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UNESCO grants World Heritage status to Khmer Rouge atrocity sites – paving the way for other sites of conflict

A series of atrocity sites of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia have been formally entered onto the World Heritage list, as part of the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee.

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The Activist Who Fought For Sierra Leone's First World Heritage Site

Activist Tommy Garnett's decades of work paid off when Sierra Leone's Tiwai island -- a lush forest home to one of the world's highest concentrations of primates -- landed a spot Sunday on the UN cultural agency's World Heritage list.

International Business Times

'Fairytale' Neuschwanstein Castle Becomes UNESCO Heritage Site

The Neuschwanstein castle in Germany's Bavaria, perhaps best known for inspiring Walt Disney's fairytale castles, has been named a World Heritage site, the UN cultural agency announced on Saturday.

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Bavarian fairy tale castles and French Carnac Megaliths among new UNESCO World Heritage sites

UNESCO has reviewed the applications of several new World Heritage sites, adding the Carnac Megaliths in France, the Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and the Minoan Palatial Centres in Crete, Greece to the list.

Euronews

Rock art heritage listing to attract eyes of the world

World Heritage listing for a massive collection of remote Indigenous rock engravings has been celebrated but industry pollution questions remain unresolved.

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Carnac Megaliths get Unesco World Heritage status

The megalithic sites of Carnac and the shores of Morbihan in Brittany, western France, have been officially inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list, the international organisation announced on Saturday.

Radio France Internationale

Cambodia Genocide Survivors 'Thrilled' At New UNESCO Status

Survivors of Cambodia's four-year genocide on Saturday told AFP they were "thrilled" that the site of their lives' biggest horror has gained UNESCO recognition.

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Cambodian sites of Khmer Rouge brutality added to UNESCO heritage list

Three sites used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by UNESCO to its World Heritage List

The Independent UK

Fears heritage-listed rock art at risk from gas project

A vast collection of rock art has been recognised as a World Heritage site but advocates warn the engravings are under threat from industrial expansion.

AAP

Three Cambodia Genocide Sites Added To UNESCO Register

Three notorious Cambodian torture and execution sites used by the Khmer Rouge regime to perpetrate genocide 50 years ago were inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List on Friday.

International Business Times

EU vows to protect Ukrainian culture as Russia targets over 500 heritage sites

Moscow has destroyed or damaged more than 500 cultural sites in Ukraine, according to UNESCO. The EU has allocated an additional €2 million to support the cultural sector.

Euronews

‘Manifestation of creative genius’: Murujuga rock art in Western Australia placed on Unesco world heritage list

Aboriginal delegation ‘elated’ after 20-year effort to have the ‘genius’ inscribed despite threat of emissions from nearby gas facility

The Guardian - AU

Breaking the stigma of speaking an Indigenous language in Latin America

Euronews spoke to speakers of Indigenous languages in Latin America about their languages and how they struggle not to lose them.

Euronews

Discover Bordeaux and beyond: why France’s riverside jewel is a must for cultural travellers

With grand neoclassical architecture and a buzzing contemporary art scene, Bordeaux and its surrounding region stir the senses. Here’s where to visit …

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Evidence acidic pollution is damaging ancient rock art

Industrial emissions are likely to have degraded the world's largest and most diverse collection of Aboriginal rock art engravings, researchers warn.

Radio France Internationale

Fanon at 100: reflecting on a revolutionary legacy

This season of Spotlight on Africa concludes ahead of the summer break with a focus on Frantz Fanon in the year of his centenary. It also highlights a groundbreaking new report by UNESCO on the state of the publishing industry across the continent.

International Business Times

Dutch Art Sleuth Recovers Stolen Trove Of UNESCO-listed Documents

A Dutch art sleuth has recovered a priceless trove of stolen documents from the 15th to the 19th century, including several UNESCO-listed archives from the world's first multinational corporation.

The Guardian - AU

What Australia must do to overturn objections for WA rock art to attain UN heritage status

Environment minister will lobby committee to place Murujuga on world heritage list despite concerns about ‘degrading acidic emissions’ from industrial sites

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New bid for ancient rock art's World Heritage listing

Australia is making another push for ancient rock art sites to be placed on the World Heritage list after its application was sent back over pollution concerns.

Euronews

'We have to think bigger': Majority of UNESCO World Heritage sites face severe water risk

UNESCO World Heritage sites, including the Taj Mahal and Acropolis, are increasingly under threat from severe water hazards, a new report reveals.

The Guardian - AU

Murray Watt ramps up lobbying efforts in last-minute push to get Murujuga rock art on world heritage list

Exclusive: Environment minister hosts ambassadors before Paris meeting, aiming to convince at least one member to move decisive amendment

The Independent UK

The best mountain breaks in Europe to escape blistering summer heatwaves

As the continent continues to sizzle, resorts at higher altitudes offer some respite

Radio France Internationale

How untold stories in African languages could turn the page on publishing

African stories and languages could unlock billions for the continent’s publishing industry if governments back local writers, a Unesco report has found. Africa’s book market, now worth $7 billion, could reach $18bn with more homegrown books in local languages.

Radio France Internationale

Unesco warns majority of World Heritage sites at risk from drought or flooding

Almost three-quarters of the world's cultural and natural heritage sites are under threat from drought or flooding as a result of global warming, the United Nations cultural agency said this week.

LiveScience

Whale Valley: The whale graveyard in the Sahara desert that shows they once had feet and toes

Egypt's Whale Valley, or "Wadi Al-Hitan" in Arabic, holds more than 400 primitive whale skeletons that offer a snapshot of the evolution of these creatures from land-based to marine animals.

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