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Bookmark or Share- World Heritage site | Criteria, Definition, History, & ListWorld Heritage site, any of various areas or objects inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) World Heritage List. The sites are designated as having “outstanding universal value” under the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre - World Heritage ListThe List World Heritage List. World Heritage List. Views. Order by: Country. 1199. Properties. 48. Transboundary. 168. States Parties with properties out of 195. add. Powered by Esri. Afghanistan. Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam. Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley. Albania.
- World Heritage Site - WikipediaAs of April 2024, a total of 1,199 World Heritage Sites (933 cultural, 227 natural and 39 mixed cultural and natural properties) exist across 168 countries. With 59 selected areas, Italy is the country with the most sites; followed by China with 57, then France and Germany with 52 each.
- World Heritage | UNESCOToday, 195 countries adhere to the World Heritage Convention, as it is commonly known, and have become part of an international community united in a common mission to identify and safeguard our world’s most significant natural and cultural heritage.
- UNESCO World Heritage CentreWebinar: How to protect wildlife from avian flu in UNESCO World Heritage sites, Biosphere Reserves and Ramsar sites 19 April 2024 UNESCO’s efforts to develop guidance on renewable energy in the context of World Heritage will be extended to solar energy projects
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