What makes world heritage site

The Committee is made up of 21 elected members, and they meet once a year to decide on new sites. Inscription on the World Heritage List is only a first step towards safeguarding these sites for future generations.

Management and preservation efforts are an ongoing process , which involves local communities as well as site managers and national authorities. To view the global list of World Heritage sites , click here. Your browser is out of date. All three must be in place for a property to be judged to have Outstanding Universal Value, which is the final piece to the puzzle of becoming a World Heritage site.

The Wadden Sea checked off all of the requirements. As such, the permanent protection of this heritage is of the highest importance to the international community as a whole. It encompasses a multitude of transitional zones between the land and the sea and freshwater environment and it is rich in species specially adapted to the demanding environmental conditions. It is one of the most important areas for migratory birds and is connected to other key sites for these migratory birds on the Northern and Southern hemisphere.

The Wadden Sea checks off three. The cultural heritage and the natural heritage are among the priceless and irreplaceable possessions, not only of each nation, but also of mankind as a whole. The loss, through deterioration or disappearance, of any of these most prized possessions constitutes an impoverishment of the heritage of all the peoples in the world. The Committee took note of the typology proposed in Mr. Michel Parent's report. It considered that it was on the basis of the inventories submitted by States Parties that such a typology could be finalized.

The question will therefore continue to be studied until its next session. In view of the difficulty of assessing nominations without an adequate inventory, the Committee decided to encourage States Parties to prepare such inventories. It was furthermore decided to ask IUCN to prepare a proposal for the next meeting of the Bureau relating to the methodology and cost of preparing an inventory on a global basis. About us. Special themes.

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