World Heritage 2006-07 (2006)

TROPIC OF CANCER cities such as Vienna, Lima and Kyoto; from the prehistoric rock art on the Iberian Peninsula to the Statue of Liberty; from the Kasbah of Algiers to the Imperial Palace in Beijing — all of these places, as varied as they are, have one thing in common. All ar World Heritage sites of outstanding cultural or natural value to humanity and are worthy of protection for future generations to know and enjoy. Number indicates site order by year of inscription within each country. See country index on back side of map for site listings. Only States Parties to the World Heritage Convention are labeled on this map. United Nations (UN) country boundaries shown as of October 2006 http://whc. unesco.org www.hp.com www. nationalgeographic. com From the vast plains of the Serengeti to historic W: ICELAND NORWAY RUSSIAN FEDERATION LITHUANIA DENMARK*UNITED \ KINGDOM The designations employed and the presenta­tion of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO and National Geographic Society concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its author­ities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. © Cultural property O Natural property O Mixed property (cultural and natural) O Transnational property © Property currently inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger ELARUS IRELAND NETHERLANDS POLAND Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties. REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA f FRANCE GEORGIA INGARY ROMANIA B,A OV© STO BULGAW*© FmoM0-.^ - 0 J. ALBANWÄo,;*a| e * C E ''■A vW SAN ^ MARINO ÇV © 2006 UNESCO Printed October 2006 MONACO IDORRA Longitude West 30' Longitude East ITALY MONTENEGRÍ (France) PORTUGAL SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC (Spain) CYPRUS LEBANOI [Russian GREENLAND (Denmark) ISRAEL :ederation) ARCTIC CIRCLE JORDAN ARCTIC CIRCLE Albers Conic Equal-Area Projection Area enlarged at top right The World Heritage Cities Programme seeks to protect living historic city centres and their cultural and architectural her­itage from threats such as uncontrolled development or inappropriate construction. The first property to be listed as a cultural landscape in 1993,Tongariro National Park in New Zealand exerts a powerful fascination over human imagi­nation. This volcanic landscape, with Mount Ngauruhoe (above), plays a a central role in the Maori people’s / founding myth. SfM Title photo: PhotoNewZealand / /,/ Geoff Marshall The World Heritage emblem symbolizes the interdependence of the world's natural and cultural diversity. The central square represents the achievements of human skill and inspiration, and the circle celebrates the gifts of nature. The emblem is round, like the world, a symbol of global protec­tion for the heritage of all humankind. UZBEKISTAN 0 O AOCRATIC PEOPLE’S •UBLIC OF KOREA TURKMENISTAN REPUBLIC >F KOREA JAPAN The Small Islands Programme focuses on preserving heritage on the islands of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. ___________________ iVi «r ;£V__-v FGHANISTAN f. TUNISIA IRAN (ISLAMIC (Portugal) (ÇÎ) MOROCCO REPUBLIC OF) PAKISTAN ( Sciai n) '/-r-N The Earthen Architecture Conservation Programme works toward conserving and revitalizing earthen architecture, which is threatened by natural disasters and indus­trialization. Currently, some one hundred properties on the World Heritage List are partially or totally built with earth. Cultural heritage refers to monuments, buildings and sites with historical, aesthetic, archaeological, scientific, ethnological or anthropological value. Natural heritage refers to outstanding physical, biological or geological features and includes habitats of threatened species, as well as areas with scientific, environmental or aesthetic value. Mixed sites have both cultural and natural values. BAHRAIN' QATAR * ' »>;* •• H| MEXICO UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SAUDI ARABIA TROPIC OF CANCER CUBA IYANMAI _ DOMINICAN Q REPUBLIC (USA) MAURITANIA OMAN HAITI JAMAICA CAPE VERDE AND BARBUDA ST KITTS AND NEVIS THAILAND 0 DOMINICA 0 SAINT LUCIA BARBADOS YEMEI PHILIPPINES ENEGAL GUATEMALA EL SAL/AI ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES (Netherlands GRENADA Antilles) GAMBIA .RAGUA BURKINA FASO GUINEA­BISSAU BENIN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO SI Z9 (Philippines) World Heritage sites are inscribed on the List on the basis of their merits as forming a significant contribution to the cultural and natural heritage of the world. Their outstanding universal value is considered to go beyond national boundaries and to be of importance for future generations. MARSHALL ISLANDS SIERRA LEONE CÔTE GHANA VENEZUELA CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC PALAU D’IVOIRE LIBERIA MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF) CAMEROON .OMBIA (Colombia) MALDIVES KIRIBATI SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE UGANDA KENYA EQUATOR EQUATOR DEMOCRATIC GABON ECUADOR (Ecuador)0 RWANDA REPUBLIC (Brazil) 0 Worldwide, 91 World Heritage forests protect more than 73 million hectares of woodland. This accounts for 1.9 percent of the global forest cover and about 13 percent of the surface area of all protected forests on the planet. OF THE CONGO UNITED REF»© OF TANZANIA SOLOMON ISLANDS Conserving the diversity of life on Earth is critical to global human welfare. With the support of the World Heritage Convention, the most important biodiversity sites receive international recognition as well as technical and financial assistance to deal with threats such as agricultural encroach­ment, alien species and poaching. COMOROS The World Heritage Sustainable Tourism Programme helps visitors discover World Heritage sites while encouraging respect of the environment and local cultures and enhancing community livelihoods. MALAWI SAMOA VANUATU ZIMBABWE MADAGASCAR TONGA BOTSWANA PARAGUAY TROPIC OF CAPRICORN TROPIC OF CAPRICORN Robinson Projection SCALE 1:43,720,000 SWAZILAND \ © (Chile) \ Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, at its General Conference, Paris, 16 November 1972 1000 The World Heritage Marine Programme SOUTH helps countries nominate marine sites and AFRICA The reduced scale of the maps and the cartographic projections have resulted in approximate locations/ of some properties. Land cover data: Tom Patterson, US National Park Service Text: Cynthia Barry Design and production by National Geographic Maps manage them effectively to ensure that they will thrive for future generations. There are currently 32 marine sites on the World Heritage List. 0 (Australia) EXTRACTS URUGUAY An Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of Outstanding Universal Value, called “the World Heritage Committee’ is... established within UNESCO. ... parts of the cultural or natural heritage are of out­standing interest and therefore need to be preserved as part of the world heritage of humankind as a whole. ARGENTINA Photos credits (left to right): Kenneth Garrett / National Geographic Image Collection; Amos Nachoum / CORBIS;Theo Allots / CORBIS; Elio Ciol / CORBIS; Christine Osborne / CORBIS; Martin Harvey / CORBIS; Olivier Martel / CORBIS; Hanne & Jens Eriksen / www.birdsoman.com; Ludovic Maisant/ CORBIS ... [with] the magnitude and gravity of the new dan­gers threatening... [the world’s heritage], it is incum­bent on the international community as a whole to participate in the protection of the cultural and natural heritage of outstanding universal value... NEW ... the Committee shall establish... under the title of "World Heritage List", a list of the properties forming part of the cultural heritage and natural heritage... which it considers as having outstanding universal value... ZEALAND Fynbos (“fine bush”) covers the Cape Floral Region Protected Areas in South Africa, one of the richest biomes for plants in the world, making up only 0.5 percent of the continent’s landmass but home to nearly 20 percent of Africa’s flora, including diverse members of the Protea family. The Victoria Regia, known as the great water lily of America, graces the Pantan al Conservation Area in Brazil, an enclave of richly diverse flora and fauna within one of the world’s largest freshwater wetlands - a 140,000-sq-km alluvial plain. A royal city of the Classic Maya (A.D. 25(kto 900)^and a cultural treasure of the Americas, Copan in westermHonduras evokes a perished society through hieroglyphics, architecture and sculpture, such as the great stone head of the God N. \ I (Australia) © (Australia) ANTARCTIC CIRCLE Hammerhead sharks gather in large numbers in the deep waters of Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, some 500 km off the coast of Colombia, the largest no-fishing zone in the Eastern Tropical Pacific where colossal schools of sharks, grouper, tuna and other marine species mingle. An ornamental archway reflects the artistic and religious sensibilities that created Germany’s Cologne Cathedral over the course of 600 years, from 1248 to 1880, a Gothic masterpiece and a testament to the spirit of faith in Europe. It was removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger in 2006 when city planners limited nearby construction. Stone pillars weighing up to seven tons, quarried with iron tools, mark a sacred landscape created between 300 B.C. and 1500 A.D. known as the Stone Circles of Senegambia (Gambia and Senegal), a 350-km-long transnational site honoring the world's largest aggregation of funerary circles. Sheep graze among the ruins of an empire's outpost, as Dougga / Thugga, Tunisia evokes the everyday life of a prosperous town in North Africa when Roman civilization held sway over a large part of the known world. Captive breeding saved the Arabian oryx, now roaming freely in the 27,500-sq-km protected habitat of Oman’s Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, where they were reintroduced in 1982 after being hunted to extinction in the wild a decade earlier. A statue stands guard in Bhaktapur, whose architectural treasures are among those in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger due to urban pressures that challenge the preservation of temples, palaces and monuments built between the 12th and 18th centuries. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

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