World Heritage Volunteers 2013 - Patrimonito Voluntary Action - Inspiring change
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/976
The UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme in collaboration with the Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) is pleased to announce the call for proposals for the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2013. WHV projects ...
Avebury's stone monument named world's second best heritage site - beating ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2265688/Aveburys-stone-monument-named-worlds-second-best-heritage-site--beating-Taj-Mahal-ancient-Pyramids.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
A field in Wiltshire which is home to a neolithic stone monument has been named the second best heritage site in the world, beating the likes of India's Taj Mahal and the Egyptian pyramids. Travel experts have rated Avebury higher than some of the ...
Nomination of Poverty Point State Historic Site to UNESCO World Heritage List
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/01/202986.htm
The United States is pleased to announce the nomination of Poverty Point State Historic Site and National Monument in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana for inclusion on the World Heritage List. This unique site features a vast, integrated complex of ...
Mongol Daguur Steppe may become World Heritage site
http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/?p=2583
UNESCO is conducting a study in the wetlands of the Mongol Daguur Steppe to determine whether it will be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Mongol Daguur Landscape is one of the most well-preserved examples of steppe natural complexes on ...
Victoria Harbour snubbed over nomination for World Heritage site status
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1131920/victoria-harbour-snubbed-over-nomination-world-heritage-site-status
Victoria Harbour has been snubbed as a potential Unesco World Heritage site by Hong Kong government officials, who instead favour the nomination of the Chi Lin nunnery in Diamond Hill rebuilt in 1998. The rejection came despite the harbour being the ...
Ancient Louisiana Earthworks Nominated for World Heritage Site
http://www.livescience.com/26379-poverty-point-world-heritage-site.html
With six vast ridges arcing more than a half-mile, the Poverty Point prehistoric site in Louisiana is one of a kind. The massive earthworks has now been nominated to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its cultural significance. World ...
Poverty Point nominated for World Heritage List
http://theadvocate.com/home/4944077-125/poverty-point-nominated-for-world
WASHINGTON ? Louisiana's Poverty Point State Historic Site and its ancient mounds in West Carroll Parish are officially vying for a spot on the World Heritage List that includes such famous sites as the Taj Mahal, Stonehenge and the Grand Canyon.
Poverty Point nominated to World Heritage List
http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20130120/NEWS01/301200322
Poverty Point archaeologist Diana Greenlee helped lead the effort to get the site nominated, which started in 2007 when Poverty Point was nominated for the U.S. World Heritage tentative list. "We really started, in earnest, in July 2010, but the first ...
