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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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