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Syrian Castle among Quake-Hit Ancient Sites at Risk

Zuhair Hassoun examines worrying cracks in a Crusader-era castle in Syria, a UNESCO World Heritage site that survived centuries of conflict only to be badly damaged by last month's deadly earthquake. Hassoun, the custodian of the Fortress of Saladin, an architectural treasure with Byzantine roots in the 10th century rebuilt…

Asharq Al-Awsat

SA seeks World Heritage listing for parklands and hills

The SA government has thrown its support behind a bid to have certain sections of the city and surrounding areas World Heritage listed.

AAP

Australian Indigenous group steps up campaign to protect sacred rock art

An Australian Indigenous group on Thursday stepped up its campaign against industrial development in Western Australia's Burrup Peninsula, a key gas export hub, saying in a protest in Sydney that planned projects would damage ancient rock art.

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Hoffman Drilling appeals Gold Coast Council rejection of water extraction near Springbrook National Park

A company denied permission to extract water near a national park on the Gold Coast that is home to a number of endangered species will have its appeal heard in the Queensland Planning and Environment Court from today.

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Life on Curtis Island alongside three liquefied natural gas plants

Curtis Island, in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, is a major habitat for vulnerable species. It is also home to three liquefied natural gas plants that export roughly five per cent of the world's LNG.

ABC News

If there's a war against climate change, Saint-Louis is on the front line. And losing

The UNESCO World Heritage city of Saint-Louis is perched precariously between the Atlantic Ocean and the Senegal River. And it's on borrowed time.

WEKU

Burrup's World Heritage nomination 'inconsistent' with heavy industry, Carmen Lawrence says

The former WA premier says past governments made mistakes approving heavy industry near ancient Aboriginal rock carvings in the Pilbara.

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Australia nominates Murujuga landscape for World Heritage listing

Australia has formally nominated the Murujuga Indigenous cultural landscape for a UNESCO World Heritage listing, which could help protect more than a million ancient rock carvings, the government said on Friday.

Reuters

Federal government formally nominates Burrup peninsula and surrounding areas for UN world heritage listing

The culturally significant area of Murujuga has been formally nominated by the federal government for World Heritage listing, but some groups are concerned nearby heavy industry will delay an approval.

ABC News

Campaign to secure Scots World Heritage Site enters new phase

THE campaign to secure World Heritage Site status for Scotland’s Flow Country has entered a new phase with the formal submission of the formal…

The National (Scotland)

Odessa, Ukrainian port city, gets UNESCO status despite war threats

In a surprise development, the United Nations’ cultural agency has decided to add the historic centre of Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Odessa to its list of World Heritage sites. This has been done to recognise the outstanding universal value of the site and the duty of all humanity…

The Times of India

Entire city of Odesa, Ukraine put on Unesco heritage ‘in danger’ list

The decision has been made because of the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Yemen's Kingdom of Saba landmarks and Lebanon's Rachid Karami International Fair sites added to UNESCO endangered list

Seven landmarks of the Kingdom of Saba are added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites in ''an emergency procedure" sparked by the ongoing conflict in Yemen.

ABC News

Odesa and other sites are added to the list of World Heritage In Danger

Odesa in Ukraine has been added to the cultural sites that UNESCO is highlighting. Also being included are ancient sites in Lebanon and Yemen.

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The Independent UK

Yemen and Lebanon sites added to UNESCO world heritage list

UNESCO has added one of Yemen’s ancient kingdoms and a Lebanese modernist concrete fair park to its list of World Heritage sites in danger

The Independent UK

Ukraine's Odesa city put on UNESCO heritage in danger list

The United Nations’ cultural agency has decided to add the historic center of Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Odesa to the list of World Heritage sites in danger

The Independent UK

Japan refiles request to list divisive gold mine on UNESCO

Japan has formally resubmitted documents seeking to obtain UNESCO World Heritage recognition for a controversial former gold mine that has added to diplomatic frictions with South Korea over Japanese wartime actions

The Conversation

The pandemic has shown Southern Africa can do staycations: could this momentum hold in the long run?

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a dramatic effect on the tourism industry worldwide. International arrivals dropped by 74% globally in 2020 and tourist accommodations, businesses, borders and heritage sites had to close, resulting in a loss of income for those working in the tourism sectors. In Africa, the impact was…

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Koalas could be extinct within 30 years. Could the Blue Mountains hold the key to their survival?

Conservationist Dr Kellie Leigh says that unexpected discoveries within the World Heritage area offer clues for saving koalas from extinction.

The Conversation

Genoa, an example on how to rethink cultural heritage and urban sustainability

Urban planning has a long history, stretching back to Ancient Greece and even Mesopotamia. Many centuries later, Europe finally caught up with the idea when Genoa developed the Strade Nuove and the Palazzi dei Rolli – the “new streets” and “Rolli palaces” – in the late 1500s.

France 24

On thin ice: Argentina's melting glaciers, a symbol of climate change

Over the next 30 years, a third of the world's glaciers classified as World Heritage sites will have disappeared, according to a UNESCO report published last month. But what will that look like on the ground? Argentina is home to some 16,000 glaciers that have been closely watched for years.…

The Conversation

Repairing gullies: the quickest way to improve Great Barrier Reef water quality

Back-to-back bleaching events have highlighted the critical threat that climate change poses to the Great Barrier Reef. But few people are aware of the network of gullies pumping out about half the sediment that is polluting reef water quality and threatening its World Heritage status.

The Conversation

Using art and song to help bring the world's largest mangrove swamp back from the brink

Located in the low-lying islands in the Bay of Bengal, the Sundarbans straddle the border between India and Bangladesh and cover more than 1 million hectares, making them the world’s largest single contiguous mangrove swamp. A Ramsar site and a UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed in 1987, they are home…

ABC News

Mount Ballow mountain frog faces extinction despite living in World Heritage rainforest

Like the Great Barrier Reef, scientists say the mountain frog's ecosystem is in a precarious position which could lead to a World Heritage "In Danger" classification.

Radio France Internationale

UN team says Great Barrier Reef should be on heritage 'danger' list

A United Nations-backed mission is recommending that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef be added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites.

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