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The ecoregion of "Los Petenes-Ría Celestún" forms a coastal corridor of wetlands in excellent state of preservation. This system forms a unique biogeographical area in Mexico, of great ecological value for its large faunistic and floristic diversity. This region is a mosaic of mudflats, known locally as blanquizales, mixed with mangroves, cattails, reeds, low ...

The World Heritage Committee, meeting for its 32nd session, finished inscribing new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List on 8 July with the addition of 19 cultural sites and eight natural sites to the List. New cultural sites inscribed during the 32nd session: Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia) Fujian Tulou (China) Stari Grad Plain (Croatia) Historic Centre of ...

The World Heritage Committee has inscribed natural sites from Tajikistan, Italy, and Mexico on the World Heritage List. Tajikistan National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs) (Tajikistan) Tajikistan National Park (Tajikistan) covers more than 2.5 million hectares in the east of the country, at the centre of the so-called “Pamir Knot”, a meeting point of the highest ...

Today is World Wildlife Day with the theme, “Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration.” The 1972 World Heritage Convention makes an important contribution to protect species by giving an international protection status to areas and ecosystems which harbor the most remarkable species. The transnational mangrove ecosystem of the Sundarbans (Bangladesh) and ...

Mexico City,During the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development – MONDIACULT 2022, held in Mexico City, a side event “Data collection & measurement of culture towards evidence-based policies for sustainable development” was organized on 29 September 2022 to illustrate how data on culture can inform policies and make visible the ...

The five Franciscan missions of Sierra Gorda were built during the last phase of the conversion to Christianity of the interior of Mexico in the mid-18th century and became an important reference for the continuation of the evangelization of California, Arizona and Texas. The richly decorated church facades are of special interest as they represent an example of the joint ...

Peru, Need for a Master Plan officially approved and implemented; Need for specific regulations for a risk-preparedness programme, traffic restriction studies and regulations for built heritage conservation; Planned infrastructure projects (i.e. the Monastery Hotel, Commercial Centre Ima Sumaq and the Marriot Hotel). ,In response to Decision 35 COM 7B.133, the State Party ...

India, Development project negatively impacting the World Heritage value of the properties of Taj Mahal and Agra Fort (‘Taj Heritage Corridor Project’) (project suspended by the Indian authorities in 2004) Tourist access road (issue resolved) ,On 1 February 2013, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report that addresses the progress made in the implementation ...

India, Development project negatively impacting the World Heritage value of the properties of Taj Mahal and Agra Fort (‘Taj Heritage Corridor Project’) (project suspended by the Indian authorities in 2004) Tourist access road (issue resolved) ,On 1 February 2013, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report that addresses the progress made in the implementation ...

Dr. Keiji Tachikawa, President of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, on 2 December signed a cooperation agreement through which JAXA will assist UNESCO by bringing the benefits of space technology to the monitoring of World Heritage sites. With this agreement JAXA joins a group of more than 50 partners, ...

Applications Open for the Colorado State University Spanish Language Short Course on Protected Area Management.  6 July – 6 August 2011 Mayor información en español: http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/cpam-course-sp/ More information in English: http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/cpam-course/  Application deadline: February 18, 2011 For over 20 ...

Paris - The World Heritage Committee will hold its 26th annual session from June 24 to 29 in Budapest, Hungary, during which it will inscribe new sites on the World Heritage List and review the List of World Heritage in Danger. The intergovernmental World Heritage Committee consists of 21 members elected by the General Assembly of the 172 States Parties to the World ...

The World Heritage Centre expresses its condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Sylvio Mutal, who passed away on 18 February 2017. Mr Mutal had a full and rich career spanning more than 40 years as a Practitioner and Executive Manager of the International Development Cooperation. After an education in Istanbul (Turkey), London (UK), Leiden (Holland) and ...

Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism For more than 70 years, UNESCO has been working to foster scientific knowledge and cooperation on biodiversity and ecosystems, such as tropical forests, oceans, mountains. In recent years, the effect of human activities -- magnified by population growth and global climate change -- has reduced deeply biodiversity in ecosystems around ...

new sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List Nominations to be examined Cultural properties Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque, Renaissance Hydraulic Complex in America (Mexico) Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalu and Monreale (Italy) Baekje Historic Areas (Republic of Korea) Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas) (Jordan) Bet She’arim ...

,The Government of Honduras and the UNESCO Cluster Office for Central America will hold a discussion workshop on 2 September on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the inscription of the Mayan Site of Copan on the World Heritage List.This was reported on Monday 17 August by the organizers of the event through a virtual press release, which was attended by, among ...

Online,The 2020 World Cities Day on 31 October, with the global theme ‘Valuing our communities and cities’, will underline the key role of local communities, at the heart of building sustainable and resilient cities, and further advocate for the importance of people-centered approaches for urban development. In the context of the celebration of the International World ...

India, Development project negatively impacting the World Heritage value of the properties of Taj Mahal and Agra Fort (‘Taj Heritage Corridor Project’) (project suspended by the Indian authorities in 2004) Tourist access road (issue resolved) ,On 1 February 2013, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report that addresses the progress made in the implementation ...

Malaysia,Approvals for inappropriate buildings in and around the property (issue resolved) ,Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca (Malaysia) (C1223bis)On 17 January 2013, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report which provides information on progress made in the implementation of Decision 35 COM7B.73 adopted by the World ...

The 34th session of the World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia since 25 July today finished its consideration of nominations for the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger. Meeting under the Chairmanship of the Minister of Culture of Brazil, João Luiz da Silva Ferreira, the Committee inscribed 21 new sites, including 15 cultural, 5 ...