Possible Nominations for 2017: Sites 45 - Primeval Beech Forests [extension] (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain)
- Ruin of M'banza Kongo (Angola)
- Parque Nacional Los Alerces (PNLA) (Argentina)
- Cal Orck'o: Footprints of Time (Bolivia)
- Funeral and Memorial Sites of the First World War (Western Front) (Belgium, France)
- Paraty - Culture and Biodiversity (Brazil)
- Sambor Prei Kuk (Cambodia)
- Gulangyu (China)
- Qinghai Hoh Xil (China)
- Dirre Sheikh Hussein (Ethiopia)
- Holqa Sof Umar (Ethiopia)
- Taputapuatea - Opoa Valley (France)
- Metz Royal and Imperial Power, Confrontations and Stylistic Urban Identity (France)
- Caves with the oldest Ice Age art (Germany)
- Mole National Park (Ghana)
- Zagorochoria: North Pindos National Park (Greece)
- Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai (India)
- Evolution of Temple Architecture Aihole-Badami- Pattadakal [Extension] (India)
- The Old Town of Jakarta (Indonesia)
- Cultural Landscape of Alamout (Iran)
- The Sacred Complex of Babylon (Iraq)
- The Venetian Works of Defence between 15th and 17th centuries (Italy, Croatia, Montenegro)
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters (Japan)
- Umm el-Jimal (Jordan)
- Abraj Al-Kuwait (Kuwait)
- Coral Stone Mosques of Maldives (Maldives)
- Tehuacan-Cuicatlan (Mexico)
- Bagan Archaeological Area and Monuments (Myanmar)
- Orheiul Vechi Archaeological Landscape (Moldova)
- Mafra Palace, Convent and Royal Hunting Grounds (Portugal)
- Natural Park of Southwest Alentejo and Costa Vicentina (Portugal)
- Seoul City Wall (Republic of Korea)
- The Ensemble of Former City Building of Sviyazhsk (Russia)
- Al-Ahsa Oasis Cultural Heritage Landscape (Saudi Arabia)
- The Emergence of Modern Humans (South Africa)
- Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan, Nakhon Si Thammarat (Thailand)
- The Ancient Capitals of the Kingdom of Tonga (Tonga)
- Ile de Djerba (Tunisia)
- Archaeological Site of Gobeklitepe (Turkey)
- Bathyz Grassland Ecosystem (Turkmenistan)
- Heart of Sharjah (UAE)
- Khor Dubai (UAE)
- England's Lake District (United Kingdom)
- Works of the Engineer Eladio Dieste (Uruguay)
- The Complex of Yen Tu Monuments and Landscape (Vietnam)
34 cultural
8 natural
3 mixed
- 3 transnational
- 2 extensions
15 Asia
13 Europe (1 French site in the Pacific)7 Arab States
5 Africa
5 Latin AmericaRealistically, when we actually have the official documents next year, it will probably not be 45 sites (too much workload). Secondly, we all should discover
Japan's official nomination on Monday/Tuesday (I kept the previous candidate listed above for now). 2016 and 2017 have several iconic sites that really stand out:
Babylon & Ur, FLW & Le Corbusier, Gobeklitepe, Bagan, Nan Madol