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JAPAN TO NOMINATE ANCIENT TOMBS IN OSAKA FOR WORLD HERITAGE LIST
The government on Friday decided to nominate ancient tumulus clusters in Osaka Prefecture as a UNESCO World Heritage site candidate for 2019... READ MORE›
FRENCH BAGUETTES SHOULD BE UNESCO-LISTED TREASURES
Unesco's Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage is different from its register of places, known as World Heritage Sites... READ MORE›
BULGARIANS RALLY AGAINST SKI AREA EXPANSION IN NATIONAL PARK
Environmentalists protest against a government decision that allowed further construction of ski runs and lifts in Bulgaria's mountainous Pirin National Park, in Sofia, Bulgaria, January 11, 2018... READ MORE›
DANCE DRAMA YUN PREMIERES AT BEIJING DANCE ACADEMY
Constructed in the Sui Dynasty 581-618, the Grand Canal is a UNESCO World Heritage Site... READ MORE›
BEIJING HELPS BELT ROAD NATIONS SAVE RELICS
The temples, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, were damaged in a 2016 earthquake... READ MORE›
EGYPT REOPENS ANCIENT LIBRARY IN SINAI AFTER RENOVATIONS
Egypt reopened on Saturday an ancient library at the famed St. Catherine Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in South Sinai. The inauguration ceremony... READ MORE›
BRITAIN'S HADRIAN'S WALL, CHINA'S GREAT WALL TO WORK TOGETHER IN UNIQUE HERITAGE PARTNERSHIP
A unique agreement that will see Britain's Hadrian's Wall and the Great Wall of China work together, was announced last Tuesday by Heritage Minister John Glenn... READ MORE›
SKI RESORT WILL DEVASTATE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN BULGARIA, SAYS WWF
Expansion of budget ski resort Bansko into Pirin national park will be disastrous for centuries-old forests home to brown bears and wolves... READ MORE›
SENEGAL'S SAINT-LOUIS TOWN BEATING THE ODDS TO EMERGE BEST TOURIST DESTINATION
Saint-Louis is a city deeply rooted in history by both Africans and Europeans... READ MORE›
HADRIAN'S WALL JOINS FORCES WITH CHINA'S GREAT WALL TO PROMOTE HERITAGE SITES
Is Unesco aware of this announcement? Birley said he and other heritage experts covering Hadrian's Wall were in the dark about the collaboration with China... READ MORE›
NAPLES PIZZA TWIRLING SEEKS NOD AS UNESCO 'INTANGIBLE' HERITAGE
Naples' art of pizza twirling is a candidate to join UNESCO's list of intangible heritage this week along with a wealth of other cultural treasures such... READ MORE›
HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF MUMBAI IN JUST TWO DAYS
For business travelers popping in and out of Mumbai quickly, the city's kaleidoscopic colors, vibrant cultural history, and frenetic traffic can seem impenetrable... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE AND NEGLECT THREATEN SENEGAL'S SAINT LOUIS
On a thin, sandy strip separating the Senegal River from the ocean, the effects of rising sea levels driven by climate change are clear... READ MORE›
WORLD HERITAGE SITES THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE NEARLY DOUBLES SINCE 2014
Latest findings have revealed that climate change impacts one in four natural World Heritage sites, including coral reefs, glaciers, and wetlands... READ MORE›
FROM THE EVERGLADES TO KILIMANJARO, CLIMATE CHANGE IS DESTROYING WORLD WONDERS
Natural world heritage sites also play a crucial role supporting local economies and livelihoods, said Tim Badman, director of IUCN's World Heritage Programme... READ MORE›
TRUMP TWEETS ABOUT BEAUTIFUL WELCOME
The US president flew to Beijing from Seoul on Wednesday afternoon... READ MORE›
CONSERVATION OF WORKING CLASS HOUSING IN HK WINS TOP HONOR
Further information about the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation and this year's winning entries can be found here... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA BANS CLIMBING ON SACRED INDIGENOUS SITE
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : World Heritage Site
'MY WORST NIGHTMARES ARE COMING TRUE'
Polish government is accused of pushing Bialowieza forest ecosystem to point of no return with state-sanctioned logging in Unesco world heritage site... READ MORE›
RARE WILDLIFE KILLED AS FLOODS DEVASTATE INDIA RESERVE
Rising floodwaters have inundated large parts of a famous wildlife reserve in northeastern India, killing more than 225 animals and forcing hundreds of others to flee... READ MORE›
A TWO-MILE BEER PIPELINE BENEATH BELGIAN STREETS
We wanted to avoid running big expensive tanker trucks back and forth transporting our beer, Mr. Vanneste said... READ MORE›
THE LAKE DISTRICT'S WORLD HERITAGE SITE STATUS IS A BETRAYAL OF THE LIVING WORLD
They did nothing to prevent the Lake District, England's largest and most spectacular national park, from being officially designated a Beatrix Potter-themed sheep museum... READ MORE›
MALTA'S SECRET TUNNELS: INSIDE THE NEWLY DISCOVERED UNDERWORLD OF VALLETTA
Marc Zimmerman, of the group Malta Underground, took us down a coastal path to see an outfall of the Valletta sewage system... READ MORE›
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›
AUSTRALIA SCRUBBED FROM UN CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT AFTER GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
Recent experience in Australia had shown that negative commentary about the status of world heritage properties impacted on tourism... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S 'RESPONSE PLAN' DRAFT CONTAINS NO NEW ACTION OR FUNDING
Great Barrier Reef Australia's 'response plan' draft contains no new action or funding... READ MORE›
BREAKING: FEDERAL COURT DISMISSES FIRST NATIONS SITE C DAM CHALLENGE
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a lawsuit from two B.C. First Nations trying to prevent the Site C dam project from going ahead... READ MORE›
'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›
THREE WILDLIFE RANGERS KILLED IN ATTACK BY VIOLENT MILITIA IN DRC
Wildlife rangers at Virunga national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were killed in an ambush by Mai Mai rebels... READ MORE›
GAS GRAB AND GLOBAL WARMING COULD WIPE OUT WADDEN SEA HERITAGE SITE
The Unesco world heritage site at the Wadden Sea on the Dutch coast stretches over 10,000 sq km... READ MORE›
'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›
MORE THAN 100 NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITES DEGRADED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY, SAYS REPORT
Human pressure on natural world heritage sites increased on all continents except Europe, where it decreased significantly... READ MORE›
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›
WINTER SOLSTICE SUN PHENOMENON TO FLOOD ANCIENT IRISH TOMB, 'FAIRY FORT' WITH LIGHT (PHOTOS)
Winter solstice sun phenomenon to flood ancient Irish tomb, 'fairy fort' with light PHOTOS -- RT Viral... READ MORE›
CHINA EARTHQUAKE: SICHUAN TREMOR LEAVES LEAST 19 DEAD
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake has killed at least 19 people and injured 247 in China's south-western province of Sichuan... READ MORE›
MAYAN 'NESTING DOLL PYRAMID' DISCOVERED IN MEXICO
A third structure has been found within the famous Kukulkan pyramid in eastern Mexico, experts say... READ MORE›
PARIS AGREEMENT'S 1.5C TARGET 'ONLY WAY' TO SAVE CORAL REEFS, UNESCO SAYS
First global assessment of climate change impact on world heritage-listed reefs says local efforts are 'no longer sufficient'... READ MORE›
THE WORLD NEEDS WILDLIFE TOURISM. BUT THAT WON'T WORK WITHOUT WILDLIFE
But the very assets that underpin this wildlife-based tourism - the wildlife itself - are under severe threat... READ MORE›
JAPANESE SACRED ISLAND WHERE WOMEN ARE BANNED GETS UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LISTING
Priests from Munakata Taisha, a group of Shinto shrines, are in principle permitted to travel to worship at the island's 17th century shrine, Okitsu... READ MORE›
HUGE MONUMENT FOUND 'HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT'
Surface pottery suggests the platform was built in the mid-second century BC, when Petra was at its peak... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE RETAKES HISTORIC CITY OF PALMYRA
Syrian army presses ahead with offensive after palmyra victory... READ MORE›
COUNCIL READY TO DITCH BATH PARK-AND-RIDE PLAN AFTER LOCAL OUTRAGE
Bath and North East Somerset council says it now intends to scrap scheme that could have put city's world heritage status at risk... 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›
AS MANY AS 100 PEOPLE FEARED DEAD IN CHINESE EARTHQUAKE
Seven people died and 88 were injured in the quake late on Tuesday, 21 of them seriously, the official Xinhua news agency said... READ MORE›
EXTREMIST SENTENCED OVER DESTROYED SHRINES IN TIMBUKTU
Judge Pangalangan noted five mitigating factors Mr. Mahdi had admitted his guilt, cooperated with prosecutors, shown remorse and initially advised against the demolition... READ MORE›
THE CONTROVERSIAL PLAN TO TUNNEL BENEATH STONEHENGE
But the Stonehenge tunnel faces a different challenge, one largely arising from the fact that its two proposed entrances exits lie within the world heritage site... 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›
FOREST FIRE IN SOUTHERN SPAIN HITS DONANA NATIONAL PARK
The flames enter Donana National Park, an important tourist attraction and a UNESCO World Heritage site... READ MORE›