WHC 2022
- The Royal Mausoleums of Numidia, Mauretania and pre-Islamic funerary monuments (Algeria)
- Grossglockner High Alpine Road (Austria)
- Funeral Sites and Memorials of the First World War (Belgium, France)
- Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble (Brazil)
- Tr'ondëk-Klondike (Canada)
- Tarrafal Concentration Camp (Cabo Verde)
- Koh Ker (Cambodia)
- Ancient Tea Plantations of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er (China)
- Žatec – the Hops Town (Czechia)
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses (Denmark)
- Pharaoh Island (Egypt)
- Dirre Sheikh Hussein Religious, Cultural and Historical Site (Ethiopia)
- The Marquesas Islands (France)
- Old Synagogue and Mikveh in Erfurt (Germany)
- Kashmir Mughal Gardens (India)
- Semarang Old Town (Indonesia)
- Trans-Iranian Railway (Iran)
- Sunken City of Port Royal (Jamaica)
- Umm el-Jimal (Jordan)
- Kaunas 1919-1939: The Capital Inspired by the Modern Movement (Lithuania)
- Myauk-U (Myanmar)
- Tilaurakot, the Archaeological Remains of Ancient Shakya Kingdom (Nepal)
- Port of Banbhore (Pakistan)
- The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá (Panama)
- The Gdańsk Shipyard (Poland)
- Vila Viçosa, Renaissance Ducal Village (Portugal)
- Gaya Tumuli (Republic of Korea)
- Rijal Almaa (Saudi Arabia)
- Talayotic Menorca (Spain)
- Medieval Town of Khulbuk (Tajikistan)
- Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan, Nakhon Si Thammarat (Thailand)
- The Tombstones of Ahlat the Urartian and Ottoman Citadel (Turkey)
- Island of Djerba (Tunisia)
- Sharjah: the Gate to Trucial States (UAE)
- Historic Center of the Port City of Odessa (Ukraine)

Africa: 2
Arab States: 6
Asia & Pacific: 11
Europe & North America: 13
Latin America & Caribbean: 3

*I am yet to read of an official natural nomination for 2022
*Inevitably some of these nominations will be delayed or not meet the deadline in early 2021 (including COVID-19 delays in funding/research/meetings)

Potential Natural Nominations that COULD be nominated
- Mt. Kumgang and the Historical Relics (DPRK) *International Assistance in 2018
- Mole National Park (Ghana) *Reports of ongoing work to address IUCN recommendations from 2016-2017

Weird, isn't it? I notice that Italy has no nomination yet for 2022. Maybe they will try again with Sila or the Mediterranean Alps.
@Astraftis - have you heard anything?

The Royal Sites of Ireland - potentially first new Irish WHS in over 25 years!

https://www.irishcentral.com/news/six-prehistoric-ireland-unesco-world-heritage-sites

elsslots

No, unfortunately I don't have a clue and I haven't heard anything apart from the lately quite fanfared Tiber, but I think this will take much more time... and as we know too well, recently news are all about other things (new ordinances about the lockdown, in particular :-/ ).

I can just make a wild guess that they will choose something "ready-made" and surely noteworthy like the via Appia. If any, I'm just noticing the last years have seen some increased form of attention with regard to Civita di Bagnoregio, which sits on the list since 2017, so maybe...


Oh, nice, I have a weakness for these kinds of sites! :-)

https://illadelink.com/two-mozambican-reserves-are-running-for-world-heritage-site-africa/
Maputo Special Reserve and the Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve (Mozambique), as an extension of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park in South Africa

This one is already up for 2020, isn't it? (complete in this list http://whc.unesco.org/archive/2019/whc19-43com-inf8B3-en.pdf)

Looks more likely that the nomination for France will be "Volcanic and Forest Areas of Martinique". As stated, "A request has been filed again for 2021, and for the moment the island would not have a French competitor in the running." Potential to win UNESCO Biosphere status and world heritage status in the same year.

https://www.rci.fm/martinique/infos/Societe/Focus-la-Martinique-brigue-trois-titres-lUNESCO

Maybe Dong Villages (China) for 2022 or 2023? - "The ancient communities for the Dong minority people have been shortlisted for Unesco World Heritage status"; https://www.thenationalnews.com/lifestyle/travel/the-little-known-villages-that-could-be-china-s-next-unesco-stars-1.1134165

Thailand - Si Thep Historical Park

Big Surprise! Thai Cabinet approved to submit Si Thep Historical Park as WHS within this year February deadline. The reason why government pick up Si Thep is its isolated location with no problem of buffer zone! So Chiang Mai and other sites need to wait further.

https://www.thairath.co.th/news/politic/2015688

Anyone been there? We could use a first review!

The volcanoes and forests of Mount Pelée and the Pitons in northern Martinique (France) has officially been submitted for 2022. Beating out the Marquesas Islands, if inscribed this would be the first French WHS in the Caribbean

https://www.rci.fm/martinique/infos/Environnement/Le-gouvernement-presente-la-candidature-des-volcans-de-Martinique-au-patrimoine

Cultural Landscape of Civita di Bagnoregio (Italy) has officially been submitted for 2022.

https://www.lastampa.it/cultura/2021/01/21/news/civita-di-bagnoregio-candidata-a-patrimonio-mondiale-dell-unesco-1.39801023

Kuldiga (Latvia)
https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/culture/kuldiga-applies-to-join-unesco-world-heritage-list.a389734/

Not sure how/why this was passed on to 2022? I guess I just overlooked this!

I just posted new articles about these 2 shortlisted nominations


Previously we identified nominations that may be active in preparing a nomination dossier.


So, at this point we are not sure what Iranian nomination will emerge for 2022. Probable that it will be one of these 6 TWHS or none at all?