Name: Rotorua and surroundings.
Country: New Zealand
Type: Mixed
OUV: Living with thermal energy. Cooking in a geyser... What is not to love? Mix of natural and culturla (villages, religion).

Name: Kahurangi National Park, Farewell Spit and Canaan karst system
Country: New Zealand
Type: Natural
OUV: Abel Tasman NP just looks really nice. "The geodiversity of Kahurangi National Park is the most complex in any of New Zealand's large protected areas. The diversity of rock types, soils, topography and climates throughout Kahurangi has produced a remarkable array of terrestrial, freshwater and estuarine ecosystems. "

https://www.worldheritagesite.org/tentative/id/5122
https://www.finetoursnewzealand.co.nz/reasons-to-love-abel-tasman-blog188

Kermadec Islands and Marine reserve (White Island)
Country: New Zealand
OUV: Chain of Volcanic Islands. Both reserves are among the most strictly protected in New Zealand. The marine reserve encompasses a very wide range of underwater landforms and marine ecosystems.
https://www.worldheritagesite.org/tentative/id/5124

According to me, it is a tourist trap!

The canals are both man made and natural. I don't think the ecological significance is that high, so no secondment from me.

Maybe we could rename this to "Foreign concessions in Shanghai". As they weren't colonial and Chinese held sovereignity.

My proposed sites in South Asia:

India
Sri Harimandir Sahib, Amritsar, Punjab:: an important momument of Sikhism
The historic ensemble of Orchha: thankfully, they already included this in their tentative list.

Nepal
Annapurna Conservation Area: not on their tentative list. Nepal's biggest park and popular trekking area. Known for its avian inhabitants but I am not sure if that is going to be enough justification.

Pakistan
Archaeological Site of Harappa: Bronze age city in the ancient settlement area of Indus valley.

Proposed by Clyde above. I'll write this down as a secondment

Noted Els.


I support this. Kermadec island chain always figures in the scientific journals I read about subtropical to temperate marine ecosystems.

I support this one.

"The Coral Triangle is the heart of the world's coral reef biodiversity, making Raja Ampat quite possibly the richest coral reef ecosystems in the world"

Thats enough for me to second this, the pictures are not bad either.

From this list I'd like to bring forward Mount Kailash: Mount Kailash is considered to be sacred in four religions: Bon, Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism. Important piligrimage site. It was also on our previous Missing List.

And the Western Xia mausoleums: It's an imperial burial site in the Gobi desert, founded by the Tangut ethnic group (11th - 13th century) of which is little known.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Xia_mausoleums

Not so fond about the others, though Jomolangma (Everest）could be a good extension to the already inscribed Nepali part.

From the others suggested so far, I'd like to second:
- Imperial Xi'an
- Bahoutdin Architectural Complex
- Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai
- Sri Harimandir Sahib, Amritsar, Punjab

Need to look a bit more into the natural sites suggested by Assif.
UPDATE: Assif made an excellent selection I think. I will second the following:
- Myeik Archipelago
- Lore Lindu National Park (as a Mixed site)
- Kalbarri NP

I second the following proposals:





- As Christmas Island NP

I will support Rotorua. Another site containing aspects of Maori culture would be nice to include.

Me and @Colvin have been discussing that in the main tread. We should agree on something, else I will be proposing American and French sites in the Pacific soon.



I support these.

Wow this is moving fast.
I'll add one as well from the Indian tentative list:
Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala

Name: Colonial Hanoi
Country: Vietnam
OUV: Main parts of Hanoi follow French city planning making Hanoi into a very different Asian city. Even Gustave Eiffel built here.
"Embarked on a grand mission civilisatrice, the French colonial administration laid wide, tree-lined boulevards patterned on the Champs Élysées, installed electric lights and built villas in a hybrid style known as Norman Pagoda"
"Some of the street scenes in Hanoi could be Paris. The French-style mansions and tree-lined boulevards help retain the city's reputation as being "The Paris of the East". Hanoi's culture, however, is uniquely Vietnamese and it exhibits few of the scars of the Indochina War."
Links
https://www.travelmedia.com/mekong/hanoi.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/a-trio-of-french-colonial-sites-in-hanoi-278826/
Option:
We could also include the Vietnamese heritage of the city, e.g. the central lake.

Name: Ba Be National Park
Country: Vietnam
Type: N
OUV: Caves, Karst Mountains, Mountain Tribes, Waterfalls, Lakes, Jungle.
"Ba Be National Park is considered as the most important and meaningful natural habitat for biodiversity conservation and it is also a home of many rare endangered flora and fauna. The forest cover of Ba Be contains a typical sample of limestone vegetation and is scarce in other countries in the region."
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6262
"Ba Be Lake or Ba Be National Park is located in Bac Can Province, 240km from Hanoi and covers more than 23,000 hectares boasting waterfalls, rivers, deep valleys, lakes and caves set amid towering peaks. The area is home to many ethnic minority communities."
https://wikitravel.org/en/Ba_Be_National_Park

Name: Ban Gioc Waterfall System
Type: N/M
Country: Vietnam, China
OUV Amazing lush karst mountains with farms, caves and a huge waterfall. Can be combined with more waterfalls on the Chinese side.

"Over thousands of years the waterfall has eroded its crest and slowly moved upstream. It currently appears to be two waterfalls most of the time but when the river is swollen due to summer rains can form one fall again."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban_Gioc%E2%80%93Detian_Falls
"Ban Gioc Waterfall or Thac Ban Gioc located in Cao Bang province[1], 350km from Hanoi is one of 4 biggest waterfalls located on a frontier after Iguazu, Victoria and Niagara. The area is home to many ethnic minority communities, such as the Nung, Dzao and H'mong ethnic groups. B"
https://wikitravel.org/en/Ban_Gioc_Waterfall

Name: Mekong Delta
Type: M
Country: Vietnam
OUV: Swimming markets, river islands, ...

Further suggestions
Coffee Plantations of Vietnam -> #2 World Wide Producer.

French Railway Hanoi Saigon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Vietnam#Current_lines

More traditional villages all over the country -> So many local people living in traditional villages.

Mountain Villages of Sapa (Vietnam) -> Very popular area, but can't find a most viable candidate. There is a separate tentative site for archeological finds, but I would rather go for the villages.

Dalat Wine Region - ;)