The iconic rice terraces of Western Bali awarded UNESCO World Heritage Status
http://www.incentivetravel.co.uk/news/hotel/9023-the-iconic-rice-terraces-of-western-bali-awarded-unesco-world-heritage-status
After a 12 year wait, Bali has just received UNESCO World Heritage Status for its unique Subak irrigation system, which creates the stunning emerald green rice terraces that make the west of the island so well known. The UNESCO status was awarded in ...
Bush Boyes on Expedition: Escape From Chief's Island and World Heritage ...
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/08/18/bush-boyes-on-expedition-escape-from-chiefs-island/
All three trans-Okavango mokoro expeditions have been in support of the nomination and declaration of World Heritage Status. In February 2012, the Dossier for the nomination was submitted in triplicate to UNESCO. Unfortunately the World Heritage Center ...
Tourism boom threatens China's heritage sites
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/14/world/asia/china-heritage-tourism/index.html
Now a UNESCO world heritage site, these days the Kaiping watchtowers, or diaolou as they are known locally, face a threat of a different nature -- the incredible boom in Chinese tourism. The tiny village of Zili, which has the largest collection of ...
Wildfire on Spain's La Gomera island smolders on
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-19/flora-fauna/33272749_1_wildfire-world-heritage-site-forest-undergrowth
Garajonay National Park, a Unesco world heritage site and a popular tourist attraction due to its very rare flora and fauna lies at the heart of the island. "The fire that has devastated the forests of the island of La Gomera can be considered, in view ...
Spain Wildfires Threaten To Burn Garajonay National Park, UNESCO World ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/12/spain-wildfires-threaten-garajonay-unesco_n_1770388.html
EL CERCADO, Spain ? Fierce wildfires forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and were threatening some of Spain's most precious natural parks, including one that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, officials said Sunday. Fires on the Canary ...
'Tag will not hit W Ghats'
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/273080/tag-not-hit-w-ghats.html
An environmentalist claimed that awarding the World Heritage Site status to the Western Ghats by the Unesco would not hamper the State's growth. Speaking at a seminar on 'Western Ghats-How much do we know' on Monday, Praveen Bhargav said the ...
There's more than the Fort
http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article3795468.ece
I arrived back after a month out of town virtually on the eve of an all-day programme organised in Madras by the Union Ministry of Culture's Committee on World Heritage Matters and later heard that presentations had been made by the four southern ...
Volcanoes National Park Featured on Quarter
http://news.coinupdate.com/volcanoes-national-park-featured-on-quarter-1537/
The park was established in 1916, and was designated as an International Biosphere Reserve in 1980 and a World Heritage Site seven years later. In 2000, the name was changed by the Hawaiian National Park Language Correction Act of 2000 to observe ...
