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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›
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›
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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›
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›
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›
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SENIOR IS-LEADER ADNANI 'KILLED IN SYRIA'
Islamic State holds territory in the province of Aleppo, but not in the city where rebels are fighting Syrian government forces... READ MORE›
EUROPEAN DIGITAL DATABASE AIMS TO KEEP CULTURAL TRADITIONS ALIVE
There's also intangible cultural heritage, knowledge, traditions, arts passed on from generation to generation... READ MORE›
AMID SERIES OF HIGH-PROFILE ISLAMIC STATE ATTACKS, THE ONLY RED LINES LEFT ARE DRAWN IN BLOOD
The nature of the attacks and their apparently coordinated timing suggested the Islamic State group could be to blame, although no one claimed responsibility... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP DESERVES 'RESPECT,' SAYS DAVID CAMERON
In December last year, the prime minister slapped down Trump after the billionaire presidential candidate proposed a ban on Muslims from entering the United States... READ MORE›
DAVID CAMERON REFUSES TO APOLOGISE FOR CALLING DONALD TRUMP 'DIVISIVE, STUPID AND WRONG'
Papadopoulos told The Times It's unfortunate that prime minister Cameron was one of the most outspoken critics of Mr Trump... READ MORE›
HOW BRITAIN FUNDS THE 'PROPAGANDA WAR' AGAINST ISIS IN SYRIA
The UK's propaganda effort for the Syrian armed opposition began after the government failed to persuade parliament to support military action against the Assad regime... READ MORE›
OBAMA SAYS POST-BREXIT UK-U.S. TRADE DEAL COULD TAKE A DECADE
The UK would not be able to negotiate something with the United States faster than the EU, he said... READ MORE›
BORIS JOHNSON CRITICISED FOR 'RACIST' OBAMA COMMENTS
Tory MP Sir Nicholas Soames, who is the grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, said Johnson's comments were appalling and totally wrong on almost everything ... READ MORE›
BETWEEN THE LINES OF THE PANAMA PAPERS
Between The Lines Of The Panama Papers How The Offshore Tax Scandal Robs Developing Countries... READ MORE›
ICELAND PREMIER NAMED IN PANAMA PAPERS SAYS HES NOT QUITTING
Mr. Gunnlaugsson's deputy, Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, initially said the prime minister had offered to resign... READ MORE›
VIRGINIA MAN CAPTURED BY KURDS CLAIMS IN VIDEO HE ESCAPED ISLAMIC STATE
He said he left the United States in December, traveling first to London, then to Amsterdam, then to Turkey... READ MORE›
US 'REASONABLY CERTAIN' BRITISH ISLAMIC STATE EXECUTIONER 'JIHADI JOHN' KILLED IN SYRIA
US and Britain work 'hand in glove' The British government said it had been working hand in glove with the Americans to defeat Islamic State... READ MORE›