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11649.
Canada,United States of America,a) mining and energy developments;
b) fragmentation of natural areas due to human constructions and activities;
c) invasion of non-native species;
d) climatic changes.,From 20 to 27 September 2010, a joint World Heritage Centre/IUCN monitoring mission visited the property, as requested by the World Heritage Committee at its 33rd session ...
11650.
Peru,a) Delays in reviewing the master plan and developing detailed yearly operational plans, and inadequate budgetary support for effective implementation;
b) No evaluation of transport options, related geological studies, or the impact of bus traffic on increasing the risk of landslides;
c) Lack of impact studies related to the carrying capacity of the Citadel and Inca ...
11651.
India,Tourism Pressure; Lack of capacity in conservation techniques;Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of institution coordination; Fire.
Additional Details:
Development pressures include religious activities within and around the World Heritage property. Bodh Gaya experiences extreme climatic conditions (very dry and hot weather), complicating the ...
11652.
The Town of St George, founded in 1612, is an outstanding example of the earliest English urban settlement in the New World. Its associated fortifications graphically illustrate the development of English military engineering from the 17th to the 20th century, being adapted to take account of the development of artillery over this period. 983Historic Town of St George and ...
11653.
Extended 44th session of the World Heritage Committee Fuzhou (China)/Online meeting 44COM 16 July - 31 July 2021
Committee Members
Australia, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Uganda
...
11654.
L’île de Fogo ou l'île de São Filipe tel qu’elle était connue lors de sa découverte en 1460 par les Portugais, a été la deuxième île à être peuplée au Cabo Verde, entre 1470 et 1490. Son occupation a été initiée par des riches propriétaires de Ribeira Grande (Cidade Velha) et ses esclaves, suite à la lettre de limitation des privilèges de 1472 qui exigeait aux habitants de ...
11655.
Localisé dans la partie est de la cuvette centrale du Fleuve Congo, le Parc National de la Lomami (PNL) a été créé en 2016 ainsi protégeant un bloc de 8,874 km2 en forêt dense équatoriale avec des savanes hydromorphes au sud et entouré par une zone tampon de 22,000 km2. Les explorations de la région, qui n’ont commencé qu’en 2007, ont vite révélé une diversité faunistique ...
11656.
Neuschwanstein: N47 33 26,57 E10 44 56,78Linderhof (Palace): N47 34 17,96 E10 57 38,81King’s House Schachen: N47 25 11.11 E11 06 45.60Herrenchiemsee (New Palace): N47 51 37,74 E12 24 6,84
“The real world is an illusion”. Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
With his gradual withdrawal from political life and escape into an ideal poetic world, King Ludwig II of ...
11657.
Chile,
Extremely fragile nature of the industrial buildings that were constructed using local materials such as timber for frames, corrugated iron sheets for roofs and some walls, in addition to stucco and lightweight construction
Lack of maintenance over the past 40 years as well as vandalism at the property
Corrosion of metal cladding and dismantlement of some of the ...
11658.
Dominican Republic,a) Undefined and unregulated buffer zone leading to urban development pressure and inadequate control of land use;
b) Pressures derived from tourism;
c) Inadequate and inefficient management and conservation arrangements (including legislation, regulatory measures, technical capacity for conservation and service infrastructure);
d) Lack of interpretation ...
11659.
Ukraine,
Urban development pressure;
High-rise buildings that could compromise the panorama of the historical monastic Dnieper river landscape;
Lack of legal protection and planning mechanisms;
Lack of management system and mechanisms of coordination between all stakeholders including the City Municipality.
,On 1 February 2013, a report on the state of conservation of the ...
11660.
Bangladesh,
Pollution of marine waters(High level of salinity)
Management systems/management plan
Storms (Loss of monitoring capacity due to cyclone damage)
Illegal activities (Tiger poaching)
Forestry/wood production (Unsustainable harvesting of timber and non-timber forest products)
Non-renewable energy facilities (Thermal Power Plant project)
Water infrastructure ...
11661.
United Republic of Tanzania,
Management system/management plan
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Development and environmental pressures, particularly in relation with Malindi port project (issue resolved)
Natural disasters and lack of risk-preparedness
Visitors/tourist pressures
Housing pressure
Lack of human and financial resources
Lack of legal ...
11662.
Spain,
Oil and gas (Potential impacts from infrastructural projects in the vicinity of the property, including gas storage)
Mining (Proposed re-opening of Aznalcóllar mine upstream of the property)
Water infrastructure (Proposed upgrading of a dam upstream of the property)
Water (extraction) (Unsustainable use of water with impacts on the Doñana aquifer)
Water ...
11663.
China,
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure (Expansion of tourism-related facilities in and adjacent to the boundary of the property)
Ground transport infrastructure (Negative impact of the rehabilitation projects on the protection of the traditional urban tissue of the historic centre)
Deliberate destruction of heritage
Housing (Uncontrolled urban ...
11664.
Thailand,
Illegal activities (Poaching and illegal logging)
Ground transport infrastructure (Road expansion, in particular regarding Highway 304)
Land conversion (Encroachment)
Management systems/management plan
Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Water infrastructure (Dams)
Livestock farming/grazing of ...
11665.
Bangladesh,
Pollution of marine waters
Changes to oceanic waters (High level of salinity, sea level rise)
Water infrastructure (Reduction in freshwater inflows, dredging of the Pashur River)
Management systems/management plan (Overall governance and management of the property)
Storms (Loss of monitoring capacity due to cyclone damage)
Illegal activities (Tiger ...
11666.
Uzbekistan,
Ground transport infrastructure (Large-scale development projects such as road building)
Housing (Traditional housing and proposed demolition of mahalla residential areas)
Management deficiency (Impact of urban landscaping programme on the authenticity and integrity of the property)
Management Systems/Management Plan (Lack of strategic approach to urban ...
11667.
India,
Civil unrest (Forced evacuation of Park staff) (issue resolved)
Illegal activities (Poaching and illegal logging)
Crop production (Subsistence agriculture inside the property)
Financial resources (Slow release of funds by central Government)
Invasive/alien terrestrial species
Impact of tourism/visitor/recreation (Uncontrolled infrastructure development by local ...
11668.
Albania,
Ground transport infrastructure (planned by-pass road project and conversion of the bazaar into a pedestrian area in Gjirokastra)
Housing
Illegal activities (illegal construction dating from the late 1990s and later on)
High impact research/monitoring activities (lack of specific monitoring indicators)
Governance (lack of detailed tourism development plan and lack ...
11669.
The property Mughal Forts in Fluvial Terrains in Dhaka consists of four sites associated with the Mughal military and administrative establishment in Bengal. The sites include three naval forts in the outskirts of Dhaka City: Hajiganj Fort, Sonakanda Fort and Idrakpur Fort, and one palace fort Lalbagh Fort in Dhaka City. The forts were established by the Mughal Subahdars ...
11670.
L'oasis de la région de Gabès est une ancienne oasis traditionnelle littorale qui doit son existence à trois ressources naturelles et patrimoniales: (i) Un sol, généralement sablonneux, qui à travers du temps a acquis sa caractéristique propre suite à l'utilisation des engrais naturels. (ii) Une eau jaillissante aux endroits où les nappes profondes affleuraient à la ...
11671.
Indonesia,a) Road construction;
b) Agricultural encroachment;
c) Illegal logging;
d) Poaching;
e) Institutional and governance weaknesses.,On 10 February 2012, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, providing an overview of actions carried out to address key threats to the property, including road construction, mining, and illegal ...
11672.
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;
e) Deforestation. ,On 27 January 2010, a report on the state of conservation of the property was submitted by the State Party, together with a map indicating the location of ...
11673.
Orvieto rises on a natural tableland at the summit of a 150-metre-high tufa cliff emerging, much like an island, from the surrounding plains. The city's distinctive feature comes from the particular relationship between this sheer cliff and the fabric of the city dominated by its imposing cathedral.Oriveto is of Etruscan origin with the more ancient traces dating back ...
11674.
Le chapelet d'oasis de Tighmert, riche en éléments archéologiques, constituait le chef-lieu de la ville de Nul-Lamta, l'agglomération, capitale médiévale de la rive Nord-Ouest saharienne jusqu'au XVIe siècle. Il se présente aujourd'hui comme une série de palmeraies relevant de la commune rurale d'Asrir à 12 km au Sud-est de la ville de Goulmim à 200 km au Sud d'Agadir. Ce ...
11675.
Shaped like an irregular pentagon, the Historic Center of Manila, known since the late 19th Century as Intramuros, is a 0.67 square kilometer area tied to and woven with the country’s historical narrative from the pre-colonial period to the present. For more than three centuries it was the capital of the Spanish colonial empire in the Far East. It captures, as a landscape, ...
11676.
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 ...
11677.
Georgia,
Lack of a management mechanism (issue resolved)
Lack of definition of the unified buffer zone
Lack of Urban Master Plan of the City of Mtskheta
Insufficient coordination between the Georgian Church and the national authorities (issue resolved)
Privatisation of surrounding land
Natural erosion of stone
Loss of authenticity during previous works carried out by the ...
11678.
Kazakhstan,
Management System/Management Plan (Newly developed Master Plan; Conservation and Management Plan)
Buildings and Development (Urban high rise/changes to skyline; Construction of a new mosque)
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Interpretative and visitation facilities
,An ICOMOS Advisory mission visited the property in May 2018. The mission ...
11679.
South Africa,
Land conversion by slash and burn agriculture
Management systems/ management plan
Prospective mining and offshore exploratory drilling
Lack of institution coordination
Drop in ground and Lake Sibaya water levels
Management of the St Lucia estuary
,On 1 February 2022, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, available at ...
11680.
Suriname,
Legal framework
Management systems/ management plan
,On 11 November 2022, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/940/documents/, which reported the following:
The draft designs of the Waterfront in the framework of the Paramaribo Urban Rehabilitation Programme (PURP), were submitted on 3 December ...
11681.
India,
Invasive/alien terrestrial species (Prosopis, Paspalum)
Invasive/alien freshwater species (Eichhornia, Clarias gariepinus)
Water (extraction)
Water infrastructure
Management system/management plan (Need to update the Management Plan; inadequate water management including insufficient water supply and quality and competition among different users; inadequate measures ...
11682.
Kenya,
Impacts of the Gibe III dam
Other planned hydro-electric developments and associated large-scale irrigation projects in the Omo region
Oil exploration
Wildlife population decline and pressure from poaching, livestock grazing and illegal fishing
Impacts of the larger development vision for Northern Kenya
Management capacity of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and ...
11683.
Nepal,
Earthquake (Severe earthquake of 25 April 2015)
Housing (Uncontrolled urban development resulting in the loss of traditional urban fabric, in particular privately-owned houses)
Management systems/management plan (Lack of a coordinated management mechanism)
Ground transport infrastructure (Construction of a forest road)
Underground transport infrastructure (Project ...
11684.
The canyon of the Cotahuasi River and its evolutionary formation in South America's Andes, is the central axis of the province of La Union, department of Arequipa, in the basin of the river with the same name. The lower part, at its confluence with the Arma and Marán rivers, forms the Ocoña River (second largest of the 53 rivers in the Peruvian Pacific Basin) at an ...
11685.
Dept
Province
District
Winery
UTM COORDINATES(DATUM WGS84)
South
East
Lima
CAÑETE
LUNAHUANA
LA REINA
8571643.10
380084.80
Lima
CAÑETE
LUNAHUANA
HIJOS DEL SOL
8564580.50
374443.90
Lima
CAÑETE
LUNAHUANA
RIVADENEYRA
8570272.70
379155.50
Ica
ICA
SALAS
LA CARAVEDO
8454182.50
419582.30
Ica
ICA
PARCONA
VISTA ...
11686.
Theatre of Dionysos in Athens: Region of Attica, Regional Unit of Central Attica 23.727730E, 37.970383N
Theatre of the Amphiareion: Region of Attica, Regional Unit of Eastern Attica 23.845344E, 38.291581N
Theatre of Epidaurus: Region of Peloponnese, Regional Unit of Argolis 23.079200E, 37.596000N
Theatre of Megalopolis: Region of Peloponnese, Regional Unit of Arcadia ...
11687.
It is well known that Astronomy in Egypt started a long time ago, and Egypt is considered as one of the oldest countries whose people studied astronomy. The Egyptian monuments at Nabta Playa (Neolithic, which antedates Stonehenge by a millennium), the Pyramids at Giza (4th Dynasty), Abu Simbel Temple (21st Dynasty) and the zodiac at the Temple of Denderah (Ptolemaic), all ...
11688.
The Montado is a cultural landscape shaped by human activity. Over the ages mankind has been able to mould and sustain a multifunctional agro-silvo-pastoral ecosystem located in the south of the Tagus Valley. These areas were originally occupied by Mediterranean woodlands and are now populated by cork oaks and holm oaks - legally protected species since the 7th century - ...
11689.
United Republic of Tanzania,a) Increased human pastoral population;
b) Immigration; Poaching;
c) Spread of invasive species;
d) Tourism pressure;
e) Encroachment and cultivation,At its 30th session (Vilnius, 2006), the World Heritage Committee expressed its concern regarding a number of issues in the property, in particular: a) the issue of local communities within the ...
11690.
La tour de Goto-Goulfey se présente comme un monticule de construction en terre ayant une forme cubique d’une hauteur de 12 mètres et d’une largeur de 9 mètres. Elle est plus large à sa base et sa forme se rétrécit au fur et à mesure que l’on évolue vers le sommet où on retrouve un espace rectangulaire de 7,50m de long et de 6,5mètres de large, soit une superficie de ...
11691.
India,
Decline in the population of Siberian cranes (issue resolved)
Inadequate water supply and competition for water with neighbouring communities;
Poor water (quality and quantity) management;
Invasive species (Prosopis, Eichhornia, Paspalum)(already an issue in the past)
,A report on the state of conservation of the property was received from the State Party on 27 ...
11692.
Italy,a) Lack of overall management plan
b) Excessive tourism development
c) Pumice-pit mining ,As requested by the World Heritage Committee (28 COM 15B.26) an IUCN/UNESCO monitoring mission was carried out at the invitation of the State Party. The mission took place from 21 to 28 March 2007, and included a two day visit to the property. The full ...
11693.
Côte d'Ivoire,Guinea,
Mining
Influx of refugees
Agricultural encroachment
Deforestation
Poaching
Weak management capacity
Lack of resources
Unsatisfactory transboundary cooperation
Road construction
,On 30 January 2019, the States Parties of Guinea and the Côte d’Ivoire submitted a joint state of conservation report on the property, available at ...
11694.
Pakistan,
Housing; Land conversion (Encroachments and urban pressure)
Management systems/management plan (Inadequate management mechanisms; lack of definition of boundaries of the Lahore Fort and Shalamar Gardens)
Legal framework (Incomplete legislation)
Financial resources (Lack of sufficient financial resources to implement management mechanisms)
Underground transport ...
11695.
Croatia,Italy,Montenegro,Lack of management plans for each component Lack of a framework for Heritage Impact Assessment for development proposalsNeed to revise the buffer zones Intrusive and redundant elements within the serial componentsLack of a Tourism Carrying Capacity study and of visitor management plansLack of a transnational values-based conservation ...
11696.
Ecuador,a) Delay in the full implementation of the Special Law and lack of enforcement;
b) Inadequate quarantine measures;
c) Illegal fishing;
d) Instability of Park Director’s Position.,The State Party of Ecuador has submitted a report on 15 February 2006, noting progress achieved in the conservation and management of the islands. Key highlights are:
a) The Minister ...
11697.
Much of the landscape of Cornwall and West Devon was transformed in the 18th and early 19th centuries as a result of the rapid growth of pioneering copper and tin mining. Its deep underground mines, engine houses, foundries, new towns, smallholdings, ports and harbours, and their ancillary industries together reflect prolific innovation which, in the early 19th century, ...
11698.
The Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty form a collection of 40 tombs scattered over 18 locations. Built over five centuries, from 1408 to 1966, the tombs honoured the memory of ancestors, showed respect for their achievements, asserted royal authority, protected ancestral spirits from evil and provided protection from vandalism. Spots of outstanding natural beauty were ...
11699.
Le Parc National de Bouba Ndjidda a été créé par Arrêté N° 120/SEDR du 05 décembre 1968. Il couvre une superficie de 220 000 ha dans la Région du Nord, Département du Mayo Rey et s’étale sur les arrondissements de Tcholliré, Rey Bouba et Madingring. Il fait partie du complexe d’aires protégées du Nord avec les parcs nationaux de la Bénoué et du Faro. Il est mitoyen au Parc ...
11700.
The University of Havana is the oldest higher education institution in the country, founded in January 1728. The Dominican fathers have the merit of promoting the approval of the first Cuban higher education center (third in the Caribbean region and sixteenth in Latin America), which name would be Real and Pontificia Universidad de San Gerónimo (Royal and Pontifical ...
11701.
It was in the 18th and 19th centuries that large and fast sailing ships made their mark on world history by forging lasting and stable links within Europe and with other continents as well. The sailing-ship traffic led to a blossoming of trade and to the growth of harbours and of seafaring communities; a maritime culture came into existence. Dragør is a unique instance of ...
11702.
The city of Zaruma is located on the slopes of the western Andes, at 1,200 meters above sea level, amidst rugged terrain with steep slopes that soar from 500 to 3,500 meters high in just 20 kilometers.
The higher areas feature deep valleys and canyons, the headwaters of the Moromoro, Calera, Amarillo and Luis Rivers, which join to form the Puyango River. The Puyango then ...
11703.
Located 60 km outside of Asuncion, Templo San Buenaventura in the historical town Yaguaron is a well-preserved example of the colonial Franciscan Reductions of Paraguay. The Franciscan reductions, or missions, were some of the first Catholic institutions in the region and their effects can still be seen today. Their towns "reduced" the originally nomadic natives to fixed ...
11704.
India,
Decline in the population of Siberian cranes (issue resolved)
Inadequate water supply and competition for water with neighbouring communities;
Poor water (quality and quantity) management;
Invasive species (Prosopis, Eichhornia, Paspalum)(already an issue in the past)
,On 15 April 2011, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property ...