UNESCO and world heritage list

III. UNESCO and world heritage list

UNESCO has added Colombia's coffee region to its list of World Heritage sites, the United Nation's organization for education, science and culture announced Saturday.

According to UNESCO, the central-Colombian coffee-growing region is "an exceptional example of a sustainable and productive cultural landscape that is unique and representative of a tradition that is a strong symbol for coffee growing areas worldwide."

"It reflects a centennial tradition of coffee growing in small plots in the high forest and the way farmers have adapted cultivation to difficult mountain conditions. The urban areas, mainly situated on the relatively flat tops of hills above sloping coffee fields, are characterized by the architecture of the Antioquian colonization with Spanish influence," UNESCO added.

• Ancient Villages of Northern Syria
• Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe - Sudan
• Citadel of the Ho Dynasty -china
• Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia
• Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana- spain
• Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas)- UAE
• Fagus Factory in Alfeld - Germany
• Fort Jesus, Mombasa- Kenya
• Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land-JAPAN
• Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison- Barbaddos
• Konso Cultural Landscape- Ethiopia
• León Cathedral-Nicargoa
• Longobards in Italy. Places of the power (568-774 A.D.)- Italy
• Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai- Mongolia  The numerous rock carvings and funerary monuments found in these three sites illustrate the development of culture in Mongolia over a period of 12,000 years. The earliest images reflect a time (11,000 - 6,000 BC) when the area was partly forested and the valley provided a habitat for hunters of large game. Later images show the transition to herding as the dominant way of life. The most recent images show the transition to a horse-dependent nomadic lifestyle during the early 1st millennium BC, the Scythian period and the later Turkic period (7th and 8th centuries AD). The carvings contribute valuably to our understanding of pre-historic communities in northern Asia.
• Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps- 6 countries –Austria Germany, Italy, France , Slovania, switzerland
• Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans-Ukraine
• Saloum Delta-Senegal  Fishing and shellfish gathering have sustained human life in the 5,000 km2 property, which is formed by the arms of three rivers. The site comprises brackish channels encompassing over 200 islands and islets, mangrove forest, an Atlantic marine environment, and dry forest.The site is marked by 218 shellfish mounds, some of them several hundreds metres long, produced by its human inhabitants over the ages. Burial sites on 28 of the mounds take the form of tumuli where remarkable artefacts have been found. They are important for our understanding of cultures from the various periods of the delta's occupation and testify to the history of human settlement along the coast of West Africa.
• Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex- Turkey
• The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape-France
• The Persian Garden- IRAN
• West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou- China
• Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley-kenya      The Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley , a natural property of outstanding beauty, comprises three inter-linked relatively shallow lakes (Lake Bogoria, Lake Nakuru and Lake Elementaita) in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya and covers a total area of 32,034 hectares. The property is home to 13 globally threatened bird species and some of the highest bird diversities in the world. It is the single most important foraging site for the lesser flamingo anywhere, and a major nesting and breeding ground for great white pelicans. The property features sizeable mammal populations, including black rhino, Rothschild's giraffe, greater kudu, lion, cheetah and wild dogs and is valuable for the study of ecological processes of major importance.
• Ningaloo Coast- australia  The 604,500 hectare marine and terrestrial property of Ningaloo Coast, on the remote western coast of Australia, includes one of the longest near-shore reefs in the world. On land the site features an extensive karst system and network of underground caves and water courses. Annual gatherings of whale sharks occur at Ningaloo Coast, which is home to numerous marine species, among them a wealth of sea turtles. The terrestrial part of the site features subterranean water bodies with a substantial network of caves, conduits, and groundwater streams. They support a variety of rare species that contribute to the exceptional biodiversity of the marine and terrestrial site
• Ogasawara Islands- japan
• Wadi Rum Protected Area-Jordan
• Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany

List of World Heritage in Danger

The 35 properties which the World Heritage Committee has decided to include on the List of World Heritage in danger in accordance with Article 11 (4) of the Convention

List of World Heritage in tantative list by india includes 32 items

of World Heritage in  list by india includes  items 28

Agra Fort Ajanta Caves Ellora Caves Taj Mahal Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram Sun Temple, Konârak Kaziranga National Park Keoladeo National Park Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Churches and Convents of Goa Fatehpur Sikri Group of Monuments at Hampi Khajuraho Group of Monuments Elephanta Caves Great Living Chola Temples12 Group of Monuments at Pattadakal	Sundarbans National Park Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi Humayun's Tomb, Delhi Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi Mountain Railways of India Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) Red Fort Complex The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur