Kimono (intangible heritage)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/05/29/national/kimono-wearing-technique-waso-ur ged-unesco-heritage-listing/#.WS8rWDqwfIU

Tatar heritage: Wooden Mosque in Poland (Bohoniki and Kruszyniany), Belarus (Ivje, Navahrudak and Lovchyce) and Lithuania (Sorok Tatary, Nemeshis and Raizai)

http://bialystok.wyborcza.pl/bialystok/7,35241,21899198,podlascy-tatarzy-licza-na-lis te-unesco.html?disableRedirects=true

(thanks to Andrzej for reporting it)

Upcoming Tentative Lists 2017/2018

Australia
Bruenei
Canada
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Japan
Madagascar
Nigeria
Paraguay
Poland
Republic of Korea
South Sudan

Prominent Individual Nominations
Ksours of the Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia)
Slave Route (Benin)
Yeha Historical and Archaeological Site (Ethiopia)
Coral Reefs in the Gulf of Aqaba (Jordan)
Shwedagon Pagoda (Myanmar)
Silk Road Sites (Nepal, Bhutan)
Ceylon Tea Plantations - Dambatenne estates and Loolkadura (Sri Lanka)

Resources
WHC/17/41.COM/INF.5A
WHC/17/41.COM/13
Parks Canada - Updating Canada's Tentative List
WHC/16/40.COM/14

*I recently reviewed the early pages of this topic and realized just how many of the posted "aspiring nominations" have since been inscribed.

Hill Forts of Rajasthan (posted 2008)
Mount Etna (posted 2008)
Singapore Botanic Garden (posted 2009)
Champagne (posted 2009)
Burgundy (posted 2009)
Stećci - Medieval Tombstones (posted 2010)
Taputapuatea (posted 2010)

El Salvador

- área natural protegida de Los Cóbanos
- reserva de la biósfera Trifinio Fraternidad-parque nacional Montecristo-Casco de la hacienda San José Ingenio
- sitio arqueológico Ciudad Vieja

http://www.cultura.gob.sv/unesco-asesora-a-secultura-en-la-elaboracion-de-propuestas- para-la-lista-indicativa-de-patrimonio-mundial/

Le Quesnoy, Lille et Breisach-am-Rhein (Vauban extension)
http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/174394/article/2017-06-07/les-deux-cites-fortifiees-de-lil le-et-du-quesnoy-dans-la-course-pour-le-label

Has Lille changed its mind on inscription or is the Maire of Le Quesnoy pushing for it? The fortress there is known as the "Queen of the citadels" but I had thought Lille was opposed to inscription since it is a working military base? Both would be important extensions to the Vauban sites. Not sure why Breisach is necessary as Neuf-Breisach is already inscribed.

Breisach is in Germany. Transnational monuments are favoured in regards to the new capping system.

News from Honduras
http://www.elheraldo.hn/pais/1079012-466/honduras-podr%C3%ADa-tener-en-el-sur-otro-pa trimonio-mundial

The article says that the site Marcos de Colon will be discussed in Cracow this summer. This is of course wrong. On the other hand, it says the site was submitted last year, which means it should be discussed in 2018. This, too, is wrong. Should be expect the site for 2019?

Assif
Of course they got wrong the whole process. Maybe they are just attempting to get the site into the Tentative List, which is the mandatory step.
Aside from the San Marcos de Colón biosphere reserve, that they treat in detail, it is also of note that they mention another potential TL site: the archaeological park of Yarumela.

At the end, they also got wrong the number of WH sites per country, for Costa Rica and Panama.

Assif
Right, I just didn't think Breisach was fortified by Vauban and was heavily damaged. It's a nice town with a really great cathedral and for the upper Rhine its about as close to the kind of town you'll get on the Middle Rhine. And I will welcome more German WHS as I am there at least three times a year and I have a particular scholarly interest in Germanic history. The more preservation the better and I find myself having a lower OUV tolerance than others (for many many sites).

China - Baidicheng Temple

The famous ancient temple almost submerge by Three Gorges Dam will be proposed by Chongqing Government.

https://udn.com/news/story/7332/2520035