Patrimonio Mundial
European Parliament voices concern over Virunga National Park thanks to IUCN encouragement
The Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has recently been the subject of actions by European Parliamentarians encouraged by IUCN. …
12 Apr 2012 | News story
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Save Our Species funds Mangrove Finch project on Galapagos Islands
Swen Lorenz, Chief Executive of the Charles Darwin Foundation, an IUCN member organization, visited IUCN HQs in order to sign a grant agreement with SOS - Save Our Species to protect the Mangrove Finch (Camarhynchus heliobates) which is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The Mangrove Finch is the rarest of the 13 species of Darwin Finches with an estimated remaining population of 100 individuals found only in two locations on the Galapagos Islands. …
29 Mar 2012 | News story
Working with Sumatra to restore natural wonders
The Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra, Indonesia, is now on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger. IUCN Member, Fauna and Flora International, will be among the groups working with local authorities to address the issues raised and bring this site back to its full potential. …
23 Jun 2011 | News story
World Heritage in Egypt
Wadi Al-Hitan, Whale Valley, in the Western Desert of Egypt, is Egypt's only natural World Heritage Site. It contains invaluable fossil remains of the earliest, and now extinct, suborder of whales: Archaeoceti. …
21 Jun 2011 | News story
Tourism threatens World Heritage in Japan
There are three natural World Heritage Sites in Japan. But as in many other areas of the world, these sites are facing a range of challenges, the most important of which is tourism, according to Yoshida Masahito, Chair of the Japan National Committee for IUCN. …
21 Jun 2011 | News story
Patrimoine mondial en Afrique de l'ouest
On trouve des sites du patrimoine mondial dans le monde entier, et de nouvelles inscriptions sur la liste du patrimoine mondial sont envisagées dans presque tous les continents. Selon Youssouph Diedhiou, qui travaille pour le Programme des aires protégées de l’UICN en Afrique centrale et de l’ouest, les sites du patrimoine mondial ont besoin d’un soutien plus concerté de la part des gouvernements de la région. …
20 Jun 2011 | News story
Mantener criterios elevados en el Patrimonio Mundial
El Comité del Patrimonio Mundial de la UNESCO iniciará su reunión anual el 19 de junio en París. El Comité anunciará cuáles son las áreas naturales y culturales sobresalientes que se añadirán a la Lista de sitios del Patrimonio Mundial. Este año se examinarán propuestas relativas a 42 sitios. … | English | French
19 Jun 2011 | News story
Staving off the threats to Cameroon’s natural riches
The Dja Reserve in Cameroon is home to some of the largest and best protected rainforest tracts in Africa, with 90% of its area intact. It was inscribed as a World Heritage site in 1987, largely for the diversity of species found there but now faces several challenges, not least from mining. …
16 Jun 2011 | News story
Últimas noticias sobre los Sitios de Patrimonio Mundial
Los últimos sitios naturales y culturales a ser incorporados a la Lista del Patrimonio Mundial de la Unesco se darán a conocer en la reunión del Comité del Patrimonio Mundial, a celebrarse en París, del 19 al 29 de junio. Cuarenta y dos sitios serán considerados para su inscripción este año. … | English | French
10 Jun 2011 | News story
A promising future for Rio Platano
In the Mosquitia region in north-east Honduras is a place whose natural and cultural wealth can rarely be seen elsewhere in the world. But the future of this exceptional richness, in a country torn by conflict, poverty and adverse socio-economic conditions, strongly depends on the readiness of its authorities to consolidate efforts to manage and conserve it, working together with the area’s local and indigenous communities. …
01 Jun 2011 | News story
