Can these two proposals be put into one? I am fine either way, the larger proposal thats on China's tentative list or the narrowed-down version to emphasis the highlights.

Full name of site: Bunaken National Park
Country: Indonesia
TWHS?: yes (see title)
Short description of site: (Wikipedia) Bunaken National Park is a marine park in the north of Sulawesi island, Indonesia. The park is located near the centre of the Coral Triangle, providing habitat to 390 species of coral as well as many fish, mollusc, reptile and marine mammal species. The Park is representative of Indonesian tropical water ecosystems, consisting of seagrass plain, coral reef, and coastal ecosystems.
A very rich coral ecosystem covers most of Bunaken National Park, dominated by fringing reef and barrier reef corals. There are about 390 species of coral recorded in the waters of the Park. A distinct feature is a 25-50 metre vertical coral wall which is inhabited by 13 coral genus. It is claimed that this park has seven times more genera of coral than Hawaii, and more than 70% of all the known fish species of the Indo-Western Pacific. On land, the islands are rich in species of palm, sago, woka, silar and coconut. Among the animal species that live on the land and the beaches are Celebes crested macaque, Timor Deer, and Sulawesi bear cuscus. The park also comprises mangrove forest.
Criteria: Natural

Interesting last minute proposal. I will second it.

The Central Axis of Beijing had already been approved. It includes the Beijing Drum & Bell Tower.

The other proposal was for a serial of Drum & Bell Towers across the country.

Sure, this makes sense.


Thanks for clarifying, I was confused.

I second it.

Full name: Badshahi sadak / Grant trunk road
Country : India/Pakistan/Bangladesh/Afghanistan
Criteria: Cultural

I just wished to rectify that Grand Trunk Road (also formerly known as Uttarapath, Sadak-e-Azam, Badshahi Sadak) should be a serial nomination of 4 , It is one of Asia's oldest and longest serving major roads. For at least 2,500 years, it has linked the Indian subcontinent with Central Asia. It runs roughly 2,400 kilometers from Chittagong, Bangladesh west to Kabul, Afghanistan, passing through Howrah, Allahabad (Prayagraj), Delhi, and Amritsar in India and Lahore and Peshawar in Pakistan. All the major political history of Indian sub-contient happened across this route. Through this route only all major Indian religion (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) & later Islam spread across the sub-contient. It connected 2 major routes - sea route & silk route & is continuing the testimony of Cultural exchange of trade, Pilgrimage, political influence, culture & religion

I don't think the WHL has a natural site linked to the orangutan, one of the high profile endangered animal species.

The Tentative List site Transborder Rainforest Heritage of Borneo is formed by the Betung Kerihun National Park in Indonesia and the Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary in Malaysia. In comparison to the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra, I would propose to enlarge it with Mount Palung National Park, Tanjung Puting National Park and Kutai National Park in Indonesia and Batang Ai National Park in Malaysia.

Full name of site: Transborder Rainforest Heritage of Borneo
Country: Indonesia & Malaysia
TWHS?: yes (see title)
Short description of site: (Wikipedia) The parks are representative of the nature of Borneo, one of the Global Priority Places. The National parks are important for orangutan conservation.
- Betung Kerihun National Park consists of two ecoregions: Borneo montane rain forests and Borneo lowland rain forests. It has a rich fauna, with 300 species of bird, at least 162 fish species and at least 54 mammals. The park is home to endangered Bornean orangutan and seven other primate species. It formes a transborder sit with Malaysia's Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary.
- Mount Palung National Park is notable for its diversity of habitat types, ranging from mangrove and freshwater swamp forest, to lowland alluvial (empran bench) forest, to montane forest, and for its diversity of wildlife. It is one of only a handful of parks in the world where orangutans can be seen in the wild.
- Kutai National Park is dominated by lowland tropical rainforest but also includes coastal mangrove forest, freshwater swamp forest and kerangas forest. The park provides habitat to 10 species of primates, 90 species of mammals and 300 species of birds, among which the orangutan and the Malayan sun bear.
Criteria: Natural

I was thinking of this one myself too. A yes from me.


I am wondering what the components might be. Is it well preserved? From what I could find most of the current roads are modern ones.

Full name of site: Sanjiangyuan - Three Rivers Nature Reserve
Country: China
TWHS?: no
Short description of site: (Wikipedia) The Sanjiangyuan is an area of the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai province, China, which contains the headwaters of three great rivers of Asia: the Yellow, the Yangtze, and the Mekong. Both the Yangtze as the Mekong feature in the list of 35 Global Priority Places.
Parts of the area were protected as the Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve (SNNR), also called the Three Rivers Nature Reserve. Along with wetland and waters protection, other ecological values, such as grassland, forest, and wildlife enhancement, have also been presented as goals of the reserve. The Tibetan Plateau contains the headwaters of the drainage basins of most of the streams in surrounding regions. Its tens of thousands of glaciers and other geographical and ecological features serve as a "water tower" storing water and maintaining flow.
Criteria: Natural

Maybe too similar to this WHS: https://www.worldheritagesite.org/list/Three+parallel+rivers+of+Yunnan ?

Might be, I know. Problem is, I am not an expert on this and I have not visited any of these sites. Sanjiangyuan is more about the waterhead and the Tibetan Plateau, but, of course, two of the three rivers are the same.

On the other hand, with the Mekong, Yangtze and Yellow River being of such huge importance, is one site enough to represent their huge basins and significance?

But I understand the similarity and why the Sanjiangyuan proposal would not be seconded.

Full name of site: Fitzgerald River National Park
Country: Australia
TWHS?: no
Short description of site: (Wikipedia) Fitzgerald River National Park is a national park in Southwest Australia, a Global Priority Place which is not represented on the WHL. The park includes the Barren Mountains and Eyre Range and the Fitzgerald River. The park forms the basis of the internationally recognised Fitzgerald Biosphere Reserve recognised by the UNESCO Man and Biosphere Program. The site contains over 1800 species of plant with 250 of these being rare and 62 being known to be found only within the confines of the park. The park is also home to 22 species of mammal, 200 bird species, 41 species of reptile and 12 species of frog. It is recognised as an Important Bird Area. Some of the mammals found are the very rare dibbler and the heath rat, both of which were thought to be extinct at one time or another. The tammar wallaby and woylie, both of which are threatened species, are known to inhabit the mallee and heath areas of the park. Point Ann is one of the two places along Australia's coast where southern right whales come to calve during their winter migration.
Criteria: Natural