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Tunisia,Construction of dams; hunting; grazing and air pollution,In response to studies of the drying up of this wetland, the Permanent Delegation of Tunisia has written the Tunisian authorities to suggest it be inscribed on the danger list.
In response, the Minister of Agriculture noted that mitigation measures to safeguard the site are underway and that it is not ...
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Cet ensemble de trois sites comprend : Le Tata, palais fortifié du Sultan Sénoussi.Les grottes de Kaga-Kpoungouvou.La ville de Ndélé. L'ensemble de ces biens représente l'histoire associée au plein épanouissement du Sultanat du Dar-El-Kouti vers la fin du XVIIIème et début du XIXème. La Centrafrique a longtemps été un point de passage pour les migrations qui ont ...
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WHC-10/34.COM/16
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La grotte de Matupi est un des sites archéologiques majeurs de l'Afrique subsaharienne. Il a livré une séquence d'occupation s'étendant sur plus de 40.000 ans.
Les niveaux les plus profonds sont datés entre 32.000 et > 40.700 avant le présent. Ils ont fourni une des plus vieilles industries microlithiques du monde.
Les niveaux inférieurs (entre c. 140-185 cm) sont ...
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The Succulent Karoo biome is an internationally recognized biodiversity hotspot, and is the world's only arid hotspot. The 116 000 km2 biome extends from the south-west through the north-western areas of South Africa and into southern Namibia. The biome is home to 6 356 plant species, 40% of which are endemic and 936 (17%) of which are listed in the Red Data Book. In ...
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The World Heritage Committee consists of representatives from 21 of the States Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, elected by the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention.
The current composition of the Committee is: Argentina, Benin, Chile, China (Chair), Colombia, Egypt, India, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, ...
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On 13 March 2009 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the latest maps of World Heritage sites produced by the Belgian universities of Louvain (UCL) and Gand (UGent), with the financial support of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO) were officially presented to the Congo Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN).
The General Director for the ...
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UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and Panasonic Corporation on 3 June announced a strategic partnership agreement to promote sustainable development through World Heritage conservation and environmental education for the next generation.
"This new partnership with Panasonic will strengthen our ability to accomplish our mission," said Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director General. ...
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From 7 to 9 November 2011, experts from the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) undertook an advisory mission to examine development projects affecting the World Heritage site "Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Sevilla", inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1987.
At its three last sessions, the World Heritage Committee discussed ...
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UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre welcomes the U.K. government's decision to reject the planning permission for the Navitus Bay Wind Park proposal offshore from the World Heritage property Dorset and East Devon Coast, often referred to as Jurassic Coast.
This decision followed a detailed application review process which took into consideration the importance of the World ...
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The international workshop “Strengthening of the capacities of national and local teams in the preservation of the stone structures of Qhapaq Nan” was held from 21 to 23 June 2017 in the municipality of Alausi, Ecuador. The workshop was the second activity conducted within the framework of the project “Support of the strengthening of the participatory management system of ...
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UNESCO expresses its full support to the Argentinian fire-fighters and authorities regarding the fire that broke out on the night between 25 and 26 January 2024 in the Eastern side of the World Heritage site of Los Alerces National Park in Argentina, located in northern Patagonia.
We commend the hundreds of Argentinian fire-fighters working to bring the blaze under ...
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On 22 July 2024, the Republic of Nauru officially deposited its instrument of ratification of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972), with the UNESCO Director-General Ms Audrey Azoulay. With this new ratification, the UNESCO World Heritage Convention now has 196 States Parties making the Convention one of the most ...
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Zimbabwe,Poaching,IUCN reported to the 13th Session of the Bureau that Mobil Oil was about to begin an oil exploration programme in the Zambesi valley including the above reserve.
On request of the Zimbabwe Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, IUCN prepared environmental impact guidelines to be built into the contract between Mobil and the Government. ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Political uncertainties,
New settlements in the Park,
Gold mining,
Livestock grazing,
Destruction of vegetation,
Poaching,
Agricultural encroachment,
Over-exploitation of fish populations,
Lack of financial resources
,Virunga National Park was included on the List of World Heritage in Danger in December 1994, due to the tragic events in ...
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Ecuador,
Fire (issue resolved);
Limited protected area;
Over fishing;
Tourist pressure;
Lack of financial resources
,The Committee, at its last session in Merida, Mexico, decided to "include the Galápagos National Park in the List of World Heritage in Danger, effective 15 November 1997, unless a substantive written reply by Ecuador is received by 1st May 1997, and the ...
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Mount Emei World Heritage site, Sichuan Province, China,The third International Conference on Natural World Heritage will take place at Mount E'mei World Heritage site in Sichuan Province of China from 5 to 8 November 2007. With support from the World Heritage Centre, this conference will be co-organized by China's Ministry of Construction, the Chinese National ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, Paris,Following the 167th session of the Executive Board, the Director-General of UNESCO was authorized to create an International Co-ordination Committee for the Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage of Iraq. Its first session was held on 24- 25 May, 2004 and the second on 22 - 23 June, 2005.In addition to Iraqi experts, the Committee is comprised of ...
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Vilm, Germany,Organized by: the World Heritage Centre, UNESCO, IUCN, and the Natural Heritage Protection Fund (Russia) with support from the German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety at the International Academy for Nature Conservation, Isle of Vilm.
The Seminar dealt in lectures, case studies and discussions with the following ...
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Warsaw, Poland,At its 35th session (UNESCO, Paris, 2011), and within the wider framework of the Revisions to the Operational Guidelines, the World Heritage Committee welcomed “the offer of the Government of Poland to host an expert meeting on criterion (vi) in the first quarter of 2012 and requests the World Heritage Centre to report on the results of this meeting to the ...
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Gyeongju, Republic of Korea,From 24 to 26 September 2014, the OWHC’s Regional Secretariat for Asia-Pacific will hold its first regional conference in the city of Gyeongju, Republic of Korea.
The conference is organized in close cooperation with the Gyeongju Municipal Government, the UNESCO Bangkok Office, the Korean National Commission for UNESCO, the Cultural Heritage ...
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Strasbourg, France,The Association of World Heritage Properties in France (ABFPM) and the City of Strasbourg, in cooperation with the World Heritage Centre, with the support of the Ministry of Ecology and the Ministry of Culture of France, are organizing the “First Meeting of World Heritage Associations in Europe” on 15 to 16 October 2015 in Strasbourg (France).
The ...
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,Thanks to the support of Thailand, the International consultative workshop on conservation and management of the World Heritage of religious interest, focused on Asia-Pacific (2017), will be held in Bangkok and Nakhon Phnom Province of Thailand from 17 to 19 May 2017.
The three-day workshop is organized by the Thai National Commission for UNESCO in cooperation with the ...
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,As the climate crisis intensifies, both cultural and natural World Heritage sites face growing and unprecedented challenges. In response, the Heidelberg Center for Cultural Heritage (HCCH) and ICOMOS Germany will convene a high-level roundtable on 2 July 2025, bringing together scholars, policymakers, site managers and international partners to identify concrete avenues ...
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This partnership builds on state-of-the-art digital visual and sound processing technologies for the production of short digital TV documentaries on Heritage using Hi-Vision technology as well as quality 3-D moving images and reconstruction images related to heritage.
These videos have been edited and adapted especially by UNESCO for online access. They are part of the NHK ...
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The Task Force on the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention was established by the 23rd session of the World Heritage Committee in Marrakesh, Morocco, 29 November - 4 December 1999.
The Committee determined that the Task force, chaired by Canada, would include Australia, Belgium, Hungary, Morocco, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, and the advisory bodies (ICOMOS, ...
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Le territoire bissau-guinéen est divisé en deux zones principales: la zone continentale et la zone insulaire, communément appelée l'Archipel des Bijagós, constituée par 88 îles et îlots parmi lesquels 23 sont habités. C'est la zone la plus riche en Guinée-Bissau, en termes de la biodiversité.L'Archipel des Bolama-Bijagos occupe une superficie totale de plus de ...
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All four clusters of Magadansky Reserve are separated from each other, rather hard-to- reach and have no settlements or constant transport roads. Each cluster has its own distinctive features in locality appearance, climate conditions, composition of flora and fauna.
Clusters of the Magadansky Reserve are located within the Northern Far East mainland mountain and upland ...
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The 2nd South East European (SEE) World Heritage Youth Forum for peace and sustainable development was held from 6 to 11 April 2013 in Zajecar, eastern Serbia, home of the Gamzigrad – Felix Romuliana / Palace of Galerius World Heritage site.
At the opening ceremony on 7 April, the message delivered on behalf of Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO, stated: "Our theme ...
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An expert meeting for the preparation of the serial transnational World Heritage nomination “Silk Roads: Fergana – Syrdarya Corridor” took place in Kyzylorda (Kazakhstan) on 14 November 2016, as follow-up to the Almaty Agreement adopted on 24–25 November 2015 during the Fourth Meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the World Heritage Serial Nomination of the Silk Roads ...
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Since 1995, KOBI Graphis has been supporting the World Heritage Centre by contributing to the promotion of the properties protected over the World Heritage Convention. It helps in safeguarding and raising awareness among the youth through publishing. KOBI Graphis publishes and commercializes World Heritage calendars on behalf of the Japanese company, Matsushita Electric ...
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Following the launching in December 2006 of the Patrimonito Storyboard Competition organized by the World Heritage Centre in coordination with the UNESCO Associated Schools, the contest results are now available.
Four hundred students from the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda registered to take part in the Competition. They submitted ...
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World Heritage is the designation for places on Earth that are of outstanding universal value to humanity and as such, have been inscribed on the World Heritage List to be protected for future generations to appreciate and enjoy. Places as diverse and unique as the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, Galápagos Islands in Ecuador, the Taj Mahal in India, ...
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Countries (or States Parties) submit nomination proposals to the World Heritage Committee. If the Committee determines, based on the recommendations of its Advisory Bodies (ICOMOS and IUCN), that the nomination meets at least one of the necessary criteria, then the property proposed by the State Party is inscribed on the World Heritage List. In general, the Committee adds ...
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Disaster risk management is the application of disaster risk reduction policies and strategies to prevent new disaster risk, reduce existing disaster risk and manage residual risk, contributing to the strengthening of resilience and reduction of disaster losses.
Annotation: Disaster risk management actions can be distinguished between prospective disaster risk management, ...
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“Cultural diversity” refers to the manifold ways in which the cultures of groups and societies find expression.
These expressions are passed on within and among groups and societies.
Cultural diversity is made manifest not only through the varied ways in which the cultural heritage of humanity is expressed, augmented and transmitted through the variety of cultural ...
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Ecosystem services are processes by which the environment produces benefits useful to people, akin to economic services. They include:
Provision of clean water and air;
Pollination of crops;
Mitigation of environmental hazards;
Pest and disease control;
Carbon sequestration.
Accounting for the way in which ecosystems provide economic goods is an increasingly popular area ...
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The vision of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme is that the world's documentary heritage belongs to all, should be fully preserved and protected for all and, with due recognition of cultural mores and practicalities, should be permanently accessible to all without hindrance.
The mission of the Memory of the World Programme is:
To facilitate preservation, by the ...
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Usually referred to as simply the Operational Guidelines, these help to explain the implementation of the Convention. They include procedures for:
inscription of properties on the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger;
protection and conservation of World Heritage properties;
granting of International Assistance under the World Heritage ...
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Située au pied d'une colline dans un paysage de plaine, la cour Royale de Tiébélé forme un espace circulaire irrégulier d'environ 1,2 ha. On y accède au sud-ouest par l'entrée principale. On distingue plusieurs éléments caractéristiques: le Pourou, butte sacrée où sont enterrés les placentas des membres de la famille, le nabarê, l’autel de l’ancêtre, le ...
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Les îles Ehotilé ont été érigées en Parc National par le décret N074-1 79 du 25 avril 1974 sur l'initiative des Communautés locales (cas unique en Côte d'lvoire et même en Afrique de l'Ouest).Milieu naturelLe Parc National des Iles Ehotilé est un ensemble de 6 îles (Assokomonobaha, Balouaté, Meha, Nyamouan, Elouamin et I'île sacrée Bosson Assoun) situées en ...
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L'emplacement choisi pour Dura Europos tient à sa position stratégique au point où la route qui va d'Antioche, la capitale méditerranéenne de l'empire séleucide, à Séleucie-du-Tigre, la capitale babylonienne, descend du plateau pour longer l'Euphrate. L'intérêt d'une telle position n'avait pas échappé aux maîtres de la région dans les périodes antérieures à la ...
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L'antique cité d'origine phénicienne (Antaradus) enlevée aux Musulmans par les Croisés garde des vestiges vivants de ce passage qui a duré deux siècles (fin Xle fin Xllle siècle) et qui l'a entièrement façonnée, la transformant en un bastion des Frans parmi les plus stratégiques du bord de la Méditerranée d'où, grâce à son port, elle assurait la liaison ...
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L’espace appelé Gourma au Mali concerne trois régions (Mopti,Tombouctou et de Gao). La zone s’étend sur 83 millions d’hectares (environ 83.000 km²), à l’Est du Mali, entre le fleuve Niger et la frontière du Burkina Faso. Le Gourma est limité au Nord et à l’Est par le fleuve Niger, à l’ouest et au sud par les collines et falaises du pays Dogon. Le Gourma est une vaste zone ...
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The UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, adopted in 2001, is intended to enable States to better protect their submerged cultural heritage.
The main principles laid out in the Convention are the obligation to preserve underwater cultural heritage, the prioritization of in-situ preservation and the stipulation that underwater cultural ...
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WHC-12/36.COM/14
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WHC-12/36.COM/10D Follow-up of the second cycle of the Periodic Reporting exercise for Africa Region
WHC-12/36.COM/10D
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WHC-10/34.COM/5E
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Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iran (République islamique d') Irán (República Islámica del) Иран (Исламская Республика) إيران (جمهورية - الإسلامية) 伊朗(伊斯兰共和国) The Islamic Republic of Iran
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Les Mégalithes de Djohong sont situés à 80 km de Meiganga dans le Département du Mbéré. « Tazunu » est l’appelation locale de ces mégalithes. Dans le cas présent, il désigne aussi le village où les mégalithes sont situés. Le monument mégalithique est constitué de deux pièces dont l’une reste toujours plantée au sol et l’autre en position renversée et doublée. La première ...
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Mexico,Urban development pressures in the areas surrounding the property,The State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property on 7 February 2012.
The report was compiled by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and includes information on the process of assessment of the physical state of conservation of the inscribed property ...
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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.
,On 25 January 2013, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report that addresses the progress made in the ...
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WHC-2000/CONF.202/INF.6
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Cette zone d'environ 20 000 hectares comprend la Réserve Naturelle de Camargue ainsi que d'autres aires protégées adjacentes. Ce delta, ensemble naturel et artificiel de zones humides, de marais, de prairies et de landes, continue d'évoluer du fait des sédiments en provenance des Alpes, transportés jusqu'en Camargue par le Rhône. Grâce à une combinaison ...
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The Mbaracaya Forest Nature Reserve (MFNR) consists of 64,405.7 hectares, located in the eastern region of Paraguay near the Brazilian border, an area with small landholdings and numerous cattle rancHng establishments in the Mbaracaya Range (Karapa). In the east there are various properties, ranches and two indigenous communities of different ethnic partialities, and in ...
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The Bagçesaray Palace of the Crimean Khans is a compact architectural ensemble consisting of 17 buildings and 9 inner closed courtyards. The total area of the ensemble is about 500000 square meters (including 7190 m of the built-up area).
The Bagçesaray Palace of the Crimean Khans was built in the third-fourth decades of the 16 century. The oldest dated construction of ...
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Rabati Malik Caravanserai is constructed according to the order of Karakhanid Shams-al-Mulk Nasr, son of Tamgachkhan Ibragim ruled in Samarkand from 1068 until 1080.
Only its portal has reached until now from the old huge caravanserai on the surface of the ground. The portal of caravanserai - one of the most ancient place in the territory of the Central Asia portals - ...
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The International Workshop and Expert Meeting "Starlight Reserves and World Heritage - scientific cultural and environmental values", was held in Fuerteventura, Spain, from 10-11 March 2009. It was attended by 32 participants and experts from 10 countries including representatives of private organizations, companies, the tourism industry, NGOs, scientific bodies ...
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Germany,Floods.
Additional Details:
Infrastructure development pressure ,Concerning the floods, the requested update report on the rehabilitation works in the World Heritage property had not been received by 1 February 2004. By letter of 13 April 2004, the German authorities informed the Centre that the situation at the site is basically unchanged since the last ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo,,By letter of 21 February 1984, the State Commissioner for Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism of Zaire requested the Director-General of Unesco to consider the possibility of placing Garamba National Park on the List of World Heritage in Danger due to the critical situation of its white rhinoceros population.
The ...
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Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre National Park (Italy),1st Training Workshop on "Conserving World Heritage Natural Sites and Cultural Landscapes in South-Eastern Europe - Managing cultural landscapes"Following the launch of the joint project on World Heritage natural sites and cultural landscapes in South-Eastern Europe at the symposium held from 16-18 October 2006 in Osnabruck, ...
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Ghent and Ostend, Belgium,CLIMATES OF HERITAGE CONSERVATION: Responding to the Challenge of Global Climate Change throughPublic Engagement and Social Innovation
This three-day colloquium will focus on the immediate and obvious significance of the impacts of global climate change to the Low Countries, namely rising sea levels and increased river flooding. Papers ...
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Stone Town of Zanzibar, Tanzania,More than half of the Earth's population now lives in an urban area, and over the past three decades, due to the sharp increase in the world's urban population, historic cities have become subject to new threats.
In order to address conservation and planning issues of historic cities, the Recommendation on Historic Urban Landscapes is ...
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Juba, South Soudan,A Regional workshop on Tentative Listing for East African Countries will take place in Juba, South Sudan from 3 - 5 September 2012. The workshop is organized jointly by Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports, South Sudan in partnership with the African World Heritage Fund and UNESCO Juba Office with generous support from the Government of Netherlands ...
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Quito, Ecuador,[in French only] Dans le cadre de la commémoration des 40 ans de la Convention du patrimoine mondial, le Centre du patrimoine mondial de l’Organisation des Nations unies pour l’éducations, la science et la culture (UNESCO) et la municipalité de Quito ont organisé le Forum International « Patrimoine ...
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Touho, New Caledonia,We are pleased to announce that the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in cooperation with the Conservatoire des Espaces Naturels de Nouvelle-Caledonie (CEN) will organize the UNESCO Asia Pacific World Heritage Project on Marine Biodiversity & Climate Change Awareness among Youth from 7 to 13 April 2014 in Touho, New-Caledonia.
Contributing to the 2014 ...
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Mpala Research Centre, Kenya,The Earth Skills Network is a unique partnership between the conservation world and business, which provides training on business planning and effective management practices to protected areas, World Heritage sites, sites on the tentative list, protected area agencies or management authorities in Africa. The call for applications for the 2014 ...
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National Technical Museum, Prague, Czech Republic,On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UNESCO, the Czech National Heritage Institute is hosting an international conference on risk factors observed during periodic, annual or ad hoc monitoring, in the Czech Republic and abroad.
This conference brings attention to the organisation’s wide scope of action in World ...
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Lucio Costa Centre, Brazil,From the 3 to the 7 October 2016, the Category 2 Centre, Lucio Costa Centre in cooperation with the Latin American and the Caribbean unit of the World Heritage Centre will hold the “Workshop on the fundamental concepts and methodologies for the implementation of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage ...
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,The challenges experienced by the World Heritage properties are the symptoms of crises of global magnitude. The solution-oriented discussions around the future of our World Heritage therefore, require expertise well beyond the realm of heritage.
UNESCO launches “50 Minds for The Next 50” to convene fifty leading, innovative, bold, respected thinkers of our times from ...
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,African Heritage Sites Facing Climate Change is a series of workshops and capacity-building sessions launched in partnership with the Foundation for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage in Rabat. This initiative is aimed at site managers, mentees, experts, representatives of civil society, institutional stakeholders, cultural heritage professionals, and young Africans. ...
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Save Venice Inc. brought three projects in the Church of San Francesco della Vigna to completion during the year.
The Cappella Badoer-Giustinian was restored in memory of one of the founding fathers of the international private organizations for Venice, John MacAndrew, and his wife Betty. The chapel is faced with relief sculptures that were probably salvaged from an ...
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The decoration, carried out at the end of the 18th century for the wedding of Alvise Querini di Zuanne and Maria Teresa di Francesco, consists of stucco work in the pre-neoclassical style, with marmorino borders in shades of green and pink.The ceiling is covered with a series of frescoes, the centre-piece being the Allegory of Dawn, by Jacopo Guarana, surrounded by other ...
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Bura appartient à un ensemble de sites de cette partie de la moyenne vallée du Niger qui traversent l'ouest de la République du Niger sur 450 km ; sur un parcours de 250km de long et environs 150 km de large entre la frontière Malienne et les méandres du « W ».Le site de Bura se trouve dans un cirque d'environ 1 km de diamètre ouvert vers le sud-est et dominé par ...
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Cet ensemble de villes englobe les principales villes fortifiées de la zone frontalière du nord, qui s'étend sur les régions françaises du Nord - Pas-de-Calais et de Champagne-Ardennes, la Belgique et les régions sud des Pays Bas. Ces villes bastionnées constituent, au coeur du nord-ouest de I'Europe, à les rivages de la mer du Nord et les reliefs plus tourmentés des ...
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Le Bassindu du fleuve Niger (du seuil de Markala au lac Débo) couvre une superficie de plus de 4 119 500 hectares. Riche en ressources naturelles et présentant des écosystèmes variés (lacs, plaines, forêts inondables, bourgoutières), il est la plus vaste zone humide continentale d’Afrique de l’Ouest et la seconde pour l’Afrique après le delta de l’Okavango au Botswana.
La ...
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As per Article 8(1) of the World Heritage Convention (or Rule 49 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Heritage Committee), the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention meets during the sessions of the General Conference of UNESCO.
During its session, the General Assembly determines the uniform percentage of contributions to the World Heritage Fund applicable ...
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La voie romaine Bavay-Tongres est une section d'un des axes majeurs de la Gaule septentrionale qui reliait deux points stratégiques, la Mer du Nord depuis Boulogne jusqu'au Rhin à Cologne.
Afin d'assurer la maîtrise du territoire après la conquête de la Gaule par César, les Romains entreprirent la création d'un réseau de chaussées s'articulant autour des villes, chef ...
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Kamabulon ou Case Sacrée de Kangaba : 11° 56’ 31’’ N 8° 24’ 37’’ W
Site de KurukanFuga : 11° 56° 998’’ N 8° 24’ 420’’ W
L’Arche de Kamandjan : 12° 23’ 111’’ N 8° 21’ 598’’ W
Kamablon ou Case Sacrée de Kéniéro : 12° 22’ 934’’ N 8° 31’ 269’’ W
Le bien dénommé « Sites historiques et paysages culturels du Manden » est un bien en série composé du Kamabulon, de la Case ...
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Depending on their amount, International Assistance requests under the World Heritage Fund are approved by
the Director of the World Heritage Centre, when the request is for US$5,000 or less;
the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, when the request is between US$5,001 and US$30,000 (but between US$5,001 and US$75,000 for emergency assistance requests);
the World ...
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The "Policy document on the impacts of climate change on World Heritage properties" was adopted by the 16th General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention. It touches on synergies between conventions on the issue; identification of future research needs in this area, legal questions on the role of the World Heritage Convention with regard to suitable ...
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According to Article 5(d) of the World Heritage Convention, the States Parties are required to:”[…] take the appropriate legal, scientific, technical, administrative and financial measures necessary for the identification, protection, conservation, presentation and rehabilitation of this heritage ”.
The World Heritage Operational Guidelines (paragraph 97) further states ...
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The World Heritage Convention defines natural heritage as:
natural features consisting of physical and biological formations or groups of such formations, which are of Outstanding Universal Value from the aesthetic or scientific point of view;
geological and physiographical formations and precisely delineated areas which constitute the habitat of threatened species of ...
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World Heritage Resource Manuals are tools available to help States Parties in their implementation of the World Heritage Convention.
Consult the Resource Manuals
UNESCO, ICCROM, ICOMOS and IUCN. 2010. Managing Disaster Risks for World Heritage. Paris, UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
UNESCO, ICCROM, ICOMOS and IUCN. 2011. Preparing World Heritage Nominations.(Second edition). ...
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37 C/REP/13
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WHC/21/44.COM/10B
13456.
WHC/17/41.COM/6
13457.
WHC-15/39.COM/6
13458.
WHC-13/37.COM/6
13459.
WHC-14/38.COM/6
13460.
Brazil Brésil Brasil Бразилия البرازيل 巴西 The Federative Republic of Brazil
13461.
Japan Japon Japón Япония اليابان 日本 Japan
13462.
Russian Federation Fédération de Russie Federación de Rusia Российская Федерация الاتحاد الروسي 俄罗斯联邦 The Russian Federation
13463.
United States of America États-Unis d'Amérique Estados Unidos de América Соединенные Штаты Америки الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية 美利坚合众国 United States of America
13464.
Côte d'Ivoire,Poaching, gold prospection, tree-felling, and subsequent encroachment,IUCN has brought this site to the attention of the Committee four times since 1982, recommending it for consideration in the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The values of the park have been considerably eroded since it was inscribed through gold mining, poaches, illegal settlement and ...
13465.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Poaching;
Managerment issues (issue resolved);
Civil unrest
,Since the Committee included this property in the List of World Heritage in Danger, at its last session in December 1996, the eastern regions of the country where this site is located have become further destabilised. Infrastructure of the Park has been damaged and ...
13466.
Türkiye,Management issues (issue resolved) ,IUCN has received preliminary worrying reports on the state of conservation of Hierapolis-Pamukkale World Heritage site. The reports note that the limestone cliffs are becoming discoloured. Furthermore, despite the authorities prohibiting visitors from entering the travertines, and the placement of signs ...
13467.
Le Turó de la Seu Vella de Lleida a été expliqué comme un paysage de la mémoire, un jalon monumental et un patrimoine situé dans un vide urbain. Le complexe, au coeur de la ville de Lleida, sur un promontoire qui centre géographiquement une grande plaine alluviale, présente trois éléments architecturaux qui composent le patrimoine le plus significatif et symbolique des ...
13468.
13469.
Le site métallurgique de Begon II est situé dans la partie sud du Tchad à environ 150 km de Moundou. L'agglomération la plus proche, Bessao, est à 50 km du site. Le site se trouve à 1,5 km du village de Begon II. Le site couvre une superficie de près de 1800m², et se trouve exactement sur les deux berges d'une vallée appelée « Ka-Ngoi-Bar ».
Les populations qui ...
13470.
Les tumulus de terre, communément appelés mbanaar en Wolof, sont des monuments funéraires réalisés avec du sable. C’est un mode opératoire qui a été décrit très tôt (XIe siècle) par le géographe Andalou Al Beckri parlant de la sépulture du roi de Ghana. à l’origine, le défunt, accompagné de certains membres de sa cour ainsi que d’un important mobilier et de généreuses ...
13471.
Director-General of UNESCO expresses solidarity with the people of Myanmar after earthquake in Bagan
25 August – The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has expressed her profound sympathy to the government and people of Myanmar after the devastating 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar, including the ancient city of Bagan, causing loss of life and extensive damage to nearly 200 historic monuments and iconic pagodas.
“I wish to express my sincere ...
13472.
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, will undertake a mission to Honolulu (USA) from 1st September to 3rd September to participate in the World Conservation Congress organized by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), an advisory body to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.
The main purpose of IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii is to bring ...
13473.
In the framework of the 2nd phase of the UNESCO/Japanese Funds-in-Trust project on “Support for Documentation Standards and Procedures of the Silk Roads World Heritage Serial and Transnational Nomination in Central Asia”, the World Heritage Centre and the UNESCO Office in Tashkent in cooperation with the Principal Department for the Preservation and Utilization of Cultural ...
13474.
Vienna, Austria,Managing the Historic Urban Landscape
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the City of Vienna are pleased to announce this international conference, co-organized by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, which will take place in the Vienna City Hall from 12 to 14 May 2005.
About ...
13475.
Ghent and Ostend, Belgium,5th Annual Ename International Colloquium To be held 18th - 20th March 2009 in Ghent and Ostend, Belgium
Climates of Heritage Conservation
Responding to the Challenge of Global Climate Change through Public Engagement and Social Innovation
This three-day colloquium will focus on the immediate and obvious significance of the impacts of global ...
13476.
School of High Studies in social sciences (EHESS) in Paris,On 26 and 27 June 2013, an international colloquium on African cultural policies will be held: cooperation, models and strategies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (École des hautes études en sciences sociales -- EHESS) in Paris, France.
This two-day event ...
13477.
Florence, Italy,In the framework of the implementation of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting in Europe and North America, the National Focal Points for Periodic Reporting from the Mediterranean Europe sub-region met in Florence, Italy from 17 to 18 September 2013.
The workshop included a practical training session on the use of the Periodic Reporting questionnaire, ...
13478.
,The Final Meeting for the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise in the Europe Region will take place at the World Heritage property "Fortress of Suomenlinna" on 1-2 December 2014, and will be followed by a field visit to two World Heritage properties.
During the meeting, the results of the analysis for the Second Cycle of Periodic Reporting in Europe will be ...
13479.
,According to the latest IUCN World Heritage Outlook, 75 percent of the 50 UNESCO marine World Heritage sites are threatened by invasive alien species.
This month's online meeting with marine World Heritage managers will highlight the latest innovations in prevention and eradication of invasive alien species.
Invasive alien species often result in drastic habitat changes ...
13480.
WHC-15/20.GA/10
13481.
The Amudarya State Nature Reserve was established in 1982 and covers a total of 48 500 ha. It is split into three separate sites in the middle reaches of the Amudarya River: Nargiz (45 100 ha), Gabaklinskiy (1 200 ha) and Gereldinskiy (2 200 ha); in which the valley flood plain tugais, idge-hillocks and barkhan sands, and salt pans of the Turan lowlands are well ...
13482.
Capitale des Trara bâtie sur le revers de djebel Filaoussene par Abdelmoumen Ben Ali en 1150 sur les ruines d’une cité berbère. Elle a accueilli de nombreux immigrants andalous chassés par la reconquista. Elle devint un important centre de textile au 16 ème siècle.C’est une ville étagée sur les flancs du djebel Filaoussène entre 400 et 500 m d’altitude sur un site ...
13483.
Le complexe archéologique de Tchitundu-hulu est situé au sud de l’Angola dans la Province du Namibe. Il se trouve dans l’orle do désert du Namibe, dans la localité de Capolopopo, municipalité de Virei et à 137 km de la ville capitale. Il s’agit d’un ensemble formé par trois collines granitiques, dont plusieurs sites d’art rupestre s'y trouvent : L’une des cavités ...
13484.
Maijishan Mountain is placed on the first list of state key scenic spots by its peculiar grottoes, exquisite clay sculptures luxuriant vegetation, all kinds geologies and landforms, mountain peaks. Its main area is 142km2 including Maijishan Grottoes, the Immortal Cliff, the Stone Gate, Quxi Stream and Jieting Hot Spring.
Maijishan Grottoes was first built in Later Qin ...
13485.
Le site de gravures rupestres d’Abourma est situé au nord de la République de Djibouti, sur le massif de Makarrassou de la région de Tadjourah. Il est le plus important du pays.
Ce site exceptionnellement riche d’Abourma, recèle d’un art rupestre de la préhistoire. Il livre sur près de trois (3) km de gravures rupestres, une variété de thèmes qui traduisent les ...
13486.
L'origine de l'usine Menier remonte au début du XIXe siècle, avec Jean Antoine Brutus Menier, de souche angevine. Puis sous l'impulsion de quatre générations successives va se développer à Noisiel, en liaison avec les plantations de cacaoyers que possédait au Nicaragua cette dynastie un ensemble industriel de première importance tant dans sa conception que dans sa ...
13487.
Badhyz is one of the most spectacular nature reserves in Central Asia. It encompasses three main types of landscape:
1. The north and west consists of the plateau and hilly ridges of the Gezgyadyk range in the foothills of the Eastern Kopetdag mountains, and is deeply dissected especially to the west where there are deep stony gorges.
2. To the east the mountains fall away ...
13488.
In the Framework of Priority Africa, UNESCO intends to empower African institutions and professionals to safeguard better and promote UNESCO World Heritage properties on the Continent.
Capacity development is, therefore, one of the hallmarks of the new Strategy for World Heritage in Africa. For that, the World Heritage Centre (WHC), in close collaboration with the African ...
13489.
Spain,High-rise development in the vicinity of the property.,Further to the World Heritage Committee’s discussion at its 34th session (Brasilia, 2010) and Decision 34 COM 7B.100, the State Party invited an ICOMOS advisory mission to the property, by letter dated 10 December 2010, in order to assess the state of the construction work on the Torre Pelli - Cajasol ...
13490.
Georgia,Major reconstruction of the structure of Bagrati Cathedral; general need for interior and exterior conservation work of the monuments; insufficient coordination between the Georgian Church and the national authorities.,The State Party submitted a state of conservation report on 1 February 2005 which outlined in great detail the current condition of each of the ...
13491.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea,
Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation (Need to develop tourism management and interpretation plans)
Management systems/Management Plan (Need to further develop the monitoring system to ensure coordination between the monitoring bodies)
,On 26 February 2019, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation, which is ...
13492.
Since 2012, Google has been working with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre to promote the Outstanding Universal Value of World Heritage sites. The partnership focuses on making World Heritage properties accessible to everyone through the Google’s World Wonders Project. The project offers people around the world the ability to visit the sites virtually in order to bring ...
13493.
According to the World Heritage Sustainable Development Policy, the World Heritage Convention promotes environmental sustainability:
“by valuing and conserving places of outstanding natural heritage value, containing exceptional biodiversity, geodiversity or other exceptional natural features, which are essential for human well-being.” (Article 13).
The policy also applies ...
13494.
ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) is an international intergovernmental organization based in Rome, Italy. Established by UNESCO in 1956, ICCROM’s statutory functions are to carry out research, documentation, technical assistance, training and public awareness programmes to strengthen conservation of ...
13495.
Reactive Monitoring 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. To this end, the States Parties shall submit specific reports and impact studies each time exceptional circumstances occur or work is undertaken which may have an ...
13496.
The World Heritage Capacity-Building Strategy (WHCBS) was approved by the World Heritage Committee at its 35th session (Paris, 2011) (Decision 35 COM 9B). The Strategy was developed by ICCROM and IUCN in collaboration with ICOMOS, the World Heritage Centre, and other The Capacity Building Strategy is organized according to the “5Cs” that represent the established strategic ...
13497.
13498.
WHC-12/36.COM/8D
13499.
WHC-13/37.COM/8D
13500.
WHC-13/37.COM/18B
13501.
WHC-14/38.COM/5F
13502.
13503.
13504.
WHC/16/40.COM/12
13505.
38 C/REP/19
13506.
WHC-13/37.COM/15.Rev
13507.
WHC/18/42.COM/6
13508.
WHC/19/43.COM/6
13509.
Nashville (USA),The 2005 Conference explores how heritage development compares with economic development by creating an interactive forum on best practices, public-private partnerships, and new heritage tools. The Conference’s programme will demonstrate how individuals can work together with public officials, developers and institutions to create sustainable economic ...
13510.
6th session of the World Heritage Committee UNESCO, Paris 06COM 13 December - 17 December 1982
Committee Members
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, France, Germany, Guinea, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Libya, Nepal, Pakistan, Panama, Senegal, Switzerland, Tunisia, United States of America
Bureau Members
...
13511.
5th session of the World Heritage Committee Sydney, Australia 05COM 26 October - 30 October 1981
Committee Members
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, France, Germany, Guinea, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Libya, Nepal, Pakistan, Panama, Senegal, Switzerland, Tunisia, United States of America
Bureau Members
...
13512.
1st session of the World Heritage Committee UNESCO, Paris 01COM 27 June - 01 July 1977
Committee Members
Australia, Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Nigeria, Poland, Senegal, Tunisia, United States of America
Bureau Members
Chairperson:
Mr Firouz Bagherzadeh (Iran (Islamic Republic ...
13513.
Le paysage culturel de Diy‑Gid‑Biy (DGB) est un site que le Cameroun propose en extension au paysage culturel de Sukur du Nigéria inscrit en 1999. Ce paysage est un ensemble de ruines, constitué de seize (16) structures en pierre sèche qui s’étendent sur 22 km2 tout au long d’une chaine montagneuse partagée entre le Cameroun et le Nigéria, appelée « Monts Mandara ».
Ces ...
13514.
WHC-2001/CONF.205/WEB.2
13515.
According to the criterion (v) Sarajevo - Open city is unique example of traditional human living and settling. Beauty of a city is possible not only with numerous architectural monuments but also in interpretation of synthesis of living harmony and in preservation of varieties, and Sarajevo is such, unique, unrepeatable and united open site, the world city. Previous ...
13516.
According to the data of historian Khafizi, the dam of Abdulkhan bandi was built by Akhmadali Nayman atalik, constitutionally to the order of Abdulakhan, the ruler of Bukhara. Remains of dam were fixed first in 1913 last century. Remains of dam researched in 1957 and 1962. The dam of Abdulkhan bandi located in Biglarsay that flowed down from the south mountainside of the ...
13517.
Funding
The conservation and protection of World Heritage sites require substantial financial resources. Sources of income include the World Heritage Fund, which receives most of its income from cfrom assessed contributions from States Parties to the World Heritage Convention and from voluntary contributions. Other sources of income include profits derived from sales of ...
13518.
Budapest, Hungary,CAA 2008, the 36th Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology: On the Road to Reconstructing the Past 2-6 April 2008 at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, Hungary. The main theme of the conference is the use of computer applications and quantitative methods in two fields: at large-scale (rescue) ...
13519.
Old Havana and its fortifications, Cuba,The 2nd Caribbean Workshop on Disaster Risks Management will take place at “Old Havana and its fortifications” World Heritage site in Cuba from the 13th to the 17th of May 2013.
The workshop is organized by UNESCO Havana Office and the World Heritage Centre, in coordination with the National Council for ...
13520.
Paro and Thimhu, Bhutan,The Workshop for Cultural Landscape and Sustaining its Significance – Bhutan 2016 will be held in Paro and Thimphu, Bhutan, from 12 July to 3 August 2016. The workshop is aiming to assist the development of management frameworks for two selected cultural landscape sites in Paro, Bhutan.
The workshop, co-organized by the Department of Culture, ...
13521.
,The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the fragility of our cities sharply into focus. In light of the new challenges that the crisis has presented to cities worldwide, UNESCO introduces its World Heritage City Webinar on ‘Re-thinking Urban Heritage for Resilience and Recovery.’
During the Webinar, to be held online on 17 June 2020 from 1pm to 3:30pm Paris time (UTC+2), an ...
13522.
The 37th session of the World Heritage Committee will be held from 16 to 27 June 2013 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
This issue explores in the depth the sites of Angkor, one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia, and the Temple of Preah Vihear, dedicated to Lord Shiva and dating back to the first half of the 11th century AD. Discover also the Royal ...
13523.
Le village de Zinga est situé au sud de Bangui et se localise au confluent de la Lobaye et de l'Oubangui. C'est un village d'environ 1km de long sur une largeur de 300 m. Les habitations sont des cases traditionnelles en matériaux locaux (toiture en palme de raphia et murs en terre crue). Bordant la rive droit de l'Oubangui, Zinga se distingue cependant par ...
13524.
Le territoire de cette réserve s’étend essentiellement sur la partie basse et plate de la vallée de Cuatrociénegas, à une altitude d’environ 740 mètres au-dessus du niveau de la mer ; il peut, cependant, atteindre 2 100 mètres dans la sierra de la Madera située dans la partie nord-ouest de la réserve.
Cette vallée comprend des canyons et de vastes sillons, des plaines ...