World Heritage Sites

It is on the coast of Northern Ireland and it is a geological formation from volcanic activity about 50 to 60 million years ago.

It is on the coast of Northern Ireland and it is a geological formation from volcanic activity about 50 to 60 million years ago.

It is on the coast of Northern Ireland and it is a geological formation from volcanic activity about 50 to 60 million years ago.

It is on the coast of Northern Ireland and it is a geological formation from volcanic activity about 50 to 60 million years ago.

It is on the coast of Northern Ireland and it is a geological formation from volcanic activity about 50 to 60 million years ago.

It is on the coast of Northern Ireland and it is a geological formation from volcanic activity about 50 to 60 million years ago.

It is on the coast of Northern Ireland and it is a geological formation from volcanic activity about 50 to 60 million years ago.

It is on the coast of Northern Ireland and it is a geological formation from volcanic activity about 50 to 60 million years ago.

It is on the coast of Northern Ireland and it is a geological formation from volcanic activity about 50 to 60 million years ago.

It is on the coast of Northern Ireland and it is a geological formation from volcanic activity about 50 to 60 million years ago.

It is on the coast of Northern Ireland and it is a geological formation from volcanic activity about 50 to 60 million years ago.

The 2 World Heritage sites shared by the US and Canada are Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek and Waterton Glacier International Peace Park.

There are 5 steps in the nomination process for world heritage sites.

Yes it is.

A world heritage site is a site that is protected by UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. They protect important sites around the world for example - the great wall of china or the great barrier reef.

Shark Bay was granted world heritage status in 1991. It is listed under criteria vii, viii, xi, and x. It is a place of great natural beauty as well as a home to stromatolites which are the oldest forms of life on earth. It is a great sanctuary for all types of life, containing great biodiversity. It is home to 5 kinds of different mammals, it is used as a migratory point for humpbacks, among other whales. Sharks and Manta Rays are also observed within the Bay. It is also home to the Wooramel Seagrass Bank which is the largest structure of its type in the world and contains 12 different species of seagrass.

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A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that is on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 state parties which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term. The programme catalogues, names, and conserves sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humanity. Under certain conditions, listed sites can obtain funds from the World Heritage Fund. The programme was founded with the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage, which was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on November 16, 1972. Since then, 185 state parties have ratified the convention. As of 2008[update], 878 sites are listed: 678 cultural, 174 natural, and 26 mixed properties, in 145 states.Italy is home to the greatest number of World Heritage Sites to date with 43 sites inscribed on the list. UNESCO references each World Heritage Site with an identification number; but new inscriptions often include previous sites now listed as part of larger descriptions. As a result, the identification numbers exceed 1200 even though there are fewer on the list. Each World Heritage Site is the property of the state on whose territory the site is located, but it is considered in the interest of the international community to preserve each site.

Ireland has 2 World Heritage sites, both are cultural.

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For an area to become a World Heritage Site they must have outstanding universal value and they must meet with at least one of the ten selection criteria which is explained in the Operational Guidelines For the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention.

I think Lebanon has the highest of those four in regards to the whole population, though there are a small amount of extremely rich people in Saudi Arabia. Iran's government is bizarre and has laws about strange things like paintings. Iran's government also kills some of it's own citizens. Drug use is common in Yemen and there is extreme poverty there in some areas.

There are 16 World Heritage sites in danger in Africa. These sites include the Selous Game Reserve, Timbuktu and Abu Mena.

Golkonda is a site which contains the ruins of the capital of the former kingdom of Golkonda, as well as famous mines which have produced some of the world's best diamonds. However, it has not yet been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The two types of World Heritage sites are, Cultural Heritage: which includes historic buildings, monuments and collections of information on how people lived such as photos, paintings, stories, newspapers and books, and Natural Heritage: which includes mountains, rivers, and any landscape. There is also a third type which is mixed.

Save Our Heritage Organisation was created in 1969.

Salonga National park is located in Democratic Republic of Congo and is home to many endangered species as well as being the largest tropical rain forest reserve in Africa. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. As a result of the civil war in the eastern half of the country, it was added to the list of World Heritage Sites in Danger in 1999.

Some of the sites are the Holy See in Rome, the Medici villas and gardens in Tuscany, the city of Verona, the historic city of Florence, and the city of Pisa including the leaning tower. The site below has all 52.

http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/it

According to Unesco, it "...contains some of the most important fossil discoveries ever made from the 'Age of Reptiles', in particular about 35 species of dinosaur, dating back some 75 million years." So it has an "outstanding universal value" information taken at "Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration. Places as unique and diverse as the wilds of East Africa’s Serengeti, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Baroque cathedrals of Latin America make up our world’s heritage." information taken at Well, in order to be certain of what was said here, I personally sent a question to Travel Alberta asking exactly what was asked here and here follows their answer: "A "World Heritage Site" is defined as a cultural or natural site, monument, city or geographical habitat that is deemed irreplaceable and threatened. Dinosaurs Provincial Park is deemed as a World Heritage Site because it is an irreplaceable geographical habitat. Alberta's badlands (Dinosaurs Provincial Park) contain the greatest concentration of Late Cretaceous dinosaur fossils yet found on Earth. To date 35 different dinosaur species have been found in the area as well as over 300 first-quality skeletons have been found. The reasoning for so many fossils in the area is as follows: Seventy-five million years ago, what is now eastern Alberta was a low-lying coastal plain at the edge of a large shallow sea. The climate was subtropical, similar to northern Florida today. Countless creatures flourished there; fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, primitive mammals and about 35 species of dinosaur. When some of these animals died, they lay in river channels and mud flats so their bones were buried in new layers of sand and mud. Over time, a combination of pressure, lack of oxygen and deposition of minerals produced fossil impressions of the bones, teeth and skin of those creatures that once roamed ancient Alberta. Over more time, new layers of sediments covered the fossils and preserved them. And so it was until the end of the latest Ice Age, 13,000 years ago, a mere wink in geological time, when glacial ice scraped off the upper layers of rock. Huge volumes of melt water carved deep into the soft sandstone and mudstone strata, exposing the fossil-bearing sediments and, in the process, creating the Red Deer River Valley. We hope this clarifies why Dinosaurs Provincial Park is a World Heritage Site. If you have any further question please do not hesitate to ask. Sincerely, McLean Campbell Travel Alberta Specialist Travel Alberta www1.travelalberta.com travelinfo@travelalberta.com Toll Free Within North America: 1-800-ALBERTA ( 252-3782) Outside North America Telephone: 1-780-427-4321"

The Barasoain Church was destroyed by fire in 1878. They started rebuilding in 1885. The church survived the Philippine-American War of 1899.

No, Wave Rock is not a World Heritage Site.

Grand Canyon National Park became a World Heritage Site in 1979.

Yes it has been. That is one of the elements in its formation and how it appears today.

Yes

The Central Amazon Conservation Complex, is a World Heritage site in Brazil.