Moved to 2024!

The file should be refined and submitted to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism before July 30, 2022, then be deposited with UNESCO for verification before September 30, 2022 and be officially submitted to UNESCO for recognition as World Heritage by December 31, 2022.

https://fr.vietnamplus.vn/le-vietnam-va-soumettre-la-candidature-de-yen-tu-a-lunesco/176893.vnp

WHC 2024
- Murujuga Cultural Landscape (Australia) *updated
- The Ringed Seal Archipelagos of Lake Saimaa (Finland)
- Marquesas Islands (France)
- Residence Ensemble Schwerin (Germany)
- Mount Olympus (Greece)
- Ambodifotatra Catholic Church of Sainte Marie (Madagascar)
- Moravian Church Settlements (United States)
- Isla de Flores Cultural Landscape (Uruguay)
- The Yen Tu Complex of Monuments and Landscapes (Vietnam)

Murujuga Cultural Landscape (Australia) aiming for 2024 https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/news/newsletters/Murujuga%20News%20November%202021.pdf

Flinders Ranges (Australia) is now estimating 2025 session https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/topics/flinders-ranges-world-heritage-nomination/nomination-process

Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá (Panama)

Aim is for 2024 evaluation cycle.

https://www.tvn-2.com/nacionales/Colonial-Transistmica-Patrimonio-Mundial-Humanidad_0_5913158684.html

Flow Country (UK) is aiming for 2024 also https://www.theflowcountry.org.uk/world-heritage-site/world-heritage-site-2/

Vila Viçosa, Renaissance Ducal Town (Portugal) - delayed until 2024

"the municipality should " try to change " what was requested, so that, in 2023, the council can " be in a position " to, with the National Commission of UNESCO, promote the candidacy of Vila Viçosa with " a more solid scientific base ".

https://infocul.pt/candidatura-de-vila-vicosa-a-patrimonio-mundial-da-unesco-sofre-reves/

European Paper Mills (Poland, Czechia, Germany)
- Paper Mill in Duszniki-Zdrój (2019)
- Paper Mill in Velké Losiny (2001)
- Paper Mill in Homburg (pending)

The nomination is expanding to include additional sites in Germany and perhaps in the near future Italy and Spain (possible later extensions). New TWHS would need to be submitted by relevant state parties if the serial nomination was expanded beyond Poland and Czechia. Germany's site in Homburg seems like an imminent addition to their tentative list. This could be aiming for 2024 or 2025 if everything goes well.

"In the case of this from Duszniki, the prepared application concerns the so-called serial entry - it is to cover not only the Polish facility, but also similar in selected European countries. The Museum team is in the process of developing documentation that will allow the preparation of the draft application. The completion of the works will, however, depend on the activity of foreign partners. We hope that the works will be completed by 2023 at the latest, explains the spokesman."

https://wroclaw.naszemiasto.pl/mlyn-papierniczy-w-dusznikach-zdroju-ma-szanse-znalezc-sie/ar/c1-8500249


https://papiermuehle-homburg.de/pl/papiernia-homburg-ma-zostac-wpisane-na-liste-swiatowego-dziedzictwa-unesco

WHC 2024 (18)

Africa (2)
- Ambodifotatra Catholic Church of Sainte Marie (Madagascar)
- Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda)

Arab States (0)

Asia and the Pacific (4)
- Murujuga Cultural Landscape (Australia)
- Kashmir Mughal Gardens (India)
- Hikone-Jo (Japan)
- The Yen Tu Complex of Monuments and Landscapes (Vietnam)

Europe & North America (10)
- The Ringed Seal Archipelagos of Lake Saimaa (Finland)
- Marquesas Islands (France)
- Residence Ensemble Schwerin (Germany)
- Mount Olympus (Greece)
- Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá (Panama)
- European Paper Mills (Poland, Czechia, Germany)
- Vila Viçosa (Portugal)
- Flow Country (United Kingdom)
- Moravian Church Settlements (United States, Germany, United Kingdom)
- The Historical Port City of Izmir (Turkey)

Latin America & Caribbean (2)
- Sunken City of Port Royal (Jamaica)
- Isla de Flores Cultural Landscape (Uruguay)

It's time for Rwanda to have a site inscribed, especially this one

Hi! Just a comment. That would be in the Latin America & Caribbean region.

For Spain's 2024 nomination, there seems to be 2 candidates.

Another attempt (after an evaluation of not inscribe in 2021) The Ribeira Sacra, Lugo and Orense and Priorat-Montsant-Siurana Mediterranean Mountain Agricultural Landscape.

https://elpais.com/espana/galicia/2021-06-05/los-embalses-del-franquismo-frenan-la-candidatura-de-a-ribeira-sacra-a-patrimonio-de-la-humanidad.html

Hikone-jo in Japan seems fairly certain as the nomination reaches its final stages and its criteria is quite different than Himeji-jo.

https://shirobito.jp/article/1500

https://fuekiryuko.net/articles/-/1419

The Historical Port City of Izmir (Turkey) seems more and more certain to submit their file for 2024.

https://raillynews.com/2022/03/Izmir-historical-port-city-is-one-step-closer-to-UNESCO/

Not sold on Izmir as written in my review. I don't understand why the Turkish authorities wouldn't put forward stronger candidates (Urfa, Kaunos?).

Hikone is nice, especially the combination of castle and garden.

"so that the application can go to Paris, to UNESCO, in February 2023"

https://radioelvas.com/2022/04/14/vila-vicosa-reformula-candidatura-a-patrimonio-mundial/


I cannot access the full article, but it seems the dossier is more or less complete.

https://www.svz.de/lokales/schwerin/artikel/schweriner-antrag-fuer-die-welterbeliste-fertig-zur-uebersetzung-23467855