Papahanaumokuakea |
A sacred area for native Hawaiians is filling up with trash. |
eu.usatoday.com |
08.08.22 |
Yazd |
Floods In Historic Iranian City Fuel Concerns Over World-Renowned Monuments |
www.rferl.org |
06.08.22 |
Great Barrier Reef |
Coral levels in some parts of the Great Barrier Reef are at the highest in 36 years |
www.npr.org |
05.08.22 |
Komodo National Park |
Seeing Komodo dragons now costs $250 and tourism workers are striking over it |
edition.cnn.com |
03.08.22 |
Virunga National Park |
DRC to auction oil and gas permits in endangered gorilla habitat |
www.theguardian.com |
28.07.22 |
The Sado complex of heritage mines, primarily gold mines (T) |
UNESCO not reviewing Sado mine for 2023 World Heritage list |
english.kyodonews.net |
28.07.22 |
Vigan |
Vigan sustains damages following strong tremor |
ptvnews.ph |
28.07.22 |
Meidan Emam, Esfahan |
Isfahan's Shah Mosque: iconic Iranian site damaged in restoration |
www.bbc.com |
19.07.22 |
Blenheim Palace |
Blenheim Palace to build giant play park |
www.bbc.com |
17.07.22 |
Fertö/Neusiedlersee |
Austria and Hungary fight nature to stop lake vanishing |
phys.org |
12.07.22 |
Atapuerca |
Oldest European human fossil possibly found in Spain |
www.france24.com |
09.07.22 |
Lake Malawi |
Construction begins on controversial water project inside Lake Malawi National Park |
news.mongabay.com |
05.07.22 |
Dolomites |
At least five killed in Italian Marmolada glacier collapse |
www.bbc.com |
03.07.22 |
Blenheim Palace |
Blenheim Palace: Massive dredging operation under way |
www.bbc.com |
01.07.22 |
Birka and Hovgarden |
Swedish world heritage site finds remains of Viking shipyard |
www.icenews.is |
01.07.22 |
Fossil Hominid Sites |
Early human fossils found in cave are a million years older than expected |
www.cnn.com |
29.06.22 |
Sceilg Mhichíl |
Sceilg Mhichíl due to reopen to visitors in July |
www.rte.ie |
25.06.22 |
Horyu-ji Area |
Horyuji temple crowdfunding drive nets over 100 million yen |
www.asahi.com |
24.06.22 |
Ashur |
New dam could drown ancient Iraqi city of Ashur |
www.theartnewspaper.com |
21.06.22 |
Yellowstone |
Record flooding and mudslides force closure of Yellowstone national park |
www.theguardian.com |
14.06.22 |
Sceilg Mhichíl |
Sceilig Mhichíl closed to visitors after rockfall incident |
www.rte.ie |
13.06.22 |
Mrauk-U (T) |
Mrauk-U’s UNESCO World Heritage Journey Fraught With Perils Past and Present |
www.bnionline.net |
07.06.22 |
Borobudur |
Steep entry fee to Indonesia's Borobudur Temple triggers outcry |
www3.nhk.or.jp |
07.06.22 |
Prague |
Prague’s Orloj clock at centre of row over artist’s ‘amateur’ restoration |
www.theguardian.com |
02.06.22 |
Shark Bay |
World's largest plant discovered |
www.abc.net.au |
01.06.22 |
Chavin |
Archaeologists discover passageways in 3,000-year-old Peruvian temple |
www.reuters.com |
31.05.22 |
Djenné |
Insecurity Puts Mali’s Historic Djenné Mosque at Risk |
www.voanews.com |
28.05.22 |
Frontiers of the Roman Empire |
Lewd Roman insult found on stone near Hadrian's Wall |
www.bbc.com |
28.05.22 |
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve |
Monarch butterflies bounce back in Mexico wintering grounds |
www.theguardian.com |
25.05.22 |
Himeji-jo |
World Heritage site Himeji Castle gets new 'castle lords' for 1st time in 153 years |
mainichi.jp |
23.05.22 |
Derwent Valley Mills |
Cromford Mill: UNESCO world heritage site returns to hydro power |
www.bbc.com |
21.05.22 |
Ghadames |
Mayor of Ghadames urges UNESCO to remove old city from list of threatened sites |
www.libyaobserver.ly |
16.05.22 |
Lalibela |
Residents of Ethiopia’s World Heritage Site Struggle to Recover |
www.voanews.com |
13.05.22 |
Pyramids (Memphis) |
Egypt arrests teenagers for harassing female tourists at pyramids |
www.bbc.com |
09.05.22 |
Old Havana |
Saratoga Hotel: 22 dead after huge explosion in Havana |
www.bbc.com |
07.05.22 |
Ahwar of Southern Iraq |
British Tourist Accused of Smuggling Artifacts from Eridu |
www.artnews.com |
03.05.22 |
Butrint |
Secrecy Surrounds Albanian Plan to Lease Butrint World Heritage Site |
balkaninsight.com |
28.04.22 |
Derwent Valley Mills |
Belper World Heritage site mill museum to close |
www.bbc.co.uk |
27.04.22 |
Bamiyan Valley |
Taliban orders coal traders to leave Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley |
www.theartnewspaper.com |
27.04.22 |
Shiretoko |
Rescue operation for missing tour boat near Shiretoko peninsula intensifies |
www.npr.org |
24.04.22 |
City of Bath |
Bath's long awaited £5 million World Heritage Centre to open soon |
www.somersetlive.co.uk |
24.04.22 |
Archipiélago de Revillagigedo |
Scientists scour 'Mexico's Galapagos' for quake, volcano clues |
www.france24.com |
24.04.22 |
Historic Cairo |
Renovation work at historic Cairo mosque angers architects |
www.al-monitor.com |
22.04.22 |
Bagan |
Rare Sculptures Stolen From Bagan |
www.irrawaddy.com |
22.04.22 |
Gonbad-e Qâbus |
Gonbad-e Qabus restoration may take two years |
www.tehrantimes.com |
17.04.22 |
Kii Mountain Range |
NHK contractor damages World Heritage pilgrimage trail to Japan's Mt. Koya |
mainichi.jp |
16.04.22 |
Ancient Kyoto |
Stains Found on Building at "Todaiji" World Heritage Temple |
www.nippon.com |
16.04.22 |
Chachapoyas sites of the Utcubamba Valley (T) |
Wall collapsed at Kuélap due to heavy rains |
www.infobae.com |
13.04.22 |
Historic Cairo |
Threat of demolition looms over Cairo’s historic necropolis |
www.al-monitor.com |
08.04.22 |
Willandra Lakes |
Mungo Man and Mungo Lady to be reburied in Willandra world heritage area after federal decision |
www.theguardian.com |
06.04.22 |