World heritage disaster: rebels torch Timbuktu's priceless relics
http://www.theweek.co.uk/world-news/51227/world-heritage-disaster-rebels-torch-timbuktus-priceless-relics
LAST UPDATED AT 14:46 ON Mon 28 Jan 2013. ISLAMIST insurgents have dealt a "devastating blow" to the world's heritage by torching buildings in Timbuktu containing thousands of priceless documents, some of them 900 years old. Claims that as many as ...
Coal export imperils Great Barrier Reef's World Heritage Status
http://www.mining.com/coal-export-imperils-great-barrier-reefs-world-heritage-status-56663/
Australia's Great Barrier Reef, considered one of the world's preeminent natural wonders, could be deprived of its World Heritage Site status by UNESCO following claims the Queensland government has failed to protect it from the impact of its coal ...
Copper leaching threat to New Zealand World Heritage Site
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.asp?id=122095
WELLINGTON, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Aquatic life in many of New Zealand's port areas, including a UNESCO World Heritage site, is at risk from copper contamination as a result of leaching from anti-fouling paints on boat hulls, a government research agency ...
What's the big deal about having a UNESCO World Heritage site?
http://travel.cnn.com/hong-kong-world-heritage-site-020521
Should China choose to nominate the nunnery for World Heritage status, it would be difficult to argue for its authenticity during the technical evaluation, she added. Get thee to a UNESCO-listed Hong Kong nunnery? Experts say Chi Lin is nice, but ...
World Heritage Volunteers 2013 - Patrimonito Voluntary Action - Inspiring change
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/976
Are you a youth organization and want to sensitize the young people more about the value of World Heritage sites? Or are you an NGO and wish to organize a work camp to preserve and promote a World Heritage site, with young international volunteers?
Kyushu Christian sites pitched for World Heritage listing
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/25/national/kyushu-christian-sites-pitched-for-world-heritage-listing/
Nagasaki and Kumamoto prefectures want the government to recommend that a group of 13 sites related to Nagasaki's Christian past be listed as UNESCO World Heritage sites. Nagasaki Gov. Hodo Nakamura and Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima handed a ...
Lama wants Sagya Monastery to join World Heritage list
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2013-01/25/content_16172767.htm
A member attending the ongoing plenary session of the Tibet committee of China's political advisory body, he submitted a proposal that the monastery apply for a place on the World Heritage list for protection and awareness. "The Potala Palace is the ...
Australia's Great Barrier Reef could lose World Heritage status
http://bikyanews.com/84517/australias-great-barrier-reef-could-lose-world-heritage-status/
The Great Barrier Reef could be stripped of its world heritage status within months if action isn't taken to better protect the natural icon from coal and gas developments, environment groups say. A coalition of green groups on Wednesday launched the ...
