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Saudi Arabia Arabie saoudite Arabia Saudita Саудовская Аравия المملكة العربية السعودية 沙特阿拉伯 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
States Parties Score 1.9418848 Date 08/1978
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Founded in 1599, the Fortress of "Muxima" is placed in the district of Muxima on the left bank of the Kwanza River, Province of Bengo. It deals with the first prison of the angolan occupation period. It helped the advance of penetration to the interior of the angolan territory and assured the defence against the angolan people who offered resistance to the portuguese ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.9392527 Date 11/1996
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The Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions (BLG) is a coordinating mechanism among Conventions for joint activities and shared tools in the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, maximizing outcomes from limited resources in accordance with UN goals. The meeting was hosted by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and took place at UNESCO Headquarters ...
News Score 1.9392527 Date 04/2009
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One of the largest restoration projects in the history of the United States is underway at Olympic National Park World Heritage site in Washington. Begun in September 2010, the removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams on the Elwha River will result in salmon populations swelling from 3,000 to more than 300,000 as all five species of Pacific salmon ...
News Score 1.9392527 Date 11/2011
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The International World Heritage Expert Meeting on Criterion (vi)  and associative values which took place in Warsaw, Poland, 28-30 March 2012, adopted its recommendations at a closing session today. The conclusions and recommendations will be presented to the 36th session of the World Heritage Committee in Saint Petersburg  June 2012. The meeting appreciated the ...
News Score 1.9392527 Date 03/2012
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Dr. Sami El-Masri, Deputy Director General for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority, with the Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Mr Kishore Rao, opened today the International Expert Meeting on Integrity for Cultural Heritage. The meeting is held from 12 to 14 March 2012, in Al Ain and is hosted by the United Arab Emirates in ...
News Score 1.9392527 Date 03/2012
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25 years of Council of Europe cultural routes celebrated in Colmar, France, 21-23 November 2012 The Colmar Forum, organized by the secretariat of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes and the European Institute of Cultural Routes marked 25 years of existence of the Council of Europe’s cultural routes programme. It was attended by around 130 people, ...
News Score 1.9392527 Date 11/2012
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On 24 November 2015, at the occasion of a visit to Viet Nam to attend the celebration of the 70th anniversary of UNESCO, Mechtild Rossler, Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, visited Ha Long Bay World Heritage site. Accompanying her were Mr. Le Hoai Trung, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of Viet Nam National Commission for UNESCO, and Mr. Pham ...
News Score 1.9392527 Date 11/2015
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The Trinidad and Tobago National Commission for UNESCO, in collaboration with the National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago and the Tourism Development Company organized in Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) on 1st and 2nd November 2016, the Second Workshop on the World Heritage Convention. This international workshop was conceived with the support of the World Heritage ...
News Score 1.9392527 Date 11/2016
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The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is closely monitoring the state of conservation of the World Heritage site of Venice and its Lagoon.  Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1987, Venice faces several threats from overtourism, damage caused by a steady stream of cruise ships, and from the potential negative effects of new developments. The site is also highly vulnerable ...
News Score 1.9392527 Date 11/2019
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The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, on Monday received Ahmad Jalali, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and discussed tensions in the Middle East with particular regard to heritage and culture. The Director-General recalled the provisions of the 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and the 1972 ...
News Score 1.9392527 Date 01/2020
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Equilibrium promotes positive environmental and social change by linking targeted research to field application. It works with groups ranging from local communities to United Nations agencies. Major issues include forest conservation, protected areas, organic agriculture and environmental impacts of trade. Equilibrium offers a consultancy service and also runs its own ...
Partners Score 1.9392527 Date 07/2012
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Greece,Impacts of tourism; Lack of human resources to ensure the protection of the site,Following the sixteenth session of the Committee, the Centre learnt that the construction of an olive-packing unit was foreseen at this World Heritage site and, by letter of 12 March 1993, requested the Greek authorities for information about this project. By letter of 25 ...
State of Conservation Score 1.9392527 Date 10/1993
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Trieste, Italy,The twenty-ninth General Conference of UNESCO, held in 1997, decided to activate Article 29 of the World Heritage Convention concerning the submission of Periodic Reports on the state of implementation of the World Heritage Convention (Section I) and the state of conservation of World Heritage properties (Section II). The periodic reports will also help ...
Events Score 1.9392527 Date 03/2004
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,Every year on 18 April, ICOMOS celebrates the “International Day for Monuments and Sites”, whose establishment was approved by the 22nd UNESCO General Conference in 1983. The theme for 2012 is World Heritage in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. The aim of the International Day for Monuments and Sites is to encourage local communities ...
Events Score 1.9392527 Date 04/2012
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,In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, the World Heritage Volunteers 2012, 'Beyond territories and boundaries', will hold 50 Patrimonito work camps at 40 World Heritage sites in 25 countries around the world. The projects will involve 33 youth organisations and some 700 volunteers who will cross borders, share their cultures, ...
Events Score 1.9392527 Date 04/2012
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,Within the framework of the Japanese Funds-in-Trust project "Capacity Building to Support the Conservation of World Heritage Sites and Enhance Sustainable Development of Local Communities in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)", two national workshops for the Atlantic Ocean SIDS are scheduled to discuss the most urgent and relevant issues on World Heritage for the State ...
Events Score 1.9392527 Date 11/2012
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Kyoto, Japan,UNESCO Chair Program on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management: International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 2013 Application deadline: 27 May 2013Applications should be E-mailed in Word or PDF Format to dmuchitc@st.ritsumei.ac.jp by May 20, 2013 (Japan Standard Time). Theme of 2013 ...
Events Score 1.9392527 Date 09/2013
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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 ...
Events Score 1.9392527 Date 02/2016
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,On the occasion of the Latin American and the Caribbean Week, which takes place from May 29 to June 2 2017, the Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC), with the support of the World Heritage Centre, have organized a multimedia exhibition devoted to "World Heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean" The main objective of the exhibition is to show the richness of the ...
Events Score 1.9392527 Date 05/2017
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Fatima, Portugal,The International Congress on Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage will be organized jointly by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Ministry of Economy of Portugal and the Municipality of Ourem.  Taking note of the United Nations (UN) declaring 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, the congress will discuss how ...
Events Score 1.9392527 Date 11/2017
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Rome, Italy,The World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO, Shanghai Centre (WHITRAP-Shanghai) in collaboration with CNR (National Research Council of Italy), ICVBC (Institute for the Conservation and Valorization of Cultural Heritage, Rome) is organizing an Advanced Training Activity on "Historic ...
Events Score 1.9392527 Date 06/2018
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Online,World Heritage Governance – Being prepared to manage change and continuity The 4th edition of the World Heritage Site Managers' Forum was held online from around the world from 7 to 13 July 2021.  92 participants coming from 85 World Heritage properties around the world joined to discussed together with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Advisory Bodies (ICCROM, IUCN ...
Events Score 1.9392527 Date 07/2021
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A la fin du Crétacé, il y a 65 millions d’années, une énorme météorite percuta la Terre avec des conséquences catastrophiques. Avant le cataclysme, les dinosaures et d’autres groupes de reptiles dominaient la terre, les mers et les cieux. Leur extinction laissa le champ libre aux mammifères et aux oiseaux. La météorite, d’environ 10 Km de diamètre, tomba près de l’actuel ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.937502 Date 02/2016
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The area of old carved stone in SAPA lies mainly in the MUONG HOA valley where there are settlements of ethnic minority people in Sapa District, Lao cai Province, 350 km in the Noth-West of Hanoi. Carved stone here has been discovered since long time ago. ln 1925, a French scholar coming here discovered more than 30 pieces of stone that had been carved with various ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.937502 Date 11/1997
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Bangkok, Thailand,Draft agenda Venue: UNESCO Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (PROAP)920 Sukhumvit Road (between soi 40 and 42) Tel: (66-2) 391-0879 ext.146 Thursday 20 November 8.00-8.30 Registration 8.30Welcome by Mr Victor Ordonez, Director of UNESCO PROAPIntroduction of participants 9.00LEAP-PROJECT STRUCTURE AND OBJECTIVESPresentation by Mr Richard ...
Events Score 1.937502 Date 11/1997
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