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393.
Mexico, Demolition of historical buildings in the protected area of the Historical Centre; Urgent implementation of the management plan in Xochimilco; Infrastructure works (new subway line). ,In response to the requests made by the World Heritage Committee at its 35th session (Decision 35 COM 7B.127), the State Party has submitted a state of conservation report that ...
State of Conservation Score 7.018206 Date 05/2013
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UNESCO Headquarter, Paris,The General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage will hold its 19th session on 19 to 21 November 2013 at UNESCO Headquarters. The General Assembly will be called upon to replace the outgoing members of the World Heritage Committee. The seats of the following States ...
Events Score 6.944956 Date 11/2013
397.
Budapest, Hungary - 24 June 2002. The World Heritage Committee opened its 26th annual session in Budapest, Hungary, on Monday, 24 June. The opening session was attended by 320 participants representing all 21 Committee members, over 50 observers from States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, representatives from the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee ...
News Score 6.9377556 Date 06/2002
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Mexico, Urban pressure; Lack of monitoring system; Earthquake in 1999 ,Since 2002 the Secretariat has been receiving information from the civil society of Puebla expressing public concern regarding the construction of underground parking facilities as elaborated by the Mayor of the city over the past one and a half year. Disregarding the ICOMOS recommendations of the May ...
State of Conservation Score 6.9377556 Date 06/2004
400.
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 ...
News Score 6.9075155 Date 09/2010
401.
Viet Nam, New port is to be developed in the Bay License for a large floating hotel at the site ,The Committee, at its nineteenth session noted the potential threats to the integrity of this site, due to the proposed development of a new port, and the proposal to issue a license for the establishment of a large floating hotel at the site. Furthermore, the Committee learnt ...
State of Conservation Score 6.9075155 Date 10/1996
402.
,In the framework of Document WHC-12/36.COM/10C and Decision 36 COM 10C adopted by the World Heritage Committee at its 36th session (Saint Petersburg, 2012), the final meeting of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for Latin America and the Caribbean will take place in Santiago de Chile, Chile from 3-5 December 2012. As the final meeting for the Region, it ...
Events Score 6.9075155 Date 12/2012
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Mexico,,The Bureau took note of the oral report presented by the IUCN Representative on the site, indicating that the Mitsubishi Corporation in partnership with the Mexican Government has a project to convert a part of the lagoon into salt ponds for industrial salt production. A one-mile-long pier is proposed, which would disturb the grey whales within the lagoon. No ...
State of Conservation Score 6.881073 Date 10/1995
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Mexico, Urban development project including the demolition of a great number of colonial constructions 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 ...
State of Conservation Score 6.881073 Date 10/2000
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Merida, Mexico,During the 20th Section of the World Heritage the exhibition Africa Revisited took place. It was designed and produced by Galia Saouma-Forero. The exhibition “Africa Revisited” was produced from information drawn from the first Global Strategy meeting in Harare in 1995 and the preparation of the meeting of Addis Ababa. The exhibition highlighted ...
Events Score 6.881073 Date 12/1996
407.
Promoting local businesses in Mexican World Heritage Cities
Activities Score 6.797765 Date 02/2023
408.
In the framework of Document WHC-12/36.COM/10C and Decision 36 COM 10C adopted by the World Heritage Committee at its 36th session (Saint Petersburg, 2012), the final meeting of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for Latin America and the Caribbean will take place in Santiago de Chile, Chile from 3-5 December 2012. As the final meeting for the Region, it ...
News Score 6.7822638 Date 11/2012
409.
Mechtild Rossler, Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, welcomes the initiative by the Government of Mexico to create a vast ocean reserve spanning 150,000 sq km around the Revillagigedo islands, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2016. The establishment of the reserve follows the request of the World Heritage Committee when inscribing the Archipielago ...
News Score 6.7822638 Date 11/2017
410.
Mexico, Statement on  the selection of the component sites; Need to expand the buffer zone; Need to put in place legal protection for all the individual sites; Need to establish an overall coordinated management system that encompasses all the sites. ,In response to the requests made by the World Heritage Committee at its 35th session (Decision 35 COM 7B.128), ...
State of Conservation Score 6.775091 Date 05/2013
411.
Thousands of museums are located in and around World Heritage sites. Site museums preserve the integrity of the sites through conservation efforts, but also enhance interpretation and visitor education. Experts, tourists and local communities all have a role in these activities. Museums can also help bolster the local and regional economy, and provide platforms for debate ...
Publications Score 6.764361 Date 04/2017
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Camino Real de Tierra Adentro was the Royal Inland Road, also known as the Silver Route. The inscribed property consists of 55 sites and five existing World Heritage sites lying along a 1400 km section of this 2600 km route, that extends north from Mexico City to Texas and New Mexico, United States of America. The route was actively used as a trade route for 300 years, ...
World Heritage Properties Score 6.705779 Date 08/2010
413.
The World Heritage Centre received a letter today from the Government of Mexico’s National Commission for Natural Protected Areas formally advising it that the government had withdrawn all approvals for the development of a very large tourism development application located near Cabo Pulmo National Marine Park (CPNP). CPNP is a component of the large Islands and ...
News Score 6.6614733 Date 06/2012
414.
17th session of the World Heritage Committee Cartagena, Colombia 17COM 06 December - 11 December 1993 Committee Members Brazil, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Niger, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, United States of America Bureau Members ...
Committee Score 6.578514 Date 12/1993
415.
16th session of the World Heritage Committee Santa Fe, USA 16COM 07 December - 14 December 1992 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 6.578514 Date 12/1992
416.
The US$3,5 million aims to link the conservation of biodiversity with sustainable tourism at six World Heritage sites: El Vizcaino (Mexico), Komodo (Indonesia), Rio Plátano (Honduras), Sian Ka'an (Mexico), Tikal (Guatemala), and Ujung Kulon (Indonesia). It focuses on creating a model for using tourism to promote the protection of important habitats by working with local ...
Activities Score 6.5449104 Date 03/2022
418.
Mexico, Industrial salt production facility; One mile-long pier construction ,At its twenty-first ordinary session in June 1997, the Bureau noted with appreciation the State Party's efforts to ensure a rigorous evaluation of the environmental impacts of the proposed industrial salt production facility at this site. The Scientific Committee, set up by the Mexican Government ...
State of Conservation Score 6.4648113 Date 09/1997
419.
Second letter from the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee to the Environmental Groups concerning the Whale Sanctuary of El Viscaino
News Score 6.418643 Date 05/1999
420.
Oaxaca, Mexico.― On 17-18 June, 2024, UNESCO organized the first workshop for the project ‘Latin America and the Caribbean: Strengthening Capacities for Resilient Communities through Sustainable Tourism and Heritage Safeguarding’, an initiative supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia The workshop brought together site managers from Belize, Costa ...
News Score 6.403901 Date 06/2024
421.
Mexico,a) Demolition of historical buildings in the protected area of the Historical Centre; b) Urgent implementation of the management plan in Xochimilco; c) Infrastructure works (new subway line).,The state of conservation report was received by the World Heritage Centre in two portions on 31 January and 1 February 2011. One part is for the Historic Centre of Mexico ...
State of Conservation Score 6.362647 Date 05/2011
422.
Aranjuez, the only Spanish site declared a Cultural Landscape in UNESCO´s World Heritage List, is hosting the 2nd World Heritage Ibero-American Youth Forum from 20 to June 30, 2010. The event comes in the wake of the 1st Ibero-American Youth Forum on World Heritage, held in Seville in June 2009, during the 33rd session of the World Heritage Committee. This event ...
News Score 6.3549724 Date 06/2010
423.
San-Jose, Costa Rica,This training seminar, organized by the World Heritage Centre, in close collaboration with the San Jose UNESCO Office, the Advisory Bodies (ICOMOS, IUCN, ICCROM) and with the financial support of the Italian Funds-in-Trust, is framed within the follow-up activities to the Periodic Report on The State of the World Heritage in Latin America and the ...
Events Score 6.3549724 Date 11/2004
424.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands,These conclusions and recommendations were agreed upon by the participants at the conference Linking Universal and Local Values: Managing a Sustainable Future for World Heritage (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 22-24 May 2003). The conference was attended by representatives from Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Canada, Colombia, ...
Events Score 6.3549724 Date 05/2003
425.
13th session of the World Heritage Committee UNESCO, Paris 13COM 11 December - 15 December 1989 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 6.3549724 Date 12/1989
426.
Five sites newly inscribed into UNESCO's World Heritage List are highlighted in the July-August issue of the UNESCO Courier.Bisotun (Islamic Republic of Iran) Professor David Stronach, archeologist and former Director of the British Institute of Persian Studies in Tehran (1961-1980), looks back fondly on his experiences at Bisotun (Islamic Republic of Iran), a monument ...
News Score 6.3236084 Date 07/2006
427.
Mexico, Illegal activities - Illegal logging Land conversion - Agricultural encroachment Forest fires (issue resolved) Decline in the overwintering population of Monarch butterflies in the property  Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation (tourism pressures associated with growth in visitor numbers and heavy concentration in specific areas) Major visitor accommodation ...
State of Conservation Score 6.3080425 Date 05/2019
428.
The Tides of Time programme, initiated in 2008 through a partnership with Jaeger-LeCoultre and the International Herald Tribune, has entered its second year. The year began with coverage of sites such as Sian Kaan in Mexico and the Everglades in the USA. Other sites including the Atoll of Aldabra (Seychelles), Sundarbans (Bangladesh/India), Shiretoko (Japan), and the ...
News Score 6.248803 Date 06/2009
429.
18th session of the World Heritage Committee Phuket, Thailand 18COM 12 December - 17 December 1994 Committee Members Brazil, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Niger, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, United States of America Bureau Members ...
Committee Score 6.248803 Date 12/1994
430.
12th session of the World Heritage Committee Brasilia, Brazil 12COM 05 December - 09 December 1988 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 6.248803 Date 12/1988
432.
This National Wildlife Refuge consists of more than 162,000 hectares (about 400,000 acres) embracing 92% of the Okefenokee Swamp, a large hydrologically intact swamp that is the source of two rivers, one that flows into the Atlantic and the other into the Gulf of Mexico.  The Refuge also has extensive and essentially undisturbed peat deposits.
Tentative Lists Score 6.146124 Date 01/2008
433.
After a successful first workshop held on 29 September, the second of a series of training workshops for Jet tours guides is to be held at UNESCO Headquarters on 27 October 2005. Organized in the context of the recently signed agreement between Laurence Berman-Clement, Director-General of Jet tours and Francesco Bandarin, Director of the World Heritage Centre, the ...
News Score 6.146124 Date 10/2005
434.
Twelve new members were elected to the World Heritage Committee during the 17th General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France from 23 to 28 October. The new members of the Committee are Cambodia, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Iraq, Mali, Mexico, Russian Federation, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand and ...
News Score 6.146124 Date 10/2009
435.
Mexico, Industrial salt production facility; One mile-long pier construction ,Previous deliberations:          Twenty-second session of the Committee – page 97 of Annex IV. Twenty-third ordinary session of the Bureau – Chapter IV. 35   New information: Following the request of the World Heritage Committee and its Bureau and at the invitation of the Mexican authorities, a ...
State of Conservation Score 6.146124 Date 10/1999
436.
Mexico,,Previous deliberations: Twenty-third session of the Bureau, Chapter IV.68   New information: In response to a request from the Bureau at its twenty-third session, the Mexican authorities submitted a detailed inventory of damages caused to the Historic Centre of Puebla and the Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatepetl by the earthquake of ...
State of Conservation Score 6.146124 Date 10/1999
437.
Mexico,Urban pression,The Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve (SKBR) is located just 50 km South of the world-renowned tourist destination of Cancun.  Development pressures on this coastline are tremendous.  Recently, a 4 lane divided highway was completed from Cancun to Tulum, at the edge of the SKBR.  Over 2 million tourists visit the area just North of the ...
State of Conservation Score 6.116783 Date 06/2004
438.
From 5 to 7 November 2019, a total of 27 participants—including Focal Points, Vice-Ministers, and academics—from 14 countries of the sub-regions of Mexico and Central America and the Caribbean gathered in Havana, Cuba, to analyze and discuss the relevance of their current Tentative Lists.  One of the central objectives of the three-day workshop was to strengthen the ...
News Score 6.060355 Date 11/2019
439.
The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia has today has inscribed three new cultural sites, including two in Mexico and one in Brazil. It also inscribed three natural sites in China, Kiribati, Reunion Island (France) and extended a site already on the World Heritage List in Bulgaria. The cultural sites are (in order of inscription): Camino Real de Tierra Adentro ...
News Score 6.059786 Date 08/2010
440.
Mexico, Illegal activities - Illegal logging Land conversion - Agricultural encroachment Forest fires (issue resolved) Decline in the overwintering population of Monarch butterflies in the property  Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation (tourism pressures associated with growth in visitor numbers and heavy concentration in specific areas) Major visitor accommodation ...
State of Conservation Score 6.059786 Date 07/2023
448.
27th session of the World Heritage Committee UNESCO, Paris 27COM 29 June - 05 July 2003 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, Zimbabwe ...
Committee Score 6.0467644 Date 06/2003
449.
In the sacred place of Tenochtitlan, archaeologists from INAH-Conaculta (The Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History and the Mexican National Council for Culture and the Arts), have found 23 tombstones over 550 years old, with etched images of snakes, prisoners, ornaments and warriors, which, as a whole, appears to depict the story alluding to the birth of ...
News Score 6.041305 Date 03/2012
450.
The first Regional Meeting on Modern Heritage, for Latin America, took place from 11 to 13 December 2002 in Monterrey (Mexico) and was organised by the World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS, DOCOMOMO and the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia of Mexico (INAH). Attended by more than 50 persons, two dozen experts who were selected for their professional work and ...
Activities Score 6.041305 Date 03/2022
454.
The Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl is a serial property with 15 component parts located in the states of Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala in Mexico, built as part of the evangelisation and colonisation of the northern territories of Mexico. They are in an excellent state of conservation and are good examples of the architectural style adopted ...
World Heritage Properties Score 5.9766703 Date 07/2021
455.
Mexico,Urban development project including the demolition of a great number of colonial constructions,Previous deliberations: Twenty-third session of the Bureau, Chapter IV.68   New information: In response to a request from the Bureau at its twenty-third session, the Mexican authorities submitted a detailed inventory of damages caused to the Historic Centre of ...
State of Conservation Score 5.950566 Date 10/1999
456.
QUITO, Ecuador13-17 March 2000 Forty-seven participants from Heritage Institutes in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico participated in the Workshop organized by the UNESCO Quito Office. Participants included heritage specialists, ASPnet Co-ordinators, university professors, teachers and UNESCO field staff. Close co-operation with the Ecuadorian National ...
Activities Score 5.950566 Date 03/2022
457.
24th session of the World Heritage Committee Cairns, Australia 24COM 27 November - 02 December 2000 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 5.950566 Date 11/2000
458.
21st session of the World Heritage Committee Naples, Italy 21COM 01 December - 06 December 1997 Committee Members Australia, Benin, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Ecuador, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Niger, Republic of Korea, Thailand, United States of America, Zimbabwe Bureau Members Chairperson: ...
Committee Score 5.950566 Date 12/1997
459.
Cantona was a great fortified city, built around the year 50 A.D. over "bad land", a Pleistocene basaltic outcrop. Due to some of its features, Cantona is unique in its kind. For example, no mortar or cement was used in its buildings, and it has a sophisticated road network, in which streets were laid out over or carved out of the volcanic rock. Cantona's inhabitants ...
Tentative Lists Score 5.9321985 Date 11/2001
460.
Indonesia, Earthquake (issue resolved) Volcanic eruption (issue resolved) ,In response to the decisions made by the 35th session of the World Heritage Committee (35 COM 7B.69) the State Party provided a report outlining the implementation of the action plans and recovery efforts following the eruption of Mount Merapi in 2010. In the framework of the Safeguarding of ...
State of Conservation Score 5.9321985 Date 05/2013
461.
International Earth Day is celebrated every year on 22 April to remind us that the Earth and its ecosystems provide us with sustenance, and that we have a collective responsibility to achieve balance among the economic, social and environmental needs of present and future generations. This year’s Earth Day highlights the importance of protecting species. World Heritage ...
News Score 5.9230576 Date 04/2019
462.
The 23rd General Assembly of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention is meeting from 24 to 26 November 2021 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, convening the 193 States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, under the chairmanship of H.E. Mr Tebogo Seokolo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Permanent Delegate of South Africa to UNESCO.  During the session, ...
News Score 5.9230576 Date 11/2021
463.
The Bern III Conference convened from 23-25 January 2024 in Bern, Switzerland, bringing together representatives of parties and secretariats of 16 Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), including the 7 biodiversity-related Conventions, as well as stakeholders, organizations, and experts, to develop ideas for increased collaboration among MEAs at global, regional, ...
News Score 5.9230576 Date 02/2024
464.
The Huicholes, heirs of Mesoamerican societies, make up one of the native groups that have survived with great vitality in America thanks to the rough topography of their territories, to its decentralized political organization and to their ability to adapt to the historical surroundings reflected by their active participation in the history of the West of Mexico. ...
Tentative Lists Score 5.917587 Date 06/2004
465.
The UN Biodiversity Conference COP13 will be held during 4-17 December 2016 in Cancun, Mexico. It is the highest governing body of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) which brings together representatives of the countries party managers and key players to promote the implementation of the Convention. Since the CBD came into force in December 1993, the COP has held ...
News Score 5.917587 Date 12/2016
466.
Mexico,Urban development project including the demolition of a great number of colonial constructions,A rehabilitation plan for a part of the World Heritage site of Puebla was briefly discussed at the seventeenth session of the Committee. More detailed information was provided at the eighteenth session of the Bureau on the basis of a report from the Mexican National ...
State of Conservation Score 5.917587 Date 12/1994
467.
Doha, 21 June – The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Doha (Qatar) under the Chair of Sheikha Al Mayassa Bint Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, this afternoon inscribed two new cultural sites and one mixed natural and cultural site on the World Heritage List. They include Qhapac Ñan, Latin America’s first serial property, crossing six countries across the ...
News Score 5.913945 Date 06/2014
468.
Mexico,Threats identified at the time of the extension/re-nomination of the property in 2014: Governance (need to strengthen the coordinating mechanism) Legal framework (need to assure that the buffer zone is configured in a way designed to protect the property) Management systems (lack of an integrated Protection and Management Plan) Weak monitoring system for the ...
State of Conservation Score 5.913945 Date 05/2018
470.
The World Heritage Committee today finalized this year's additions to UNESCO's World Heritage List with the inscription of three new sites: Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius (Serbia), Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (Azerbaijan), and Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico.The Late Roman fortified ...
News Score 5.909399 Date 06/2007
471.
Sites of memory are places vested with historical, social or cultural significance due to events that took place there in the past. Their associative values end up being more important or comparable to the consideration that has been made of the materiality of the cultural assets conveying different meanings; however, the material remains may be essential for the ...
Tentative Lists Score 5.83864 Date 05/2022
474.
Spain,Infrastructure project for a high-speed train tunnel ,On 1 February 2013, Spain submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property providing information concerning the tunnel and possible vibrations caused by high speed trains near the Casa Milà and the Sagrada Familia. The Spanish Railway Infrastructure Administration (ADIF) has confirmed ...
State of Conservation Score 5.809351 Date 05/2013
475.
Ethiopia, Presence of armed groups Loss of biodiversity Encroachment at the borders of the site Road construction ,Summary of previous deliberations: Twenty-second session of the Committee – paragraph number VII.6 Twenty-third session of the Bureau – paragraph number IV.5. New information:  The Centre has yet to receive a response from the State Party to the letter ...
State of Conservation Score 5.7670684 Date 10/1999
476.
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris,The World Heritage Committee has decided to postpone, for one year, the beginning of the next cycle of Periodic Reporting: 2007 will be the Reflection Year.  It has become evident that there is a need to: study and reflect on the first cycle of Periodic Reporting; develop directive strategies with regard to the format of the aforesaid ...
Events Score 5.7670684 Date 03/2006
477.
El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve in Baja California, Mexico, is focusing on developing locally based ecotourism to address threats to the coastal lagoons, which shelter the gray whale, harbour seal, California sea lion, northern elephant seal and four species of endangered marine turtles. It is also an important cultural site inhabited by rancheros, with the ancient rock ...
Activities Score 5.7670684 Date 03/2022
478.
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino and Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California(both located in Baja California, Mexico). The Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino site has been inscribed on the World Heritage List since 1993. It is the only calving and nursery area for the Eastern Pacific gray whale population, which traditionally travels there each season from the ...
News Score 5.6914873 Date 10/2011
479.
Italy,Switzerland,Management (issue resolved),Further to Decision 34 COM 8B.6, Italy and Switzerland submitted, on 6 February 2013, a detailed joint report providing information on the establishment of a Transnational Board which will hold officially the coordinating role in the strategic management of the property, as well as information concerning the management ...
State of Conservation Score 5.6914873 Date 05/2013
480.
India,Lack of management structure and management plan (issue resolved) ,On 31 January 2013, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report which provides information on progress made in the implementation of Decision 35 COM 7B.68 made by the World Heritage Committee at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011). The State Party reports on conservation activities ...
State of Conservation Score 5.6914873 Date 05/2013
481.
Romania, Water penetration and associated increased humidity levels Structural problems and deterioration of the mural paintings  ,On 31 January 2013, the State Party submitted a detailed state of conservation report that addresses the progress made in the implementation of the Committee Decision adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011), including information on the ...
State of Conservation Score 5.6914873 Date 05/2013
482.
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) has released the first set of data for Indicator 11.4.1 related to culture for the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Agenda 2030. The results and analysis are available in a new report, Tracking Investment to Safeguard the World’s Cultural and Natural Heritage. Indicator 11.4.1 is defined as “total per capita expenditure on the ...
News Score 5.6746826 Date 06/2021
483.
Mexico, Illegal logging Tourism pressures associated with growth in visitor numbers and heavy concentration in specific areas Agricultural encroachment Forest fires (issue resolved) Decline in the overwintering population of Monarch butterflies in the property  ,On 23 June 2016, the State Party provided a response to a letter from the World Heritage Centre regarding ...
State of Conservation Score 5.6746826 Date 05/2017
485.
The World Heritage Committee this afternoon approved the inscription of four cultural sites on the World Heritage List: Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining in Japan, Ephesus in Turkey, Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System in Mexico, and Fray Bentos Cultural-Industrial Landscape in Uruguay. The Committee also ...
News Score 5.607499 Date 07/2015
486.
The Ninth Forum of Ministers of Cultural Heritage of Latin America and the Caribbean, which took place in Cartagena, Colombia from 27 to 30 June 1997 has formally endorsed the conclusions and recommendations of an expert meeting calling for the nomination of a multi-national "Fortifications in the Caribbean."  The Ministers decided to support the initiative of Colombia to ...
News Score 5.594549 Date 09/1997
487.
Ecuador, Fire (issue resolved); Limited protected area; Over fishing; Tourist pressure; Lack of financial resources ,The Committee, at its last session in Merida, Mexico, decided to "include the Galápagos National Park in the List of World Heritage in Danger, effective 15 November 1997, unless a substantive written reply by Ecuador is received by 1st May 1997, and the ...
State of Conservation Score 5.594549 Date 09/1997
488.
The Task Force on the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention was established by the 23rd session of the World Heritage Committee in Marrakesh, Morocco, 29 November - 4 December 1999. The Committee determined that the Task force, chaired by Canada, would include Australia, Belgium, Hungary, Morocco, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, and the advisory bodies (ICOMOS, ...
Activities Score 5.594549 Date 06/2022
489.
34th session of the World Heritage Committee Brasília, Brazil 34COM 25 July - 03 August 2010 Committee Members Australia, Bahrain, Barbados, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Iraq, Jordan, Mali, Mexico, Nigeria, Russian Federation, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates Bureau Members ...
Committee Score 5.594549 Date 07/2010
490.
22nd session of the World Heritage Committee Kyoto, Japan 22COM 30 November - 05 December 1998 Committee Members Australia, Benin, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Ecuador, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Niger, Republic of Korea, Thailand, United States of America, Zimbabwe Bureau Members Chairperson: ...
Committee Score 5.594549 Date 11/1998
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