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Nyika National Park and Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve are two protected areas found in the Northern Region of Malawi. Nyika is one of the important Afro-muntane centre of plant biodiversity. Flora found in Nyika is of phytogeogrephical importance and it is thought to be the Southern Mist site of many species occurring in the further North and Northern Mist (Tundra). ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.692882 Date 05/2000
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After a successful first workshop held on 29 September, the second of a series of training workshops for Jet tours guides is to be held at UNESCO Headquarters on 27 October 2005. Organized in the context of the recently signed agreement between Laurence Berman-Clement, Director-General of Jet tours and Francesco Bandarin, Director of the World Heritage Centre, the ...
News Score 7.692882 Date 10/2005
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,A museum display at the Eswatini National Museum on Lion Cavern, the world's oldest mine. Lion Cavern is on the tentative list for World Heritage. It is an ochre mine dating back well into the Middle Stone Ages in Africa and is dated to 43 000 years ago. Ochre was, and is, used for symbolic purposes in Southern Africa, and the mine remains a sacred site to shamanic ...
Events Score 7.692882 Date 07/2022
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UNESCO Headquarter, Paris,On the occasion of the 17th session of the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention (23-28 October 2009), the World Heritage Centre, in cooperation with the Advisory Bodies, organized an Orientation session for Committee members and all States Parties. This session was held on Tuesday 27 October 2009 at the UNESCO ...
Events Score 7.677985 Date 10/2009
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Nepal,,The Secretariat transmitted the Bureau's concerns regarding the impact of a proposed irrigation project to divert the Rapti river, which forms the northern boundary of this Park, to relevant authorities in Nepal and in the Asian Development Bank by letters dated 9 August 1990. The Asian Development Bank, by letter of 30 August 1990, has indicated that the Bank was ...
State of Conservation Score 7.6733637 Date 10/1990
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Periodic ReportingQuestionnaire Third Cycle exercise | 2018-2024 © {{replace "periodicText"}} Access to specific State Party or World Heritage property Periodic Reporting questionnaire is restricted to designated national focal points and World Heritage site managers.  Third Cycle 2018-2024 The questionnaire for the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting was revised ...
Pages Score 7.6701303 Date 11/2024
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San Bartolo is located within the biological corridor of the Ixcan River Basin, northeast of the Department of Petén, and 42 kilometers north of Uaxactun.  It has the most beautiful, polychrome murals of all of the archaeological sites found in Guatemala, making it a proposed candidate for Cultural Heritage status for its unique value on an artistic level. The ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.6647267 Date 04/2012
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Egypt, Rise in the water table Impact on structures due to earth trembling and other forms of damage likely to result from the use of heavy earth-moving equipment Lack of conservation plan, defining short-, medium-, and long-term objectives and establishing technical parameters (materials, techniques, etc) Need for a management plan, to include research, presentation and ...
State of Conservation Score 7.6608124 Date 05/2011
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The spectacular scenery of stilt propped water settlement of Nzulezu built on lake Tadane located in the Jomoro District in the Western Region of Ghana stands out as a magnificent interplay between man and his environment. Nzulezu is an Nzema word meaning "surface of water." The inhabitants of the village are said to have migrated from Walata, a city in ancient Ghana ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.659255 Date 01/2000
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,You are invited to the UNESCO side event at the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) “Coping with environmental challenges: climate and biodiversity action in UNESCO’s sites” on 6th of July 2021, 1:30pm - 3:00pm CEST. Register Register to participatehttps://bit.ly/3x5fx5Q The side event will begin with a discussion on how to address climate change and biodiversity on land ...
Events Score 7.6537476 Date 07/2021
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The 1972 World Heritage Convention is truly unique. It is the only legal instrument conceived to protect both cultural and natural heritage, based on the principle of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) – the value of a site that is irreplaceable and must be protected for the future. Each year, during its annual session, the World Heritage Committee adds new sites to the ...
Publications Score 7.6537476 Date 01/2020
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Barbados is about 32 km long and 23 km across at its widest dimension. The island is characterized by several distinctive and in parts unique geological, geographical, biological, as well as cultural features, most of which are located in the Scotland District. The first peculiarity is the location of the entire island of Barbados, which stands in isolation in front of ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.646867 Date 01/2005
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The UNESCO Regional Office in Cairo is pleased to announce the opening of two major exhibitions in collaboration with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation and the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo. These exhibitions, hosted by Museum, offer an immersive exploration of the history, culture, and architecture of the Islamic world, focusing on two distinct ...
News Score 7.646867 Date 09/2024
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Touran Biosphere Reserve covers area 1,464,992 hectares. The Reserve presents a variety of habitats, including three extensive plains at different altitudes, varying from 700 to 1400 square meters, a saline river system, three mountain systems rising to a maximum of 2200 meters and 200000 hectares of sand including moving dunes, and a vast expanse of barren playa. This ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.6401634 Date 05/2008
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Cluster Rock Art Sites Co-ordinates Cluster I- Gwalior District, Madhya Pradesh Aurpura,Baba Chaj,Bhau Saheb Ki Samadhi, Chudel Chaj, Daulatpur,Denagaon,Gupteshwar Hill,Gwalior West, Maharajapure, Mohna,Para,Sia Chaj,Tikla (Kanakali Mata) 26.2925° N, 78.2305° E Cluster II- Mandsaur District, Madhya ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.63673 Date 08/2024
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Proposed Oil exploration and production, and potential oil spills Need to expand the boundaries ,The Scottish Executive provided a report on the state of conservation of St. Kilda dated 18 September 2001 that was transmitted to IUCN for review. It recalled that the Committee proposed that the boundaries of the site be ...
State of Conservation Score 7.6351604 Date 10/2001
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Over the past nine years, the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) Initiative has grown tremendously due to increasing interest and appreciation for World Heritage protection, preservation and promotion of World Heritage sites. Celebrating 10 years of the initiative, the World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the Call for Projects for the World Heritage ...
News Score 7.6216874 Date 10/2016
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Kamakura was constructed by the samurai (warrior class) to be the seat of their political power. It is surrounded by hills to the north, east and west, and faces the ocean to the south. For this reason, it is ideally protected. The samurai government controlled all of Japan from here for over 150 years, and Kamakura became the center of politics, economy and culture. The ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.603092 Date 01/1992
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Over the last several months, the World Heritage Centre has received numerous messages from citizens and NGOs expressing their concerns regarding the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down project including a proposed tunnel located within the boundaries of the World Heritage property “Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites”, and the adverse impact it may have on the property. It ...
News Score 7.603092 Date 01/2017
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Tripoli and Jebel Ouenat (transboundary site between Egypt, Libya and Sudan),The World Heritage Committee has expressed the need to have a more balanced World Heritage List, which should be representative of the diversity of the world natural and cultural heritage. Within this context and as a follow up of the Regional Seminar on Desert Landscapes organized in Egypt ...
Events Score 7.603092 Date 02/2004
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ICOMOS thematic studies: The International Council on Monuments and Sites regularly conducts and publishes thematic studies in the context of the World Heritage Convention. An overview of the publications can be found here. IUCN thematic studies: the International Union for the Conservation of Nature has undertaken a range of global and regional studies to support State ...
FAQ Score 7.602736 Date 11/2022
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The planned property includes parts of Lake Saimaa, located in south-eastern Finland, which is the largest lake in Finland (4 400 square km2) and among the four largest lakes in Europe. The national serial nomination would be based on Natura 2000 areas within the lake that are the most important breeding areas for the endemic Saimaa ringed seal (Phoca hispida saimensis), ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.592863 Date 01/2021
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Chronology: The four Pharaonic temples of Dendera, Esna, Edfu and Kom Ombo, apart from their geographical location, all belong to the Ptolemaic period (dynasty of the Ptolemies, the successors of Alexander the Great, which reigned between 304 and 30 BC) and to the Roman period (between 30 BC and 395 AD) even though they all replaced much older temples on the same ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.585076 Date 07/2003
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World Heritage Canopy Heritage Solutions for Sustainable Futures © UNESCO Environment and resilience Climate change Inclusion and participation Knowledge and skills Peace and security Prosperity and livelihoods Gender equality Learn more about the thematic framework Case studies {{replace "mapview"}} Search ...
Pages Score 7.573449 Date 08/2023
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Weimar, Germany,The World Heritage Media/Communication Training Workshop: Passing the Culture Message is for young people from European youth organizations, schools and institutions who have already participated in World Heritage Education Programme activities such as the World Heritage Volunteers and World Heritage Youth Forums. It will be held from 8 to 13 December 2013 ...
Events Score 7.559792 Date 12/2013
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Australia,Potential construction of a dam,The Australian authorities, at the request of the Bureau at its eighth session (Note: for the Nomination of the site on the World Heritage List, see text below), submitted a brief commentary on the judgement of the High Court of Australia regarding Western Tasmanian National Parks.   ----------------------- "The ...
State of Conservation Score 7.5550814 Date 09/1984
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They are located in the city of Stara Zagora, in the district of the Higher Institute of Medicine.The two dwellings stand side by side. They date back to the 6th millennium before our era. They were discovered in the course of excavations. By a rare chance, all the furnishings and household utensils have been preserved intact since discovery. At present, they are the best ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.5484095 Date 01/1984
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These two settlements represent the establishment of the first kibbutz and moshav with designs and physical form representing the ideological-social patterns of the late 19th and early 20th century. These patterns are a direct result of ideas prepared since Utopia written by Thomas Moore written in 1516. Degania The kibbutz movement is one of the modern manifestations ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.5484095 Date 06/2000
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On 5 November 2018, a team of experts from the World Heritage Centre and IUCN arrived in Montenegro for a joint Advisory mission to the World Heritage property “Durmitor National Park.” The State Party of Montenegro invited the mission with the objectives to review a potential boundary modification and to assess the overall state of conservation of the World Heritage site. ...
News Score 7.5484095 Date 11/2018
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Zoom Meeting,The World Heritage Cities Programme team is delighted to invite you to join the UNESCO Chairs Workshop: Protecting Historic Cities and Landscapes - Compatible Design for New Interventions. This workshop gathers today and tomorrow international UNESCO Chairs and experts around the table to discuss the management and protection of urban heritage, which will ...
Events Score 7.5452795 Date 09/2023
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Costa Rica,Panama,a) Construction of hydroelectric dams near the property in Panama and associated effects (greater human presence near the property, interruption of aquatic species migratory corridor); b) Encroachment (settlements, cattle ranching).,On 15 February 2010, the World Heritage Centre received a report on the state of conservation report from the State Party of ...
State of Conservation Score 7.5301857 Date 06/2010
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UNESCO gathered tourism and heritage experts at the Organization’s Headquarters on 29 October 2018 to examine the leading role that tourism and culture can play in fostering sustainable development in the EU and China. The EU-China High Level Conference on World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism was organized in the framework of the 2018 EU-China Tourism Year, an initiative ...
News Score 7.527484 Date 11/2018
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Latitude and Longitude, or coordinates UTM:  Cape La Chira                                                                        -16.537653 N  -72.933638 E Cape Lomitas                                                                         -14.724829 N  -75.864580 E Cape San Juan                                                                      -15.378633 N  ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.5245495 Date 05/2019
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On 31 January 2022, African experts met to gather insights on best practices for implementing the 1972 Convention in Africa. In the framework of Global Priority Africa, this initiative aims to propose a long-term vision for implementing the 1972 Convention while focusing on challenges and opportunities identified within the framework of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for ...
News Score 7.5239472 Date 02/2022
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Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, UK,For the past ten years the Cambridge Heritage Seminars have brought together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to explore the most pressing issues in heritage studies today. This year, for its tenth anniversary, coinciding with the celebration of the 800th anniversary of the founding of the University of ...
Events Score 7.5239472 Date 04/2009
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Quebec City, Canada,The 16th General Assembly and International Scientific Symposium of ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) will take place in Quebec City from 29 September to 4 October 2008. The Symposium theme is "Finding the Spirit of Place". We have identified four tracks or sub-themes for thought and discussion.Re-thinking spirit and placeKey words: ...
Events Score 7.5074005 Date 09/2008
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Deadline: 23 April 2023, midnight (Paris time) UNESCO launches a call to renew and expand the two existing Expert Facilities for the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (hereafter “the 2005 Convention”), and the UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators under a new EU/UNESCO Expert Facility Programme for a 4-year mandate ...
News Score 7.506924 Date 03/2023
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The Myeik Archipelago (MA) comprises about 800 islands of primarily limestone and granite located along 60 km off Myanmar’s southern coast. These islands are covered by lowland wet evergreen forest and surrounded by an extensive coral reef system. Mangrove forests, beach and dune forests, and seagrass beds add to the faunal and floral diversity. The MA contains one ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.498545 Date 02/2014
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The Fortress of "S. Miguel" is established in the old mountain of S. Paulo, near the bridge of Luanda Island.It is the first defensive edification built in Angola, and Paulo Dias de Novais, the first Governor of Angola who unshiped in Luanda in 1575, sent it built. It is a huge ~ area walled in fortifications and countreforts, rubblework edification with a ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.4937115 Date 11/1996
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,The 9th US/ICOMOS International Symposium will convene to look once again at the World Heritage Convention and its List as a rich source of models to improve the protection and management of the vast heritage of the United States, as well as to share with others some of our more recent national, state and local initiatives and approaches that may be applicable to World ...
Events Score 7.4937115 Date 04/2006
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The Repetek State Biosphere Reserve is situated in the south-eastern Karakum desert, near the Repetek railway station. Its typical landscape is arid, with large, hummocky, ridged, fixed sand dunes in some areas, large areas of sand dune and valley-like depressions. The ridges are 15-20m in height and 8-10km in length. The depressions, which lie adjacent to the slopes of ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.4936686 Date 03/2009
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With the objective of addressing issues related to the preservation of Bolivian World Heritage properties, the Head of the Latin America and Caribbean Unit of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Ms Nuria Sanz, met with the new Minister of Culture, Ms Zulma Yugar, during her recent visit to the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. The property of Tiwanaku: Spiritual and ...
News Score 7.4782133 Date 03/2010
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,The Spanish World Heritage Cities Group is delighted to present on Saturday, 17th September, the fifth edition of THE HERITAGE NIGHT, an unprecedented world-class cultural and artistic event taking place simultaneously the same night in the 15 Spanish World Heritage Cities: Alcalá de Henares, Avila, Baeza, Cáceres, Cordoba, Cuenca, Ibiza / Eivissa, Merida, Salamanca, San ...
Events Score 7.4779377 Date 09/2022
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Bulgaria,a) Developments in the Bansko ski zone, b) Lack of effective management mechanisms, c) Boundary issues, d) Illegal logging. ,On 25 January 2011, a report on the state of conservation of the property was submitted by the State Party. The report provides information on the status of tourism developments in the Bansko ski zone as well as other threats, and ...
State of Conservation Score 7.475596 Date 05/2011
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On 1st March 2013, UNESCO signed the Plan of Operation with the Government of Uganda for the project “Technical and financial assistance for the reconstruction of Muzibu-Azaala-Mpanga, architectural masterpiece of the Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi, Uganda, World Heritage property in Danger”, generously supported through the Japanese Funds-in-Trust. Inscribed ...
News Score 7.4655886 Date 03/2013
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Old part of Steyr including Wehrgrabenviertel:The old town of Steyr and the Wehrgrabenviertel, or moat quarters, form a unique symbiosis of well-preserved medieval houses with adjacent industrial settlement ("Steyrdorf" merging into the rural suburbs).Situated at the confluence of the Enns and Steyr rivers the castle and the surrounding city, which controlled the ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.461396 Date 01/2002
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,The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland and the National Institute of Cultural Heritage together with experts from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) are pleased to invite you ...
Events Score 7.461396 Date 10/2020
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For the second time during 2010, news of massive floods across Central Europe is causing great concern to the World Heritage community, for their impacts on the border region between the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland. In particular, the flooding has affected the castles and gardens of the transboundary World Heritage site of the Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski ...
News Score 7.4562645 Date 08/2010
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,SIDE EVENTFriday 3 June11:00-12:15 CESTStockholmsmassan, Room 5 Organizers: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat, World Heritage Convention (WHC) Follow the event live here: ...
Events Score 7.434229 Date 06/2022
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Birkenhead Park is situated in the town of Birkenhead, in the Wirral Peninsula. The proposed site includes the originally designed parkland (44 ha), the Park’s eight lodges, and a selection of the mid- 19th century residential properties. The total site area is 51 ha. Designed in the style of the English Landscape School, its undulating parkland consists of a crafted ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.425431 Date 09/2023
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The Yangtze Gorges is one of the first key national scenic spots (in 1982). They start at Baidicheng in Fengjie County, Chongqing and end at Nanjin Pass in Yichang, Hubei Province. The gorges themselves are 193km long and cover an area of 1208km2, including Wuxia gorge, Qutang gorge, Xiling gorge and some wide valleys between these gorges. Qutang Gorge is 8km long and is ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.4136233 Date 11/2001
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,The pilot implementation of the Culture|2030 Indicators’ framework has been launched in Colombia and in Bogota city. The launch workshop was organized by the Ministry of Culture and the District Secretariat for Culture, Recreation and Sports of Bogota city, in close collaboration with UNESCO, from 9 to 12 November 2021, and gathered 48 participants, including ...
Events Score 7.406297 Date 11/2021
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Akwasnshi/Atal as the monolith is called among the Ejagham people of the Cross River State is distributed among over" thirty communities. In each community, the stones are found in circles, sometimes perfect circles, facing each other standing erect, except where they have been tampered with by weather or man.In some cases, the stones are found in the center of the ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.4059033 Date 08/2007
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One of the most important reasons for establishment of Kerman City is its location as a cross road. From long long ago, this city has been one of the important locations that connect West to East and North to South. Such a specification has had a remarkable influence on construction and development of bazaar, in a way that the commercial zones of the city have been ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.4054356 Date 05/2008
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The 14 World Heritage sites of Canada presented in this issue offer a fascinating pattern. Indeed, they reflect key aspects of the evolution of the very concept of World Heritage over the past 32 years. The sites predictably include historic cities like Old Québec and Lunenburg, great natural sites like Nahanni National Park, Wood Buffalo National Park, the Canadian ...
Publications Score 7.4043417 Date 06/2008
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The World Heritage Centre has learnt with deep sadness of the recent passing away of Professor Walter Santagata, a long-time collaborator of UNESCO and the creator, among many other scientific programmes, of the Turin Category 2 centre for training and research on the economics of World Heritage (ITRECH, 2011). The establishment of this institution, aimed at exploring the ...
News Score 7.4032397 Date 08/2013
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An oil spill occurred in The Sundarbans, Bangladesh on Tuesday, 9 December when a small coastal oil tanker sank after being rammed by another vessel from behind, releasing approximately 400,000 liters of oil in the water. The Sundarbans was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1997 and is one of the largest mangrove forests in the world. It lies on the delta of the ...
News Score 7.4032397 Date 12/2014
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The Tai-Ahom clan upon their migration from China established their capital in different parts of the Brahmaputra River Valleybetween 12th to 18th CE. Usurping the Barahi tribe, Chau-lung Siu-ka-pha established the first capital of the Ahoms at the foothill of Patkai hills and named it Che-rai-doi or Che-tam-doi, meaning “a dazzling city above the mountain” in ...
Tentative Lists Score 7.3721614 Date 04/2014
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After fifteen years of grassroots youth activities and international cooperation, and on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) Initiative meet the challenge of ‘The Next 50’ years to involve young people, communities and site managers in building together new, inclusive societies where World ...
News Score 7.36619 Date 11/2022
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The staff of the World Heritage Centre would like to express its sadness after learning that Dr. Bradnee Chambers, Executive Secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), passed away on 23 January 2019 after a short illness. This is a tragic loss for CMS, all biodiversity related Conventions and the United Nations. Bradnee ...
News Score 7.3533373 Date 01/2019
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The World Heritage Committee meets annually and consists of representatives from twenty-one of the States Parties to the Convention, who are elected by the General Assembly for terms up to six years. The Committee is responsible for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention, defines the use of the World Heritage Fund and allocates financial assistance. It decides ...
FAQ Score 7.3506474 Date 11/2022
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