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'UNESCO-CIDE': DOES WORLD HERITAGE STATUS DO CITIES MORE HARM THAN GOOD?


For George Town and its clan jetties, the Unesco imprimatur seemingly provided a second wind... READ MORE

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EXTREMIST MUST PAY REPARATIONS OVER DESTRUCTION OF TIMBUKTU WORLD HERITAGE SITES


The militants were driven out after nearly a year by French forces, and those troops arrested Al Mahdi in neighbouring Niger in 2014... READ MORE

17th August, 2017 0

EU COURT ORDERS POLAND TO HALT LOGGING IN ANCIENT FOREST


Environmental groups and European officials said the logging threatens the continent's last unspoiled woodland, which is included on the Unesco list of World Heritage sites... READ MORE

29th July, 2017 1

COUNTRIES WITH CORAL REEFS MUST DO MORE ON CLIMATE CHANGE - UNESCO


The new decision builds on that assessment, clarifying the responsibility of countries with custodianship over world-heritage listed coral reefs... READ MORE

11th July, 2017 2690

JAPAN'S OKINOSHIMA ISLAND GAINS UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS


Japan's Okinoshima island, an ancient religious site where women are banned, has been declared a World Heritage site by the UN's cultural body Unesco... READ MORE

10th July, 2017 821

ERITREA'S CAPITAL ADDED TO UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST


Eritrean officials on Saturday claimed victory after the U.N. cultural agency unanimously decided to put the African nation's capital city of Asmara on t... READ MORE

9th July, 2017 0

OH VIENNA: WORLD HERITAGE STATUS THREATENED BY HIGH-RISE


But the World Heritage Committee WHC took issue with the tower's height of 66.3 metres, which had already been reduced from 75 metres following protests... READ MORE

6th July, 2017 305

WORLD HERITAGE REEFS AT RISK OF CORAL BLEACHING AFTER HEAT STRESS EXPOSURE, UNESCO SAYS


Almost 75 per cent of world heritage coral reefs have been exposed to heat stress that causes coral bleaching in the past three years, UNESCO says... READ MORE

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ISIS ATTACKS IRAQI ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE


Last week, Islamic State militants videotaped themselves destroying statues and artifacts in the Mosul Museum and at the Nergal Gate entryway to ancient Nineveh... READ MORE

5th March, 2015 8084

MYANMAR IS RESTORING TEMPLES TO REBUILD ITS HERITAGE


It damaged 389 of Bagan's monuments, and broke Pyathat Gyi's spire as if it were one of her candies... READ MORE

11th May, 2017 5954

ISIS BULLDOZING OF ANCIENT NIMRUD SITE IN IRAQ STIRS OUTRAGE


The agency said that screenshots of the Defense Department system had been posted online, apparently to prove that the cyberattack had been successful... READ MORE

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'WHY IS THE WORLD SO QUIET?' YEMEN SUFFERS ITS OWN CRUEL LOSSES, FAR FROM ALEPPO.


KAWKABAN, Yemen -- The majestic fortress nestled atop a mountain here in northwestern Yemen survived the armies of the Islamic warrior Saladin in the 12th century... READ MORE

19th December, 2016 3229

EXPLOSION DESTROYS ANCIENT SITE IN YEMEN CAPITAL


Two weeks ago, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution aimed at thwarting and prosecuting antiquities vandals and smugglers... READ MORE

12th June, 2015 2602

ISIS ARE HELL-BENT ON DESTROYING CENTURIES OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE


The mining town's new neighbours who are half a world away... READ MORE

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A reef campaigner with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Felicity Wishart, said the report contained no measurable, deliverable action... READ MORE

15th September, 2014 1103

MINING AND OIL THREATENS ONE IN THREE NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITES REPORT


Of natural world heritage sites in Africa, more than six in ten are threatened with development... READ MORE

1st October, 2015 1056

SACRED MEN-ONLY ISLAND SET TO BE GRANTED UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS


A UNESCO advisory body has recommended adding to the World Heritage list the island of Okinoshima, an ancient religious site in Fukuoka Prefecture where wo... READ MORE

6th May, 2017 911

TUNNEL TO BE BUILT PAST STONEHENGE


Related Stories A tunnel is to be dug to take a congested main road past Stonehenge, the government has announced... READ MORE

1st December, 2014 786

'WANTON DESTRUCTION': ISIS BLOWS UP ANCIENT ARCH


ISIS militants had earlier destroyed temples at the Roman-era UNESCO World Heritage site, which it has controlled since capturing Palmyra in May... READ MORE

11th December, 2015 396

TIMBUKTU'S HISTORIC TOMBS RESTORED IN SHOW OF CONFIDENCE FOR WAR-RAVAGED MALI


Local and international project in city of 33 saints reconstructs 14 Sufi mausoleums smashed up by al-Qaida backed extremists... READ MORE

19th July, 2015 321


A reef campaigner with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Felicity Wishart, said the report contained no measurable, deliverable action... READ MORE

15th September, 2014 314

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

28th September, 2016 312

AUSTRALIA ACTING WITH 'RENEWED VIGOUR' ON GREAT BARRIER REEF


The Greens said the report would fail to allay the concerns of the world heritage committee, maintaining the government's approach was business as usual ... READ MORE

2nd February, 2015 281

SYRIAN TROOPS RECAPTURE PALMYRA FROM ISIL FOR SECOND TIME


Isil withdrew from most of Palmyra after laying mines across the city, said Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights... READ MORE

2nd March, 2017 280

BROKEN HILL COUNCIL PUSHES FOR AUSTRALIA'S FIRST WORLD HERITAGE CITY LISTING IN OUTBACK NSW


Broken Hill strives to become listed as world heritage city, following up its first as a national heritage-listed city... READ MORE

12th June, 2017 279

'IT IS A BIG DEAL TO HAVE A REACTIVE MONITORING MISSION SENT TO A WORLD HERITAGE SITE,' SAYS ENVIRONMENTALIST


Green represents Canada at UNESCO when it comes to World Heritage Sites and was in Fort Chipewyan while the monitors were on their tour... READ MORE

1st October, 2016 277

IRAQ SAYS ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS RAZE ANCIENT HATRA CITY


Hatra lies about 110 km 70 miles south of Mosul, the largest city under Islamic State control... READ MORE

7th March, 2015 231

SYRIAN FORCES RETAKE ROMAN-ERA CITY OF PALMYRA


Syrian troops captured Palmyra from Islamic State fighters on Sunday after three weeks of intense fighting... READ MORE

2nd March, 2017 203

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

21st March, 2016 198

A JAPANESE ISLAND THAT EXCLUDES WOMEN MAY SOON BE A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE


Google Maps These traditions, and the 80,000 artifacts they produced, are why the island might be denoted a UNESCO World Heritage site... READ MORE

12th May, 2017 192

GREAT BARRIER REEF: NATIONALS MP SAYS ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE GUILTY OF TREASON


Conservation groups are eco-traitors for lobbying the Unesco world heritage committee on reef, says Abbot government backbencher George Christensen... READ MORE

25th March, 2015 152

CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS WORLD HERITAGE SITES, REPORT SAYS


Venice, Stonehenge among World Heritage sites threatened by climate change... READ MORE

26th May, 2016 145

CHAMPAGNE INDUSTRY NAMED AS UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE


France's champagne industry named as Unesco World Heritage Site... READ MORE

5th July, 2015 140

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

21st February, 2015 132

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

21st September, 2016 126

'SUPERTIDE' DRAWS THOUSANDS TO FRENCH SITE


PT0M45S 620 349 Autoplay On Thirty thousand people have flocked to Mont Saint-Michel to see the tide of the century surround the picturesque French landmark... READ MORE

22nd March, 2015 116

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

8th July, 2015 90

ISLAMIC STATE'S DESTRUCTION OF PALMYRA TEMPLE CONFIRMED BY SATELLITE PHOTO


Islamic State captured Palmyra, an oasis town and former trading centre in Syria's central desert, from government forces in May... READ MORE

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