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Urban Heritage Atlas: Understanding attributes of historic cities and settlements| Historic Monuments Zone of Queretaro (Mexico)Ashraf AliMirna
Activities Score 8.196223 Date 01/2025
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Historic Centre of Puebla, Mexico,Within the framework of the World Heritage Centre Thematic Programme, Human Evolution: Adaptations, Dispersals and Social Developments (HEADS), the State Government of Puebla, the World Heritage Centre and the UNESCO Office in Mexico have organized the International meeting of Experts "The First Peopling of the Americas and the World ...
Events Score 8.167599 Date 09/2013
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historic center of Zacatecas, Mexico,On 23 August 2017, the first meeting for the establishment of the Administrative Council of the Regional World Heritage Institute in Zacatecas, Category 2 Centre created under the auspices of UNESCO in 2010. The meeting will take place in the building "La Casa del Conquistador", where the Institute is located, situated in the historic ...
Events Score 8.167599 Date 08/2017
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Queretaro (Mexico),In the framework of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, The Mexican Secretary of Tourism, the National Council for Arts and Culture and the National Institute of Anthropology and History, in collaboration with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Government of the state of Querétaro, are jointly organizing an International ...
Events Score 8.06127 Date 07/2012
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Mexico, Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation (tourism activities, off-road vehicles as well as potential problems derived from tourism-related water consumption) Invasive/alien terrestrial species Ground transport infrastructure (proposed roads) Necessity to save the Sonoran Pronghorn from possible extinction Environmental concerns in security efforts along the ...
State of Conservation Score 8.060327 Date 08/2023
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The President of Mexico, Ernesto Zedillo, announced on 2 March 2000 that the development of the proposed saltworks at San Ignacio would not proceed. The decision was made following the international UNESCO expert mission to the site in August 1999. The results of the mission were presented to, and adopted by, the World Heritage Committee at its twenty-third session held in ...
News Score 8.025208 Date 03/2000
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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 ...
News Score 7.993059 Date 01/2020
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Mexico, Industrial salt production facility; One mile-long pier construction ,The President of Mexico in his statement entitled “Evaluation of the National Policy of Biodiversity Conservation” announced on 2 March 2000 that the proposed salt-works at the World Heritage site of El Vizcaino would not proceed. Both the Chairperson of the Committee and the Director-General of ...
State of Conservation Score 7.993059 Date 10/2000
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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 ...
Events Score 7.993059 Date 11/2005
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Mexico Mexique México Мексика المكسيك 墨西哥 The United Mexican States
States Parties Score 7.9909377 Date 02/1984
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The letter follows the receipt of about 30,000 petitions received and numerous individual letters and e-mails sent to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Letter sent by the Chairman of the World Heritage Committee to the Environmental Groups concerning the Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (Mexico)
News Score 7.9494457 Date 12/1998
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Mexico,In cooperation with the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH).
Events Score 7.9400997 Date 10/2012
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Campeche, Mexico,Expert meeting organized by Nuria Sanz in cooperation with the World Monument Fund
Events Score 7.919086 Date 02/2004
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,Oaxaca, Mexico 17-18 June 2024 Site managers from 9 countries will gather in the Historic Centre of Oaxaca, Mexico on 17-18 June for the first capacity-building workshop of the project “Latin America and the Caribbean: Strengthening capacities for resilient communities though Sustainable Tourism and Heritage Safeguarding’’ supported by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The ...
Events Score 7.9167013 Date 06/2024
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Mexico,Urban development pressure in regions directly surrounding the property,
State of Conservation Score 7.8981833 Date 04/1998
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Mexico,Factors identified at the time of inscription of the property: Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation (tourism activities, off-road vehicles as well as potential problems derived from tourism-related water consumption) Invasive/alien terrestrial species Ground transport infrastructure (proposed roads) Necessity to save the Sonoran Pronghorn from possible ...
State of Conservation Score 7.89394 Date 06/2021
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Mexico,Urban development project including the demolition of a great number of colonial constructions,
State of Conservation Score 7.825886 Date 05/1995
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Mexico,Urban development project including the demolition of a great number of colonial constructions,
State of Conservation Score 7.825886 Date 04/1998
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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 ...
News Score 7.8175507 Date 02/2020
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Mexico,a) Demolition of historical buildings in the protected area of the Historical Centre; b) Urgent implementation of the management plan in Xochimilco.,On 25 February 2008, the World Heritage Centre received a report from the State Party concerning the property of Xochimilco.   Management System   The State Party reported that the “Agreement for the ...
State of Conservation Score 7.8039465 Date 05/2008
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Mexico and Central America,The meeting was held in Zacatecas (Mexico) on 6-10 September 2010 at the Antiguo Convento Franciscano de Propaganda FIDE (Old Franciscan Propaganda Convent FIDE], currently the Museum of Guadalupe, which coincided with the inauguration of the World Heritage Category 2 Centre at Zacatecas, approved at the 35th session of the General ...
Events Score 7.7911954 Date 09/2010
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Mexico,,During the month of September 1993, several letters were received at the World Heritage Centre, informing about a tourism development project to recreate the former Rio San Francisco in the historical centre of Puebla. This project would imply the demolition of a great number of colonial constructions from the XVII-XIX centuries in the areas of d'Analco la Luz, Los ...
State of Conservation Score 7.76828 Date 10/1993
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11th session of the World Heritage Committee UNESCO, Paris 11COM 07 December - 11 December 1987 Committee Members Algeria, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, France, Greece, India, Italy, Lebanon, Malawi, Mexico, Norway, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Türkiye, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Yemen Bureau Members ...
Committee Score 7.76828 Date 12/1987
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10th session of the World Heritage Committee UNESCO, Paris 10COM 24 November - 28 November 1986 Committee Members Algeria, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Germany, Greece, Guinea, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Malawi, Mexico, Norway, Sri Lanka, Türkiye, United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen Bureau Members ...
Committee Score 7.76828 Date 11/1986
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9th session of the World Heritage Committee UNESCO, Paris 09COM 02 December - 06 December 1985 Committee Members Algeria, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Germany, Greece, Guinea, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Malawi, Mexico, Norway, Sri Lanka, Türkiye, United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen Bureau Members ...
Committee Score 7.76828 Date 12/1985
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On 3 July 2019, during its 43rd session in Baku, Azerbaijan, the World Heritage Committee inscribed the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California in Mexico on the List of World Heritage in Danger. One of the main reasons for this decision is the current vulnerable situation of the vaquita species, whose population, according to the most recent scientific ...
News Score 7.725286 Date 07/2019
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A mission was organized from the 30th January - 5th February 2010 in view of strengthening Spanish Funds-in-Trust technical cooperation, focusing on the Spanish Funds-in-Trust programme for indicators of sustainable development at World Heritage Historic Centres. The objectives of the mission were: Guide the roadmap to finalize the management plan of the city, as ...
News Score 7.6884403 Date 02/2011
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19th session of the World Heritage Committee Berlin, Germany 19COM 04 December - 04 December 1995 Committee Members Australia, Benin, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Niger, Philippines, Spain, United States of America Bureau Members Chairperson: ...
Committee Score 7.6884403 Date 12/1995
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15th session of the World Heritage Committee Carthage, Tunisia 15COM 09 December - 13 December 1991 Committee Members Brazil, China, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Tunisia, United States of America Bureau Members ...
Committee Score 7.6884403 Date 12/1991
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14th session of the World Heritage Committee Banff, Canada 14COM 07 December - 12 December 1990 Committee Members Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, France, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Senegal, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Tunisia, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Yemen Bureau Members ...
Committee Score 7.6884403 Date 12/1990
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Industrial Heritage in the United Kingdom Kairouan a Muslim Holy City Rainforest Sites on the Australian Continental Plateau Kazan and its Tatar Kremlin Monte Alban Mexico's first city
Publications Score 7.655696 Date 01/2003
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Mexico,a) Pressure from Urban Development; b) Urban decay of the Historic Centre; c) Natural disasters (seismic instability and continued sinking of the city caused by the depletion of the aquifer); d) Water and environmental pollution; e) Lack of infrastructure; f) Pressure from Tourism; g) Lack of management mechanisms (including legislation); h) Lack of ...
State of Conservation Score 7.639123 Date 06/2006
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According to reports from the Secretary of the Civil Defense of Mexico, the heavy rains and the downpour of the past few weeks have generated severe flooding in the country, including seriously affecting the Tlacotalpan World Heritage site. The storms have also resulted in the forced relocation of almost 8500 people from the city, and at least five persons have been ...
News Score 7.6351748 Date 09/2010
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The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is receiving a high number of e-mails expressing great concern for the possible extinction, in the near future, of the vaquita, a critically endangered porpoise endemic to the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (Mexico). Inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2005, the property of the Islands and Protected Areas of ...
News Score 7.6351748 Date 07/2021
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Panama,Lack of capacity in conservation techniques; Floods/Landslides. ,At the time of the preparation of this document, the Secretariat had not received from the State Party the requested report on the design and further measures taken for the conservation of the property.   From 13 to 16 March 2004 the World Heritage Centre, in cooperation with the World ...
State of Conservation Score 7.6351748 Date 06/2004
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Following the regional strategy approved by the World Heritage Committee in Decision 38 COM 10B.4 (Doha, 2014), and contained in the regional Action Plan for World Heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean (PARALC), 2014-2024, a sub-regional meeting with the participation of Mexico and the countries of Central America was held in Zacatecas, Mexico. The objectives of the ...
News Score 7.6195335 Date 05/2018
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Xochimilco, Mexico,Organized in cooperation with the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), this program will train individuals for lake ecosystem conservation and sustainable use of Xochimilco’s "chinampa" agricultural production system. Dates to be determined.
Events Score 7.5781417 Date 09/2012
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On 12 April 2010, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and the Governor of the Mexican state of Zacatecas, Amália García Medina, signed the Agreement establishing, in Zacatecas, the Regional World Heritage Institute as a category 2 institute under the auspices of UNESCO. The Regional Institute of Zacatecas, which will be located in the ‘Casa del ...
News Score 7.5471406 Date 04/2010
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