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WHC-13/37.COM/8B.Add.2
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Uruguay,a) Inappropriate architectural and urban design for a marina and hotel-casino in a building block at the old harbour;
b) Need to strengthen management planning for the historic quarter.,An ICOMOS technical mission took place in June 2008 to evaluate the situation and potential impact of the “Marinas de Sacramento” project on the Outstanding Universal ...
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On 19 November 2015, the 20th General Assembly of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention adopted a Policy on the Integration of a Sustainable Development Perspective into the Processes of the Convention.
The overall goal of the policy is to assist States Parties, practitioners, institutions, communities and networks, through appropriate guidance, to harness ...
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Istanbul, Turkey,Many activities such as tourism, infrastructure development, new buildings, urban regeneration and changes in land use may have negative impacts on the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the World Heritage properties.
The World Heritage Committee requests States Parties to present the possible impacts of the project proposals through Heritage Impact ...
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30th session of the World Heritage Committee Vilnius, Lithuania 30COM 09 July - 16 July 2006
Committee Members
Benin, Canada, Chile, Cuba, India, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Republic of Korea, Spain, Tunisia, United States of America
Bureau Members
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,,The City of Bath was inscribed for the way its grand neo-classical crescents, terraces, and squares spread out around its hills and within a green valley combine harmoniously, integrating architecture, urban design and landscape to create deliberately a beautiful city. By letter dated 31 January 2008, the State Party ...
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Lithuania,
Limited financial resources (issue resolved)
Need for a comprehensive rehabilitation programme (issue resolved)
Rehabilitation and restoration programme (issue resolved)
Urgent restoration and infrastructural upgrading (issue resolved)
Revitalisation programme
High rise buildings located in vicinity of Vilnius Historic Centre which have an impact on the visual ...
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Côte d'Ivoire,
Conflict and political instability (issue resolved)
Lack of management control and of the accesses to the property
Poaching
Encroachment: human occupation and agricultural pressure
Bush fires
Illegal gold panning
Boundaries: reduction of the surface of the Park
,The State Party has continued its efforts in terms of improving the surveillance mechanism and ...
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Central African Republic,a) Insecurity;
b) Poaching;
c) Mining;
d) Transhumance and illegal grazing;
e) Illegal fishing;
f) Lack of resources.,The State Party submitted a report, dated 20 June 2007, on the state of conservation of the property. In addition, the World Heritage Centre received a letter dated 27 February 2008, in which the State Party notes that the ...
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Cuba,Potential impacts from mining activities,In response to the World Heritage Committee’s Decision 33 COM 7B.36, the State Party submitted on 22 February 2010 a state of conservation report outlining the progress achieved in enhancing the management of the property. However, the report does not address the World Heritage Committee’s repeated requests for a ...
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Colombia,a) Armed conflict;
b) Illegal extraction of natural resources;
c) Lack of control of management agency. ,The State Party report on the state of conservation of the property was received by the World Heritage Centre on 15 February 2010, along with a draft retrospective Statement of Outstanding Universal Value and a proposal for the Desired state of ...
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Christchurch, New Zealand, 28 June - The World Heritage Committee on Thursday took the unprecedented decision of removing a site from UNESCO's World Heritage List. The Arabian Oryx Sanctuary (Oman), home to the rare antelope, today became the first site to be deleted since UNESCO's 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage ...
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The Association of World Heritage Properties in France (ABFPM) is launching a call for candidates for the second national training session “Interpretation – World Heritage” which will be held from 7 to 9 March 2016 at the Arc-et-Senans Royal Saltworks (France).
This intensive and operational training is aimed towards personnel in charged with welcoming the public to World ...
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On 5 November 2018, a team of experts from the World Heritage Centre and IUCN arrived in Montenegro for a joint Advisory mission to the World Heritage property “Durmitor National Park.”
The State Party of Montenegro invited the mission with the objectives to review a potential boundary modification and to assess the overall state of conservation of the World Heritage site. ...
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In reaction to numerous inaccurate statements and errors circulating in the press about the situation of Hagia Sophia, UNESCO wishes to recall the following:
UNESCO reacted to the change of Hagia Sophia's status as early as July 2020 and expressed its concern in this regard. This position has remained constant since then.
UNESCO immediately initiated a review process and ...
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Located in Burang County, Ngari Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region, at an elevation of over 4,500 m, Scenic and historic area of Sacred Mountains and Lakes is adjacent to Zanda County, Gar County and Gya'gya County, bordering on India and Nepal. ‘Two peaks perching to the north and south, two lakes reflecting with each other in the east and west’ describes the basic ...
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The 13th Bamiyan Expert Working Group Meeting met at the Technical University of Munich, Germany (1-3 December 2016), and released important recommendations for future safeguarding actions at the Bamiyan World Heritage site, Afghanistan.
The Governor of the Bamiyan province, the Deputy Minister of Culture of Afghanistan, accompanied by high-ranking officials from the ...
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Lithuania,Russian Federation,
Potential pollution from the oil exploitation of the D-6 oil field in the Baltic Sea by the Russian Federation;
Lack of bilateral cooperation between Lithuania and the Russian Federation including joint assessment of environmental impact of the D-6 project;
Impacts of sewage spill accident which took place at Klaipeda Water Treatment Station ...
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Mexico,a) Urban development pressures in areas surrounding the property;
b) Lack of management plan.,On 4 March 2008, the World Heritage Centre received the State Party’s report. The report was submitted in Spanish, but contains little new substantive information concerning the current situation to address the requests of the World Heritage Committee at its 31st ...
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Growing understanding that the outstanding universal value of urban heritage goes well beyond the value of the individual buildings it contains, has created a pressing need for internationally accepted guidelines and criteria for the preservation of historic city centres.
Conservationists, municipalities, architects and developers will address the issue at the Conference ...
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Belgium,,In February 2008, information was received by the World Heritage Centre from a foundation raising concerns about interventions and new constructions at the World Heritage property which could have an impact on its authenticity and integrity, as well as the state of conservation of some of the historic buildings. Subsequently, on 17 July 2008 the World Heritage ...
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Lao People's Democratic Republic,a) Lack of enforcement of the Luang Prabang conservation plan (PSMV) and illegal constructions;
b) Public works (road upgrading and drainage) which may affect the World Heritage values.,The State Party provided a report to the World Heritage Centre on 23 January 2008. Concerning the points raised by the World Heritage Committee, the State ...
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
a) Construction proposals in the immediate vicinity of the Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church World Heritage property that could have an adverse impact on the setting, related vistas and integrity of the World Heritage property;
b) Lack of an in-depth visual impact study on possible ...
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Lebanon,a) Absence of legislative framework and comprehensive management plan;
b) Absence of coordination mechanisms;
c) Illegal constructions and encroachments;
d) Degradation of the mural paintings and buildings;
e) Uncontrolled tourist development and absence of visitor management,The State Party, as requested by the World Heritage Committee (35 COM 7B.52), invited a ...
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Following news of the collapse of a part of the House of Wonders (Beit-al-Ajaib) in Stone Town, Zanzibar on 25 December 2020, the Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Ms Mechtild Rossler joins the people of Zanzibar, and the United Republic of Tanzania in general to mourn this sudden and significant loss.
The House of Wonders is one of the outstanding monuments in ...
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Zimbabwe,Final report
Saouma-Forero, Galia,Expert Meeting on Authenticity and Integrity in an African Context; Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe; 2000
Authenticity and Integrity
Summary of ICCROM Position Paper, Amsterdam 1998
Jukka Jokilehto in collaboration with Joseph King (02 February 2000)
1. Integrated Strategic Process
The World Heritage Convention identifies as the duty of ...
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Tunisia,,Since some time, information has reached the World Heritage Centre about successive declassifications of parts of Carthage Archaeological Park. As requests for clarification were not conclusive, the State Party was requested to provide a report to be presented to the World Heritage Committee. This report was submitted on 29 January 2011. It recalls the importance ...
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Austria,a) Urban development pressure, high-rise projects;
b) hydroelectric power station Salzburg-Lehen;
c) Train station project outside the buffer zone.,On 31 January 2011, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report in response to Decision 33 COM 7B.88 that reflected the concerns of the 2009 World Heritage Centre /ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring Mission, ...
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Belgium,
Potential impacts of new construction projects
Gradual erosion of the attributes that convey the Outstanding Universal Value and consequently threaten the integrity of the property with regards to its overall coherence and originality.
,On 31 January 2014, the State Party submitted a State of conservation report, which is available at ...
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Senegal,a) Invasive species;
b) Integrated water management system not operational;
c) Lack of hydrological monitoring;
d) Soils salinity;
e) Cattle grazing;
f) Hunting;
g) Lack of management plan and sustained funding;
h) Poor management capacity and constant changes in staff;
i) Poor visitor management.,On 31 January 2011, the State Party submitted a report on the state ...
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Brazil,a) Urban pressure that may affect the original city plan (Plano Piloto) that warranted inscription in the World Heritage List;
b) Lack of a Master Plan.,The State Party submitted a state of conservation report on 5 February 2010. The report provides information on the activities implemented by the Superintendence of Instituto Do Patrimonio Historico e Artistico ...
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The Australian and Tasmanian Governments have today reached an agreement to jointly fund the eradication of rodent pests on Macquarie Island, Australia to protect its World Heritage values. The seabird populations and vegetation of the Island are under serious threat from plagues of rabbits, rats and mice. Following discussions, the Governments have agreed to provide ...
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India,,At the time of the examination of the Nomination File for the inscription of Champaner on the World Heritage List, in 2004, ICOMOS had recommended that the nomination be deferred to allow the State Party to provide a proper Management Plan and comprehensive planning which would integrate management of the 39 individual components of the property managed by the ...
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On 5 and 6 March 2020, the World Heritage Centre hosted a technical meeting to support Libya in the drafting of the Statement of Outstanding Universal Value, and in the development of the Desired State of Conservation and corrective measures for the eventual removal of Old Town of Ghadames from the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The meeting, which was held at UNESCO ...
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UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Culture, Mr. Ernesto Ottone R., expressed his concern about the fire that, on the morning of 13 April, seriously affected the Milot Church inside the National Historic Park - Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers, in Haiti, a property inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1982.
"We are in contact with the National Heritage Preservation ...
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The Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Mechtild Rossler, expressed concern after the fire that, on the afternoon of 11 October, broke out in Kilimanjaro National Park (United Republic of Tanzania), a property inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1987.
"We are in contact with the Tanzania National Park Authority (TANAPA) which is currently carrying out an ...
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UNESCO wishes to express its deep concern about the reports on the expansion of the conflict to the city of Lalibela (Ethiopia), which hosts the Rock-Hewn Churches.
UNESCO calls for the respect of all relevant obligations under international law in ensuring the protection of the Outstanding Universal Value and legacy of this precious site by refraining from any act that ...
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La Paz, Bolivia,Thanks to the generous invitation of the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia Ministry of Cultures, the 8th International Meeting of the Technical Secretariat, dedicated to the preparation of the nomination of Qhapaq Ñan/ Andean Road System for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List, is taking place from 26-28 April ...
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,The World Heritage Marine Programme, in cooperation with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is actively exploring how the World Heritage Convention could potentially be applied to protect areas beyond national jurisdiction. The high seas cover almost 50% of our planet and contain the largest amount of living species on earth. Yet this vast area is ...
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Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent and at the Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad,The Seminar took place at two World Heritage properties, the Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent and at the Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad.
Participants discussed ways to achieve a balance between requirements of ...
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United Republic of Tanzania,a) Deterioration of the architectural heritage fabric;
b) Lack of approved statement of outstanding universal value;
c) Lack of using the management plan as the main vehicle for managing the property;
d) Lack of approved boundaries for the property and its buffer zone linked to the land-use plans and appropriate protection;
e) Need to extend the ...
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Since Palestine was admitted to UNESCO on 31 October, there have been several misleading media reports about the status of Palestinian cultural heritage sites. Here is how UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee works and what it has done with respect to cultural sites in Palestine.
The World Heritage Committee inscribes sites it considers to be of “outstanding universal ...
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The World Heritage Centre has taken due note of the concerns expressed by various stakeholders concerning the Western Sydney Airport project, located in the vicinity of the World Heritage property ‘Greater Blue Mountains Area (Australia) and appreciates their commitment to the safeguarding of World Heritage.
In the framework of the 1972 World Heritage Convention, and in ...
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Over the last six months, the World Heritage Centre (WHC) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have received numerous reports expressing concern about the decision of the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania to move forward with the construction of a hydropower dam at Stiegler's Gorge, located within the Selous Game Reserve World Heritage ...
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UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre vigilant on potential impacts of oil and gas exploration in Namibia and Botswana on the Tsodila and Okavango Delta World Heritage properties.
UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre has been made aware of petitions by civil society groups received by the UNESCO office in Windhoek, Namibia. The Centre is following with attention and concern the oil and ...
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The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Riyadh until 25 September, decided today to inscribe the sites of "The Saint Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings and Lavra of Kyiv-Pechersk" and "L’viv – the ensemble of the historic centre" on the List of World Heritage in Danger, due to the threat of destruction the Russian offensive poses.
The UNESCO World Heritage ...
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Partnerships
World Heritage partnerships for conservation
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Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites are vulnerable to the effects of uncontrolled urban development, unsustainable tourism practices, neglect, natural calamities, pollution, political ...
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China,
Progressive loss of integrity and authenticity due to major tourism and commercial developments in and around the property (issue resolved)
No clearly defined boundary or buffer zones (issue resolved)
Lack of a comprehensive Conservation Master Plan for the property and its sourroundings (issue resolved)
,On 25 January 2013, the State Party submitted a state ...
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Libya,
Vandalism
Deliberate destruction of heritage
Human Resources
Conflict situation prevailing in the country
Illegal activities
,The State Party did not submit the state of conservation report, which was requested by the World Heritage Committee at its extended 44th session (Fuzhou/Online, 2021). No recent information on the state of conservation of the property is ...
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London, UK,The outcome of this meeting shall contribute to the development of guidelines and criteria for the review of sites of interest for the heritage of science and technology on the World Heritage List.The pursuit and application of knowledge underlie all human achievements, many of which have been recognised on the World Heritage List, as for example agriculture ...
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Aquarium of Paris, France,From 3 October until 6 December, a photo exposition: "Coral Reefs on UNESCO's World Heritage List" will be hosted at the Aquarium of Paris. The photo exhibit showcases the Outstanding Universal Value of World Heritage-listed coral reefs, as well as the impact of climate change on these iconic places.
Since 1972, the UNESCO World Heritage ...
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CAWHFI’s first component focused its action on the improvement of the management of the Sangha Trinational, Gamba-Mayumba-Conkouati and Dja-Odzala-Minkebe Trinational transborder landscapes, so as to significantly decrease the poaching pressure affecting them.
Prepared in collaboration with three conservation NGOs, the management services of wildlife and of the protected ...
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Lithuania,Russian Federation,
Potential pollution from the oil exploitation of the D-6 oil field in the Baltic Sea by the Russian Federation;
Lack of bilateral cooperation between Lithuania and the Russian Federation including joint assessment of environmental impact of the D-6 project;
Impacts of sewage spill accident which took place at Klaipeda Water Treatment Station ...
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Peru,a) Frequent seismic activity in the region and flooding during the rainy season;
b) Demolition of houses in the Historical Centre and the restoration of the San Agustin Church;
c) Material decay and abandonment of buildings, as well as the effect of heavy traffic on historic buildings.,The State Party submitted its state of conservation report on the property to the ...
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Chile,,On 31 January 2012, the World Heritage Centre received a letter signed by 24 local institutions (academic, civil society and trade unions) and 1000 citizens of Valparaiso against the interventions planned at the port, such as the Barón Port and the Prat Dock, as well as for touristic facilities and real estate projects. The World Heritage Centre requested ...
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Niger,a) Political instability and civil strife;
b) Poverty;
c) Management constraints;
d) Ostrich poaching;
e) Soil erosion;
f) Demographic pressure;
g) Livestock pressure;
h) Pressure on wood resources.,The State Party report was received on 22 May 2008. The report presents information on the declining status of many wildlife species, the continued degradation of the ...
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Senegal,a) Lack of monitoring and control mechanism;
b) The lack of a Conservation and Management Plan;
c) New construction and architectural modification and urban projects affecting authenticity and integrity;
d) Inappropriate housing restoration;
e) Environmental disorder due to the modification of the mouth of the Senegal River;
f) Extremely poor state of conservation ...
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India,General threats:
a) Lack of co-ordinated and integrated management system;
b) Lack of detailed property documentation;
c) Increasing numbers of visitors.
Specific threats:
d) Loss of character of the cultural landscape directly associated with the property and its outstanding universal value;
e) Lack of protection under national legislation.,The State Party ...
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,a) Lack of overall management of new developments;
b) Lack of analysis and description of the townscape characteristics relevant to the Outstanding Universal Value of the property and important views related to the property and its buffer zone;
c) Lack of clearly established maximum heights for new developments, for ...
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China,
Possible negative impacts of development projects in areas surrounding the buffer zones on the visual integrity of the property (issue resolved)
Apparent inadequacy of the current management system.
,On 25 January 2013, a report on the state of conservation of the property was submitted to the World Heritage Centre by the State Party in response to Decision 35 COM ...
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Managers from 46 marine World Heritage sites will meet in Ajaccio, Corsica, from October 18-20, for the second World Heritage Marine Site Managers’ conference.
The World Heritage Convention was founded in 1972 on the premise that certain places on our planet – cultural or natural -- should be recognized as having “outstanding universal value” and ...
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Mozambique,a) Delay in implementing rehabilitation of the San Sebastian Fortress;
b) Management plan not yet finalised;
c) Buildings threatened with collapse;
d) Lack of development control and threats to authenticity;
e) Lack of adequate sewage system.,In its report submitted to the World Heritage Centre on 1 February 2008, the State Party presented the progress in ...
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Costa Rica,Panama,,On 23 April 2007, the International Environmental Law Project of Lewis & Clark Law School (Portland, Orgegon) published an on-line petition directed to the World Heritage Committee requesting that the property be inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger (see http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/press/la-amistad-04-23-2007.html). The ...
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Lao People's Democratic Republic,
Lack of enforcement of the Luang Prabang Conservation Plan (PSMV) and illegal constructions;
Public works (proposed new town, airport extension, pedestrian bridge) which may affect the Outstanding Universal Value.
,In response to the request made by the World Heritage Committee at its 36th session, the State Party submitted a State of ...
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France,Spain,a) Impacts of the Gavarnie Festival (France);
b) Insufficient support for agropastoralism;
c) Inefficient transboundary cooperation.,On 31 January 2012, the States Parties (France and Spain) provided a joint report that contains information on transboundary management and pastoral activities. The report indicates efforts to minimize the impacts of the Gavarnie ...
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UNESCO regrets the U.K. government's decision to cancel the A303 Stonehenge Road Improvement scheme on the basis of cost concerns and hopes that another solution will be found to relieve traffic congestion around the World Heritage property of Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated sites. UNESCO's World Heritage Centre, which has been actively involved in finding a ...
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Putbus, Germany,Central Europe's Natural World Heritage and the Future of Cultural Landscapes - Part VI: "Tourism Planning and Management for Natural World Heritage Sites in Central and Eastern Europe" Are Central Europe's most precious natural values and landscapes well protected And is their outstanding universal value reflected in the list of World Natural ...
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,In the framework of the UNESCO/Netherlands Funds-in-Trust project “Building capacity in managing World Heritage properties, interconnection of development and heritage preservation in Uzbekistan and Central Asia” the World Heritage Centre (UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France) is organizing, in close cooperation with the UNESCO Tashkent Office, a three-day online ...
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Following South Sudan’s ratification of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention in January 2016, UNESCO organized a technical workshop from 8 to 13 June 2016 in Juba to support the process of preparing South Sudan’s World Heritage Tentative List. Over ten representatives from ministries responsible for natural and cultural heritage, NGOs, and Juba University participated in ...
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Azerbaijan,a) Changing urban fabric due to the demolition of buildings and uncontrolled construction within the Walled City;
b) Overall lack of any management system and in particular insufficient coordination between the national and municipal authorities;
c) Absence of a comprehensive management plan that addresses conservation problems, urban development control and ...
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The situation continues to get worse at Virunga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo), where 2 male silverbacks have been killed.The gruesome tally continues: since late December the mountain gorilla, a flagship species that contributes to the recognition of the outstanding universal value of the Park, has suffered serious losses by armed groups. On January 6 ...
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UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova's Special Envoy on the Preah Vihear Temple, Koïchiro Matsuura, will travel to Bangkok and Phnom Penh between 25 February and 1 March to discuss the safeguarding of the World Heritage site with the Thai and Cambodian prime ministers.
Mr Matsuura, a former Director-General of UNESCO (1999-2009) and a former Chair of the World ...
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Published on the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, this thematic collection of case studies provides a thorough understanding of World Heritage sites and their Outstanding Universal Value in the context of sustainable development. It is now available in French and Korean versions.
The case studies describe twenty-six thematically, typologically and ...
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An oil spill occurred in The Sundarbans, Bangladesh on Tuesday, 9 December when a small coastal oil tanker sank after being rammed by another vessel from behind, releasing approximately 400,000 liters of oil in the water.
The Sundarbans was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1997 and is one of the largest mangrove forests in the world. It lies on the delta of the ...
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Canada,Urban development pressure ,In the framework of the Periodic Reporting exercise, the State Party informed that the situation of the area of the Pointe-à-Carcy has remained unchanged since the previous session of the Committee. After having taken into account the recommendations concerning the project of a cruise ship terminal at ...
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WHC, UNESCO Headquarter, Room VI,Preparation of the 31st session of the World Heritage Committee, Christchurch, New-Zealand, 23 Juin - 2 July 2007 and progress review of the implementation of Committee decisions.AgendaItems 18A and 18B: International Assistance Item 5: Advisory Bodies report on their activitiesItem 7.1: Climate ChangeItem 7.2: Risk preparedness ...
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UNESCO Headquarter, Paris,At the request of a number of Members of the World Heritage Committee, an Orientation Session for members of the Committee is organized early in the year to allow for better preparations for the Committee session.
This session is organized notably for new Committee members and is held in addition to the one which traditionally takes place the day ...
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India,a) Design and location of transport infrastructure near inscribed monuments;
b) Lack of coordination and resource support for site management;
c) Lack of building and land-use regulations;
d) Tourism development pressures;
e) Lack of traffic regulations limiting heavy duty vehicular traffic;
f) Pressure from illegal constructions. ,The State Party submitted a ...
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Nepal,a) Lack of a conservation policy and inappropriate management of the site;
b) Impact on the archaeological remains as well as on the visual integrity of the property by the Maya Devi Temple constructed in 2002.,On 1 February 2008, the State Party submitted a progress report containing three sections:
a) Response to requests made by the World Heritage Committee at ...
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The seminar "Climate Change, World Heritage and Tourism" was presented at UNESCO Headquarters on 16 December 2019 by Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University in collaboration with UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS France and the Association des biens francais du patrimoine mondial.
On a global scale, tourism is a factor contributing to climate change, especially when ...
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Russian Federation,a) Lack of management plan;
b) Weakening of conservation controls and laws;
c) Impacts of proposed tourism infrastructure development for Olympic Games;
d) Road construction;,The State Party submitted a report on 15 February 2008. This report presented information on the status of the buffer zone and boundaries, Lagonaki plateau, management plan, ...
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Panama,Continued and growing presence of cattle,On 15 February 2011 the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property. This report provides an overview of progress made in finalizing and implementing a management plan for the Special Zone of Marine Protection, establishing a formal policy on the development and conservation of the coastal zone ...
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Panama,a) Deterioration and destruction of the fabric of the property by environmental factors, lack of a maintenance programme, as well as polluted water;
b) Erosion;
c) Absence of management policies included in management plans;
d) Uncontrolled urban development;
e) Tourism pressures (in particular at Portobelo).,The State Party provided a report on the state of ...
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Belize,a) Mangrove cutting,
b) Sea bottom dredging for resort development;
c) Sale of lands. ,The property is composed of seven protected areas, mostly consisting of marine areas with many small mangrove islands. Its Outstanding Universal Value is closely associated with intact marine and littoral forest ecosystems, including mangroves and related marine and ...
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Kenya,a) Illegal forest resource extraction;
b) Community-wildlife conflict;
c) Poaching;
d) Excisions from the property. ,Mount Kenya National Park was inscribed under natural criteria (vii) and (ix) as one of the most impressive landscapes of Eastern Africa with its rugged glacier-clad summits, Afro-alpine moor lands and diverse forests, which illustrate outstanding ...
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Mechtild Rossler, Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, acknowledges the great efforts of those engaged for World Heritage protection, and calls for civil society as a whole to increase its commitment to protecting World Heritage sites. World Heritage is humankind’s common heritage, and the responsibility for its conservation is shared by everyone.
The World ...
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,a) Impact of fire at Cowgate;
b) Impact of rubbish containers. ,The Old and New Towns were inscribed on the World Heritage List for their remarkable juxtaposition of two urban planning phenomena: the early mediaeval ‘herringbone’ layout of the Old Town on the crag, and the regular layout of the ...
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Albania,Austria,Belgium,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria,Croatia,Czechia,France,Germany,Italy,North Macedonia,Poland,Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Switzerland,Ukraine,Threats identified at the time of the extension of the property in 2011:
Lack of integrated Management Plan;
Lack of transnational research and monitoring plans;
Need for capacity building.
,The World ...
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WHC-15/39.COM/8B.Add
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Spain,a) Toxic pollution after mining accident in 1998;
b) Agriculture impacts;
c) Extension of the National Park,In 2009, the World Heritage Centre and IUCN received reports from NGOs concerning the development of several oil refinery projects near the property, namely the expansion of the La Rábida refinery and the construction of a pipeline for the Bilboa ...
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South Africa,a) Visitor pressure;
b) Lack of comprehensive Conservation management plan;
c) Lack of specific annual plans of operation;
d) Difficulties with operational aspects of maintenance and conservation implementation including lack of preventive maintenance funding and programming;
e) Lack of appropriate conservation of the built heritage;
f) Lack of proactive ...
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Russian Federation,Erection of a monument in honour of Marshal G. Zhukov,The World Heritage Committee discussed during its 31st session (Christchurch, 2007) information received concerning the loss of historic fabric in the transformation of a structure called the “Middle Trading Rows”, a five building ensemble (1891-1894) opposite the Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower ...
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Argentina,a) Proposed development of hydropower dams;
b) Uncoordinated developments;
c) Lack of transboundary cooperation;
d) Lack of sustainable financing;
e) Problems associated with public use;
f) Lack of a comprehensive public use plan. ,As requested by Decision 31 COM 7B.38, the State Party of Argentina provided on 19 March 2008 an invitation in coordination ...
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Peru,a) Lack of a Disaster Preparedness Plan
b) Ongoing planned development projects which impact the historic centre, such as the planned construction of the Chilina Bridge
c) Illegal demolitions involving historical buildings,The World Heritage Centre received a state of conservation report on 2 February 2010. The report provides a brief summary of the property and ...
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Uganda,Fire is mentioned in the ICOMOS evaluation of 2001 as the main threat to the property:,On 16 March 2010, a fire devastated the Muzibu Azaala Mpanga building, a major component of the World Heritage property. This building housed the four royal Buganda tombs. The large, circular thatched building, supported on wooden columns wrapped in bark cloth, was originally ...
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World Heritage Papers Series No. 26: Cultural Landscapes, A Handbook for Conservation and Management may be downloaded from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre website.
Cultural landscapes are those where human interaction with natural systems has, over a long period, formed a distinctive landscape. These interactions, in the case of World Heritage cultural landscapes, are of ...
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Echoing the call of UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, the World Heritage Committee has established a Special Fund to support Mali’s efforts to safeguard the World Heritage properties affected by the armed conflict in the north of the country, notably the sites of Timbuktu and the Tomb of Askia in Gao.
The Fund will support the Government of Mali in assessing ...
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In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, Eastern National and the National Park Service’s Office of International Affairs have produced the new booklet "World Heritage Sites in the United States". The booklet highlights the 21 sites in the United States that have been selected and inscribed on the World Heritage List for their natural ...
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As requested by the World Heritage Committee at its 39th session in 2015 (Bonn, Germany), a joint Reactive Monitoring Mission involving the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) will take place from 22 to 28 March 2016 to assess the overall state of conservation of the property.
The mission will focus on issues that ...
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Today, on 24 September 2018, a group of experts from the World Heritage Centre and IUCN arrived in Warsaw to carry out a joint Reactive Monitoring mission to the transboundary World Heritage property “Białowieża Forest” (Belarus/Poland). Situated on the watershed of the Baltic and Black Seas, the World Heritage property is the site of an immense and biologically diverse ...
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The World Heritage Office of the Historic Heritage Protection Directorate of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of the Government of Spain is organizing the XII National Meeting of World Heritage Managers, hosted by the Luis Seoane Foundation from 6 to 8 of November 2018 in the city of Coruna.
The meeting, celebrated annually since 2007, is a space for analysis, ...