2. EAST AFRICA MAP
WILDBEESTS NEAR THE GOL MOUNTAINS ON
THE EDGE OF THE SERENGETI
SERENGETI PARK SERENGETI SERENA SAFARI LODGE
3. A view of the pyramids at Giza from the
plateau to the south of the complex
the-sphinx-at-giza cairo-in-egypt-with-the-
pyramid-of-chephren-khafre-in-the-background
aerial-photography-taken-from-eduard-
spelterini-balloon-on-november-21-1904
pyramids-at-giza-from-pizza-hut-on-top-
of-kfc
4. GREAT BARRIER REEF FROM
SPACE
European company Deep Ocean Technologies
has proposed a Discus Hotel for the Great
Barrier Reef.
Coloured coral collection
GREAT BARRIEIR REEF
5. Metropolitan Cathedral-LATIN AMERICA
Known as La Compañía de Jesús, this Jesuit
shrine is one of the best examples of
Baroque architecture in the Americas.
Baroque cathedral Baroque facade of Santiago's Cathedral.
6. CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY
WORLDHERITAGE CONVENTION
THE WORLDHERITAGE COMMITTEE
MISSION
PARTNERS
MAJOR ACTIVITIES
LISTOF WORLDHERITAGE SITES
LISTOF WORLDHERITAGE SITES IN INDIA
7.
8. INTRODUCTION
World Heritage Site
A UNESCOWorldHeritage Site is a place such as:
a forest,
mountain,
lake,
island,
desert,
monument,
building,
complex,
or city
that is listedby the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) as of specialcultural or physical
significance .
9. The mammoth temple complex of Abu Simbel,
Egypt, was moved block by block and
reconstructed. It’s the first project that helped
found the UNESCO World Heritage Convention
Abu Simbel, Temple of Hathor, interior
The hypostyle hall of the Great Temple, with
eight Osiris pillars ABU SIMBEL TEMPLE
10. BRIEF HISTORY
The idea of creatingan international movement for protecting
heritage emerged after World War I.
The 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World
Cultural and Natural Heritagedeveloped fromthe mergingof two
separate movements:
the first focusingon the preservation of cultural sites,
and the otherdealingwith the conservation of nature.
11. Linking the protection of cultural
and natural heritage
• The idea of combining conservation of
cultural sites with those of nature comes
from the United States of America.
• A White House Conference in
Washington, D.C., in 1965 called for a
‘World Heritage Trust’ that would
stimulate international cooperation to
protect ‘the world's superb natural and
scenic areas and historic sites for the
present and the future of the entire world
citizenry’.
• In 1968, the International Union for
Conservation of Nature (IUCN) developed
similar proposals for its members. These
proposals were presented to the 1972
United Nations conference on Human
Environment in Stockholm.
• Eventually, a single text was agreed
upon by all parties concerned. The
Convention concerning the Protection of
World Cultural and Natural Heritage
was adopted by the General Conference
of UNESCO on 16 November 1972.
• The same General Conference adopted
on 16 November 1972
the Recommendation concerning the
Protection, at National Level, of the
Cultural and Natural Heritage.
TAJ MAHAL AGRA
Seongsan Ilchulbong, also called
‘Sunrise Peak’-JEJU ISLAND-KOREA
12. WORLD HERITAGE
CONVENTION
The most significant feature of the 1972World Heritage Conventionis that
• it links together in a singledocument the concepts of natureconservationand
• the preservation of cultural properties.
The Conventionrecognizes the way in which peopleinteract with nature, andthe
fundamental needto preservethe balance betweenthe two.
What the Convention contains
The Conventiondefinesthe kindof natural or cultural sites which can be
consideredfor inscriptionon the World HeritageList.
13. WORLD HERITAGE
COMMITTEE
The WorldHeritage Committee
• meets once a year, And
• consists of representatives from21 of the States Parties to the
Convention elected by their General Assembly.
• At its first session, the Committee adopted its Rules of
Procedure of the WorldHeritage Committee .
14. 36th session of the Committee-
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Delegates attend the 37th session of the
World Heritage Committee in Phnom Penh,
Cambodia, June 22, 2013.
28th Session held in June, 2004 in Suzhou
(China)
Seville, SPAIN 29 September 2009- The
Unesco World Heritage Committee met for
its 33rd session
15. Bureau of the World Heritage
Committee
The Bureau consists of seven States
Parties elected annually by the
Committee:
• a Chairperson,
• fiveVice-Chairpersons, and
• a Rapporteur.
The Bureau of the Committee
coordinates the work of the
Committee and fixes the dates,
hours and order of business of
meetings.
The election of the new Bureau will
take place at the end of the next
session of the World Heritage
Committee.
Chairperson: Prof Maria
Böhmer (Germany)
Rapporteur : M. Hicham Cheaib
(Liban)
Vice-
Chairpersons: Croatia, India, J
amaica, Qatar, Senegal
World Heritage Committee Members
According to the World Heritage Convention , a
Committee member's term of office is for six
years, but most States Parties choose voluntarily
to be Members of the Committee for only four
years, in order to give other States Parties an
opportunity to be on the Committee.
All Members elected during the two last General
Assemblies (2009 and 2011) have voluntarily
decided to reduce their period of term of office
from six to four years.
The21 StatesPartiesofthecurrentWorldHeritageCommitteearethe
following:
• Algeria,
• Colombia,
• Croatia,
• Finland,
• Germany,
• India,
• Jamaica,
• Japan,
• Kazakhstan,
• Lebanon,
• Malaysia,
• Peru,
• Philippines,
• Poland,
• Portugal,
• Qatar,
• Republic of Korea,
• Senegal,
• Serbia,
• Turkey,
• Viet Nam
16. MISSION
• Encouragecountriesto signtheWorld
HeritageConventionandto ensurethe
protectionof theirnaturalandcultural
heritage;
• ProvideemergencyassistanceforWorld
Heritagesitesinimmediatedanger;
• Encourageparticipationof thelocal
populationinthepreservationof theircultural
andnaturalheritage;
• HelpStatesPartiessafeguardWorld
Heritageproperties by providing
technical assistanceand professional
training;
• Support StatesParties' public awareness-
building activitiesfor WorldHeritage
conservation;
• Encourage internationalcooperationin
the conservationof our world's cultural
and natural heritage.
UNESCO's World Heritage mission is to
17. PARTNERS
• Mobilizing additional resourcesfromdonorsand partnershelpsUNESCO
strengthenthe outreach and the impact of its programmes.
• Since its creation, the WorldHeritage Centre has established successful
partnershipswith a diverse range of stakeholders, governmentsand
international governmental organizations, civilsociety and the private
sector, interested in WorldHeritage Conservation.
• Thesealliances reflect a commitment to long-termmanagementof sites
inscribed on theWorldHeritage List.
18. Beijing Zhongkun
Investment Group
Nippon Hoso
Kyokai
Evergreen Digital Contents
Inc.
Publishing for Development
Smithsonian Institution Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)
PRIVATE SECTORS
19. Biodiversity Liaison
Group
Central Africa
Forests Commission
Flanders
Funds-in-Trust
France-UNESCO Cooperation
Agreement (CFU)
Spanish Funds-in-Trust
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
PUBLIC SECTORS
20. WORLD HERITAGE MARINE
PROGRAMME
FIVE FOCUS AREA
Conservation
Our core task: ensuring
the long-term
conservation of World
Heritage marine sites
through state of
conservation reporting
Training
Training site
managers to use
ecosystem-based
marine spatial
planning as a tool to
optimize marine
World Heritage site
conservation.
Network
Building a network of
World Heritage
marine site managers
who share
management
solutions and best
practices across 47
sites
Exploring
Exploring the
potential of the
1972 World
Heritage
Convention in the
High Seas, an area
covering nearly
60% of our ocean
Safegaurding
World Heritage marine
sites cover about 20% of
all marine protected areas
by surface area. The World
Heritage Convention works
together with nations to
ensure these iconic ocean
places will be maintained
for future generation.
22. Vision
• World Heritage and tourism
stakeholders share responsibility
for conservation of our common
cultural and natural heritage of
Outstanding Universal Value
and for sustainable development
through appropriate tourism
management.
Mission
Facilitate the management and development of
sustainable tourism at World Heritage
properties through fostering increased
awareness, capacity and balanced participation
of all stakeholders in order to protect the
properties and their Outstanding Universal
Value whilst ensuring that tourism delivers
benefits for conservation of the properties’
sustainable development for local communities
as well as a quality experience for visitors
23. World Heritage Forest
Programme
Ranging in size from 18
hectares (Vallée de Mai,
Seychelles), to 8.8 million
hectares (Lake Baikal,
Russian Federation), World
Heritage forest sites now
have a total surface area
of over 75 million hectares
(1.5 times the surface area
of France) and represent
over 13% of all IUCN
category I-IV protected
forests worldwide.
Given these figures, it is clear that the World Heritage Convention is uniquely
positioned amongst international conventions, programmes and agencies to
play a leading role for in-situ conservation of forest biodiversity. In recognition
of this solemn responsibility, the World Heritage Committee in its 25 th session
(2001), agreed that forests warranted a particular focus, and approved the
creation of the World Heritage Forest programme to ensure that the World
Heritage Convention be leveraged as much as possible to further forest
conservation on a global scale.
One new World
Heritage site with
important forest
components was
inscribed at the
37th World
Heritage
Committee
meeting in June,
2013.
Xinjiang Tianshan, a four part serial
property in China was recognized in
part due to its forest ecosystems.
This new inscription brings the
number of World Heritage sites
inscribed for reasons related to their
forest ecosystems to 107.
25. TheWorld
Heritagein
YoungHands
Kithasbeen
testedand
adaptedto
nationalneeds
andpresently
existsin39
national
languages.
To date, 12
animated
short film
episodes of
“Patrimonito’
s World
Heritage
Adventures”
havebeen
produced.
About32
international
and
regionalYouth
Forumshave
beenheldwith
anestimated
1560young
people
participating.
Nearly1250
teachersand
educatorshave
beentrained
through about
40 seminars
and workshops
at national,
sub-regional,
regionaland
international
level.
Since the
launchof
the World
Heritage
Volunteersproj
ects,
around 1837
volunteershave
takenpart in
126 youth
camps
in 29 count-
ries.
26. Lists of World Heritage
Sites
AFRICA
ASIA
EUROPEOCEANIA
AMERICA
As of 2014, 1007 sites are listed:
779cultural,
197natural,and
31 mixedproperties,in161statesparties.
By sites rankedby country :
Italyishometo thegreatestnumberof World
HeritageSiteswith50 sites,
followedby China(47),
Spain(44),
France(39),
Germany(39),
Mexico(32)and
India(32).
27. TOP 10 WORLD HERITAGE
SITES IN INDIA
AJANTA CAVES-
MAHARASHTRA
QUTUB MINAR-DELHI
TAJ MAHAL AGRA
MOUNTAIN RAILWAYS OF INDIA
MONUMENTS OF
KHAJURAHO-MP
SUN TEMPLE-ODHISA
KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK-
ASSAM
FATEHPUR SIKRI-AGRA
CHOLA TEMPLE- TAMIL
RED FORT- DELHI
28. World Heritage Sites in
India Thereare 32 World HeritageSites in India that are recognizedby the UnitedNations
Educational, Scientific andCulturalOrganization(UNESCO) as of 2014..
Theseare placesof importance of cultural or naturalheritage as describedin the UNESCO
WorldHeritageConvention,establishedin 1972.
India’sfirst two sitesinscribedon the list at the SeventhSessionof theWorldHeritage heldin
1983 were:
the AgraFort and
the AjantaCaves.
Overthe years,30 more siteshave been inscribed, the latest being the Great HimalayanNational
Parkin 2014..
Of these32 sites:
25 are culturalsites
the other sevenare natural sites.
