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130: 252: 572: 145: 115: 2023: 441: 518: 423:. A country may not nominate sites that have not been first included on its Tentative List. The two international bodies make recommendations to the World Heritage Committee for new designations. The Committee meets once a year to determine which nominated properties to add to the World Heritage List; sometimes it defers its decision or requests more information from the country that nominated the site. There are ten selection criteria – a site must meet at least one to be included on the list. 3055: 498: 3099: 1076: 33: 1048: 785: 1062: 708:, made up of diplomatic representatives of 21 countries, ignored UNESCO's assessment, based on studies of scientists, "that the reef was clearly in danger from climate change and so should be placed on the list." According to environmental protection groups, this "decision was a victory for cynical lobbying and Australia, as custodians of the world's biggest coral reef, was now on probation." 482: 101:, which was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972. Since then, 195 states have ratified the convention, making it one of the most widely recognised international agreements and the world's most popular cultural programme. To be considered, the properties must be under some form of state protection or conservation and be nominated by the host member country. 385:
mission with respect to World Heritage consists of eight sub targets. These include encouraging the commitment of countries and local population to World Heritage conservation in various ways, providing emergency assistance for sites in danger, offering technical assistance and professional training, and supporting States Parties' public awareness-building activities.
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The state of conservation for each site on the danger list is reviewed yearly; after this, the Committee may request additional measures, delete the property from the list if the threats have ceased or consider deletion from both the List of World Heritage in Danger and the World Heritage List. Only
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The first global assessment to quantitatively measure threats to Natural World Heritage Sites found that 63% of sites have been damaged by increasing human pressures including encroaching roads, agriculture infrastructure and settlements over the last two decades. These activities endanger Natural
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The Arabian Oryx Sanctuary was directly delisted in 2007, instead of first being put on the danger list, after the Omani government decided to reduce the protected area's size by 90%. The Dresden Elbe Valley was first placed on the danger list in 2006 when the World Heritage Committee decided that
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A request for a minor boundary change, one that does not have a significant impact on the extent of the property or affect its "outstanding universal value", is also evaluated by the advisory bodies before being sent to the committee. Such proposals can be rejected by either the advisory bodies or
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if conditions threaten the characteristics for which the landmark or area was inscribed on the World Heritage List. Such problems may involve armed conflict and war, natural disasters, pollution, poaching, or uncontrolled urbanisation or human development. This danger list is intended to increase
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By assigning places as World Heritage Sites, UNESCO wants to help preserve them for future generations. Its motivation is that "heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today" and that both cultural and natural heritage are "irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration". UNESCO's
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To be selected, a World Heritage Site is nominated by their host country and determined by the international committee to be a unique landmark which is geographically and historically identifiable, having a special cultural or physical significance, and be under a system of legal protection. For
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A World Heritage Site may signify a remarkable accomplishment of humanity, and serve as evidence of our intellectual history on the planet or it might be a place of great natural beauty. As of July 2024, a total of 1,223 World Heritage Sites (952 cultural, 231 natural and 40 mixed cultural and
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Being listed as a World Heritage Site can positively affect the site, its environment, and interactions between them. A listed site gains international recognition and legal protection, and can obtain funds from among others the World Heritage Fund to facilitate its conservation under certain
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A country may request to extend or reduce the boundaries, modify the official name, or change the selection criteria of one of its already listed sites. Any proposal for a significant boundary change or to modify the site's selection criteria must be submitted as if it were a new nomination,
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The sites are intended for practical conservation for posterity, which otherwise would be subject to risk from human or animal trespassing, unmonitored, uncontrolled or unrestricted access, or threat from local administrative negligence. Sites are demarcated by UNESCO as protected zones. The
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The destruction of cultural assets and identity-establishing sites is one of the primary goals of modern asymmetrical warfare. Terrorists, rebels, and mercenary armies deliberately smash archaeological sites, sacred and secular monuments and loot libraries, archives and museums. The UN,
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Allan, James R.; Kormos, Cyril; Jaeger, Tilman; Venter, Oscar; Bertzky, Bastian; Shi, Yichuan; MacKey, Brendan; Van Merm, Remco; Osipova, Elena; Watson, James E.M. (2018). "Gaps and opportunities for the World Heritage Convention to contribute to global wilderness conservation".
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The UNESCO-administered project has attracted criticism. This was caused by perceived under-representation of heritage sites outside Europe, disputed decisions on site selection and adverse impact of mass tourism on sites unable to manage rapid growth in visitor numbers. A large
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would significantly alter the valley's landscape. In response, the Dresden City Council attempted to stop the bridge's construction. However, after several court decisions allowed the building of the bridge to proceed, the valley was removed from the World Heritage List in 2009.
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Until 2004, there were six sets of criteria for cultural heritage and four for natural heritage. In 2005, UNESCO modified these and now has one set of ten criteria. Nominated sites must be of "outstanding universal value" and must meet at least one of the ten criteria.
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states are classified as European, while Mexico and the Caribbean are classified as belonging to the Latin America and the Caribbean region. The UNESCO geographic regions also give greater emphasis on administrative, rather than geographic associations. Hence,
469:"To be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change" 641:
World Heritage Sites and could compromise their unique values. Of the Natural World Heritage Sites that contain forest, 91% experienced some loss since 2000. Many of them are more threatened than previously thought and require immediate conservation action.
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in Tanzania. Additionally, the local population around a site may benefit from significantly increased tourism revenue. When there are significant interactions between people and the natural environment, these can be recognised as "cultural landscapes".
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have occasionally been intentionally destroyed. Chalcraft links this destruction to Libyan national authorities prioritizing World Heritage status over local sensibilities by limiting access to the sites without consulting with the local population.
539:"To contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation" 333: 191:
resulted in the excavation and recording of hundreds of sites, the recovery of thousands of objects, as well as the salvage and relocation to higher ground of several important temples. The most famous of these are the temple complexes of
98: 2418: 533:"To be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features" 2471: 1027: 1017: 536:"To be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals" 1023: 2313: 270:
The project cost US$ 80 million (equivalent to $ 295.83 million in 2023), about $ 40 million of which was collected from 50 countries. The project's success led to other safeguarding campaigns, such as saving
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Venter, Oscar; Sanderson, Eric W.; Magrach, Ainhoa; Allan, James R.; Beher, Jutta; Jones, Kendall R.; Possingham, Hugh P.; Laurance, William F.; Wood, Peter; Fekete, BalĂĄzs M.; Levy, Marc A.; Watson, James E. M. (2016).
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A country must first identify its significant cultural and natural sites in a document known as the Tentative List. Next, it can place sites selected from that list into a Nomination File, which is evaluated by the
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Anthropologist Jasper Chalcraft said that World Heritage recognition often ignores contemporary local usage of certain sites. This leads to conflicts on the local level which can result in the site being damaged.
460:"To exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design" 2502: 692:
conservation efforts to be removed from a UNESCO report titled "World Heritage and Tourism in a Changing Climate". The Australian government's actions, involving considerable expense for lobbying and visits for
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The World Heritage Committee has divided the world into five geographic regions: Africa, Arab states, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and North America, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Russia and the
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international awareness of the threats and to encourage counteractive measures. Threats to a site can be either proven imminent threats or potential dangers that could have adverse effects on a site.
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in world heritage inscription. A major chunk of all world heritage inscriptions are located in regions whose populations generally have lighter skin, including Europe, East Asia, and North America.
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conference in 1965 called for a "World Heritage Trust" to preserve "the world's superb natural and scenic areas and historic sites for the present and the future of the entire world citizenry". The
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has grown around the awards, because World Heritage listing can significantly increase tourism returns. Site listing bids are often lengthy and costly, putting poorer countries at a disadvantage.
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for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity".
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providing the committee with an overview of each participating nation's implementation of the World Heritage Convention and a "snapshot" of current conditions at World Heritage properties.
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was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972. The convention came into force on 17 December 1975. As of May 2023, it has been ratified by 195 states: 191
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The programme catalogues, names, and conserves sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common culture and heritage of humanity. The programme began with the
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example, World Heritage Sites might be ancient ruins or historical structures, buildings, cities, deserts, forests, islands, lakes, monuments, mountains or wilderness areas.
3084: 779: 472:"To be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance" 1782: 697:, were in response to their concern about the negative impact that an "at risk" label could have on tourism revenue at a previously designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. 322: 1336: 2494: 466:"To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history" 200:. The campaign ended in 1980 and was considered a success. To thank countries which especially contributed to the campaign's success, Egypt donated four temples; the 2383: 3032: 3027: 2972: 861: 2243: 3037: 3022: 3002: 420: 318: 553:
the Committee if they judge it to be a significant change instead of a minor one. Proposals to change a site's official name are sent directly to the committee.
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was developed over a seven-year period (1965–1972). The United States initiated the idea of safeguarding places of high cultural or natural importance. A
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had caused a further negative state of the corals and water quality. Again, the Australian government campaigned against this, and in July 2021, the
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summed it up with the words: "Without the local community and without the local participants, that would be completely impossible".
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of catering to greatly increased visitor numbers after the recognition and preserving the original culture and local communities.
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The table below includes a breakdown of the sites according to these regions and their classification as of July 2024:
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Allan, James R.; Venter, Oscar; Maxwell, Sean; Bertzky, Bastian; Jones, Kendall; Shi, Yichuan; Watson, James E.M. (2017).
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Based on the draft convention that UNESCO had initiated, a single text was eventually agreed upon by all parties, and the
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The World Heritage Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria.
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In 2021, international scientists recommended UNESCO to put the Great Barrier Reef on the endangered list, as global
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are active in preventing such acts. "No strike lists" are also created to protect cultural assets from air strikes.
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in Stockholm. Under the World Heritage Committee, signatory countries are required to produce and submit periodic
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In 1960, the Director-General of UNESCO launched the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia. This
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A graph representing the number of UNESCO sites inscribed on the World Heritage List each year for each continent
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Steiner, et al (2011). Imbalance of World Heritage List: "Did the UNESCO Strategy Work?". University of Zurich.
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Keough (2011). Heritage in Peril: A Critique of UNESCO's World Heritage Program. Global Studies Law Review.
2464:"Political ploys and an ocean jewel: what's behind the UN's 'in danger' warning for the Great Barrier Reef" 1465: 2211: 605: 530:"To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance" 688:
In 2016, the Australian government was reported to have successfully lobbied for the World Heritage Site
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conditions. UNESCO reckons the restorations of the following four sites among its success stories:
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Eliot, et al (2012). World heritage: Constructing a universal cultural order. Poetics Journal.
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The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
1092:– initiative to promote awareness and provide tools for laypersons to engage with heritage 276: 213: 2117: 2068: 2011: 1672:"The World Heritage Convention – Brief History / Section "Preserving cultural heritage"" 1383: 2848: 2216: 2085: 2050: 1176: 1067: 739: 701: 326: 3117: 2733: 2495:"World Heritage Committee agrees not to place Great Barrier Reef on 'in danger' list" 2333: 584: 580: 549:
including first placing it on the Tentative List and then onto the Nomination File.
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is maintained by the international World Heritage Program administered by the UNESCO
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UNESCO Information System on the State of Conservation of World Heritage properties
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In 1978, two entire cities have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site: first
2526:"Is UNESCO World Heritage status for cultural sites killing the things it loves?" 2019: 1304: 2910: 2883:– View all Natural World Heritage Sites in the World Database on Protected Areas 2384:"Australia scrubbed from UN climate change report after government intervention" 357: 314: 2865:
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
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Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
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Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
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located in Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan, and Switzerland.
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The UNESCO Memory of the World Programme: Key Aspects and Recent Developments
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This overview lists the 23 countries with 15 or more World Heritage Sites:
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O'Keefe, Roger; PĂ©ron, Camille; Musayev, Tofig; Ferrari, Gianluca (2016).
2271:"'Unesco-cide': does world heritage status do cities more harm than good?" 1617:"Monuments of Nubia-International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia" 1548: 2643:
Djurberg, et al (2018). Reforming UNESCO's World Heritage. The Globalist.
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developed similar proposals in 1968, which were presented in 1972 at the
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The World Heritage emblem, used to identify properties protected by the
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in Peru, an example of a mixed (natural and cultural) heritage site
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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Edmondson, Ray; Jordan, Lothar; Prodan, Anca Claudia (2020).
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UNESCO has also been criticized for alleged geographic bias,
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Official overview of the World Heritage Forest Program
2833:– Official searchable list of all Inscribed Properties 1957:"Unesco strips Liverpool of its world heritage status" 1900:"Dresden is deleted from UNESCO's World Heritage List" 2214:[Karl von Habsburg on a mission in Lebanon]. 1573: 457:"To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius" 189:
International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia
2873:– Fully indexed and crosslinked with other documents 1926:"Liverpool stripped of Unesco World Heritage status" 660:
The founding president of Blue Shield International
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are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an
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List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription
323:United Nations Conference on the Human Environment 1816: 1814: 1812: 1810: 1808: 1337:John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law 1123:– international agreement on wetlands recognition 727:, have struggled to strike a balance between the 287:Temple Compounds in Indonesia. Together with the 2744:Protection of Cultural Property: Military Manual 70:is the country with the most sites, followed by 1549:"States Parties – UNESCO World Heritage Centre" 1275:"Exploring the world's first 12 heritage sites" 2887:World Heritage Site – Smithsonian Ocean Portal 1902:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 25 June 2009. 1876:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 28 June 2007. 1755:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from 1729:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from 1703:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from 1695: 1693: 1674:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from 1666: 1664: 1645:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from 1619:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from 1519:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from 1225:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from 738:to these sites, which contain similar styles, 319:International Union for Conservation of Nature 2926: 1986: 1984: 8: 417:International Council on Monuments and Sites 289:International Council on Monuments and Sites 2329:"Modernist masterpieces in unlikely Asmara" 2175:. UNESCO. 13 September 2017. Archived from 1753:"Success stories – successful restorations" 1356:– via UIC Law Open Access Repository. 1157:This type of recognition exists since 1992. 2933: 2919: 2911: 2556:Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Heritage 2212:"Karl von Habsburg auf Mission im Libanon" 1643:"The Rescue of Nubian Monuments and Sites" 807: 2084: 1776: 1774: 1543: 1541: 1116:UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists 1456: 1454: 1452: 452:, an example of a cultural heritage site 176:. In 1959, the governments of Egypt and 168:valley containing cultural treasures of 2114:Apollo – The International Art Magazine 1305:"World Heritage List (ordered by year)" 1250: 1248: 1246: 1244: 1214: 1133: 750:under world heritage protection at the 305:The convention (the signed document of 2443:from the original on 30 September 2015 2421:from the original on 28 December 2016. 27:Place of significance listed by UNESCO 2396:from the original on 27 October 2016. 2316:from the original on 27 October 2016. 734:Another criticism is that there is a 7: 2617:from the original on 9 December 2023 2595:, Berghahn Books, pp. 219–247, 2505:from the original on 25 October 2021 2474:from the original on 27 October 2021 2407:Hasham, Nicole (17 September 2015). 2363:from the original on 25 October 2021 1555:from the original on 31 October 2011 376:, have not ratified the convention. 2837:KML file of the World Heritage List 1574:Edmondson, Jordan & Prodan 2020 1468:from the original on 15 August 2020 2871:The 1972 Convention at Law-Ref.org 2587:Chalcraft, Jasper (1 April 2016), 2493:Readfearn, Graham (23 July 2021). 2462:Readfearn, Graham (22 June 2021). 2341:from the original on 15 July 2017. 2269:Barron, Laignee (30 August 2017). 1106:Former UNESCO World Heritage Sites 711:Several listed locations, such as 614:Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City 567:Former UNESCO World Heritage Sites 544:Extensions and other modifications 523:Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu 25: 2302:Vallely, Paul (7 November 2008). 2210:Matz, Christoph (28 April 2019). 1969:from the original on 21 July 2021 1936:from the original on 24 July 2021 1828:from the original on 14 July 2017 1781:Maurel, ChloĂ© (11 January 2017). 1597:from the original on 30 July 2022 1437:from the original on 12 June 2016 1348:from the original on 5 April 2020 1262:from the original on 5 July 2020. 62:natural properties) exist across 3097: 3053: 2678:from the original on 14 May 2011 2674:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 2672:"World Heritage List Statistics" 2108:Stone, Peter (2 February 2015). 2029:from the original on 8 July 2022 1906:from the original on 7 July 2017 1880:from the original on 5 July 2020 1854:from the original on 5 July 2020 1850:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 1824:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 1587:"Countries - The World Factbook" 1551:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 1494:from the original on 5 July 2020 1490:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 1464:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 1433:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 1311:from the original on 26 May 2020 1307:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 1258:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 1074: 1060: 1046: 593:List of World Heritage in Danger 563:List of World Heritage in Danger 528: 455: 255:UNESCO World Heritage plaque at 133:UNESCO World Heritage plaque at 118:UNESCO World Heritage plaque at 2382:Slezak, Michael (26 May 2016). 1183:located in Mongolia and Russia. 1004:World Heritage Sites by country 998:Countries with 15 or more sites 401:near KrakĂłw in Poland, and the 92:United Nations General Assembly 2708:Springer Nature Switzerland AG 1955:Josh Halliday (21 July 2021). 1488:"The World Heritage Committee" 1273:Hetter, Katia (16 June 2014). 1096:Index of conservation articles 368:). Only two UN member states, 1: 1111:Memory of the World Programme 1101:Lists of World Heritage Sites 393:in Cambodia, the Old City of 2822:UNESCO World Heritage portal 2812:Resources in other libraries 2593:World Heritage on the Ground 2437:UNESCO World Heritage Centre 2357:UNESCO World Heritage Centre 2141:"When War Destroys Identity" 2139:Baig, Mehroz (12 May 2014). 2020:10.1016/j.biocon.2016.12.011 1330:Sullivan, Ann Marie (2016). 403:Ngorongoro Conservation Area 2902:UNESCO World Heritage Sites 2220:(in German). Archived from 1591:Central Intelligence Agency 788:UNESCO World Heritage Sites 647:United Nations peacekeeping 600:three sites have ever been 591:A site may be added to the 152:In 1954, the government of 3165: 2750:. Sanremo, Italy: UNESCO. 2524:Caust, Jo (10 July 2018). 1848:"World Heritage in Danger" 1001: 777: 635:Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium 560: 354:states in free association 309:) guiding the work of the 298: 206:Metropolitan Museum of Art 66:. 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Index

World Heritage List

World Heritage Convention
international convention
UNESCO
168 countries
Italy
China
Germany
World Heritage Sites list
World Heritage Committee
United Nations General Assembly
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage

Þingvellir
Iceland

Takht-e Soleymān
Iran
The graph represents the amount of UNESCO sites inscribed on the World Heritage List each year for each continent. You can see that in 2000 there was a general increase in the enrollments in the list of UNESCO sites
Egypt
Aswan High Dam
inundate
Nile
ancient Egypt
Nubia
Sudan
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia
Abu Simbel

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