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El diario de Paris
Throughout the UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting, IUCN's delegation will be giving the inside view on what's happening and an insight into the key issues at stake.
Day Nine - Life just beginning?
So the 35th Session of the World Heritage Committee draws to an end at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, writes Tim Badman, Director of IUCN’s World Heritage Programme. …
29 Jun 2011 | Blogs
Day Eight – Heat wave at the Committee
Today was originally planned to be a day without sessions, to allow the Rapporteur and the Secretariat of the World Heritage Centre to prepare the report before the final approval of decisions on the meeting's last day, Wednesday 29 June, writes Christelle Perruchoud, IUCN’s World Heritage Project Management Assistant …
28 Jun 2011 | Blogs
Day Seven - Mining and World Heritage in Africa
This year, the World Heritage Committee discussed the state of conservation of 53 of the 207 natural World Heritage sites. Of these, almost half are African sites (21 sites), writes Mariam Kenza Ali fo IUCN's World Heritage Programme as the second week of the World Heritage Committee meeting kicks off in Paris. …
27 Jun 2011 | Blogs
Day Six - Quel avenir des biens naturels en Afrique du Centre et de l’Ouest?
Les biens naturels de la région Afrique Centrale et de l’Ouest sont caractérisés par leur biodiversité. Mais depuis près de vingt ans, on assiste à une diminution dramatique des populations de faune et à une fragmentation des écosystèmes, commente Youssouph Diédhiou Chargé de Programme Patrimoine Mondial, UICN, Programme Aires de l’Afrique du Centre et de l’Ouest …
24 Jun 2011 | Blogs
Day Five - feet firmly on the ground
As Vice Chair of the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) for World Heritage, my role is a bit different from that of my Secretariat colleagues, says Allen Putney as day five of the World Heritage Committee in Paris gets underway. …
23 Jun 2011 | Blogs
Day Four - making alliances to make conservation happen
Although I’ve been working on World Heritage in my region since late 2008, and I attend all the regional meetings in Arab states, the actual experience of being at the big World Heritage Committee here in Paris really completes the picture, says IUCN's Haifaa Abdulhalim. …
22 Jun 2011 | Blogs
Day Three - List of World Heritage in danger
The World Heritage Committee today discussed the remaining issues that it couldn't address yesterday, including the Recommendations of the International Expert Meeting on World Heritage and Buffer Zones and the evaluation of the Reinforced Monitoring Mechanism, says IUCN's Remco Van Merm. …
21 Jun 2011 | Blogs
Day Two - preserving our past and building our future
This is the first time I've ever attended such a grand meeting. I arrived at the UNESCO Centre early in the morning, feeling a bit nervous, humbled but all excited, says IUCN's Yichuan Shi. …
20 Jun 2011 | Blogs
Day One - biggest World Heritage meeting ever
It’s the first day at the World Heritage Committee, a year since the last meeting in Brasilia. As this year’s meeting has been moved to UNESCO Headquarters in Paris we are in familiar surroundings, but in the biggest and best rooms in the building. 1300 delegates are said to be registered .. a new record, says Tim Badman, Head of IUCN's World Heritage Programme. …
19 Jun 2011 | Blogs
