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UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and HISTORY® are partnering to increase awareness about heritage preservation worldwide. As part of the three-year alliance,  HISTORY provides a monetary donation along with production services and marketing support to UNESCO's World Heritage Centre for a three year period. The announcement was made on Monday 12 September at the ...
News Score 7.1064034 Date 09/2011
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UNESCO has announced the renewal of its partnership agreement with OUR PLACE Publishing Ltd. The New Zealand-based company will continue its mission to photograph and promote the sites inscribed on the World Heritage List. Our Place has been documenting World Heritage sites around the globe since first partnering with UNESCO in 2007. So far, Our Place has documented over ...
News Score 7.1064034 Date 03/2014
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,Urban pressure,The requested update report on the construction projects for the Minerva Tower (216m) and the London Bridge Tower (303m) in the vicinity of the World Heritage property had not been received at the time of the preparation of this ...
State of Conservation Score 7.104555 Date 06/2004
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“The application of the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape in Cuenca, Ecuador - A New Approach to Cultural and Natural heritage” collects the research project “Reassessment of the cultural and natural heritage of the city of Cuenca departing from sustainable development strategies supported by the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape” (PUH_C project). ...
News Score 7.0729537 Date 06/2017
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Beijing & Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China,The Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road, known as the Belt and Road Initiative or One Belt One Road, focuses on connectivity and cooperation among more than 60 countries, representing more than a third of the global economy and more than half of the World’s population. The scope and extent of the Belt ...
Events Score 7.0546484 Date 09/2017
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Hanoi, Republic of Vietnam,The Seminar is arranged around 3 major themes, physical integrity of historic urban landscapes, functional integrity of historic urban landscapes, visual integrity of historic urban landscapes. It will be hosted by Hanoi University of Architecture (HAU), Hanoi People’s Committee (Vietnam). The Seminar official languages are English, French and ...
Events Score 7.0404243 Date 04/2009
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Finland has taken the lead in applying the Enhancing our Heritage (EoH) management effectiveness assessment toolkit to cultural World Heritage sites. Finnish representatives participated in a World Heritage Nordic Foundation regional workshop on management planning for Nordic countries in 2009 in which the EoH toolkit had been presented. They were impressed by ...
News Score 7.00711 Date 09/2010
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,In July 2021, the UNESCO Office in Almaty, in close cooperation with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and three Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Convention (ICCROM, ICOMOS, IUCN), will organize a series of online capacity-building webinars for individuals and organizations responsible for the management of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage sites in Central ...
Events Score 6.9696727 Date 07/2021
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South Africa,,WHC: Since its inclusion to the World Heritage List, Robben Island is threatened by tourism pressure due to an increasing number of visitors, placing a high demand on the available resources. The Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee accompanied by the Centre and a representative of the South African Department of Environment and Tourism visited Robben ...
State of Conservation Score 6.969493 Date 06/2003
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Bardejov, Slovakia,The goal of the European Meeting for Improvement of  Tourism and Visitor Management Skills is to improve the state of conservation of World Heritage sites by enhancing the quality of tourism and visitors management tools for the improvement of overall management skills. The aim of the workshop is to develop and strengthen capacities and ...
Events Score 6.955494 Date 03/2010
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H.E. Mr Kadir Topbas, Lord Mayor of Istanbul, visited UNESCO on the occasion of the Organization’s 70thanniversary, coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the inscription of the Historic Areas of Istanbul on the World Heritage List. On the occasion of his visit to UNESCO, the Lord Mayor of Istanbul participated in a round-table on heritage conservation in the face of the ...
News Score 6.875458 Date 04/2015
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Siem Reap, Cambodia,Culture, reflected in traditions, languages, monuments, music, handicrafts and art around the world, is of immeasurable inherent value to its community of origin. At the same time, culture is a key tourism asset, inspiring millions of tourists to visit new destinations each year. Sustainably managed, tourism can be a considerable force for the promotion ...
Events Score 6.8201847 Date 02/2015
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Many cultural and natural World Heritage sites are home to indigenous peoples. As the UNESCO policy on engaging with indigenous peoples recognizes, World Heritage sites are often located within land managed by indigenous peoples whose land use, knowledge and cultural and spiritual values and practices are related to heritage. Inspired by the United Nations Declaration on ...
Activities Score 6.8156033 Date 05/2023
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From 2020 through 2022, Colombia has undertaken a project aimed at developing a dossier in view of a future nomination of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Tayrona National Park for the UNESCO World Heritage List. Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta was declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1979. It is the world’s highest coastal mountain formation with two peaks at 5,775 ...
News Score 6.8124003 Date 04/2023
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The Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site covers about 15 percent of the Queen Charlotte Islands, an archipelago 80 km off the northwest coast of mainland British Columbia that separates Hecate Strait from the Pacific Ocean. The size of the terrestrial area, which consists of 138 islands, is 1 495 km2, with a surrounding marine conservation area ...
Tentative Lists Score 6.7353387 Date 01/2004
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The proceedings of the International Colloquium on the conservation of World Heritage Earthen Architecture have been published in the latest edition of the UNESCO World Heritage Paper Series: Earthen Architecture in Today’s World, thanks to the generous support of the Italian Funds in Trust to UNESCO. The Colloquium took place at UNESCO Headquarters on 17 and 18 ...
News Score 6.725441 Date 12/2013
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By resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994, the United Nations General Assembly decided that the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples shall be observed on 9 August every year. The date marks the day of the first meeting, in 1982, of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. In 1990, ...
News Score 6.6896687 Date 08/2022
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UNESCO Headquarter, 7 Place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris, Room IX,3rd Seminar of the UNESCO Chair in "Culture, Tourism and Development" and UNITWIN-UNESCO Network "Culture, Tourism and Development"   University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne / IREST - EIREST / The French World Heritage Properties Association/ ICOMOS France / World Heritage Centre - France-UNESCO ...
Events Score 6.6736326 Date 10/2012
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Krakow, Poland,Prior to the 41st session of the World Heritage Committee and in the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, the Polish National Commission for UNESCO and the International Cultural Centre in Krakow are proud to hold the Heritage Youth Forum 2017 “Memory: Lost and Recovered Heritage” from the 25 June to 4 July 2017, in Warsaw, Krakow ...
Events Score 6.6545715 Date 06/2017
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Authors of thesis are encouraged to send an abstract of their work and their personal data by filling the attached form. This will allow academics and researchers to know about their domain of research and to contact them. Thesis Academic institution(country) Language Title(type of thesis) Author(year) Abstract Politecnico di Torino, Department of ...
Activities Score 6.6436253 Date 03/2025
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Rome, Italy,3rd Course on Conservation of Built Heritage organized by ICCROM and which will take place from 5  March to 30 April 2010 in Rome, Italy. ICCROM is pleased to announce the third training course on Conservation of Built Heritage in Rome.  ICCROM has been a pioneer in organizing courses in heritage conservation since 1965 including the ...
Events Score 6.6376734 Date 03/2010
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The Sān are considered to be the first inhabitants of southern Africa comprising present-day Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. The prehistoric Sān population was comprised exclusively of hunter-gatherers before the immigration of many different Bantu peoples several thousands of years ago that introduced domesticated animals and ...
Tentative Lists Score 6.636465 Date 03/2016
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Malawi, 12-16-July 1999 Recommendations The Sub-regional workshop on World Heritage Education for Africa was organized in parallel with the 6th bi-annual SADCAMM (Southern Africa Development Community Association of Museums and Monuments) conference. Objectives of the Workshop Creation of an awareness of the project Increase knowledge of the World Heritage Educational ...
Activities Score 6.603152 Date 03/2022
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Arcapita building, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain,A benefit concert and fundraising event at the 42nd session of the World Heritage Committee to support the widows of the fallen rangers of Virunga National Park #HelpVirunga 27 June 2018, Manama, Bahrain The World Heritage Centre is launching a crowdfunding initiative and a fundraising concert  to assist the families of those ...
Events Score 6.5863295 Date 06/2018
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A joint publication of UNESCO and the Paris-based NGO Oriental Cultural Heritage Sites Protection Alliance, Lumbini, Birthplace of Buddha is a novel approach at encapsulating this site’s timeless essence.  Eight photographers – three Nepali and five from around the world – used their unique vision to capture the Sacred Garden experience and, in ...
News Score 6.5843296 Date 09/2013
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,Museums preserve heritage and stimulate creativity in all its forms.  Most importantly, museums create and transmit values associated with their collections. In our globalised world, where millions of people are travelling and migrating across borders every day, museums not only act as custodians of shared heritage, but also as key spaces for encounters, exchange, and the ...
Events Score 6.5843296 Date 06/2017
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Roma, Italy,The Fourth Herity conference in 2012 will be focused on "How The Cultural Heritage is communicated Public, Specialists, Managers and Institutions:evaluating the quality of the transmission of the cultural message" will take place in rome 5-7 December 2012. Call for papers All interested persons are invited to contribute to the conference. Please, send an ...
Events Score 6.569943 Date 07/2012
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Pont-du-Gard, France, 21-23 March 2005 Objectives For teachers: Provide secondary and elementary school classroom teachers with innovative, user-friendly multi-media interdisciplinary educational resource material on specific World Heritage sites, touchstones of civilization, in support of intercultural learning; Develop new educational approaches to enhance the ...
Activities Score 6.567294 Date 03/2022
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A capacity-building project to enrich World Heritage information management tools and techniques in the Arab States Region, from adequate documentation of sites, to use of recording tools, management planning, and information exchange Objectives To make available updated information relative to the Convention to World Heritage site managers in the Arab region and the ...
Activities Score 6.494082 Date 06/2022
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Nepal,a) Uncontrolled urban development resulting in the loss of traditional urban fabric, in particular privately-owned houses; b) Lack of coordinated management mechanism. ,On 1 February 2008, the State Party submitted a report on implementation of the integrated management plan (IMP). This includes state of conservation reports on each of the monument zones. The ...
State of Conservation Score 6.4914675 Date 05/2008
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Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, and Mollina, Málaga, Spain,The 4th World Heritage Youth Forum focusing on the implementation of the World Heritage Convention was held from 10 to 20 June 2012 in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) and Mollina, (Málaga). Forty-six young people aged from 12 to 15 years old, with Spanish as a common language, attended from Colombia, Chile, Croatia, Ecuador, ...
Events Score 6.4829926 Date 06/2012
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Periodic ReportingQuestionnaire Third Cycle exercise | 2018-2024 © {{replace "periodicText"}} Access to specific State Party or World Heritage property Periodic Reporting questionnaire is restricted to designated national focal points and World Heritage site managers.  Third Cycle 2018-2024 The questionnaire for the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting was revised ...
Pages Score 6.476862 Date 11/2024
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,The call for applications for the new edition of the Masters in "World Heritage and Cultural Projects for Development", offered by the University of Turin, the Polytechnic of Turin (for the English) and, University of Barcelona (for the Spanish edition) and the International Training Centre of the ILO, in collaboration with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and ICCROM, is ...
Events Score 6.460125 Date 06/2017
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Croatia, Armed conflict (issue resolved) Earthquake in September 1996 (issue resolved) Need to extend the buffer zone Large project in the vicinity of the property Cruise ship tourism Carrying capacity of the property Planned Sport and recreation centre with golf course and tourist settlement (issue resolved) ,On 28 November 2022, the State Party submitted a state of ...
State of Conservation Score 6.4562025 Date 08/2023
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Room XI, UNESCO Headquarter, Paris,4th seminar of the UNESCO Chair "Culture, Tourism and Development” and the UNITWIN-UNESCO network "Culture, Tourism and Development”. Universite Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne / IREST - EIREST / Association des biens francais du patrimoine mondial / ICOMOS France / World Heritage Centre / Convention France-UNESCO  This 4th seminar seeks to ...
Events Score 6.4285884 Date 10/2013
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"The term ‘Indigenous peoples’ is to be understood in the context of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention (No. 169) concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries as: 1. tribal peoples in independent countries whose social, cultural and economic conditions distinguish them from other sections of the national community, and whose status ...
FAQ Score 6.41614 Date 11/2022
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Hong Kong SAR, Kaiping and Macao SAR,Join participants and instructors from the University of Victoria and the Architectural Conservation Program at the University of Hong Kong (http://acp.arch.hku.hk/) to consider approaches to planning for the sustainable conservation and management of the remarkable heritage resources of Kaiping Diaolou and surrounding villages in ...
Events Score 6.4069195 Date 06/2007
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Call for participants: do you work with heritage places ICCROM is seeking 20 participants to take part in an Asian regional course on Promoting People-Centred Approaches to Conservation of Nature and Culture. This online course is open to: Heritage practitioners from the cultural and natural heritage sectors and other individuals working at a specific heritage ...
News Score 6.375436 Date 04/2021
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London, United Kingdom,22nd IIC Congress, London 2008Conservation and AccessThe 22nd IIC international Congress will take place in London, UK, 15-19 September 2008. The subject will be ‘Conservation and Access'.Encouraging physical and intellectual access to collections and sites is a major aim for cultural institutions. Conservators and conservation scientists play an ...
Events Score 6.375436 Date 02/2007
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,1. Abstracts or poster should be submitted electronically to: wh-info@unesco.org. and 2009seminar@fuuh.upv.es before 30 October 2008 and should include the following information: a. Author’s name, title and qualifications ;b. title of paper or poster;c. E-mail address;d. telephone number and fax number;e. institution name and complete postal address;f. abstract (500 ...
Events Score 6.351781 Date 10/2008
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Guatemala,Urban Pressure; Tourism Pressure; Lack of capacity in conservation techniques; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of monitoring system; Lack of institution coordination; Earthquake. ,In accordance with Committee decision WHC-03/27.COM/7B.92, a second ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission took place from 9 to 13 February 2004 with the ...
State of Conservation Score 6.334709 Date 06/2004
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Poland,a) Lack of management plan; b) Consultation with local communities.,Significant efforts by the State Party have been undertaken in the finalization of the Management Plan. From 30 November to 2 December 2006 an international consultation meeting on the Management Plan was organized by the authorities with the participation of the World Heritage Centre. The ...
State of Conservation Score 6.320527 Date 05/2007
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The project consists of four core activities The creation and the development of an Arabic language web site on the World Heritage in the Arab Region, in cooperation with the a regional partner (possibly the Al Ain Authority, from the United Arab Emirates); The development of, through pilot workshops in the field, of four training modules for the reinforcement of capacity ...
Activities Score 6.282133 Date 03/2022
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Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan),,The present report on the state of conservation of the Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls was prepared on the basis of information collected by the Centre[1]. The scope of this report is an assessment of the state of conservation of the World Heritage property of the Old City of Jerusalem in line with the guidelines for properties ...
State of Conservation Score 6.234771 Date 06/2004
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Cagliari, Italy,Mediterra 2009 aims principally to state the art of research, to study recent achievements in heritage conservation and architectural design, to increase university and professional training and to gather the network activities developed in the Mediterranean region. ContributionThis 1st Conference will include specialists from throughout the Mediterranean ...
Events Score 6.2095323 Date 03/2009
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The Eastern Tropical Pacific region is a vast swath of open ocean, coasts and islands that stretches from the west coast of Mexico to the northern tip of Peru. Its rich waters support some of the world’s most productive fisheries, and are home to wildlife found nowhere else on the planet. The region’s spectacular scenery and wildlife have made it a global tourism ...
News Score 6.2008376 Date 10/2016
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UNESCO and ICCROM held an online ceremony to mark the launch of their joint initiative “Improving Management Effectiveness of World Heritage in Africa” with representatives from UNESCO World Heritage, ICCROM, IUCN, the Ambassadors of Japan, Norway, South Africa and Switzerland, and other participants. This event marks the end of the first set of activities (from 6 December ...
News Score 6.2008376 Date 04/2022
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The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Baku since 30 June, decided to remove the site of Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works (Chile) from the List of World Heritage in Danger thanks to the national authorities’ measures to ensure its sustainable conservation and management. The Saltpeter Works were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2005 and, simultaneously, ...
News Score 6.1746273 Date 07/2019
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Graz, Austria, 7-12 October 2000 Interregional Seminar on World Heritage and Youth The workshop consisted of 3 working groups that focused on different aspects of the World Heritage Education. The first working group was "Challenges in Introducing World Heritage Education into classroom teaching and trough extra-curriculum activities"; the second group was working on the ...
Activities Score 6.1551356 Date 03/2022
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Malta,,The City of Valletta was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1980 under criteria (i) and (vi). Its monuments are protected on the national level by an Antiquities (Protection) Act of 1925. An ideal fortified town, founded in the XVlth century by the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Valletta has undergone very little alteration in its urban fabric and its ...
State of Conservation Score 6.119727 Date 11/1991
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Historic Jeddah Room: Al Faisaliah Hotel Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,International cooperation plays a pivotal role in safeguarding the cultural and natural heritage of outstanding universal value. The purpose of this side event is to highlight and commend the remarkable accomplishments and positive outcomes resulting from such cooperation and partnerships, in support ...
Events Score 6.1170073 Date 09/2023
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Egypt,Visitors management,The World Heritage Committee, at its 26th session, invited the State Party to submit a progress report on the preparation of a visitor-management plan for the monastery and on the implementation of the 1998 sustainable development plan (SDP) for the town of St Catherine.   On 5 March 2004, the Secretariat received from the State Party a ...
State of Conservation Score 6.10833 Date 06/2004
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The call for applications for the 3rd edition of the Master programme on "World Heritage at Work", offered by the University of Turin, the Polytechnic of Turin and the International Training Centre of ILO, in collaboration with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, is now open. The programme is intended for professionals involved in the management of a World Heritage ...
News Score 6.102055 Date 04/2010
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Warsaw, Poland,The Warsaw Recommendation on Recovery and Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage was developed at the conference entitled “The Challenges of World Heritage Recovery” held in Warsaw in May 2018. The event was attended by more than 200 participants representing all UNESCO regions. For the first time, in the capital of Poland, representatives of UNESCO, ICOMOS, ...
Events Score 6.0777016 Date 11/2022
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Sinja Valley contains the archaeological evidence of the capital city of the well organized and influential Western Malla or Khasa Kingdom of the 12th and 14th Century. After the 14th Century the Khasa Kingdom split into the Baise or Twenty-Two Kingdoms which existed until the unification of Nepal in the late 18th Century. Excavations have revealed the remains of old ...
Tentative Lists Score 6.0634503 Date 01/2008
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Earthwatch is offering its annual opportunity for funded training and mentoring in organisational and business management practices to protected areas in Africa. The application period is now open until 26 February 2016. Earthwatch and its Earth Skills Network are looking to recruit 6 protected areas, who will each nominate 3 members of staff for a training programme. The ...
News Score 6.0520444 Date 01/2016
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Post Title: Cultural Heritage Specialist Organisation: Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH) Location: Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain Closing Date: 18 April, 2017 Applications: All interested applicants should submit their CV to info@arcwh.org Background of ARC-WH:The Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage was established as a Category 2 Centre under the auspices ...
News Score 6.0434246 Date 03/2017
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China,Uncontrolled urban development and expansion of tourism-related facilities in and adjacent to the boundary of the property ; Negative impact of the rehabilitation projects on the protection of the traditional urban tissue of the historic centre. ,Following Decision 28 COM 15B.55 of the Committee at its 28th session (Suzhou, 2004) and at the invitation of the ...
State of Conservation Score 6.023314 Date 06/2005
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Call to produce additional innovative resource material on specific World Heritage sites The importance of preparing new multi-media educational material focused on specific World Heritage sites in respective countries was given emphasis by participants from twenty different countries at the International conference on World Heritage in Young Hands ‘A Dialogue among ...
Activities Score 6.0009036 Date 03/2022
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Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (Germany) is receiving applications for the Master’s programme in World Heritage Studies.   CONCEPT The international Master’s programme World Heritage Studies was developed around the UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Its curriculum reflects ...
News Score 5.987719 Date 06/2014
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Rome, Italy,Application deadline for the 3rd Course on Conservation of Built Heritage organized by ICCROM and which will take place from 5  March to 30 April 2010 in Rome, Italy ICCROM is pleased to announce the third training course on Conservation of Built Heritage in Rome.  ICCROM has been a pioneer in organizing courses in heritage conservation ...
Events Score 5.966317 Date 05/2009
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This section provides information about the 1972 World Heritage Convention and UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre. It includes answers to frequently asked questions in the following areas: World Heritage/The Convention The World Heritage List The Nomination of Sites World Heritage in Danger The World Heritage Fund Education Partnerships Publications The World Heritage ...
Pages Score 5.9358616 Date 06/2020
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The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and IUCN are deeply saddened by the loss of one of nature conservation’s leading lights. Dr Kenton R. Miller, a former IUCN Director General and globally-recognized leader in protected area management, has passed away. Kenton Miller served as IUCN Director General from 1983 to 1988 and recently finished a third term as Chair of IUCN’s World ...
News Score 5.9192953 Date 05/2011
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Forty-eight sites will be considered for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List of outstanding cultural and natural sites during the 28th session of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, which will meet at the Urban Planning Convention Center in Suzhou (China) from June 28 to July 7. UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura will address the inaugural session of the ...
News Score 5.9188914 Date 06/2004
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Lake Titicaca is the largest freshwater lake in South America and the highest of the world's large lakes. Titicaca is one of less than twenty ancient lakes on earth, and is thought to be three million years old. Lake Titicaca sits 3 810 m above sea level and is situated between Peru to the west and Bolivia to the east. Peruvian part is located in Puno department, in Puno ...
Tentative Lists Score 5.897412 Date 06/2005
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The call for applications for the IV° edition of the Master in "World Heritage at Work", offered by the University of Turin, the Polytechnic of Turin and the International Training Centre of ILO, in collaboration with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, is now open. The programme is intended for professionals involved in the management of World Heritage ...
News Score 5.8967795 Date 04/2011
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The 2017 International Day for Monuments and Sites is dedicated to the theme “Cultural Heritage & Sustainable Tourism”, chosen in relation to the United Nations International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development and in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals. In designating 2017 as the International Year ...
News Score 5.893751 Date 04/2017
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The master's programme in World Heritage Studies (WHS) at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany now opens its doors towards a full online study experience. The World Heritage Studies programme began in 1999 and its graduates from more than two decades have established a strong alumni network of professionals in the World Heritage field. Starting from October 2021, the programme ...
News Score 5.893751 Date 07/2021
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It is with deep sadness that UNESCO has learned of Professor Dawson Munjeri's death. He passed away at his home in Helensvale, Harare, on 29 April 2024. Professor Munjeri was an eminent scholar and ardent defender of the World Heritage of Africa and beyond. Professor Dawson Munjeri was a towering figure in the realm of heritage preservation, a guiding light of cultural ...
News Score 5.886383 Date 05/2024
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At the end of the 19th Century, the difficult conditions, persecutions, pogroms and restrictive laws against Jewish communities in the Russian Empire led to emigration to seek freedom to practice their religion, language and social traditions. Argentina offered those conditions and thousands of Jews emigrated to that country. From 1891 on, the Jewish Colonization ...
Tentative Lists Score 5.882289 Date 06/2015
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Students' recommendations We, the participants of the first Asia-Pacific World Heritage Youth Forum are here to express our views on the importance of preserving World Heritage. We can appreciate and see all these sites because our forefathers preserved them for us and in turn, it is our duty to preserve these for our children, so they too can appreciate them and be ...
Activities Score 5.8800564 Date 06/2022
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The synagogue was a revolutionary institution from its inception, embodying dramatic religious and social changes. It appears to have been a uniquely Jewish creation that influenced the subsequent development of the Christian church and the Muslim mosque. As its Greek name - synagogue - "place of assembly" - attests, it functioned as a community center, housing the ...
Tentative Lists Score 5.8576508 Date 06/2000
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Nepal, Management Systems/Management Plan Management activities Legal framework Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses Commercial Development (Impact of the new structure of the Maya Devi Temple constructed in 2002 on the archaeological remains and the main sight lines of the property) Interpretative and visitation facilities Air pollution Housing Industrial ...
State of Conservation Score 5.827477 Date 06/2024
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Izamal is known as the "Hill City" because it has in its urban zone, several archaeological vestiges located on the hill sides. The extension of the remains of pre Hispanic constructions as estimated could occupy an area of 10 kilometers square. Today city of Izamal was a remarkable site of the ancient Mayan civilization. It was probably the largest large city of plains of ...
Tentative Lists Score 5.8205976 Date 10/2008
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Lake Ohrid region,A Regional Course will take place in the Lake Ohrid region between 4 and 13 October 2016. This Course on Promoting People-Centred Approaches aims at providing heritage practitioners with the necessary tools to engaging communities in the conservation of natural and cultural heritage. The course is organized in the framework of the project “Towards ...
Events Score 5.812746 Date 10/2016
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University of Tsukuba, Japan,Heritage Conservation is an evolving practice, and one of the current debates focuses on identifying and recovering the connections between nature and culture sectors. This exchange has become instrumental for the interpretation, conservation and sustainable management of both natural and cultural heritage sites. The purpose of the Capacity ...
Events Score 5.80814 Date 05/2019
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Honduras,Construction of an airport in the archaeological area of Rio Amarillo, 17 km.  from the core zone of the World Heritage property.,In July 2004 the World Heritage Centre was informed by the Inter-American Development Bank of the project to build an airport in the region of Copan, within the framework of the “Mundo Maya” Programme, which aims to ...
State of Conservation Score 5.7675357 Date 06/2005
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The property is a mixed cultural and natural site covering the middle and upper reaches of the Sepik River basin including slopes of the Central Range and potentially the Torricelli and Prince Alexander mountains.    The Sepik River at 1126 km in length and covering an area of 7.7 million hectares is one of the world's greatest river systems.  It is the largest ...
Tentative Lists Score 5.7279525 Date 06/2006
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Turin, Italy,The call for applications for the new edition of the Master in "World Heritage and Cultural Projects for Development", offered by the University of Turin, the Polytechnic of Turin and the International Training Centre of ILO, in collaboration with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, is now open. The programme is intended for professionals involved in the ...
Events Score 5.7068515 Date 07/2014
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The Caribbean Capacity Building Programme (CCBP) is a long-term training programme focusing on cultural heritage management and aiming to create a Caribbean network of heritage experts. They, in turn, can share knowledge, know-how and expertise on the modus operandi of the World Heritage Convention and on heritage management in general. The CCBP was conceived to respond to ...
Activities Score 5.681251 Date 06/2022
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Morocco,Risks due to development pressures; need to preserve the landscape,At the end of 2004, the World Heritage Centre received information from the Institute of Archaeology of the University College London which, through a cooperative agreement signed with the Ministry of Culture of Morocco, collaborates with the authorities responsible for the property, in the fields ...
State of Conservation Score 5.6810074 Date 06/2005
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The Ciudad Universitaria - University City of Bogotá is currently located in the central area of Colombia's capital, but by 1936 - when it was created - the land upon which it was erected corresponded on the western side of the small city, which had seen until then a linear development between north and south. For this reason, the appearance of the University City ...
Tentative Lists Score 5.6751275 Date 09/2012
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Krakow, Poland,The World Heritage Convention sets out the responsibilities of the States Parties to identify, protect and manage natural and cultural heritage of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV). While appropriate conditions for proper protection are nearly always generated at State level, most of the obligations associated with World Heritage inscriptions are usually met ...
Events Score 5.665314 Date 06/2017
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Ethiopia,Agricultural Pressure; Logging; Poaching/Hunting; Lack of capacity in conservation techniques; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of monitoring system; Lack of human or financial resources; Lack of institution coordination,At the time of the preparation of the document, the State Party had not submitted the report requested by the Committee ...
State of Conservation Score 5.6652875 Date 06/2004
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Serial nomination including: Blombos (BBC), Border Cave (BC), Diepkloof (DKF), Klasies River (KR), Pinnacle Point (PP), Sibudu Cave (SC) and comparable sites relating to the emergence of modern humans.Homo sapiens, ancestors of all modern people, emerged about 200 000 years ago. Debates around the origin of these anatomically modern humans and the modernity of their ...
Tentative Lists Score 5.6404514 Date 04/2015
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The internationally recognized geomorphic term “Yardang” was originated from Uygur language which means small hill with steep escarpments, and proposed by Swedish explorer Sven Hedin as a formal technical expression when he was exploring the Lop Nor region of Northwest China in the early 20th century. It represents the ridge-like, castle-like, or hill-like erosional ...
Tentative Lists Score 5.6174917 Date 01/2015
251.
Sites of outstanding universal value inscribed on the World Heritage List - the Palace of Versailles in France, the historic centre of Prague in the Czech Republic and the old town of Cáceres in Spain, for example - can now be explored online by internet users around the world, thanks to an alliance signed by UNESCO and the international corporation Google.The agreement ...
News Score 5.614083 Date 12/2009
252.
Village of Abyaneh is one of the Iranian historical villages that contains some works from Sassanid period to the present time. It owns several unequal attributions just like the unique temple of "Herpak", a Chief mosque with a unique mihrab from Seljukian period, houses harmonious with climate and mountainous land. One can see Sassanid Pahlavic words in daily ...
Tentative Lists Score 5.5961237 Date 09/2007
253.
Iran (Islamic Republic of), Commercial development (issue resolved) Underground transportation infrastructure Housing Urban sewerage and water infrastructure Disaster Risk Management (anti-earthquake structural consolidation) ,On 1 December 2022, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, a summary of which is available at ...
State of Conservation Score 5.5883236 Date 07/2023
254.
The World Meteorological Organization is launching a series of climate change videos featuring TV weather presenters ahead of the COP21 climate conference (21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) to be held in France from 30 November to 11 December 2015. If humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions continue to ...
News Score 5.576891 Date 11/2015
255.
Krakow, Poland, 8 July—The World Heritage Committee this afternoon inscribed three cultural sites in Cambodia, China and India. The sites added, in order of inscription are: Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura (Cambodia) The archaeological site of Sambor Prei Kuk, “the temple in the richness of the forest” in the Khmer language, has ...
News Score 5.5734377 Date 07/2017
256.
No. Name of the component part Latitude and Longitude Latitude Longitude 01 Ajinatepa Buddhist monastery 37°47'52.70"С 68°51'16.00"В 02a Kalai Hulbuk 37°46'39.70"С 69°33'24.35"В 02b Shahristoni Hulbuk 37°47'0.50"С 69°33'37.47"В 02c Makbarai Shohoni ...
Tentative Lists Score 5.5611935 Date 12/2023
257.
The UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, initiated as a UNESCO special project in 1994, gives young people a chance to voice their concerns and to become involved in the protection of our common cultural and natural heritage. It seeks to encourage and enable tomorrow’s decision-makers to participate in heritage conservation and to respond to the continuing threats ...
Activities Score 5.5407124 Date 02/2024
258.
Ifrane, Morocco 22-28 November 1999 Objectives The Forum aims to stimulate young people's interest in preserving the world's cultural and natural heritage. The Forum will give participants the opportunity to exchange views among themselves and education and heritage conservation experts on how to protect cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value and will be ...
Activities Score 5.495975 Date 06/2022
259.
The Vice Premier of the People’s Republic of China, Ms Liu Yandong, pledged her country’s ambition to push her Government’s broad collaboration with UNESCO “to new heights” during a meeting with Director-General Irina Bokova in Qingdao on 23 May, on the eve of the International Conference on ICTs and post-2015 Education. On behalf of the Chinese Government, Ms Yandong ...
News Score 5.494619 Date 05/2015
260.
Amsterdam, the Netherlands,The Course According to the Emergency Events database EM-DAT, from 2000-2012, around 2.9 billion people were adversely affected by disasters caused by natural hazards (e.g., earthquakes, floods, storms etc.). Another 1.5 billion people are living in countries afflicted with civil strife and violent conflicts, states the World Development Report ...
Events Score 5.494619 Date 07/2014
261.
This year we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention: a unique legal instrument that protects both both cultural and natural heritage. Because of this, the World Heritage List includes the most spectacular sites across the globe, and continues to grow. The World Heritage Committee, made up of 21 elected countries, meets each year to assess the ...
Publications Score 5.482275 Date 01/2022
262.
The 14 World Heritage sites of Canada presented in this issue offer a fascinating pattern. Indeed, they reflect key aspects of the evolution of the very concept of World Heritage over the past 32 years. The sites predictably include historic cities like Old Québec and Lunenburg, great natural sites like Nahanni National Park, Wood Buffalo National Park, the Canadian ...
Publications Score 5.471928 Date 06/2008
263.
,The call for applications for the new edition of the Masters in "World Heritage and Cultural Projects for Development", offered by the University of Turin, the Polytechnic of Turin (for the English) and, University of Barcelona (for the Spanish edition) and the International Training Centre of the ILO, in collaboration with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and ICCROM ...
Events Score 5.4531736 Date 04/2018
264.
Brazil,a) Proposed development of hydropower dams; b) Pressure to re-open illegal road; c) Illegal logging and hunting; d) Uncoordinated developments; e) Lack of transboundary cooperation; f) Lack of sustainable financing; g) Problems associated with public use; h) Lack of a comprehensive public use plan.,On 11 March 2010, the World Heritage Centre received the State ...
State of Conservation Score 5.4418635 Date 06/2010
265.
Japan,,At it 28th session, the World Heritage Committee inscribed the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Sites in the Kii Mountain Range on the World Heritage List and requested the Japanese authorities to develop a more detailed management plan and medium-term strategy to address the sustainable management of both the natural and cultural aspects of the property. It was ...
State of Conservation Score 5.434663 Date 06/2006
266.
The Silk Roads encompass some of the most complex and fascinating systems in the history of world civilizations. A shifting network of roads and pathways for trade that evolved over centuries, it enabled the exchange of cargo such as silk, spices, gems, furs, but also shared art, religion and technology. It is also one of the first cultural ‘corridors’ to be inscribed on ...
Publications Score 5.416568 Date 11/2019
267.
The internationally accepted landform Yardang has origin in Uygur language, Xinjiang, China; it was Sven Hedin who made it a formal technical expression in the early 20th century; it means a weathing landform, mainly ridge-like, castle-like or hill-like in extremely arid region and some basins in arid region with a considerable scale, where the not totally solidified ...
Tentative Lists Score 5.396575 Date 01/2015
268.
Türkiye,,On 31 January 2013, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, including “The Draft Management Plan of Çatalhöyük Neolithic Site”. In accordance with the relevant regulations, the draft plan is currently in the process of submission to the Executive and Monitoring Council for evaluation and approval. Following the ...
State of Conservation Score 5.3922453 Date 05/2013
269.
Turin School of Development,Turin, Italy,The call for applications for the new edition of the Masters in "World Heritage and Cultural Projects for Development", offered by the University of Turin, the Polytechnic of Turin, (University of Barcelona for the Spanish edition)  and the International Training Centre of the ILO, in collaboration with the UNESCO World Heritage ...
Events Score 5.304812 Date 05/2016
270.
Türkiye, Concern over the situation prevailing in Diyarbakir (issue resolved) Buildings and development Ground transport infrastructure (roads) Water infrastructure Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation Management system/Management Plan ,On 4 December 2018, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at ...
State of Conservation Score 5.3029437 Date 06/2019
271.
The serial transnational nomination “Memorials to the Heroes of the Great Patriotic War: Brest Fortress and Mamayev Kurgan” (Republic of Belarus, Russian Federation) includes two large-scale memorial complexes associated with the beginning and the turning point of military operations on the Eastern Front of the World War II. World War II is the most significant event of ...
Tentative Lists Score 5.29312 Date 05/2024
272.
The serial transnational nomination “Memorials to the Heroes of the Great Patriotic War: Brest Fortress and Mamayev Kurgan” (Republic of Belarus, Russian Federation) includes two large-scale memorial complexes associated with the beginning and the turning point of military operations on the Eastern Front of the World War II. World War II is the most significant event of ...
Tentative Lists Score 5.29312 Date 05/2024
273.
The ‘Niger-Loire: Governance and Culture’ project, coordinated by the World Heritage Centre within the framework of the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement, and financed by the European Commission, was launched in Mali in November 2007 as a result of discussions initiated in 2004 on the development of the Inner Niger Delta and its inscription on the World Heritage List as ...
Activities Score 5.239277 Date 06/2022
274.
Christchurch, New Zealand, 23 June  - The Pacific region's traditional respect for both natural and cultural preservation was celebrated at the opening of the 31st session of the World Heritage Committee, chaired by Tumu te Heuheu of New Zealand, here Saturday.A traditional Powhiri welcome celebration took place at the Christchurch Town Hall auditorium to open the ...
News Score 5.229119 Date 06/2007
275.
Application Deadline: 8 January 2024 (Midnight Paris Time).  Application materials: CV and Motivation letter to be sent to: WH-Africa@unesco.org with copy to Jessica Roland Williams j.roland-williams@unesco.org The need to enhance capacities of African experts in heritage management and conservation is urgent. The World Heritage Capacity Building Strategy has acknowledged ...
News Score 5.223897 Date 12/2023
276.
Proposals are now being accepted for presentation at the International Conference entitled ‘African World Heritage as a Driver of Sustainable Development’, to be held from 31 May to 3 June 2016 at the World Heritage property, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, in Arusha Tanzania. Open to all concerned with the added value of World Heritage conservation and sustainable ...
News Score 5.2129474 Date 02/2016
277.
Spain,Enlargement of the Yesa Dam flooding a part of the Route;,The State Party confirmed the information provided last year to reduce the dimensions of the reservoir.  The compromise solution put forward for the Yesa Dam foresees reducing the affected stretch of the Route to a total of 4.2 km (instead of 9.4 km) - from 7.1 km to 3.4 km for the southern part and from ...
State of Conservation Score 5.1962595 Date 06/2005
278.
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 5.1926503 Date 06/2004
279.
The call for applications for the new edition of the Masters in "World Heritage and Cultural Projects for Development", offered by the University of Turin, the Polytechnic of Turin, (University of Barcelona for the Spanish edition)  and the International Training Centre of ILO, in collaboration with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and ICCROM, is now open. The programme is ...
News Score 5.149484 Date 07/2015
280.
India,Lack of management mechanism (including legislation), Lack of institution co-ordination. Additional Details: Rural development pressure ,According to the Progress Report submitted to the Secretariat by the State Party on 8 April 2004, the Hampi World Heritage Area Management Authority Act (2002) was adopted by the State Legislature of the Karnataka Government, ...
State of Conservation Score 5.0659075 Date 06/2004
281.
Canada,,The State Party submitted a report on 24 February 2005 regarding the development of a project to establish a toxic waste incinerator in Belledune (New Brunswick) some 36km from Miguasha National Park.  The report notes that petitions for an environmental assessment under the transboundary provisions of the Federal Canadian Environmental Assessment Act were ...
State of Conservation Score 5.0592575 Date 06/2005
282.
The history of Bratislava Judaism is very long, but mentions of the old Jewish cemetery we can date from 1640 only. In this year the Pálffy family rented this ground to the Jewish religious community. When the Chevra kadish was formed, the ground came into possession of the community (1694), the oldest tombstone is connected with the year 1670. The cemetery served until ...
Tentative Lists Score 5.0133324 Date 12/2002
283.
Indonesia,a) Development pressure; b) Uncontrolled vendors around the property; c) Lack of institutional co-ordination. d) Poor state of the stone bas-reliefs.,By letter dated 31 January 2007, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property. With regard to the points raised by the Committee in its Decision 30 COM 7B.65, the report provides ...
State of Conservation Score 5.009942 Date 05/2007
284.
Unite4Heritage is proud to present the video "The Value of Heritage" that raises awareness about the importance of safeguarding heritage for future generations. This video was produced by the UNESCO Beirut Office in the framework of the Emergency Safeguarding of the Syrian Cultural Heritage project, funded by the European Union and supported by the Flemish Government and ...
News Score 5.003806 Date 11/2016
285.
Solomon Islands, Changes to oceanic waters Commercial hunting Fishing/collecting aquatic resources (Over-exploitation of coconut crab and other marine resources) Forestry/wood production, Logging Invasive/alien terrestrial species Storms Mining Management systems/management plans (Management planning and administration of the property) Legal framework ...
State of Conservation Score 5.003695 Date 06/2019
286.
This year, International Youth Day focuses on the theme: "Safe spaces for youth". Youth is a decisive phase in personal development. It is the age when people venture into the unknown, seeking new horizons; it is a time of encounters, often memorable ones; it is a time of first commitments. However, youth is also a vulnerable age, when negative experiences can quickly lead ...
News Score 4.9869695 Date 08/2018
287.
Indonesia, Mining Human resources (Security limitations) Ground transport infrastructure (Development threats) Fishing/collecting aquatic resources (Exploitation of marine resources) Management systems/management plans (Absence of a co-ordinating agency, Absence of a finalized strategic management plan, Park boundaries not physically demarcated) Financial resources ...
State of Conservation Score 4.973834 Date 07/2023
288.
Lima, Peru 23 February - 1 March 2001 Objectives The main objective of the Forum was to find ways to protect the areas that are threatened by tourism. The global phenomenon of the increase of tourism forces authorities to plan and think of the potential impact that the circulation of voyagers has over a site. For this reason students and teachers of the Youth Forum put ...
Activities Score 4.9630823 Date 06/2022
289.
Istanbul, Turkey, 17 July—The World Heritage Committee this morning inscribed four new sites on the World Heritage List: the transnational serial site of The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan, Switzerland), along with sites in Antigua and Barbuda, Brazil and India. ...
News Score 4.934498 Date 07/2016
290.
13 May 2023 – World Migratory Bird Day highlights the importance of water for migratory birds and calls for more action to protect water resources and aquatic ecosystems. UNESCO World Heritage sites are crucial safe havens for all 12 migratory bird species that are celebrated today. Water is fundamental to life on our planet. Many migratory birds rely on aquatic ecosystems ...
News Score 4.929181 Date 05/2023
291.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,,  WHC:   The Centre has been informed by several individuals and through press articles of two development proposals in the vicinity of the site, which can have a potential impact on the World Heritage area. ICOMOS-UK has expressed its concern regarding this matter. In October 2002, a letter was received from ...
State of Conservation Score 4.9223566 Date 06/2003
292.
The Pharmaceutical Museum in Matanzas preserves and treasures Dr. Ernesto Triolet’s French Drugstore, founded on the 1st of January 1882 at Arms Square, currently Place of Liberty, in Matanzas. The drugstore was founded by pharmacists Don Juan Fermín de Figueroa, Cuban, and French Ernesto Triolet Lelievre. The pharmacy worked as such until January 16, 1964, and in May it ...
Tentative Lists Score 4.8753943 Date 12/2024
293.
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris,Is it possible to protect heritage in time of war This was the challenge facing UNESCO in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC) in 2000 and which led to the launch of the "Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: Conserving World Heritage Sites in the DRC" programme, developed with the United Nations Foundation, the ...
Events Score 4.8674664 Date 09/2004
294.
Libya, Vandalism Deliberate destruction of heritage Human Resources Conflict situation prevailing in the country Illegal activities ,On 8 February 2019, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report. An executive summary of this report is available at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/287/documents/. Progress in a number of conservation issues addressed by the ...
State of Conservation Score 4.8583336 Date 06/2019
295.
Gifu, Japan,This year marks the tenth anniversary of the International Conference on Virtual Systems and MultiMedia and the founding of the Society. VSMM 2004 continues to push the boundaries of Virtual Reality and Multimedia research by expanding upon the 2003 conference and presenting "VR and the Human Factor: Art, Science and Culture." To celebrate the tenth ...
Events Score 4.8276434 Date 11/2004
296.
Former Lester Institute of Technical Education, Wenyuan Building (3rd Floor), Tongji University,On 26 to 28 September 2023, Tongji University, as host, together with the College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP), World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and Pacific Region, a Category 2 Centre under the auspices of UNESCO (WHITRAP Shanghai), ...
Events Score 4.767511 Date 09/2023
297.
China,Urban Pressure; Tourism Pressure; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation). ,In accordance with decision 27 COM 7B.43 adopted by the 27th session of the World Heritage Committee in 2003, the State Party submitted a progress report to the World Heritage Centre on 16 January 2004. With regard to urban development pressure in Beijing and renewal of the ...
State of Conservation Score 4.764081 Date 06/2004
298.
Philippines,Lack of an effective site management authority and adequate legislation, absence of a finalized strategic site management plan, diminishing interest of the Ifugao people in their culture and in maintaining the Rice Terraces, lack of human and financial resources.,The State Party submitted a state of conservation report to the World Heritage Centre in December ...
State of Conservation Score 4.753415 Date 05/2005
299.
Lisbon, Portugal,In 2015, representatives of 195 countries met in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) to discuss the impact of climate change on societies, their livelihoods and their cultural heritage. Evidence suggests that torrential downpours, violent and unexpected storms, heat waves, new records in pollution and landslides are increasingly ...
Events Score 4.746219 Date 11/2016
300.
Montenegro,Earthquake; no new information 1979-2003,The World Heritage Committee, at its 27th session, decided to remove the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger and endorsed the proposal for a Round Table in order to involve all stakeholders in the preparation of a management plan for the property.   The organisation of the Round Table was made ...
State of Conservation Score 4.7258863 Date 06/2004
301.
Mixed Cultural/Natural PropertyThe property is a mixed cultural and natural site straddling the international border of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. This low-lying region of savannas, wetlands and monsoon forest habitats covers more than 10 million ha. The area is home to some of the largest and healthiest wetlands in the Asia-Pacific region. Combined with the Kakadu ...
Tentative Lists Score 4.7251186 Date 06/2006
302.
Peru,a) Delays in reviewing the Master Plan and developing detailed yearly operational plans, and inadequate budgetary support; 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 Trail; d) Delays in the ...
State of Conservation Score 4.7184052 Date 06/2007
303.
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 ...
State of Conservation Score 4.716202 Date 08/2023
304.
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 ...
State of Conservation Score 4.704647 Date 09/2023
305.
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 Housing ,On 23 February 2022, the State Party submitted a state of ...
State of Conservation Score 4.6873746 Date 07/2023
306.
Uganda,Tourism Pressure; Agriculture Pressure; Logging; Poaching/Hunting; Lack of capacity in conservation techniques; Lack of monitoring system; Lack of Presentation and interpretation; Lack of human or financial resources; Armed conflict; Civil unrest,As requested by the Committee, the State Party submitted a report in January 2004 prepared by the management authority of ...
State of Conservation Score 4.676674 Date 06/2004
307.
Arusha, Tanzania,The international conference " Safeguarding African World Heritage as a Driver of Sustainable Development" co-organized by UNESCO World Heritage Centre, United Republic of Tanzania and the People's Republic of China will be held from 31 May to 3 June 2016 at the World Heritage property, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, in Arusha (Tanzania).   Purpose of ...
Events Score 4.6685357 Date 05/2016
308.
,“Heritage has the ability to transcend language and it is an inherent part of our identity. It is a way to understand each other better”. This is how Victoria Kelly, one of the 28 participants to the European Young Heritage Professionals Forum, described the effect of cultural heritage on people and societies. With a background in both tangible and intangible cultural ...
Events Score 4.665062 Date 05/2019
309.
Historically, developments in Delhi took place in a triangular patch of land with River Yamuna on one side and the northern range of Aravalli hills on the other two sides. The wider regional importance of Delhi strategically stems from its location on an important trade route, the Uttarapatha that ran along the Gangetic plain and linked up to the Silk Route. Archaeological ...
Tentative Lists Score 4.661681 Date 05/2012
310.
Montenegro, Earthquake damage (issue resolved) Lack of Management System/Management Plan Inadequate legal framework Building and development (accelerated urban development and urban pressure) Ground transportation infrastructure (proposed major bridge at Verige and other proposed development projects) Lack of buffer zone (issue resolved) Major visitor accommodation and ...
State of Conservation Score 4.5977287 Date 06/2021
311.
Egypt, Earthquake in 1992 (issue resolved); Inappropriate reconstruction works (issue resolved);   Rise of the underground water level; Dilapidated infrastructure; Neglect and lack of maintenance; Overcrowded areas and buildings; Uncontrolled development; Absence of a defined protection perimeter for the property and of a comprehensive Urban Conservation Plan; Absence of ...
State of Conservation Score 4.5754576 Date 05/2007
312.
University of Tsukuba, Japan,UNESCO Chair on Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage Conservation  Capacity Building Workshop on Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage Conservation in Asia and the Pacific: Disasters and Resilience Dates: September 21 – October 1, 2018 Place: University of Tsukuba, Japan Organized by the UNESCO Chair on Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage ...
Events Score 4.5754576 Date 03/2018
313.
Spreading over almost 600 hectares, Chapultepec Woods constitutes one of the most important natural reserves in Mexico City. It has a certain variety of animal and tree species, including willow, eucalyptus, and ahuehuete, a Mexican coniferous tree. There are also various geological formations, from sand deposits to caves and holes located in the Hill itself The woods ...
Tentative Lists Score 4.527643 Date 11/2001
314.
Nearly two years after armed groups occupied northern Mali and destroyed cultural heritage there, an international conference will take place in the capital, Bamako, from 28 to 30 January to examine the long-term conservation of the country’s invaluable ancient manuscript collections. UNESCO’s Office in Bamako, Mali’s Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research ...
News Score 4.527643 Date 01/2015
315.
Camaguey, Cuba,The oldest tourist destination is the city, whose aim was at the beginning welcome travelers of religious pilgrimage. Other activities of this type were identified with significant milestones and trade routes, which were the initial basis and created a hosting infrastructure and food -inns, guest houses, taverns- both populations, villas or destination ...
Events Score 4.527643 Date 09/2014
316.
The Trans-Andean railroad is a unique railway, narrow-gauge (106.7 cm), 450 km long, built beginning in 1873 and, with the decided backing of the Liberal Revolution  led by Eloy Alfaro, completed and inaugurated in 1908, crossing through five provinces in Ecuador’s Highlands and Coast, with widely varied climatic zones, including primary forests. Set within a complex ...
Tentative Lists Score 4.5267687 Date 02/2016
317.
Uganda,a) Mining activities inside the property; b) Staffing and budgetary deficiencies; c) Degradation of buffer zone; d) Impact of tourism and climbing expeditions.,In February 2007, the State Party submitted a detailed report on the conservation and management status of the Rwenzori Mountains National Park (RMNP) covering the following issues: a) Park operations and ...
State of Conservation Score 4.5267687 Date 05/2007
318.
The Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia (Colombia), the Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe (Sudan), Wadi Rum Protected Area (Jordan) and The Longobards in Italy, Places of Power , 568 – 774 A.D. (Italy), and the Fagus Factory in Alfeld (Germany), have been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Inscriptions will continue on Monday. The Coffee ...
News Score 4.512247 Date 06/2011
319.
We are living in a time of unprecedented change. As we celebrate our marine treasures this World Oceans Day, we at UNESCO are also reflecting on the work needed to sustain them as sea levels rise, and the water grows warmer and more acidic. This year, the effects of climate change have been multiplied by a strong El Nino that has brought record-breaking temperatures to ...
News Score 4.505239 Date 06/2016
320.
Serbia, Lack of legal status of the property; Lack of legislative protection of buffer zones; Lack of implementation of the Management Plan and of active management; Difficulties to monitor the property due to political instability, post-conflict situation (visits under the Kosovo Stabilisation Force / United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (KFOR / UNMIK) ...
State of Conservation Score 4.4986577 Date 05/2018
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