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.
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.
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 Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥.
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥, 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.
Day two of the Committee is underway. Allen Putney is Vice Chair of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ World Commission on Protected AreasÌý(WCPA) for World Heritage, and his role is a bit different from that of his Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Secretariat colleagues.
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥'s Director General, Julia Marton-Lefèvre, spoke at the opening of the World Heritage Convention's annual meeting in Brasilia. She drew attention to closer ties between the Convention's three advisory bodies.
World Rangers Day - a day to commemorate the many Rangers killed or injured in the line of duty.
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We can do nothing to bring the fallen Rangers back, but we can honour their memory and ensure their sacrifice is never forgotten.
From Venzuela to Argentina natural World Heritage sites are attracting hundredsÌýof thousands of visitors per year.ÌýBut it's not all plain sailing with much still needed to be done to increaseÌýpublic awarenessÌýof why theseÌýsitesÌýmerit World Heritage status.
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The UNESCO World Heritage Committee opened its annual meeting today in Brasilia. The Committee will add new outstanding natural and cultural places to the list of World Heritage sites. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ plays a key role in the meeting as the advisory body assessing natural sites and recommending new…