Story | 19 Aug, 2010
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Press release | 02 Aug, 2010
New natural jewels on the World Heritage crown
Following IUCN’s recommendations, the landscapes of France’s La Reunion Island, Russia’s Siberian Putorana Plateau and the Phoenix Islands Protected Areas of Kiribati have been added to the List of Natural World Heritage sites by UNESCO. The Committee also decided to add Danxia (China) to the…
Press release | 31 Jul, 2010
Hawai’i and Sri Lanka added to the World Heritage List
The Central Highlands of Sri Lanka and Papahānaumokuākea in Hawai’i were added to the list of World Heritage sites by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, currently meeting in Brasilia. The Committee continues its consideration of natural sites for inscription.
Story | 30 Jul, 2010
Papahānaumokuākea - first US site to be listed in 15 years
Papahānaumokuākea in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands was added to the list of World Heritage sites by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, currently meeting in Brasilia. This is the first US site to be listed in 15 years.
Press release | 30 Jul, 2010
World Heritage in Danger: two natural sites listed
Following the recommendations of IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), important rainforest areas in Madagascar and the Everglades National Park (USA) have been added to the List of World Heritage in Danger at the World Heritage annual meeting, currently taking place in Brasilia…
Story | 27 Jul, 2010
Africa is under-represented in terms of World Heritage Sites, with only nine percent of overall sites located on the continent. Souayibou Varissou works with the African World Heritage Fund. He talks about what his organization is doing.
Story | 27 Jul, 2010
World Heritage under threat - the Great Barrier Reef
The 2,000 km long Great Barrier Reef of Australia is the largest World Heritage site in the world – it is roughly the size of Italy or Japan.
Press release | 27 Jul, 2010
Deserts on the World Heritage List: Filling the gaps
Deserts are not just arid, inhospitable places, they are unique and fragile environments and surprisingly full of life. But only a few deserts are World Heritage Sites, despite them covering one third of the earth’s land surface, says IUCN.
IUCN Statement | 26 Jul, 2010
World Heritage Convention and Sustainable Development
IUCN, along with the two other Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Convention, welcome a first step in exploring the critical issue of sustainable development for the World Heritage Convention at its annual meeting in Brasilia.
Story | 26 Jul, 2010
Day two of the Committee is underway. Allen Putney is Vice Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) for World Heritage, and his role is a bit different from that of his IUCN Secretariat colleagues.