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20
Properties inscribed
on the World Heritage List
5
Mandates to the World Heritage Committee
84
State of Conservation Reports
3
International assistance
requests Approved
70,000
International assistance
Total Amount Approved (USD)
Ratification of the Convention:
Thursday, 22 August 1974
Mandates to the World Heritage Committee 5
1976-1983 1983-1989 1995-2001 2007-2011 2017-2021
UNESCO
World Heritage
Properties inscribed
on the World Heritage List 20

Read more about the Nomination process

Sites on the Tentative List 8

A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. More about the Tentative List Process

State of Conservation Reports 84

State of conservation of World Heritage properties since 1979 and the threats they have faced in the past, or are currently facing. More about State of Conservation

Activities 5
Consulting with community to understand heritage values during the COVID-19 pandemic in Melbourne (Australia)
Guide 4 – Case study: Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
Patrimonito Storyboard Competition 2008
Testing the role of digital technologies in recording values of human settlements in Asia and the Pacific
News 40
UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes awarded to the Gunditjmara community, Australia
16 November 2023
Great Barrier Reef: Australia to put in place urgent safeguarding measures requested by UNESCO
6 June 2023
Traditional Owners carry out eDNA sampling in Ningaloo Coast
1 May 2023
How Belize is pioneering climate resilience in world’s second largest reef
21 April 2023
Ningaloo Coast releases world’s first community-led resilience strategy to adapt World Heritage reef to climate change
30 March 2023
Students at Lord Howe Island in Australia join UNESCO in global eDNA research
14 February 2023
Schoolchildren and Traditional Owners undertake eDNA sampling in Shark Bay, Australia
3 January 2023
Palau’s Rock Islands Southern Lagoon appoints Chief Resilience Officer
19 July 2022
UNESCO sends reactive monitoring mission to Great Barrier Reef
17 March 2022
Resilient Reefs launches first economic valuation at Ningaloo Coast
22 January 2021
A bushfire in Fraser Island, Australia
22 December 2020
Bushfires in the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
23 November 2019
Seven cultural sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
6 July 2019
Belize starts high-level 5-day visit to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in effort to bolster expertise in World Heritage Conservation
29 November 2018
Public-private consortium pioneers global leadership in climate adaptation across UNESCO World Heritage sites
29 October 2018
World Heritage Centre Statement on the Greater Blue Mountains Area
7 June 2017
'Understanding rights practices in the World Heritage system' international dialogue and call for action
16 February 2016
Reactive Monitoring Mission to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage property (Australia)
19 November 2015
Mauritania, Philippines and Australia apply for better protection for marine World Heritage sites at International Maritime Organisation
21 May 2015
New management plan at Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park puts focus on Outstanding Universal Value
7 April 2015
Peer learning between Galapagos Islands and Great Barrier Reef
30 March 2015
Compliance Management Workshop great success
17 November 2014
Director-General meets with experts responsible for health of Great Barrier Reef
16 November 2014
Protected areas key to safeguarding the global environment Director-General tells Parks Congress
14 November 2014
UN Goodwill Ambassador Gisele Bündchen Lends Her Support to Marine World Heritage
14 November 2014
Decision on status of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef deferred until 2015
18 June 2014
Potential boundary modification to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage site
12 February 2014
Great Barrier Reef state of conservation
31 January 2014
Reactive Monitoring Mission to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage property (Australia)
2 March 2012
Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley and Australia's Ningaloo Coast inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List
24 June 2011
Damage to Great Barrier Reef assessed; stricter shipping surveillance proposed
26 April 2010
Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report published
7 September 2009
Public Lecture: World Heritage - Urban Areas and Historic Cities (The University of Queensland)
7 April 2009
Australian Government reinforces its Funds-in-Trust for conservation of Angkor and other heritage properties
12 December 2008
Nine new members elected to World Heritage Committee
26 October 2007
Members elected to World Heritage Committee
24 October 2007
Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch
29 June 2007
Agreement to Eradicate Rabbits on Macquarie Island
8 June 2007
Paper Series N°12 "The State of World Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (2003)"
4 April 2005
Publication Of The Proceedings Of The International Symposium In Hildesheim, Germany: World Cultural Heritage - A Global Challenge
18 September 1997
Events 16
Celebration of K’gari (Fraser Island) 30th Anniversary of being World Heritage Listed - in the 50th Year of the World Heritage Convention
7 Dec 2022 - 7 Dec 2022
50th anniversary tea in Australia
16 Aug 2022 - 16 Aug 2022
50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention Celebrating Queensland’s World Heritage Properties: Great Barrier Reef, K’gari (Fraser Island), Riversleigh, Gondwana and the Wet Tropics of Queensland
4 Jul 2022 - 2 Jan 2023
Building Leadership for Climate Adaptation of Coral Reefs
5 Jul 2019 - 5 Jul 2019
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