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HERITAGE-A GIFT FROM THE PAST TO THE FUTURE

The world heritage emblem symbolising the interrelationship between cultural and natural heritage: the central square represents the shape man created and the circle represents nature with the two intimately linked. The symbol is circular like the world, and as a circle, symbolises protection.

What is "heritage"? What makes "World Heritage" unique?

How does "World Heritage" differ from "national heritage?"

Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations.

Our cultural heritage and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration. They are our touchstones, our points of reference, our identity.

What makes the concept of World Heritage exceptional is its universal application. World Heritage sites belong to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory in which they are located.

How can a World Heritage site in Egypt "belong" equally to Egyptians and to the peoples of Indonesia or Argentina?

The answer is to be found in the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, by which countries recognize that the sites located on their national territory, that have been inscribed on the World Heritage List, without prejudice to national sovereignty or ownership, constitute a world heritage "for whose protection it is the duty of the international community as a whole to cooperate."

Without the support of other countries, some sites with recognized cultural or natural value would deteriorate or, worse, disappear, often through lack of funding to preserve them. The Convention is thus an agreement, signed to date by 159 countries, to contribute the necessary financial and intellectual resources to protect World Heritage sites.

How does a World Heritage site differ from a site of national heritage? The key lies in the words "outstanding universal value."

All countries have sites of local or national interest, which are quite justifiably a source of national pride, and the Convention encourages them to identify and protect their heritage whether or not it is placed on the World Heritage List.

Sites selected for World Heritage listing are approved on the basis of their merits as the best possible examples of cultural and natural heritage.

The World Heritage List draws attention to the wealth and diversity of the Earth's cultural and natural heritage.

A BRIEF HISTORY

The First International Actions to Preserve "Heritage" - Prelude to the 1972 Convention - Why it Combines Cultural and Natural Heritage?

The idea of creating an international movement for protecting sites in other countries emerged after World War I.

The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World's Cultural and Natural Heritage grew out of two separate movements: the first focusing on dangers to cultural sites, and the other dealing with conservation of nature.

Preserving cultural heritage

The event that aroused particular international concern was the decision to build the Aswan High Dam in Egypt, which would flood the valley containing the Abu Simbel temples, treasures of ancient Egyptian civilization. In 1959, responding to an appeal from the governments of Egypt and Sudan, UNESCO decided to launch an international campaign. Archaeological research in the areas to be flooded was accelerated, and the Abu Simbel and Philae temples were dismantled, moved to dry ground and reassembled.

The campaign cost about US$ 80 million, half of which was donated by some fifty countries, showing the importance of shared responsibility in the conservation of outstanding cultural sites. The success of this initiative led to other safeguarding campaigns, in Venice, (Italy), Moenjodaro (Pakistan), and Borobodur (Indonesia), to name but a few.

Consequently, UNESCO, with the help of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), initiated the preparation of a draft convention on the protection of cultural heritage.

Bringing cultural and natural heritage together

The idea of combining the conservation of cultural sites with those of nature comes from the United States. A 1965 White House Conference in Washington, D. C. 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 the Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden.

Eventually, all the parties involved agreed upon a single text. The Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on November 16, 1972.

By regarding human heritage as both cultural and natural, the Convention reminds us of the ways in which people interact with nature, and of the fundamental need to preserve the balance between the two.

THE CONVENTION

A brief look at the Convention - How does it work? - Who selects the sites? - What selection criteria are used?

The most significant feature of the World Heritage Convention is that it links together in a single document the concepts of nature conservation and the preservation of cultural sites. Nature and culture are complementary, and cultural identity is strongly tied to the natural environment in which it develops.

What the Convention contains

The Convention defines the kind of natural or cultural sites that can be considered for inscription in the World Heritage List, and sets out the duties of States Parties in identifying potential sites and their role in protecting and preserving them. By signing the Convention, each country pledges to conserve not only the World Heritage sites situated on its territory, but also to protect its national heritage.

Each State Party is encouraged to integrate the protection of cultural and natural heritage into its regional planning programmes, and to adopt measures that give this heritage a function in the everyday life of the community.

The Convention further describes the function of the World Heritage Committee, how its members are elected and their terms of office, and specifies the professional advisory bodies to which it can turn for advice in selecting the sites to be listed.

The Convention explains how the World Heritage Fund is to be used and managed and under what conditions international financial assistance may be provided.

How the Convention works

The application for a site to be inscribed in the World Heritage List must come from the country itself. UNESCO makes no recommendations for listing. The application has to include a plan detailing how the site is managed and protected.

The World Heritage Committee meets once a year and examines the nominations on the basis of technical evaluations. These independent evaluations of proposed cultural and natural sites are provided by two advisory bodies, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the World Conservation Union (IUCN), respectively.

A third advisory body, the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), provides expert advice on restoring monuments and organizes training courses.

Once a site is selected, its name and location are placed on the World Heritage List.

MISSION STATEMENT

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. This is embodied in an international treaty called the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by UNESCO in 1972.

Cultural heritage refers to monuments, groups of buildings and sites with historical, aesthetic, archaeological, scientific, ethnological or anthropological value. Natural heritage refers to outstanding physical, biological and geological formations, habitats of threatened species of animals and plants and areas with scientific, conservation or aesthetic value.

UNESCO's World Heritage mission is to:

• encourage countries to sign the 1972 Convention and to ensure the protection of their natural and cultural heritage;

• encourage States Parties to the Convention to nominate sites within their national territory for inclusion in the World Heritage List;

• encourage States Parties to set up reporting systems on the state of conservation of World Heritage sites;

• help States Parties safeguard World Heritage sites by providing technical assistance and professional training;

• provide emergency assistance for World Heritage sites in immediate danger;

• support States Parties' public awareness-building activities for World Heritage conservation;

• encourage participation of the local population in the preservation of their cultural and natural heritage;

• encourage international cooperation in conservation of cultural and natural heritage.

The criteria for selection

To be included in the World Heritage List, sites must satisfy the selection criteria. These criteria are explained in the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention which, besides the text of the Convention, is the main working document on World Heritage. The criteria have been revised regularly by the Committee to match the evolution of the World Heritage concept itself.

Cultural properties should:

(i) represent a masterpiece of human creative genius; or

(ii) exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design; or

(iii) bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared; or

(iv) be an outstanding example of a type of building or architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history; or

(v) be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement or land-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change; or

(vi) be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance (the Committee considers that this criterion should justify inclusion in the List only in exceptional circumstances and in conjunction with other criteria cultural or natural).

Equally important is the authenticity of the site and the way it is protected and managed.

Natural properties should:

(i) be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant ongoing geological processes in the development of land forms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features; or

(ii) be outstanding examples representing significant ongoing ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals; or

(iii) contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance; or

(iv) contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation;

The protection, management and integrity of the site are also important considerations.

Mixed sites have both outstanding natural and cultural value. Since 1992, the sites of significant interactions between people and the natural environment have been recognized as cultural landscapes.

BENEFITS OF RATIFICATION

Why ratify the Convention? - Who proposes sites for inscription? - What kind of assistance may a State Party count upon?

UNESCO'S World Heritage Convention came into being in 1972 with the primary mission of identifying cultural and natural heritage of outstanding universal value throughout the world, and ensuring its protection through international cooperation. The Convention states: "Whilst fully respecting the sovereignty of the States on whose territory the cultural and natural heritage (...) is situated, and without prejudice to property rights provided by national legislation, the States Parties to this Convention recognise that such heritage constitutes a world heritage for whose protection it is the duty of the international community as a whole to cooperate" (Article 6.1.). Through international solidarity, the Convention translates the principle of collective responsibility for the protection of World Heritage into action. By signing the World Heritage Convention, a country also pledges to protect the whole of its national heritage, whether or not it is recognized as World Heritage.

The recent ratification of the World Heritage Convention by Chad, Israel and Namibia brought the total number of States Parties to 159, leaving about 30 countries that have not yet joined the treaty. Yet any country may ratify the Convention, even if it is not a UNESCO Member State. In a bid to attain universal membership, the Global Strategy for a Representative World Heritage List was developed, to encourage countries to become States Parties. The cost is minimal: UNESCO Member States contribute the equivalent of one percent or more of their annual UNESCO dues to the World Heritage Fund, while signatories to the Convention who are not UNESCO Member States make voluntary contributions.

The right to submit nominations

Only States Parties to the Convention have the opportunity to see their cultural and natural properties of outstanding universal value inscribed on the World Heritage List, as only they may submit nomination proposals for sites situated on their territory. UNESCO may, however, help the State Party to establish a Tentative List, i. e., an inventory of cultural and natural heritage sites that may be nominated in the future, and to prepare the nomination of a site.

Public awareness

The prestige that comes from being a State Party to the Convention and having sites inscribed on the World Heritage List often serves as a catalyst to raising awareness for heritage preservation on the part of governments and citizens alike. Heightened awareness, in turn, leads to greater consideration and a general rise in the level of protection and conservation afforded to heritage properties. A State Party may receive both financial assistance and expert advice from the World Heritage Committee as support for promotional activities for the preservation of its sites as well as for developing educational materials.

International assistance

It is the State Parties' responsibility to provide adequate protection and management for their sites. In this regard, a key benefit of ratification, particularly for developing countries, is access to the World Heritage Fund. Annually, about three million US dollars is made available, mainly to Least Developed Countries and Low Income Countries, to finance technical assistance and training projects, as well as for assistance to States Parties requesting help to prepare their nomination proposals or to develop conservation projects. Emergency assistance may also be made available for urgent action to repair damage caused by human-made or natural disasters. Inscription of a site on the World Heritage List may also open the way for financial assistance from a variety of sources in heritage conservation projects. In the case of sites included on the List of World Heritage in Danger, the attention, and the funds, of both the national and the international community would be focused on the conservation needs of these particularly threatened sites, with the common aim of preserving or restoring them.

International recognition

The overarching benefit of joining the World Heritage Convention is that of belonging to an international community of appreciation and concern for unique, universally significant properties that embody a world of outstanding examples of cultural diversity and natural wealth. The States Parties to the Convention, by joining hands to protect and cherish the world's natural and cultural heritage, express a shared commitment to preserving our legacy for future generations.

FUNDING AND SUPPORT

Where does the money come from? -International Assistance - Reporting on Sites -Promotion of World Heritage - Education

The World Heritage Fund, created in 1972 by the World Heritage Convention, receives the majority of its income from compulsory contributions from States Parties - amounting to 1% of their UNESCO dues - and voluntary contributions. Other sources of income include funds-in-trust donated by countries for specific purposes and profits derived from sales of World Heritage publications. The total amount received each year is just under US$3.5 million, a modest sum considering the magnitude of the task. The onus is very much on the World Heritage Committee to allocate funding according to the urgency of the request, which is why priority is necessarily given to the most threatened sites, including those listed as World Heritage in Danger.

International assistance

The World Heritage Fund assists in both identifying and preserving World Heritage sites. The work of identification, conservation and preservation associated with World Heritage is expensive and not all requests for international assistance can be met from the World Heritage Fund. The World Heritage Committee applies stringent conditions, and requests have to fall into clearly defined categories: preparatory assistance, technical cooperation, emergency assistance, training and promotional and educational assistance.

Preparatory assistance

Initial funding may be given to aid in the preparation of inventories of potential World Heritage sites (tentative lists), nominations to the World Heritage List, and requests for technical cooperation, including training courses. Preparatory assistance may be provided for regional meetings, organized to ensure that, for instance, where similar sites in neighbouring countries exist, the sites selected for nomination are of World Heritage value.

Photo of Lam Ut Mui

Technical cooperation

A portion of funds may be allocated to States Parties requesting help in projects aimed at safeguarding properties already inscribed in the World Heritage List. This can be in the form of studies or the provision of experts, technicians or equipment.

Emergency assistance

Funds may be provided for the protection of sites in imminent danger due to severe damage from sudden events, such as land subsidence, fires or explosions, flooding, or outbreak of war. Emergency assistance can provide help in drawing up an emergency plan to safeguard an endangered property or take other emergency measures to protect the site.

Training

The preservation of cultural and natural heritage requires expert local personnel. Over the years, in the natural heritage field, funds have been allocated for training courses in wetland management, wildlands planning, forestry, environmental education, agroforestry and management of protected areas in arid lands. In the conservation of cultural sites, the World Heritage Fund has provided technical support through granting fellowships and devising training courses in architectural conservation, urban planning in historic cities, stone and wood conservation, and in restoring mosaics and mural paintings. Priority is given to group training at local or regional level though individuals may be considered for refresher programmes or exchanges of on-site experience.

Reporting

A portion of the World Heritage Fund is allocated to States Parties, on their request, to help them prepare periodic reports on the application of the World Heritage Convention and the condition of listed sites. These reports are a crucial part of World Heritage conservation. They enable the Committee to assess the conditions of the sites and facilitate its decision-making. The reports also enable the development of specific training and other programmes aimed at resolving recurrent problems in site conservation.

Promoting World Heritage

Another essential task is building awareness about the World Heritage Convention and its aims. This takes two forms: promoting the World Heritage concept, with information for the general public or specific interest groups, and developing teaching programmes and educational materials for use in schools and universities. Financial assistance from the World Heritage Fund is available at the request of States Parties for educational, information and promotional activities. Information from the World Heritage Centre's own data bank is also available on the Internet and includes brief descriptions of all World Heritage sites.

Education programmes

The UNESCO Special Project "Young People's Participation in World Heritage Preservation and Promotion" was launched in 1994 to encourage and enable tomorrow's decision-makers to participate in heritage conservation and to respond to the continuing threats facing our World Heritage. Through the development of new educational approaches, the Project aims to provide young people with the necessary knowledge, skills and commitment to become involved in the protection and promotion of heritage from local to global levels.

The Project is co-ordinated by UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and the Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) in UNESCO's Education Sector, in close co-operation with the National Commissions for UNESCO.

Through the organisation of regional and international World Heritage Youth Fora, the Project creates links between schools, municipal administrations and conservation specialists to involve secondary school students and local authorities in site conservation efforts. Bringing together some 100 students and teachers from different parts of the world, the Fora give students and teachers an opportunity to exchange experiences and ideas on heritage conservation and serve as a catalyst to develop World Heritage Education. Each Forum helps to establish a network for further co-operation to develop World Heritage Education on a regional as well as on an international level.

In order to integrate World Heritage conservation issues into secondary school teaching, an innovative Educational Resource Kit for Teachers entitled "World Heritage in Young Hands" has been published in English, French, Arabic and Spanish. It is now being tested and adapted to national needs in more than 700 Associated Schools in 120 UNESCO Member States.

UNESCO organises sub-regional teacher-training workshops to facilitate the introduction of the Kit into secondary school teaching and to further develop World Heritage educational activities at the national level.

Audio-visual material

In an effort to help raise public awareness of the need to preserve our world's heritage, UNESCO seeks to encourage television and video producers from all over the world to create informative and educational films on the listed sites and on the conservation process. Many television and video programmes on World Heritage have been produced through this co-operative effort. The German TV Channel Südwestrundrunk has already completed close to 200 fifteen-minute episodes of a documentary series entitled "Treasures of the World" which is broadcast in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Another weekly television special entitled "The World Heritage" is broadcast in Japan on Tokyo Broadcasting Systems (TBS). In addition, an international television and Internet information campaign was developed in 1999 with the History Channel®. The aim of this campaign, entitled "Save our History®" is to inform and build awareness about the plight of sites that are inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger.

In addition, the World Heritage Centre produced two films in 1999. "World Heritage: Ours to Cherish, Ours to Protect" is a 14-minute documentary film on the World Heritage conservation process, and "World Heritage in Young Hands" is a 14-minute documentary on the UNESCO Special Project "Young People's Participation in World Heritage Preservation and Promotion." UNESCO also regularly contributes information on World Heritage to CNN for its World Reports.

THE WHO'S WHO OF WORLD HERITAGE

Who nominates the sites? - Who selects them? - Who gives expert advice? -How is the programme managed?

Preserving the world's natural and cultural heritage involves thousands of people every year in governments, non-governmental organizations, lobby and interest groups, as well as private individuals. Those who identify the sites, provide expert advice on site selection, administer the programme and manage its day-to-day operations have a central role to play.

States Parties

are countries that have adhered to the World Heritage Convention. They thereby agree to identify and nominate sites on their national territory to be considered for inscription on the World Heritage List. When a State Party nominates a site, it gives details of how a site is protected and provides a management plan for its upkeep. States Parties are also expected to protect the World Heritage values of the sites inscribed and are encouraged to report periodically on their condition.

The General Assembly

includes all States Parties to the Convention. It meets once every two years during the ordinary session of the General Conference of UNESCO to elect the World Heritage Committee, to examine the statement of accounts of the World Heritage Fund and decide on major policy issues.

The World Heritage Committee

is responsible for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention and has the final say on whether a site is accepted for inscription in the World Heritage List. Equally, it examines reports on the state of conservation of listed sites, and asks States Parties to take action when sites are not being properly managed. The Committee is also responsible for allocating finance from the World Heritage Fund for sites in need of repair or restoration, for emergency action if sites are in immediate danger, for providing technical assistance and training, and for promotional and educational activities. The World Heritage Committee, which meets in December each year, consists of representatives from 21 of the States Parties to the Convention. Members are elected during the UNESCO General Conference for six-year terms of office. Seven members of the Committee make up the World Heritage Bureau, a smaller executive body that meets mid-year to prepare the work of the Committee.

The UNESCO World Heritage Centre was set up in 1992 by the Director-General to assure the day-to-day management of the Convention. It organizes the annual sessions of the World Heritage Bureau and Committee, provides advice to States Parties in the preparation of site nominations, organizes technical assistance upon request, and co-ordinates both the reporting on the condition of sites and the emergency action undertaken when a site is threatened. It is also responsible for the administration of the World Heritage Fund. Other tasks of the Centre include arranging technical seminars and workshops, updating the World Heritage List and database, developing teaching materials to raise awareness of the World Heritage concept, and keeping the public informed of World Heritage issues. It cooperates with other groups working on issues related to conservation both within UNESCO - notably the Cultural Heritage Division in the Sector for Culture, and the Division of Ecological Sciences in the Science Sector - and on the outside, notably the three Advisory Bodies ICOMOS, IUCN, ICCROM, and other international organizations such as the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) and the International Council of Museums (ICOM).

THE WORLD HERITAGE CENTRE UNESCO

7, place de Fontenoy - 75352 Paris 07 SP - France

tel: 33-1-45 68 15 71/33-1-45 68 18 76

fax: 33-01-45 68 55 70

E-Mail: wh-info@unesco.org

http://www.unesco.org/whc/

The Cultural Heritage Division, UNESCO, in the Sector for Culture, is principally responsible for managing the international campaigns, some of which concern World Heritage properties. It also executes operational projects in cooperation with the World Heritage Centre, ICCROM and ICOMOS.

CULTURAL HERITAGE DIVISION, SECTOR FOR CULTURE

UNESCO

1, rue Miollis - 75732 Paris Cedex 15 - France

tel: 33-1-45 68 37 56 -fax: 33-1-45 68 55 96

The Science Sector, UNESCO, with its Division of Ecological Sciences, the Division of Earth Sciences and the Bureau for Coordination of Environmental Programmes, co-operates with the World Heritage Centre and the IUCN in executing operational projects concerning the natural World Heritage properties, in particular sites that are also UNESCO Biosphere Reserves.

DIVISION OF ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES, SCIENCE SECTOR

UNESCO

1, rue Miollis - 75732 Paris, Cedex 15 - France

tel: 33-1-45 68 40 67 -fax: 33-1-45 68 58 04

Man and Biosphere Programme:

E-mail: mab@unesco.org

http://www.unesco.org/mab/

ICCROM

The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, is an intergovernmental body that provides expert advice on how to conserve the listed sites, as well as training in restoration techniques. ICCROM was set up in 1956 and is located in Rome. It is an active partner in the World Heritage Information Network.

ICCROM

Via di San Michele 13-1-00153 Rome - Italy

tel: 3906-585 531 -fax: 3906-5855 3349

E-Mail: iccrom@iccrom.org

http://www.icomos.org/iccrom/

ICOMOS

The International Council on Monuments and Sites was founded in 1965 after the adoption of the Charter of Venice, in order to promote the doctrine and the techniques of conservation. ICOMOS provides the World Heritage Committee with evaluations of cultural properties proposed for inscription in the World Heritage List, as well as with comparative studies, technical assistance and reports on the state of conservation of inscribed properties. ICOMOS is one of the main partners in the World Heritage Information Network.

ICOMOS

49-51, rue de la Fédération - 75015 Paris - France

tel: 33-1-45 67 67 70 -fax: 33-1-45 66 06 22

E-mail: secretariat@icomos.org

http://www.icomos.org

IUCN

The World Conservation Union, an international non-governmental organization, advises the World Heritage Committee on selecting natural heritage sites and, through its worldwide network of specialists, reports back on the state of conservation of listed sites. The IUCN - now with more than 850 members - was set up in 1948, and is located in Gland, Switzerland.

IUCN- THE WORLD CONSERVATION UNION

Rue Mauverney 28 - CH-1196 Gland- Switzerland

tel: 41-22-999 0001 -fax: 41-22-999 0010

E-Mail: mail@iucn.org

http://www.iucn.org

ICOM

Founded in 1946, the International Council of Museums is devoted to the promotion and development of museums and the museum profession at an international level. ICOM is a non-governmental organization with around 13,000 members in 145 countries, may of which have World Heritage sites with museums.

ICOM

1, rue Miollis - 75015 Paris - France

tel: 33-1-45 68 28 67-fax: 33-1-43 06 78 62

E-mail: secretariat@icom.org

http://www.icom.org

NWHO

The Nordic World Heritage Office in Oslo was established in co-operation between UNESCO and Norway as a three-year pilot project. Financed by Norway, it has been operational since March 1996. NWHO's main goal is to strengthen work relating to the World Heritage Convention. It aims to contribute to World Heritage activities in the Nordic countries, and enhance UNESCO's World Heritage conservation activities and heritage resource management generally.

9NWHO

Postbox 8196 Dep. - N-0034 Oslo - Norway

tel: 47-22-94 05 80 - fax: 47-22-94 05 81

E-mail: nwho@ra.no

http://www.grida.no/text/nwho/index.htm

OWHC

The Organization of World Heritage Cities was established in 1993 to develop a sense of solidarity and a cooperative relationship between World Heritage cities, particularly with regard to implementing the Convention. The organization thus facilitates an exchange of knowledge, management techniques and financial resources for the purpose of protecting monuments and sites. There are over one hundred World Heritage cities to date.

OWHC

56 Rue Saint-Pierre - Quebec G1K 4A1 - Canada

tel: 1-418-692 0000-fax: 1-418-692 5558

E-mail: secretariat@oupm.org

http://www.oupm.org

WCMC

The World Conservation Monitoring Centre manages the database of the World Heritage natural properties and is one of the main partners within the World Heritage Information Network.

WCMC

219 Huntingdon Road - Cambridge CB30DL United Kingdom

tel: 44-1223 277 314 - fax: 44-1223-277 136

E-mail: info@wcmc.org.uk

http: //www.wcmc.org.ukn

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