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10
Properties inscribed
on the World Heritage List
3
Mandates to the World Heritage Committee
38
State of Conservation Reports
8
International assistance
requests Approved
198,799
International assistance
Total Amount Approved (USD)
Ratification of the Convention:
Thursday, 10 July 1997
Mandates to the World Heritage Committee 3
1999-2005 2009-2013 2019-2023
UNESCO
World Heritage
Properties inscribed
on the World Heritage List 10

Read more about the Nomination process

Sites on the Tentative List 2

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 38

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
Engaging local communities in the conservation of the Maloti-Drakensberg Park World Heritage site
Enhancing our Heritage- Monitoring and managing for success in World Natural Heritage sites
Sustainable Tourism Capacity Building
Technical assistance for the management of iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa) and Maloti-Drakensberg Park (Lesotho)
News 22
School children from rural areas in South Africa join eDNA sampling of iSimangaliso Wetland Park
19 April 2023
Devastating fire in Cape Floral Regional Protected Areas
23 April 2021
Online Training supports African countries to develop nomination dossiers
9 October 2020
#MyAfricanHeritage Instagram Video Contest winners
22 May 2019
Strengthening marine World Heritage in Sudan through South-South cooperation
12 October 2018
Four sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List
2 July 2018
Namib Sand Sea – First prize of heritage photo contest
16 May 2018
#MyAfricanHeritage – Participate in the African World Heritage Day photo contest
16 April 2018
CEO of iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority receives 2017 KfW-Bernhard-Grzimek-Preis
4 May 2017
Increasing youth involvement in the promotion and protection of African World Heritage
29 April 2016
Call for Participants: Regional Youth Forum for World Heritage in Africa (Deadline 31 January 2016)
11 December 2015
Ngorongoro Conservation Area sets path for sustainable tourism
24 March 2015
World Heritage stakeholders come together to develop a sustainable tourism strategy for Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls
2 February 2015
Announcement for Internship Opportunities (South Africa and Benin)
20 January 2015
First Entrepreneurship Field Training held for African site managers and community representatives
22 October 2014
Nelson Mandela “a giant among men” says Director-General
6 December 2013
Honghe Hani Rice Terraces inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage alongside an extension to the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park
22 June 2013
In Memoriam: Professor Philip Tobias
8 June 2012
Nine members elected to World Heritage Committee
7 November 2011
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas get Conservation Boost from World Heritage Centre Partner
14 October 2011
Establishment of Category 2 Centres on World Heritage officially launched
11 February 2010
Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch
29 June 2007
Events 14
World Heritage Youth Forum (2016) Africa
28 Apr 2016 - 4 May 2016
International World Heritage Youth Forum: Living with Heritage: Temple, Environment and People (T.E.P.)
8 Jun 2013 - 17 Jun 2013
International Conference "Living with World Heritage in Africa"
26 Sep 2012 - 29 Sep 2012
World Heritage and Impacts of Developments in the Africa region
23 May 2012 - 25 May 2012
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