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	U.S. World Heritage Tentative List Project
		As a signatory to the World Heritage Convention, the United States of America participates in the deliberations that lead to cultural, natural, and mixed properties being inscribed on the World Heritage List.
		The World Heritage List as a whole is managed by a World Heritage Committee made up of representatives from signatory countries, supported by a secretariat, known as the World Heritage Centre, which is based in the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris.
		A Tentative List is a national list of natural and cultural properties that appear to meet the eligibility criteria for nomination to the World Heritage List.
	www.nps.gov /oia/topics/worldheritage/faqtentativelist.htm (2553 words)

	Colong Foundation for Wilderness
		The World Heritage assessors' criticism of the large number of inholdings in the nomination area is understandable.
		The Evergreen Sclerophyllous Forests, Shrubs and Woodlands is one of the fourteen biomes of the world.
		World Heritage inscription is highly justified by its universal heritage values, that deserve the highest level of recognition and protection.
	www.colongwilderness.org.au /bluewh.htm (2682 words)

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		Article 7 For the purpose of this Convention, international protection of the world cultural and natural heritage shall be understood to mean the establishment of a system of international co-operation and assistance designed to support States Parties to the Convention in their efforts to conserve and identify that heritage.
		The term of office of States members of the World Heritage Committee shall extend from the end of the ordinary session of the General Conference during which they are elected until the end of its third subsequent ordinary session.
		The World Heritage Committee shall be assisted by a Secretariat appointed by the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
	fletcher.tufts.edu /multi/texts/BH605.txt (2566 words)

	Australia Now - Australia's World Heritage Properties
		Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations.
		Properties on the World Heritage List are important to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory in which they are located.
		The Wet Tropics World Heritage property lies between Townsville and Cooktown on the north-east coast of Queensland and covers an area of approximately 894 000 hectares.
	www.dfat.gov.au /facts/world_heritage.html (1233 words)

	World Heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Countries that have signed the World Heritage Convention pledge to identify and nominate for inclusion on the World Heritage list, those properties that have 'outstanding universal value' in terms of their cultural and natural heritage, and to ensure their continued protection.
		The listing process begins with the submission of a State Party's inventory of properties in its territories that may be suitable for World Heritage listing.
		The World Commission of Protected Areas (WCPA) is one of the six voluntary commissions of the IUCN (The World Conservation Union) and is the largest worldwide network of protected area managers and specialists.
	www.doc.govt.nz /Conservation/World-Heritage/index.asp (1390 words)

	UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Official Site
		World Heritage Expo to be Held in Northeastern China
		The 31st session of the World Heritage Committee (2007)
		Decisions adopted at the 30 th session of the World Heritage Committee
	whc.unesco.org (198 words)

	World Heritage Convention
		There is also a "List of World Heritage in Danger" which are sites threatened by serious and specific dangers such as large-scale public or private projects, or destruction caused by changes in the use or ownership of the land, human conflict or natural disasters for which assistance can be given.
		Listing a site does little good if it subsequently falls into a state of disrepair or if a development project risks destroying the qualities that made the site suitable for World Heritage status in the first place.
		In its announcement, the World Heritage Committee noted that the Padua Garden was at the starting point of botanic gardens in the world and represents the cradle of science, scientific exchanges and the understanding of the relationship between nature and culture.
	www.bgci.org /worldwide/article/0222 (2160 words)

	Cultural and natural heritage - All About Turkey
		An important subject to be dwelt upon in the world and in Turkey too, is the preservation of cultural values, so that these can be handed down to future generations.
		World Heritage sites belong to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located.
		In the UNESCO "World Cultural Heritage List" there are 9 heritage sites from Turkey, out of 830 properties around the world (644 cultural, 162 natural and 24 mixed properties in 138 member countries).
	www.allaboutturkey.com /heritage.htm (570 words)

	Xinhua - English
		The World Wildlife Fund's former China Director, James Harkness, once said that the panda's territory was one of the most critical regions for bio-diversity conservation in the world.
		China's earnest will to protect world heritage received appreciation from the WHC, which put the panda habitat at the top of the agenda of 37 sites to be discussed for inclusion at the meeting.
		The number of the List of World Nature Heritage in Danger was reduced from 15 to 13 following the removal of the Tunisia's Ichkeul National Park and the Senegal's Djoudj Bird Sanctuary from the list.
	news.xinhuanet.com /english/2006-07/12/content_4822855.htm (953 words)

	National Park Service's World Heritage Sites: Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Under the terms of the World Heritage Convention, each signatory nation is asked to submit to the World Heritage Committee a tentative list of properties, which it intends to nominate for inscription to the World Heritage List during the following five to ten years.
		This tentative list constitutes the "Inventory" (provided for in Article 11 of the Convention) of the cultural and natural properties situated within the territory of each Sate Party and which is considers suitable for inclusion in the World Heritage List.
		The purpose of these tentative lists is to enable the Committee to evaluate within the widest possible context the "outstanding universal value" of each property nominated to the List.
	www.cr.nps.gov /worldheritage/tentlist.htm (5917 words)

	Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture - Turkey on World Heritage List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Turkey having ratified the World Heritage Convention, 7 cultural and 2 mixed properties are inscribed in the world heritage list.
		A new tentative list for the world heritage for Turkey is essential.
		Relation ships between world cultures, spirituality of sites, nomadism and migration, routes for people and goods, different modes of occupation of land, cultural landscapes, traditional life styles and settlements are all taken into account.
	www.kultur.gov.tr /portal/default_en.asp?belgeno=804 (794 words)

	U.S. World Heritage Tentative List Project
		The United States was elected to the World Heritage Committee, the governing body of the World Heritage Convention, in October 2005 and will serve until October 2009.
		After additional reviews, a draft U.S. Tentative List will be forwarded for approval to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and then transmitted by the U.S. Department of State to the World Heritage Centre by February 1, 2008.
		NOTE: Inclusion in the Tentative List or subsequent inscription on the World Heritage List does not affect the legal status of a property.
	www.nps.gov /oia/topics/worldheritage/tentativelist.htm (418 words)

	LCQ17: World Heritage List
		The UNESCO is responsible for compiling the World Heritage List according to the Convention, in which World Heritage is classified into cultural and natural heritage.
		The application procedures for inscription on the World Heritage List are - a State Party of the Convention has to prepare a Tentative List, providing an inventory of the natural and cultural heritage sites with outstanding universal value within its boundary.
		World heritage sites are selected on the basis of very stringent criteria and there is keen competition amongst the States Parties, as well as the various provinces, cities, and districts within China.
	www.info.gov.hk /gia/general/200611/15/P200611150124.htm (735 words)

	World Heritage Sites
		Established in 1925, the park was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1979.
		In general, countries are eager to have their sites added to the World Heritage List, since the designation of sites often translates into enhanced financial and technical resources as well as increased tourism.
		Because issues of heritage are tied to self-identity, views of the past can be contested for political reasons as the past is reinterpreted in light of the contemporary political climate.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /nature_gallery/worldheritagesites.html (2734 words)

	Australian heritage: Department of the Environment and Heritage
		The National Heritage List is Australia's list of places or groups of places with outstanding heritage value to the nation - whether natural, Indigenous or historic or a combination of these.
		With the increase in international trade in movable cultural heritage objects, the Commonwealth can regulate the export of Australia's significant cultural heritage objects and can act to return illegally exported objects to their country of origin.
		If you are looking to see if a particular place is heritage listed, you could search the Australian Heritage Database or, for places that are listed on state or territory heritage registers, you could search the Australian Heritage Places Inventory.
	www.ea.gov.au /heritage (630 words)

	Spirit of Cyrus Enlivens World Heritage List
		It is the spirit of Cyrus the Great in Pasargadae that revitalizes UNESCO’s World Heritage List and all Iranians should close ranks to protect the historical mausoleum, Zhang Xinsheng, head of the World Heritage Committee was quoted as saying.
		Briefing reporters on his trip to Suzhou, China in order to attend the 28th Session of the World Heritage Committee, Mohammad Hassan Talebian, an Iranian delegate, described the day when Pasargadae was unanimously voted to be inscribed on the prestigious list.
		Talebian added the head of the World Heritage Committee later sent a congratulatory note for Mohammad Beheshti, deputy of Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization, to express his gratitude for Iran’s sincere efforts to preserve the tomb of the Achaemenid emperor.
	www.payvand.com /news/04/jul/1132.html (423 words)

	Sun.Star Baguio - De-listing of rice terraces from world heritage list alarms Cordi execs
		While the inscription in the Unesco list covers the whole terrace landscapes of Cordillera, the Unesco team will be coming to Ifugao since the core heritage sites mentioned in the inscription are located in the four municipalities of Ifugao, particularly the terraces in Banaue, Hungduan, Mayoyao and Kiangan.
		A major concern for the mission is to assess provincial initiatives on Unesco's recommendations to define benchmarks for the possible removal of the heritage property from the List of World Heritage in Danger.
		In 2001, Unesco placed the rice terraces under the List of World Heritage in Danger after its monitoring mission noted the degradation of the physical and cultural fabrics that had sustained the landscape for generation.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/bag/2006/04/05/feat/de.listing.of.rice.terraces.from.world.heritage.list.alarms.cordi.execs.html (1094 words)

	UNESCO Updates World Heritage List
		During the session, the committee’s members revised the World Heritage List, bringing to 788 the number of properties identified world-wide as natural or cultural heritage treasures.
		The annotated on-line list is searchable by name, country, region, category and date of addition to the list.
		A concentration of largely unexcavated archaeological, historic and living cultural heritage properties cradled in an impressive landscape which includes prehistoric (chalcolithic) sites, a hill fortress of an early Hindu capital, and remains of the 16th century capital of the state of Gujarat.
	www.unc.edu /awmc/unescowhs.html (1091 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		It was and still vestigially remains a hunter-gatherer culture, with people moving from the desert to the uplands in the wet season, to foothill pools after the rains and along the river in the dry season, when this becomes a vital resource and refuge.
		If it is accorded World Heritage status, the Park will be protected under the Commonwealth Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act of 1999, and key indicators and monitoring of the state of conservation will be developed by the Park's Council and Advisory Committee when these bodies have been established.
		To upgrade the Park as a World Heritage site will need facilities, staff and living areas for the traditional owners at a cost estimated at AUD $3.3 million per year for three years plus an average of AUD$400,000 annual operational costs.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/Purnnp.html (2863 words)

	Tourbox Antalya - Hotels in Turkey - Information on World Heritage List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Turkey has signed the World Heritage Convention in 1983 and through the work carried out under the responsibility of the General Directorate for the Preservation of Cultural and Natural Heritage has so far registered 9 locations on the World heritage List.
		Turkey having ratified the World Heritage Convention, 7 cultural and 2 mixed properties are inscribed in the world heritage list.
		A new tentative list for the world heritage for Turkey is essential.
	www.tourboxantalya.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=422 (785 words)

	Ataman Hotel - World Heritage List
		Nowadays it is recognized by nearly the whole world that cultural and Natural treasures do not belong just to the countries in which they are located but are instead the priceless and common property of all humanity.
		As a result of its efforts, a Convention concerning, the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was adopted in 1972 by the countries that were UNESCO members.
		It decides which of the entries on the World Heritage List are to be included in the List of World Heritage in Danger.
	www.atamanhotel.com /worldheritagelist.html (386 words)

	Humbul full record view for -- Unesco : the World Heritage List
		This is the official website of the list which provides basic information on each entry together with photographs, grid references and conservation reports on each monument or place as well and which outlines the criteria required for inclusion in the list.
		The list is arranged alphabetically by country, some 125 in total, and hypertext links take you to the relevant UNESCO session documents.
		Apart from the substantive information on UNESCO World Heritage sites, which will interest a wide audience, both amateur and professional, this concise but highly useful resource also provides insights into the politics and practice of heritage management on a world scale.
	www.humbul.ac.uk /output/full2.php?id=5786 (249 words)

	Pasargad, Bam registered in World Heritage list
		Ahmad Jalali, who was participating in the UNESCO's 6th Regional Session in Algeria, said Pasargad and quake-stricken citadel of Bam and its cultural landscape entered the list of "world heritage" in the UNESCO's International Committee of Cultural Heritage Sites, adding the UNESCO's representatives delivered related documents to the local authorities of Pasargad and Bam.
		Referring to the neglect of Iranian authorities to the world registration of the country's historical and cultural heritage sites, Jalali said Takht-e-Soleyman was the first site to be added to the list of world heritage sites in UNESCO for the first time after the 1979 Revolution.
		Referring to a lot of non-material cultural heritage in the country which deserve registration by the UNESCO, Jalali said Nowrouz (the beginning of the Iranian year) case has been referred to UNESCO for such purpose and is favored by 10 countries in the region.
	www.payvand.com /news/05/jan/1062.html (292 words)

	World Heritage Alliance: Media Center
		The park is one of 812 treasures of the world identified as World Heritage sites for their outstanding value to humanity.
		The World Heritage Alliance’s local economic development work underway can also be found at the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, widely considered to be one of the premier natural gems of Mexico.
		“World Heritage sites are irreplaceable global treasures inherited by all of us–to enjoy, experience and protect, and it is our responsibility to preserve these sites for future generations to visit,” said UN Foundation President Timothy E. Wirth.
	www.worldheritagealliance.org /press_releases/pr_71406.htm (857 words)

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		The purpose of the List of the Americas responds directly to the Quebec Summit mandate of the Presidents and Heads of State of the Americas to identify and protect multiculturalism in the Americas.
		These national governments develop their tentative list of sites to be submitted for World Heritage inscription through a public process that responds to political pressures, economic interests, legal restrictions and scholarly research that may be accused of bias.
		The immediate purpose of the List of the Americas, then, is to include the sum total of the very diverse cultural heritage of the Americas through international recognition at the hemispheric level.
	www.oas.org /udse/cic/ingles/web_cic/USAnonpaperOASHeritageSites.doc (1237 words)

	TURKEY ON WORLD HERITAGE LIST (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Turkey signed the World Heritage Convention in 1983 and through the work carried out by the General Directorate for the Preservation of Cultural and Natural Heritage, there are so far nine locations registered on the World Heritage List.
		A new tentative list regarding the world heritage for Turkey is essential, taking into account the concept of “Global Strategy”.
		The inclusion of nine features in the list may be sufficient for many countries, but it is not appropriate for a country like Turkey.
	www.turkses.com /newspot/turkey_on_world_heritage_list.htm (454 words)

	Giant Panda Habitat Makes World Heritage List
		The giant panda "serves as a flagship in terms of animal species and it is loved by people around the world," and "its habitat is of universal value in terms of bio-diversity," said Lu, an expert on the protection of natural heritage.
		It is an extension of the High Coast of Sweden, another World Heritage site, because of the uplift of the earth's crust following the retreat of the last Ice Age glaciers in the area some 10,000 years ago.
		are under discussion for inclusion in the cultural heritage list.
	www.china.org.cn /english/2006/Jul/174491.htm (710 words)

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