The 34th session of the World Heritage Committee [1] inscribed 21 new sites, including 15 cultural, 5 natural and 1 mixed properties [2]. Three countries, Kiribati, Marshall Islands and Tajikistan, had sites added for the first time. One existing natural site was also recognized for its cultural values and thus becomes a mixed site.
The World Heritage Committee also added four sites to the List of World Heritage in Danger [3] and removed the Galapagos Islands [4] (Ecuador) from this List.
The new sites on the World Heritage List of Sites in Danger are:
The new mixed site is:
New cultural sites:
New natural sites:
Extended World Heritage sites:
The Committee also recognised the cultural values of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania), which was inscribed in 1979 as a natural site. This property now becomes a mixed site.
The 34th session of the World Heritage Committee opened on 25 July and will close on 3 August. The next session will be held in June 2011 in Bahrain.
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Links:
[1] http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/34COM/
[2] http://whc.unesco.org/en/newproperties
[3] http://whc.unesco.org/en/danger
[4] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1
[5] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/710
[6] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1257
[7] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1022
[8] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/76
[9] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1326
[10] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1306
[11] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1272
[12] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1305
[13] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1337
[14] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1338
[15] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1345
[16] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1346
[17] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1339
[18] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1351
[19] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1352
[20] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1349
[21] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1324
[22] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1329
[23] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1141
[24] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1328
[25] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1335
[26] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1317
[27] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1325
[28] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1234
[29] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1203
[30] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/931
[31] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/225
[32] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/623
[33] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/55
[34] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/598
[35] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/866
[36] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1090
[37] http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/39
[38] http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/647
[39] http://www.ietravel.com/category/galapagos-islands
[40] http://www.ietravel.com/category/natural-history-news
[41] http://www.ietravel.com/blog/2010/08/21-new-sites-unesco-world-heritage-list
[42] http://www.ietravel.com/blog/west-africa/joal-fadiouth-senegal-coastal-towns
[43] http://www.ietravel.com/blog/egypt-jordan/how-to-tip-in-egypt
[44] http://www.ietravel.com/blog/galapagos-islands/charles-darwin-marine-iguanas
