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Argentina Argentine Argentina Аргентина الأرجنتين 阿根廷 The Argentine Republic
States Parties Score 1.8958491 Date 08/1978
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Canada Canada Canadá Канада كندا 加拿大 Canada
States Parties Score 1.8958491 Date 07/1976
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Republic of Korea République de Corée República de Corea Республика Корея جمهورية كوريا 大韩民国 The Republic of Korea
States Parties Score 1.8958491 Date 09/1988
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Situé dans le tissu ancien de la ville de Gao, quartier Aldjanabandja, le site de la Mosquée de Kankou Moussa couvre aujourd’hui 35 100 m² (3ha 51a). Ce site a abrité la mosquée historique construite par l’Empereur du Manden, Kankou Moussa, à son retour du pèlerinage à la Mecque en 1324. Gao, alors une dépendance de l’Empire du Mali, était l’un des points de rencontre des ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.8951986 Date 06/2021
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La rivière Oronte, de son nom assyrien « Aranton », conserve de part et d'autre de son parcours à partir de la région montagneuse de Baalbek au Liban où elle prend naissance jusqu'à la Méditerranée à 30 km en aval de la ville de Latakié, les vestiges d'un nombre considérable d'anciens petits lacs, retenues d'eau, barrages canaux, aqueducs, ponts, terres ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.8951986 Date 08/1999
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Definition The WHITR-AP is a non-profit organization specialized in the area of heritage conservation.  Furthermore, as a category 2 institute under the auspices of UNESCO, it is the first one that established in the developing countries.  It will be an autonomous institution at the service of Member States and Associate Members of UNESCO.  The Institute's mission is to ...
Partners Score 1.8943249 Date 03/2023
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Le Parc Naturel de Fogo est localisé dans la partie centrale de l'île du Fogo et se compose du volcan, le cratère, la Bordeira (rempart montagneux) et le périmètre de la forêt de Monte Velha. Le parc possède une superficie de 8468.5 hectares et est situé à la confluence de trois municipalités : Sao Filipe (1861 ha: 22% du Parc), Santa Catarina (4237 ha: 50% du Parc) et ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.8933274 Date 03/2016
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Dès le XVIIe siècle, le Charolais-Brionnais, qui pratiquait jusqu'alors une pluriactivité agricole, s'est orienté vers l'élevage à l'herbe des bovins. Le développement de cette activité, à partir d'une race locale initialement polyvalente, sélectionnée et améliorée sur ses aptitudes bouchères pour devenir une race de viande spécialisée (la race charolaise), s’est ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.8850379 Date 12/2018
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Antananarivo fut appelée Analamanga — la « forêt bleue » — jusqu’en 1610, année où le roi merina Andrianjaka fit construire son palais sur la plus haute colline de la ville (à plus de 1 300 m d’altitude) et y bâtit le tout premier Rova avec le palais Besakana pour y poster une garnison de 1 000 hommes. L’ancienne Analamanga prend alors le nom d’Antananarivo : la « ville ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.8773593 Date 02/2016
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Le village de Sya ou Dioulassoba est le noyau originel de la ville de Bobo-Dioulasso, capitale économique du Burkina Faso, située au Sud-Ouest du pays, à 365 kilomètres de Ouagadougou. Sya est situé au cœur de la ville de Bobo-Dioulasso, dans l’arrondissement de Konsa, à l’intérieur de la fourche formée par le marigot Houet à l’Est et le Sanyo à ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.8684796 Date 01/2012
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To be included on the World Heritage List, sites must be of outstanding universal value and meet at least one out of ten selection criteria. These criteria are explained in the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention which, besides the text of the Convention, is the main working tool on World Heritage. The criteria are regularly ...
FAQ Score 1.8663524 Date 12/2018
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Intangible cultural heritage is the practices, expressions, knowledge and skills that communities, groups and sometimes individuals recognise as part of their cultural heritage. Also called living cultural heritage, it is usually expressed in one of the following forms: oral traditions; performing arts; social practices, rituals and festive events; knowledge and practices ...
FAQ Score 1.8663524 Date 10/2022
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The Clubs, Centres and Associations for UNESCO are groups of volunteers of different ages and socio-professional status who become activists in the service of UNESCO’s ideals. Established under the aegis of the National Commissions for UNESCO, these Clubs, Centres and Associations are grouped into national, regional and international networks, for the purpose of acting in ...
FAQ Score 1.8663524 Date 11/2022
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The Fund for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage of Outstanding Universal Value, called "the World Heritage Fund", was established under Article 15 of the World Heritage Convention. Its resources consist primarily of assessed contributions by the States Parties of the Convention and may be used only for such purposes as the World Heritage Committee ...
FAQ Score 1.8663524 Date 11/2022
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Belgium Belgique Bélgica Бельгия بلجيكا 比利时 The Kingdom of Belgium
States Parties Score 1.8663524 Date 07/1996
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Poland Pologne Polonia Польша بولندا 波兰 The Republic of Poland
States Parties Score 1.8663524 Date 06/1976
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Portugal Portugal Portugal Португалия البرتغال 葡萄牙 The Portuguese Republic
States Parties Score 1.8663524 Date 09/1980
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Le Tata de Sikasso ou tarakoko selon une appellation locale, a été édifié sous le règne de Tièba, entre 1877 et 1897. L'ouvrage fut agrandi et renforcé par Babemba. Au moment du siège sans succès de Samory, quinze mois durant - de mars 1887 à juin 1888, il comptait trois enceintes concentriques : - le tata extérieur mesurant 9 km, épais de 6m à la base et de 2m au ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.8631122 Date 03/2009
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India, Construction of a dam (issue resolved); Bodo people insurgency; Destruction of Park infrastructures;  Illegal removal of vegetation; Poaching ,Principal issues: Rehabilitation following damage to infrastructure in 1992 due to rebel activities. Poaching on selected wildlife species. New information: At its twenty-fifth session in June 2001, the Bureau had noted that ...
State of Conservation Score 1.8631122 Date 10/2001
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Voies romaines et cités archéologiques d’Hippone ( Annaba) ; Calama ( Guelma) ; Thibilis (Announa) ; Thubursicu Numidarum (Khamissa), Madaure (M’daourouch); Thagaste (Souk Ahras) ; Castellum Tidditanorum (Tiddis) ; Thagura (Taoura ); Milev ( Mila); Sitifis (Sétif); Caesarea ( Cherchel ); Cartenae ( Ténès); Theveste ( Tébessa) et Tubunae ( Tobna).Parmi les pères de ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.8621883 Date 12/2002
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Les chutes de la Lobé sont situées à environ 6 kilomètres de la ville de Kribi, dans le département de l’océan, sur la côte Atlantique, province du Sud Cameroun. Le site est à 310 Km de Yaoundé la capitale du Cameroun en passant par la ville d’Edéa. Les chutes de la Lobé sont formées à partir d’un ensemble de plusieurs ruisseaux qui progressent en une série de cascades sur ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.8621883 Date 02/2018
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« EL GALA'A » (Kalaat-Senen) communément désignée à l'époque contemporaine par la « Table de Jugurtha » du nom du Roi numide Jugurtha qui s'est abrité sur la terrasse de la Table en guise de résistance au général romain Marius lors d'une bataille qui a été décisive dans l'histoire de l'Afrique du Nord et de l'Empire romain (107-105 av. J-C). Elle domine les plaines ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.8621883 Date 09/2017
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The four Nabatean towns of Haluza, Mamshit, Avdat and Shivta, along with associated fortresses and agricultural landscapes in the Negev Desert, are spread along routes linking them to the Mediterranean end of the incense and spice route. Together they reflect the hugely profitable trade in frankincense and myrrh from south Arabia to the Mediterranean, which flourished from ...
World Heritage Properties Score 1.854703 Date 07/2005
13215.
Les Tunnels ferroviaires de NJOCK sont situés dans le village de MINLOH MALOUME (chefferie du village MINLOH) dans la grande forêt du département du Nyong et Kéllé, région du Centre, plus précisément à 15 kilomètres de la ville d’ESEKA sur le tronçon ESEKA-MAKAK. Ce site est un ensemble de trois (03) tunnels réalisés à mains d'hommes dans un massif de rocher (Liaa). Les ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.85097 Date 02/2018
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L’aire naturelle terrestre de Djalélo est située dans la région d’Arta à 40 km de la capitale. Elle couvre une superficie d’environ 45 km² et abrite  la gazelle de Waller appelée aussi Gerenuk, (Litocranius walleri) ou encore  « gazelle girafe », une espèce endémique.  C’est une espèce  d’antilope qui a de longues pattes grêles et un cou élancé, ce qui lui doivent son nom ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.85097 Date 05/2015
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Caves in Kujang area are the underground karstic grottoes formed during the Quaternary of the Cenozoic Era in the limestone formations. Though their formation periods and lithological characters are same, they are different from one another in the size and scope according to the process of karstic evolution, as well as in the esthetical features according to the conditions ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.8495518 Date 05/2000
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The architectural complex of "Khazrati Shoh" i.e. mausoleum was built on the place of the grave of the saint, whose name was Khazra posho mir Khamza.There are many fragments of artistic carving on the ceiling, therefore the scientist suppose that the mausoleum was built of an old building or near it. Primarily it was square wooden mausoleum. There were columns in ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.8495518 Date 09/1999
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The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is still accepting entries for the 2004 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.The Awards programme recognizes outstanding conservation projects of the built heritage, undertaken by private sector entities or through public-private partnerships. Now in its fifth ...
News Score 1.8495518 Date 03/2004
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Christchurch, New Zealand, 28 June - The World Heritage Committee on Thursday took the unprecedented decision of removing a site from UNESCO's World Heritage List. The Arabian Oryx Sanctuary (Oman), home to the rare antelope, today became the first site to be deleted since UNESCO's 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage ...
News Score 1.8495518 Date 06/2007
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Béthanie - the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Landmark Heritage Campus has been awarded an Honourable Mention at the 2008 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Cultural Heritage Awards. An award presentation ceremony will take place on 9 December 2008 at the Béthanie campus. Officiating guests include Ms Béatrice Kaldun, UNESCO's China representative for Culture ...
News Score 1.8495518 Date 12/2008
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World Heritage site managers of 22 States Parties have been meeting in Yaoundé, Cameroon, since 21 June, 2010, to advance in the preparation of periodic reports in French and Portuguese-speaking African countries.The three-day sub-regional meeting, organized by the World Heritage Centre and the UNESCO Office in Yaoundé, was inaugurated on Monday 21 June 2010 ...
News Score 1.8495518 Date 06/2010
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Since the Kingdom of Bahrain became for the first time a member of the prestigious World Heritage Committee in 2007, one of the objectives has been to welcome the distinguished delegates of the States Parties to the Convention in our country. For the last four years, all the Bahraini authorities have been working on the preparation of this ...
News Score 1.8495518 Date 03/2011
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The MEA Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) Initiative brings together the UN, UNESCO, FAO and UNEP, and 12 global UN Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEA) to develop harmonized and interoperable information systems in support of knowledge management activities among MEAs for the benefit of Parties and the environment community at large. The Initiative is ...
News Score 1.8495518 Date 06/2011
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The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today expressed grave concern about the damage to Egypt’s Museum of Islamic Art, following the reported explosion of a car near the Police Security Directorate, which is located at Port Said Street in Cairo, in front of the main entrance of the Museum. “I firmly condemn this attack and the destruction it has ...
News Score 1.8495518 Date 01/2014
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UNESCO dispatched an expert mission to the Philippines from 4 to 11 December following the massive earthquake and powerful typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), which successively struck the central region of the country in October and early November 2013. The goal of the mission was to assist the Government and people of the Philippines in assessing the impact of the disasters on ...
News Score 1.8495518 Date 12/2013
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At its 38th session to be held in Doha, Qatar, from 15 to 25 June 2014, the World Heritage Committee will examine the state of conservation of 150 World Heritage properties.  The full reports are now publicly available through the World Heritage State of conservation Information System at the following Web address: whc.unesco.org/en/soc As part of the reactive monitoring ...
News Score 1.8495518 Date 05/2014
13229.
At its 41st session to be held in Krakow, Poland, from 2 to 12 July 2017, the World Heritage Committee will examine the state of conservation of 154 World Heritage properties.  The full reports on these properties are now publicly available through the World Heritage Centre’ State of conservation Information System at the following Web ...
News Score 1.8495518 Date 06/2017
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UNESCO expresses its deep concern over cyclone 'Amphan', which recently hit Bangladesh and eastern India, and wishes to express its deepest sympathy for the loss of human life and the material damage caused by this disaster, in solidarity with the people affected. On 20 May 2020, cyclone Amphan made landfall across the West Bengal-Bangladesh coast, which includes two World ...
News Score 1.8495518 Date 06/2020
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The World Heritage Centre and the advisory body for natural World Heritage, IUCN, are following with concern the situation in the immediate surroundings of the Galápagos Islands, where the massive presence of industrial fishing vessels from diverse nationalities has been repeatedly reported by media worldwide.  The state of conservation for the Galápagos Islands, including ...
News Score 1.8495518 Date 08/2020
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The International Committee on Historic Towns and Villages (CIVVIH) was established in 1982. The Committee deals with questions relevant to the planning and management of historic towns and villages. Its membership is made of experts who have different professional backgrounds related to historic town preservation. They come from ICOMOS member countries all over the world ...
Partners Score 1.8495518 Date 03/2024
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Italy Italie Italia Италия إيطاليا 意大利 The Italian Republic
States Parties Score 1.8495518 Date 06/1978
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Spain,,In May 1993 the World Heritage Centre received from an individual from Spain an extensive report suggesting serious problems as to the conservation of this World Heritage Site. The report pointed out that no appropriate institutional arrangements between the national, regional and local authorities were in place, that no restoration and conservation plans existed ...
State of Conservation Score 1.8495518 Date 10/1993
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Peru, Fragility of its adobe structures; Occupation of land by farmers ,The Chan Chan Archaeological Zone was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1986 in view of the fragility of its adobe structures. An extensive monitoring report on the conditions of the site, prepared in the context of the regional monitoring programme for Latin America, was presented ...
State of Conservation Score 1.8495518 Date 10/1995
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Dushanbe, Tajikistan,This workshop, organized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, will bring together the relevant authorities of each State Party in the sub-region (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), China, as well as international experts from UNESCO and ICOMOS, to discuss the serial  nomination of the Silk Road for inscription on the ...
Events Score 1.8495518 Date 04/2007
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Regensburg, Germany,The City of Regensburg, a German medieval town, which was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2006, will host this year's OWHC Northwest European Regional Conference The selected conference theme ‘Earth, Wind, Water, Fire - Environmental Challenges to Urban World Heritage’ fits perfectly into the concept of the United ...
Events Score 1.8495518 Date 09/2008
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Munich, Germany,The 8th Bamiyan Working Group meeting is organized by UNESCO (World Heritage Centre in close collaboration with UNESCO Kabul Office) for the 25th and 26th of March 2010 in Munich at the Munich Technical University in cooperation with ICOMOS Germany. The aim of the meeting is to advise UNESCO and the Afghanistan authorities on issues related to the ...
Events Score 1.8495518 Date 03/2010
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Seoul, Korea,Full and short paper submission deadline for the 16th Int'l Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia with a special track on Virtual Heritage. To be held October 20-23, 2010 in Seoul, Korea, VSMM 2010 will bring information technology and multimedia specialist together with leaders in Art, Science and Heritage to explore creative solutions to 21st Century ...
Events Score 1.8495518 Date 04/2010
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Samarkand, Uzbekistan,The 2nd UNESCO Sub-regional workshop on the Central Asian Rock World Heritage Nomination is organized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in close collaboration with UNESCO Tashkent Office, Almaty Office, Tehran Office, for the 6-10 September 2010 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan in cooperation with IICAS,(International Institute for Central Asian Studies) ...
Events Score 1.8495518 Date 09/2010
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,The National Museum of Cambodia, founded in 1920, possesses one of the world's greatest collections of Khmer artefacts. They include sculpture, ceramics and ethnographic objects from the prehistoric, pre-Angkorian, Angkorian and post-Angkorian periods. As an active member of the UNESCO/Japanese-Funds-in-Trust project “Revitalising World Heritage Site Museums in ...
Events Score 1.8495518 Date 02/2013
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Florence, Italy – S. Croce, sala del Cenacolo,Services for Culture: a visit of qualityPolicies,  best practices and experiences in managing services for the public at heritage sites. The audience and participants for the 5th Conference are all museums, monuments, libraries, archives and archaeological sites open to the public and under either public or private ...
Events Score 1.8495518 Date 07/2014
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UNESCO Headquarters, Paris,On 25 and 26 February 2016, scientific experts will convene at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, to discuss potential new World Heritage marine sites in the Arctic. The meeting is part of a new project led by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the New York-based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The ...
Events Score 1.8495518 Date 02/2016
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Room XI (Fontenoy),The World Heritage Centre is organizing an information and exchange session for the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention on the occasion of the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee (Istanbul, Turkey, from 1 to 20 July 2016).  This meeting will take place in Room XI (Fontenoy) from 10 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. on Tuesday, ...
Events Score 1.8495518 Date 06/2016
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Segovia (Spain),The Second Meeting of European World Heritage Associations is being organized by the Spanish Group of World Heritage Cities and the Segovia City Council, with the support of the Association des biens francais de patrimoine mondial (ABFPM), the Associazione Beni Italiani Patrimonio Mondiale and the Nordic World Heritage Network. The meeting will be held in ...
Events Score 1.8495518 Date 10/2016
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Grand Palais, South-East Gallery - 3, avenue du General Eisenhower, Paris 8th,Grand Palais, South-East Gallery - 3, avenue du General Eisenhower, Paris 8thFree admission| Every day (except Tuesdays) from 10 am to 8 pm and on Wednesdays until 10 pm. With exceptional digital techonologies, the Eternal Sites exhibition offers an unprecedented immersive experience at the heart ...
Events Score 1.8495518 Date 12/2016
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historic center of Zacatecas, Mexico,On 23 August 2017, the first meeting for the establishment of the Administrative Council of the Regional World Heritage Institute in Zacatecas, Category 2 Centre created under the auspices of UNESCO in 2010. The meeting will take place in the building "La Casa del Conquistador", where the Institute is located, situated in the historic ...
Events Score 1.8495518 Date 08/2017
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Suva, Levuka, Fiji,Workshop on “Heritage/Environmental Impact Assessments for the Pacific Island States” will be organized in Suva and Levuka, Fiji from 20 to 28 November 2017 by the World Heritage Centre and the World Heritage Institute of Training & Research for the Asia & the Pacific Region (WHITRAP), and in cooperation with the Department of Heritage and Arts ...
Events Score 1.8495518 Date 11/2017
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Boulogne-sur-mer, France,Nausicaa, the French National Sea Centre, is organizing the High Seas International Conference to raise public awareness and mobilize civil society on the challenges of the High Seas. The Conference takes place from 27 to 28 June 2018 in Boulogne-sur-mer and is co-organized with l’Agence Francaise pour la Biodiversite (AFB), the Food and ...
Events Score 1.8495518 Date 06/2018
13250.
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, Room IV,World Heritage and Sustainable Development: sharing experiences from Africa and China The World Heritage Centre, in collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund and the National Commission of the People’s Republic of China for UNESCO, organized the UNESCO-Africa-China Forum on World Heritage Capacity Building and Cooperation, from ...
Events Score 1.8495518 Date 06/2019
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The International Coordination Committee for the Safeguarding of Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage (ICC) was formed in 2002 to coordinate all international efforts for the safeguarding of cultural heritage in Afghanistan. UNESCO was entrusted with coordinating all such activities by the Afghan government. The mandate of this Committee as defined in its Statutes as approved ...
Activities Score 1.8495518 Date 03/2022
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The 13th Bamiyan Expert Working Group Meeting met at the Technical University of Munich, Germany (1-3 December 2016), and released important recommendations for future safeguarding actions at the Bamiyan World Heritage site, Afghanistan. The Governor of the Bamiyan province, the Deputy Minister of Culture of Afghanistan, accompanied by high-ranking officials from the ...
News Score 1.8412644 Date 12/2016
13253.
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 1.8412644 Date 04/2022
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Australia, Invasive Species Legal and illegal long-line fishing ,On 31 January 2013, a report on the state of conservation of the property was submitted by the State Party. The report gives an overview of the implementation and preliminary results of the Macquarie Island Pest Eradication Plan, the State Party’s findings regarding the dieback of the Macquarie Cushion ...
State of Conservation Score 1.8412644 Date 05/2013
13255.
Côte d'Ivoire, Conflict and political instability (issue resolved) Lack of management control and of the accesses to the property Poaching Encroachment: human occupation and agricultural pressure Bush fires Illegal gold panning Boundaries: reduction of the surface of the Park ,The State Party has continued its efforts in terms of improving the surveillance mechanism and ...
State of Conservation Score 1.8412644 Date 06/2021
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Salonga National Park is Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve. Situated at the heart of the central basin of the Congo river, the park is very isolated and accessible only by water. It is the habitat of many endemic endangered species, such as the dwarf chimpanzee, the Congo peacock, the forest elephant and the African slender-snouted or 'false' crocodile. ...
World Heritage Properties Score 1.8412644 Date 11/1984
13257.
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 ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.8411279 Date 05/2008
13258.
Le bien se trouve affecté comme Monument Historique National par Résolution du Pouvoir Exécutif Nº 584/86 du 14 d'août 1986. De ce fait, il se trouve aussi inclus comme Bien d'Intérêt Municipal, par Décret du Législatif Départemental de Montévideo Nº 26864 du 5 d'août 1995. La Rambla parcourt trois zones qui se trouvent sous protection ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.8399014 Date 06/2010
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Use of the World Heritage emblem, or logo, is strictly regulated and determined by the World Heritage Committee, with guidelines for its use defined in Chapter 8 of the Operational Guidelines. Please note that before using the World Heritage logo in any form, authorization from the appropriate UNESCO National Commission is required. Click here for more information ...
FAQ Score 1.8377597 Date 12/2018
13260.
Ramsar sites refer to sites listed on the List of Wetlands of International Importance, also known as the Ramsar List. These sites are designated because they meet the Criteria for identifying Wetlands of International Importance. The first criterion refers to Sites containing representative, rare or unique wetland types, and the other eight cover Sites of international ...
FAQ Score 1.8377597 Date 11/2022
13301.
Czechia Tchéquie Chequia Чешская Республика الجمهورية التشيكية 捷克 The Czech Republic
States Parties Score 1.8377597 Date 03/1993
13302.
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Pays-Bas (Royaume des) Países Bajos (Reino de los) Нидерланды (Царство Царство) هولندا (مملكة) 荷兰 (王國的) The Kingdom of the Netherlands
States Parties Score 1.8377597 Date 08/1992
13303.
Ecuador, Earthquake of March 1987;  Overpopulation; Heavy traffic ,[Oral report by ICOMOS and the Secretariat] 
State of Conservation Score 1.8377597 Date 12/1993
13304.
Les Califes omeyyades de Damas (660 av. J.C – 750 av. J.C) se firent construire dans la steppe de magnifiques palais appelés «Châteaux du Désert » parce qu'ils se situaient sur la lisière du désert syrien, loin de la Capitale et de ses tracasseries ainsi que des regards indiscrets des habitants et où ils pouvaient s'adonner au plaisir de la ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.8371483 Date 08/1999
13305.
Historique du Palais des Princes Evêques Le premier palais épiscopal a été construit par Notger (972-1008) en même temps que la cathédrale qui lui faisait face. Le Prince-Evêque accorde la même importance aux deux bâtiments. Le bâtiment était certainement construit en colombage, sur un niveau de pierre. Il sera détruit par un incendie en 1185. Il est ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.8350245 Date 08/2008
13306.
The property includes several group and individual tombs - totalling about 30 individual tombs - from the later period of the Koguryo Kingdom, one of the strongest kingdoms in nowadays northeast China and half of the Korean peninsula between the 3rd century BC to 7th century AD. The tombs, many with beautiful wall paintings, are almost the only remains of this culture. ...
World Heritage Properties Score 1.8274014 Date 07/2004
13307.
The Dutch Water Defence Lines represents a defence system extending over 200 km along the edge of the administrative and economic heartland of Holland. It is comprised of the New Dutch Waterline and the Defence Line of Amsterdam. Built between 1815 and 1940, the system consists of a network of forts, dikes, sluices, pumping stations, canals and inundation polders, working ...
World Heritage Properties Score 1.8235314 Date 07/2021
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This site, comprising several protected areas, is situated predominantly along the Great Escarpment on Australia’s east coast. The outstanding geological features displayed around shield volcanic craters and the high number of rare and threatened rainforest species are of international significance for science and conservation.Extension of the "Australian East Coast ...
World Heritage Properties Score 1.8199229 Date 12/1994
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International assistance requests under the World Heritage Fund are evaluated by both the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee, namely ICOMOS and ICCROM for cultural or mixed heritage and IUCN for natural or mixed heritage.International assistance requests for US$30,000 or less are evaluated by the World Heritage Centre only. The ...
FAQ Score 1.8100296 Date 06/2022
13310.
On 10 November 2011 UNESCO’s General Conference adopted the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape by acclamation, the first such instrument on the historic environment issued by UNESCO in 35 years. The Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape does not replace existing doctrines or conservation approaches; rather, it is an additional tool to integrate ...
FAQ Score 1.8100296 Date 11/2022
13311.
Any World Heritage property that consists of two or more areas which are physically unconnected but related, for example because they belong to the same geological or geomorphologic formation, biogeographic province or ecosystem type, and which together are of OUV; such value would not necessarily exist if its component parts were considered individually (see Operational ...
FAQ Score 1.8100296 Date 11/2022
13312.
State of Conservation or “SOC” reports are the result of the Reactive Monitoring process, which is the reporting by the Secretariat, other sectors of UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the Committee on the state of conservation of specific World Heritage properties that are under threat. These reports on the state of conservation of selected properties are examined each ...
FAQ Score 1.8100296 Date 11/2022
13313.
Refers to the properties ‘broader setting’, which paragraph 112 of the Operational Guidelines describes as: “The broader setting, may relate to the property’s topography, natural and built environment, and other elements such as infrastructure, land use patterns, spatial organization, and visual relationships. It may also include related social and cultural practices, ...
FAQ Score 1.8100296 Date 11/2022
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