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ASIAN SCHOOL LANGUAGES RENAMED OVER RACIAL DISCRIMINATION FEARS
But the Background Speakers Heritage hurdle presented yet another reason for students to abandon their family languages... READ MORE›
BEST BEER IN THE WORLD? BELGIAN BEER LATEST ADDITION TO UNESCO'S LIST OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
After being nominated by one or more countries, a new entry usually takes about two years to make it to the cultural heritage list... READ MORE›
DRONE CRASHES INTO WORLD HERITAGE-LISTED HIMEJI CASTLE
A drone crashed into World Heritage-listed Himeji Castle on Thursday following a similar incident last year, local government officials said. The small dro... READ MORE›
IRAQI HERITAGE SITES AGAIN AT RISK IN MOSUL OPERATION
As Iraqi forces close in on Mosul, the jihadists' last main bastion in the country, officials say IS has fighters deployed at or near archaeological sites... READ MORE›
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WORLD HERITAGE FORESTS BURN AS GLOBAL TRAGEDY UNFOLDS IN TASMANIA
It concluded that lightning fires were now the main threat to the survival of the world heritage area... READ MORE›
UNESCO ADDS 40 KM OF KUMANO KODO PILGRAMAGE ROUTES TO WORLD HERITAGE REGISTER
A total of 347.7 km of the Kumano Kodo routes in all three prefectures have now been classified as World Heritage sites... READ MORE›
UN TO DEPLOY PEACEKEEPERS TO PROTECT WORLD HERITAGE SITES
UN peacekeepers will protect world heritage sites from attacks by Islamist militants Unesco has said... READ MORE›
KNOWN FOR ANCIENT FOSSILS, N.L.'S MISTAKEN POINT NOW A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
Known for ancient fossils, N.L.'s Mistaken Point now a UNESCO World Heritage site... READ MORE›
LABOR TO BAN DREDGE SPOIL DUMPING IN THE GREAT BARRIER REEF WORLD HERITAGE AREA
Poll Should the Abbott government legislate a ban on dumping dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef world heritage area?... READ MORE›
MINING AND OIL THREATENS ONE IN THREE NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITES A?? REPORT
Of natural world heritage sites in Africa, more than six in ten are threatened with development... READ MORE›
EDINBURGHA??S WORLD HERITAGE STATUS IN PERIL AS DEVELOPERS MOVE IN
David Black, a conservationist and architectural critic, detects a sinister hand in the planned developments and others that have occurred with seemingly indecent haste around Edinburgh... READ MORE›
FORTH BRIDGE NAMED AS SCOTLAND'S SIXTH WORLD HERITAGE SITE
The Forth Bridge that majestic russet-hued testament to Victorian engineering has been confirmed by Unesco as Scotland's sixth world heritage site... READ MORE›
'WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS LOOKS BAD'
Greenpeace Nazca Lines stunt Peru government to sue activists for criminal damage to 2,000-year-old UN World Heritage site... READ MORE›
HALF OF WORLD HERITAGE SITES THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT, SAYS WWF
World heritage sites fall under three categories cultural, natural and mixed... READ MORE›
SCIENTISTS PUSH FOR UNESCO LISTING FOR HUGE AREA OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
05 GMT A group of West Australian scientists are campaigning to turn the poorest soils in the world into a Unesco world heritage area... READ MORE›
OIL, GAS AND MINING THREATEN CANADA'S WORLD HERITAGE SITES MOST OFTEN
Parks Canada wrote in an email that environmental assessments and procedures to issue licences are in place to protect Wood Buffalo National Park... READ MORE›
9 WONDERS OF THE WORLD SET TO VANISH FOREVER
However, Unesco warns redevelopment in the area - namely, the multi-billion Liverpool Waters mixed use waterfront quarter - will adversely alter the site. More information... READ MORE›
GREAT BARRIER REEF, KAKADU AMONG WORLD HERITAGE SITES OF 'SIGNIFICANT CONCERN'
Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu among World Heritage sites of 'significant concern' IUCN... READ MORE›
AFTER CONCESSION TO SEOUL ON FORCED LABOR MEIJI INDUSTRIAL SITES ADDED TO WORLD HERITAGE LIST
At meeting June 21 of their foreign ministers, Japan and South Korea reached a basic agreement to cooperate on heritage listings of each other's sites... READ MORE›
CAN A SLUM BUILT ON A WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN MEXICO CITY HAVE RIGHTS
Poor urban planning prompted thousands of Mexico City residents to build their own neighbourhood ... on the ecologically protected Aztec heritage lands of Xochimilco. Now what?... READ MORE›
PLANS TO LOG TASMANIA'S WORLD HERITAGE FORESTS DROPPED AFTER UN CRITICISM
Plans to allow logging inside Tasmanian world heritage forests have been abandoned after a United Nations report recommended against it... READ MORE›
BENIDORM MAKES UNLIKELY BID FOR UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS
But that could be about to change if Benidorm is successful in its bid to join the others and become a Unesco World Heritage site... READ MORE›
TASMANIA WORLD HERITAGE AREA DEVELOPMENT: IS THIS THE END OF 'WILDERNESS'? | HILARY BURDEN
Tasmania world heritage area development is this the end of 'wilderness'?... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS WORLD HERITAGE SITES, REPORT SAYS
Venice, Stonehenge among World Heritage sites threatened by climate change... READ MORE›
JURASSIC COAST COULD LOSE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS IF PLANNED WIND FARM GOES AHEAD
The 3bn proposal to build one of the world's biggest wind farms, Navitus Bay, has met stiff opposition from residents and environmentalists... READ MORE›
JAPANESE ARCHITECT GROUP PUSHES FOR YOYOGI NATIONAL GYMNASIUM TO GET WORLD HERITAGE LISTING
If Tange's work is registered, he would be the first Japanese architect whose work will be included on the World Heritage list, Maki said... READ MORE›
HOW TO PRESERVE ITS NEWLY LISTED SITES
Japan used to designate candidate World Heritage sites as historic places under the cultural assets preservation law... READ MORE›
UNESCO DECIDES TO ADD MEIJI INDUSTRIAL SITES TO WORLD HERITAGE LIST
BONN - The UNESCO World Heritage Committee on Sunday decided to approve Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution for addition to the World Cultural Heritage list... READ MORE›
UNESCO APPROVES 'CULTURAL BLUE HELMETS' TO PROTECT HERITAGE SITES FROM ISLAMIST MILITANTS
Islamist militants are also accused of being behind attacks on ten religious and historic monuments in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Timbuktu in Mali... READ MORE›
TASMANIA URGED TO SCRAP PLAN TO OPEN MORE WORLD HERITAGE AREA TO TOURISM
We can't trust the Tasmanian government to manage our globally precious wilderness, so it's time the Australian government stepped in and took more responsibility... READ MORE›
NEARLY HALF OF NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITES THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT
Nearly half of natural World Heritage sites threatened by development report... READ MORE›
KWONGAN WORLD HERITAGE LISTING PROPOSAL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA WINS LABOR SUPPORT
Tallentire said Unesco world heritage status was an internationally recognised tourism asset and would provide an economic boost as well as protecting an important ecosystem... READ MORE›
IS SYSTEMATICALLY DESTROYING HERITAGE SITES, UNESCO CHIEF SAYS
Cultural agency said Friday after militants demolished a monastery with ancient foundations in central Syria... READ MORE›
NEWFOUNDLAND FOSSIL TROVE TO BECOME UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
Fossils uncovered at Mistaken Point in Newfoundland include some of the earliest animal-like creatures ever discovered... READ MORE›
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AUSTRALIA'S CLIMATE HEATING AND DRYING OUT
Climate change is happening now it's having a tangible impact on Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology's climate monitoring manager Karl Braganza told reporters... READ MORE›
A WINE LOVER'S PARADISE IN A WORLD HERITAGE SITE
Listed as a World Heritage Site since 2015, the vineyards of the Cote-d'Or, in France's eastern Burgundy region, are the combined work of man and nature... READ MORE›
UNESCO RAISES ALARM OVER MALIAN EARTHEN TOWN, UZBEK MONUMENTS
UNESCO said that the 40th meeting of its World Heritage Committee in Istanbul decided to place the site on its list of world heritage in danger... READ MORE›
UN COMMITTEE MAY AGAIN CONSIDER LISTING GREAT BARRIER REEF AS 'IN DANGER'
State of Conservation reports, which are addressed to the World Heritage Committee, help it implement new conservation actions... READ MORE›
ELLEN DEGENERES BOMBARDED BY GREAT BARRIER REEF TWEETS FROM AUSTRALIAN MINISTER
The Australian environment minister, Greg Hunt, has bombarded Ellen DeGeneres with tweets after she appealed to Australia to do more to protect the Great Barrier Reef... READ MORE›
WORLD HERITAGE SITES, INCLUDING STATUE OF LIBERTY AND STONEHENGE, THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, UNESCO SAYS
An earlier draft referenced Australia's Great Barrier Reef, which is threatened by climate change... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE MAY PUT UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES UNDERWATER
The researchers calculated the regional sea level at different World Heritage Sites 2,000 years from now for different average global temperatures... READ MORE›
HALF OF ALL WORLD HERITAGE SITES THREATENED BY INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES
Half the World Heritage sites and 11 million people globally could be negatively affected by harmful industrial activities, according to a report by the conservation group... READ MORE›
WANUSKEWIN SEEKS UNITED NATIONS WORLD HERITAGE STATUS
Wanuskewin Heritage Park in Saskatoon announced today that it plans to apply for status as a United Nations world heritage site... READ MORE›
SEABED STUDY EXPANDS AUSTRALIAN CLIMATE KNOWLEDGE TO PAST 50M YEARS
Climate change is happening, we are meddling with the climate system, Gallagher said... READ MORE›
CONCESSION TO SEOUL PAVED WAY FOR MEIJI SITES TO JOIN WORLD HERITAGE LIST; ALAMO ADDED
However, at a meeting June 21 of their foreign ministers, Japan and South Korea reached a basic agreement to cooperate on heritage listings of each other's sites... READ MORE›
UNESCO CHIEF SAYS ISLAMIC STATE WAGING 'CULTURE CLEANSING'
UNESCO on Wednesday named 2,000-year-old Hatra as one of its Heritage in Danger sites, joining the likes of the Everglades and the Old City of Jerusalem... READ MORE›