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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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Preparations are being completed in Chile, where almost everything is ready, for the final meeting of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for Latin America and the Caribbean that will take place in Santiago de Chile from 2 to 5 December 2012. The primary objectives of this meeting will be the development of the 2013-2020 Regional Action Plan and also ...
News Score 7.5335846 Date 11/2012
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Spreading over almost 600 hectares, Chapultepec Woods constitutes one of the most important natural reserves in Mexico City. It has a certain variety of animal and tree species, including willow, eucalyptus, and ahuehuete, a Mexican coniferous tree. There are also various geological formations, from sand deposits to caves and holes located in the Hill itself The woods ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.484015 Date 11/2001
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Mexico,a) Pressure from Urban Development; b) Natural disasters (seismic instability and continued sinking of the city caused by the depletion of the aquifer); c) Water and environmental pollution. ,On 1 February 2007, the World Heritage Centre received the state of conservation report on the property of Xochimilco through the Permanent Delegation of Mexico to ...
State of Conservation Score 7.476252 Date 05/2007
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Mexico,,The Bureau requested the Mexican authorities to respond by 15 September 1997, to the recommendation of an expert mission. At the time of the preparation of this document, no report had been received.
State of Conservation Score 7.4647126 Date 09/1997
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Mexico, Tourism development  Land use ,New information will be reported orally during the meeting following the submission of the State Party report due on 15 May 2002.
State of Conservation Score 7.4647126 Date 12/2002
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The World Heritage Committee at its twenty-third session held in Marrakesh (Morocco) from 29 November to 4 December 1999, adopted the conclusions and recommendations of the mission of international experts sent to the Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (Mexico). The Committee endorsed the main findings of the mission's report which "concluded that the World Heritage site under ...
News Score 7.461114 Date 12/1999
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Mexico, Industrial salt production facility; One mile-long pier construction ,At its nineteenth session, the Bureau discussed a report about a project for industrial salt production at the site and its potential threats to the whale population. A letter, noting the concerns of the Bureau about this project, was addressed to the Mexican authorities, but no response was ...
State of Conservation Score 7.458473 Date 10/1996
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Mexico,,The ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission, carried out from 23 to 29 November 2002, had as objective to review existing legal provisions, administrative aspects of site management and recent studies and actions undertaken. For the natural and urban areas of Xochimilco, the following important studies and actions have been undertaken for the conservation and management ...
State of Conservation Score 7.3649106 Date 06/2003
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25th session of the World Heritage Committee Helsinki, Finland 25COM 11 December - 16 December 2001 Committee Members Argentina, Belgium, China, Colombia, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Hungary, India, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Oman, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Saint Lucia, South Africa, Thailand, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern ...
Committee Score 7.312655 Date 12/2001
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23rd session of the World Heritage Committee Marrakesh, Morocco 23COM 29 November - 04 December 1999 Committee Members Australia, Belgium, Benin, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Portugal, Republic of Korea, South Africa, Thailand, Zimbabwe Bureau Members Chairperson: ...
Committee Score 7.312655 Date 11/1999
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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 7.309806 Date 06/2024
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The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is receiving petitions expressing concern about the state of conservation of the World Heritage property Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (Mexico), inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2008. The World Heritage Committee, at its next session (Bonn, Germany, 28 June - 8 July 2015), will examine the state of conservation of the property. ...
News Score 7.3043175 Date 05/2015
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Two international experts’ meetings were held in Campeche (Mexico) on 12-15 March 2004, and subsequently in Valdivia (Chile) on 19-21 January 2005, on the subject of Fortifications in the Americas and the World Heritage Convention. Fortifications are one of the most significant cultural heritages that best summarizes and exemplifies the intercontinental history of the ...
Activities Score 7.3043175 Date 06/2022
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Mexico,Urban Pressure; Tourism Pressure; Agriculture Pressure; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of monitoring system; Lack of human or financial resources; Lack of institution coordination; Civil unrest. ,On 2 February 2004 the Secretariat received a progress report on the “Project for the Participatory Identification of an Integral ...
State of Conservation Score 7.2918463 Date 06/2004
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Another earthquake struck the region of Oaxaca, Mexico on Saturday 23 September, further devastating a region where more than 400 people have been killed by two other powerful earthquakes this month. The Mexican authorities are carrying out coordinated actions at the federal, state and municipal levels and with the inhabitants of the affected regions to prepare a ...
News Score 7.232151 Date 09/2017
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The conquest of northwest Mexico had distinctive characteristics because the limits of the area known as Mesoamerica and the beginning of Aridoamerica met there. This lead to the establishment during colonial times of four types of settlements strongly interlinked: prisons, towns where the Spaniards lived, mining towns and Jesuit missions, the last provided mining towns ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.214411 Date 06/2004
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Mexico, Industrial salt production facility; One mile-long pier construction ,The Bureau recalled that during 1996-97, the State Party, by establishing a Scientific Committee which set up stringent environmental conditions on the proponents of an industrial salt production facility, successfully averted threats which the construction of that facility could have posed to ...
State of Conservation Score 7.1524105 Date 11/1998
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Mexico,Earthquake in 1999,In May 2000, a general report on work on the Convents of San Francisco, in Tochimilco, and San Agustín, in Puebla, was submitted by the State Party. It was followed by a report in July 2000 on the advances of consolidation and restoration work done in the whole region affected by the earthquakes in 1999, detailing that 93 % of the work was ...
State of Conservation Score 7.143924 Date 10/2000
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Built between 400 and 900 A.D., this ceremonial centre was fortified by means of slate (volcanic tuff) masonry walls. Remains of buildings of various sizes crown 50 large terraces. There are five levels in this site. The Hall of Columns, which measures 41 by 30 meters, is in the first level, which is also the one that has been explored more extensively. The Ball Court ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.140113 Date 11/2001
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Mexico, Illegal logging Growth in human population Tourism pressures associated with growth in visitor numbers and heavy concentration in specific areas Agricultural advances Forest fires ,On 5 February 2014, the World Heritage Centre wrote to the State Party of Mexico requesting further information in relation to media reports that the 2013-2014 overwintering population ...
State of Conservation Score 7.134577 Date 05/2015
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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.,The World Heritage Committee examined the situation derived from the demolition of 14 historical buildings in the property during its 32nd session (Quebec City, 2008). A joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS reactive ...
State of Conservation Score 7.117873 Date 05/2009
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36th session of the World Heritage Committee Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation 36COM 24 June - 06 July 2012 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 ...
Committee Score 7.113685 Date 06/2012
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The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Baku since 30 June, has decided to inscribe the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (Mexico) on the List of World Heritage in Danger due to concerns about the imminent extinction of the vaquita, an endemic porpoise in the Gulf of California. Mexico has made efforts to protect these threatened species, notably by ...
News Score 7.1049194 Date 07/2019
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The Silk Road: the longest trade route in human history Central Sikhote-Alin: a natural site in the Russian Federation and a refuge for many endangered species The Royal Hill of Ambohimanga: an important centre of worship and pilgrimage in Madagascar The White City of Tel-Aviv: a true museum of the Bauhaus architectural movement The five mid-eighteenth century Franciscan ...
Publications Score 7.0763464 Date 03/2005
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26th session of the World Heritage Committee Budapest, Hungary 26COM 24 June - 29 June 2002 Committee Members Argentina, Belgium, China, Colombia, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Hungary, India, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Oman, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Saint Lucia, South Africa, Thailand, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ...
Committee Score 7.03748 Date 06/2002
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