (Namibia) heritage sites. The workshop will engage a bottom-up ...
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Centre de Congres, Lyon, France,Terra 2016 is the twelfth in a series of international events organised since 1972, bringing together academics, professionals and experts, and a broad audience around earthen architectures. It will be held from 11 to14 July 2016 at the Centre de Congres in Lyon, France.
The 2016 edition will focus mainly on issues dealing with sustainable ...
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,The World Heritage Centre, the African World Heritage Fund together with international heritage experts will organise a workshop to discuss and work on the methodology for data analysis and synthesis, following the results of the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting exercise in Africa. The aim is to review a first draft regional report and to outline an initial Action ...
6334.
UNESCO HQ,On 13 December 2013, the "Reflection meeting on the implementation of the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape two years after its adoption (HUL+2)" took place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Two years after the adoption of the Recommendation and two years before the submission of a report to the UNESCO General Conference (October 2015), the World ...
6335.
Mid-sixteenth century painted Crucifixion group in wood, with the Virgin and St. John, from the Church of San Michele.
Following its long and painstaking restoration, the remarkable Crucifixion group financed by the America-Italy Society of Philadelphia and the Stichting Nederlands Venetie Comite, will return to a new, "healthier" site in the church in spring 2000.
A study ...
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Czechia,In the 1950s, a revolving 80-seat theatre was installed in the 17th century garden. In 1998, it was transformed into a permanent building with a seating capacity of 650 spectators. ,In its report of 24 January 2007 on the state of conservation of the site, the State Party confirmed its intention to move the theatre from the garden of the summerhouse and to ...
6339.
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 ...
6340.
The historic centre of Prague was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1992 as itern no. 616 and officially included the area which corresponds to the boundaries of the historic quarters of Prague at the end of the 18th century.Within the buffer zone of the historic centre one can find several properties which are themselves cultural monuments of exceptional quality and ...
6341.
Syrian Arab Republic,
serious weathering of many stone blocks due to capillary rising and variations in humidity and temperature
urban growth of the neighbouring agglomeration
international tarmac road crosses the site
heavy automobile and truck traffic (vibrations, pollution, risk of accidents...)
pipeline crossing the southern necropolis
brightly-coloured antenna on ...
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6343.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,Development of a golf resort,In its Decision 36 COM 7C the World Heritage Committee had requested the State Party to halt the proposed development of a hotel and golf resort in the vicinity of the property until its potential impact on the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) had been assessed. Prior to the ...
6344.
With over 250 properties inscribed on the World Heritage List, cities are one of the most abundant and diverse categories of heritage.
This quantity and diversity add to the dynamics of urban heritage conservation, where concepts and approaches are constantly changing and evolving. To stay in the forefront of international views and trends and to contribute to ongoing ...
6345.
New Zealand,
Hydro-electric scheme (issue resolved)
Exportation of fresh water project
Cattle grazing
Potential logging
Land ownership
,Previous deliberations:
Sixteenth session of the Committee – page 30
Seventeenth session of the Bureau – page 15
Eighteenth session of the Bureau – page 16
Eighteenth session of the Committee – page 24
New information: IUCN is waiting ...
6346.
Gabon celebrated the inscription of its Lopé-Okanda site on UNESCO's World Heritage List over the weekend of 11-12 August 2007. Spanning four provinces, Lopé-Okanda is Gabon's first World Heritage site and also the first mixed site in the Central African sub-region. The inscription highlights international recognition of the country's outstanding natural and ...
6347.
The Ecuadorian National Environmental Fund's "Galápagos Invasive Species" account received a major injection of US$2.19 million on March 18 under the framework of the UNESCO-World Heritage Centre/United Nations Foundation project for the management of invasive species at this globally recognized World Heritage site. The Fund, which was established in 2007 with support ...
6348.
Over the last few days, Virunga National Park has been the scene of violent fighting between the Congolese Army and Congres National pour la Defense du Peuple (CNDP) rebels.
On Thursday 9 October, the Managing Director of the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (or ICCN, the body in charge of the Democratic Republic of the Congo protected areas ...
6349.
This workshop is part of UNESCO’s ongoing efforts to address the priorities of the Second Cycle of Periodic Reporting for the Africa region, which called for increased capacity-building in dealing with risks and threats to heritage properties at both site-level and regional-level, The training course was co-organized by the African World Heritage Fund, a UNESCO category 2 ...
6350.
On November 18 2020, colleagues from UNESCO’s Africa Unit of the World Heritage Centre (WHC), Field Offices in the Africa region, as well as from the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF), met online for their periodic meeting concerning the progress of the implementation of the 1972 World Heritage Convention in Africa.
The discussion focused on UNESCO’s longstanding Priority ...
6351.
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France,UNESCO, as part of the World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP), is organizing an International Colloquium on Conservation of World Heritage Earthen Architecture.This two-day international event will gather a network of global experts in earthen architecture conservation, including site managers, researchers and specialized ...
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,The regional meeting on the implementation of the UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape in the Arab States will be take place in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco, from 9 to 11 December 2013. This meeting, organized by the World Heritage Centre and the UNESCO Office for the Maghreb (RABAT), in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of Morocco will be held in ...
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Mali, Bamako,With the armed conflict that occurred between 2012 and 2013, Mali's cultural heritage, including its ancient manuscripts, was severely damaged.
In Timbuktu, many valuable manuscripts were burned or stolen, forcing their owners, communities and local NGOs to exfiltrate them to Bamako, the capital of the country, in the most precarious of conditions. Thanks to ...
6354.
Zhenze Historic Town, China,The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has observed that many activities such as tourism, infrastructure development, new buildings, urban renewal and changes to the land use being undertaken in and around World Heritage sites, may have negative impacts on the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV).
While reconizing the vital role of such activities for ...
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,The UNESCO marine World Heritage sites cover about 8 percent by surface of the globe’s marine protected areas. Many of these iconic places are the last stronghold for endangered species, and are home to an unparalleled biodiversity, most of which is found nowhere else. While some animals may have thrived during the forced closure of marine World Heritage sites due to the ...
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This training workshop was organized from February 17 to March 4, 2004 in Cairo, Egypt and environs. It was aimed at identifying and developing human resources in the Arab Region in documenting World Heritage sites.The proposed workshops brought together young professionals nominated by regional state governments for training in basic and advanced recording, documentation ...
6357.
Yemen,,The World Heritage Bureau during its twentieth session was informed that renovations which were seriously threatening the authenticity and integrity of the Great Mosque of Zabid had been undertaken by the local authorities.
By letter of 16 February, the Centre shared its concern with the Minister of Culture and Tourism, reminding him of the terms of the Convention ...
6358.
Russian Federation,Mining, Oil/Gas Exploration
Additional Details:
Federal Law; pollution; pulp and paper mill, decline in seal population; Baikal Commission; oil and gas pipeline,Following the invitation by the Russian authorities, as requested by the Committee (26 COM 21(b) 19 and 27 COM 7B.19), the high-level mission took place with meetings in the Ministry of Natural ...
6359.
Forming a cove characterized by white sand beaches and calm waters with mountain ranges at the backdrop, Pujada Bay is a highly valued protected landscape and seascape in the City of Mati, Davao Oriental, Philippines. It comprises a total land area of 20,873.43 ha with fertile coral (1,175.75 ha), seagrass (610.440 ha), and mangrove (262.719 ha) ecosystems downstream of ...
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The African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) strives towards the effective conservation and protection of Africa's natural and cultural heritage. AWHF is for all African Member states who have signed the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention in support of these goals. The AWHF is the first regional funding initiative within the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage ...
6361.
Conservation works to reinforce Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, a World Heritage property in the island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis, have been completed.
The works were started in August 2019 with the deconstruction of sections of the fortress wall that were too weak. Care was taken to ensure that the stones were placed according to the original style of ...
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Following a devastating fire on 5 June 2020 at the World Heritage property of the Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi in Uganda, UNESCO, through the Heritage Emergency Fund (HEF), is providing financial and technical assistance to support the urgent procurement and installation of a firefighting system at the property, as well as training in fire prevention and disaster risk ...
6363.
Europe and North America region starts the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting exercise this September
As foreseen by the World Heritage Convention in its Article 29, Periodic Reporting is a global conservation monitoring mechanism that aims to give the key stakeholders of World Heritage properties, i.e. World Heritage site managers and focal points responsible for the implementation of the Convention at national level, an opportunity to reflect on the implementation of the ...
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Thanks to the continued support of the Government of Flanders (Belgium), the World Heritage Online Map Platform is being expanded to include World Heritage properties in Africa, thereby extending the benefits of this Geographic Information System to the region and enhancing the monitoring capacity of digital tool.
The World Heritage Online Map Platform (WHOMP) is an ...
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,The IUCN World Conservation Congress, the world’s largest and most important conservation event, began 6 September on the Island of Jeju, Republic of Korea. Held every four years, the Congress aims to improve how we manage our natural environment for human, social and economic development.
The Island of Jeju harbors one of Korea’s natural World Heritage sites (Jeju ...
6366.
Kızılırmak (River) is the longest river that rises from and also flows into the territories of Turkey, and also that has the second biggest drainage basin of Turkey. Kızılırmak passes through Sivas, Kayseri, Nevşehir, Kırşehir, Kırıkkale, Çankırı, Çorum and Samsun Provinces in Middle and North Anatolia; flows into the Black Sea, covering a distance of 1.355 km Kızılırmak ...
6367.
On 22 June 2023, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre organized a Learning & exchange workshop on ‘Post COVID-19 World Heritage Site Management: Integration of Conservation, Tourism and Local Livelihood Strategies at World Heritage Sites,’ a project funded by the government of Japan through the UNESCO/Japanese Funds-in-Trust.
(c) Dr Ang Ming Chee. Extract from the ...
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Climate change is now the biggest threat to natural World Heritage, according to a report published today by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). A third (33%) of natural World Heritage sites are threatened by climate change, including the world’s largest coral reef, the Great Barrier Reef, assessed as having a “critical” outlook for the first ...
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Gathered in Yaounde (Cameroon) at the invitation of the Government of Cameroon, the ministers and experts in charge of World Heritage from eight countries in Central Africa (Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe) called on UNESCO and its partners, including the African World Heritage Fund, to ...
6372.
Beijing, China, 11-13 August 2005
Event
The Workshop was convened in the framework of the Associated Schools Project (ASP) with the third sub-regional meeting carrying the theme of "World Heritage Education"
Objectives
to promote better and deeper understanding in World Heritage Education and relevant teaching materials in Republic of Korea, Democratic Peoples' Republic ...
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The Farasan Islands are a large archipelago of over 170 islands and islets of uplifted coral reef lying 40-90 km offshore from the city of Jazan on the south-eastern coast of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The protected area covers 5,408 sq. km, the majority of which is state owned with recognized municipal lands and private ownerships allocated within the boundaries of ...
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Saint Lucia,Development pressures associated with tourism and housing,On 12 February 2012 the State Party submitted a brief report on the state of conservation of the property.
a) Development pressures associated with tourism and housing
The State Party reports that it has approved development applications within the property. The World Heritage Centre requested further ...
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Niger,a) Political instability and civil strife;
b) Poverty;
c) Management constraints;
d) Ostrich poaching;
e) Soil erosion;
f) Demographic pressure;
g) Livestock pressure;
h) Pressure on wood resources.,The State Party report was received on 22 May 2008. The report presents information on the declining status of many wildlife species, the continued degradation of the ...
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China,Factors identified at the time of inscription of the property:
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation (Visitor management arrangements)
Buildings and Development (Encroachment/changes to skyline)
,On 19 June 2017, at the request of the World Heritage Centre, the State Party submitted a progress report outlining actions undertaken to meet the recommendations made ...
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,Dates: 15 – 26 September 2017
Place: University of Tsukuba, Japan
Organized by the World Heritage Studies and the Certificate Programme on Nature Conservation (CPNC) at the University of Tsukuba, in cooperation with UNESCO World Heritage Centre, IUCN, ICCROM and ICOMOS.
The CBWNCL
Heritage Conservation is an evolving practice, and one of the current debates focuses on ...
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UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative partner with WWF and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre to launch global insurance industry commitment to protect World Heritage sites
UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative (PSI)—the largest collaborative initiative between the United Nations and the insurance industry—in partnership ...
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Fujairah is the only member of the federation of the United Arab Emirates that lies exclusively on the country’s East Coast, overlooking the Gulf of Oman. It embraces a set of varied landscapes consisting of mountains, alluvial plains and coastal habitats. Among these is a land type that is representative of the Hajar Mountains.
The Wadi Wurayah water catchment area, now ...
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Room IX, UNESCO Headquarters, 7 Place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris,Thanks to the support of Bulgaria, the first Thematic expert consultation meeting on sustainable management of the World Heritage properties of religious interest, focused on Mediterranean and South-Eastern Europe (2016), will be held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 16 to 18 February 2016.
Experts ...
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Ecoregion
Province
The Andaman Sea Nature Reserve
Coordinates
Nominated Area (ha)
Buffer Zone (ha)
Total area (ha)
Mangroves and Inshore islands
Ranong, Phang-nga
Mu Ko Ranong NP
9°47'40"N
27,200
79,545
152,475
98°30'44"E
Laem Son NP
9°28'34"N
31,500
98°22'45"E
Ranong Mangrove
9°32'22"N
14,230
98°30'40"E
Offshore ...
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Tehran University is the first center for higher education in Iran that was founded in 1934 and is one of the oldest universities all around the world. At the moment, it encircles 25 faculties, 9 campuses and 11 research centers. This university is initially established by merging following schools and educational centers in Tehran: Dār al-Fonun, School of Political ...
6384.
During the Dorylaion war in 1097, I. Izzeddin Kilicarslan encamped in Odunpazari which later resulted in establishment of a new settlement in Eskisehir. “Odunpazari Historical Urban Site” is located at the northern slope of a series of hills, forming the southern boundary of Eskisehir Plain. The average slope of terrain is up to %25. This feature differentiates ...
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Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Lack of definition of the limits of the property and of the buffer zone
Lack of conservation and/or management plans
Inappropriate restoration works
Urban encroachment
Since 2013:
Destruction and damage due to the armed conflict
,On 18 January 2017, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report for the six Syrian ...
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The area round the confluence of the Drava and the Danube abounds in major natural resources. It is also an intersection of major transport routes and a key strategic point. This is the reason why it has always been an interesting site for settlement and why everybody sought control over it.
The right bank of the Drava, some twenty kilometres from its confluence with the ...
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Þingvellir National Park is located on the northern shore of the Lake Þingvallavatn. It is about 240 km2 in size and its protection is based on the Þingvellir Conservation Act dating back to 1928. The national park was enlarged and the conservation status improved through better conservation and management with new legislation in 2004 by Act no. 47/2004 ...
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Sweden,Factors identified at the time of inscription of the property :
necessity to continue the work with local Saami people
extend the inventories on species
consolidate the management plan
,On 5 November 2020, the State Party submitted information on the proposed Kallak (Gállok) mine project in the vicinity of the property, including a document titled Kallak and the ...
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6390.
Vali-e Asr Street is one of the main urban elements of Tehran City in the north-south direction. The starting point of the axis is Rah-ahan (railway) Square (52 23 51 E- 35 39 33 N) and its finishing point is Tajrish Square (52 23 51 E- 35 4824 N. Rah-ahan Square has an altitude of 1117m abovesea level which amounts to 1615m in Tajrish Square.Emergence of Vali-e Asr Street ...
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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 ...
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Phnom Kulen range is located 30 km northeast of Angkor archaeological site, Siem Reap province, northwest Cambodia. It is registered since 1992 on the Government of Cambodia’s tentative list as a World Heritage potential cultural site, with the criteria V and VI. Phnom Kulen means the Mountain of Leeches in Khmer. According to the old Khmer inscriptions (and particularly ...
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WHC-12/36.COM/12A
6394.
WHC-15/20.GA/9
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Mausoleum was erected in the XVI century above the grave of Ostana settlement founder Sheikh-Mukhtar-Vali, who was died in 1287. The Mausoleum has longitudinal shape, one of the most ancient of such kind. The composition of this multy-cupola and multy-volumetric monument was built on the long axis from east to west. The plan of the construction has not definite geometric ...
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The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the UNESCO Office in New York have received a large number of letters from individuals who are concerned about the state of conservation of the Church of St. Cyril - located near Saint-Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine- and in particular about planned reconstruction works in its interior.Please note that the Church of St. Cyril is not ...
6397.
UNESCO welcomes the decision taken by Mr. Abbas Mortada, Minister of Culture of Lebanon, to halt the construction project at the Archaeological Site of Nahr El-Kalb.
Since 2019, the Archaeological Site of Nahr el-Kalb has been on Lebanon’s Tentative List for potential future World Heritage nomination, and since 2005 on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. It consists of ...
6398.
United States of America,
Agricultural, industrial and urban developments altering the natural systems;
Pollution of the water (nutrients and mercury);
Hurricane in August 1992
,At its last session (Merida, 1996), the Committee noted significant progress made with regard to acquisition of land, refinement of ecological indicators, and generous Federal and State ...
6399.
France,
Siltation of the Bay
Re-definion of the limits of the inscribed area needed
,The Secretariat has received a report from the National Commission of France, prepared by the Ministry of Equipment, concerning a programme for the rehabilitation of the maritime character of Mont-Saint-Michel. The 7-year programme foresees among others the replacement of the dike over a ...
6400.
Australia,,The Committee, when it inscribed this property on the World Heritage at its last session (Naples, 1997) had requested documentation on the marine resources surrounding this property. The Australian authorities have informed the Centre that the Australian Antarctic Division has recently granted Commonwealth funding to collate and analyse existing data on the ...