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West African nature reserve escapes endangered listing
South Africa convinced the UN body's World Heritage Committee to back an amendment -- also supported by other African states -- to keep the W-Arly-Pendjari...
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Unesco removes Liverpool from world heritage list
The International Council on Monuments and Sites, which advises Unesco on the heritage list, said the UK government had been "repeatedly requested" to come up with stronger assurances about the city's future.
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Unesco removes DR Congo park from endangered list
Unesco praised the country's conservation efforts and the government's commitment to ban prospecting for oil in Salonga, the vast central African country's largest public park.
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Barrier Reef outlook poor despite coral 'recovery': scientists
The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) said the corals were currently in a "recovery window" after a reprieve that followed a decade of harmful heat stress and cyclones. But such opportunities were becoming rarer due to the impact of climate change, the government agency, which has monitored the reef for 35 years, said in its annual report released Monday.
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Unesco recommends removing Liverpool from heritage list
Unesco said in a statement Friday that the Maritime Mercantile City in central Liverpool is a 'property proposed for deletion from the World Heritage List' at the meeting in China.
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Teachers should be among first for COVID-19 jabs - Unesco
The call came as the United States, the country worst hit by the virus, kickstarted the biggest vaccination drive in its history by giving the jab to a nurse in New York.
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Zim firefighters battle to extinguish fire in national park
The fire was started a week ago, apparently to distract park rangers and anti-poaching teams.
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Mysterious vandal attacks at Berlin museums
Valuable paintings, stone sculptures and sarcophagi at three institutions on the German capital's Unesco-listed Museum Island were sprayed with an 'oily liquid', leaving visible stains, Berlin police told AFP.
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Attacks on journalists during protests increasing: UNESCO
UNESCO said it had counted 21 protests between January and June of this year where journalists were attacked, arrested or killed.
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Coronavirus poses existential threat to some of world's museums: UNESCO
A survey of almost 1,600 museums in 107 countries by the International Council of Museums showed that almost all museums around the world were closed because of COVID-19.
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12 rangers killed in attack in DR Congo's Virunga park
Another six people were wounded, the spokesman told AFP, adding that four other civilians passing through the area were also targeted.
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Venice braces for more high water as alarms sound
Venetians awoke to sirens indicating that the high waters were expected to exceed 130 centimetres (50 inches), enough to bring the salty dirty water back again into the UNESCO city's historic centre.
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Who is responsible for preserving indigenous languages?
Professor Vuyisile Msila has emphasised the importance of everyone playing their role in preserving indigenous languages and using them to grow economies.
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Award-winning Egyptian photojournalist freed from jail
The photographer, widely known as Shawkan, last year received UNESCO's World Freedom Prize, dismaying the Egyptian authorities who accused him of 'terrorist and criminal acts'.
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Mthethwa: 'Process underway to declare Bo-Kaap national heritage site'
Minister of Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa was in Bo-Kaap on Monday to visit cultural and historical sites and engage with the community.
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Unesco adds reggae music to global cultural heritage list
Unesco, the world body's cultural and scientific agency, added the genre that originated in Jamaica to its collection of 'intangible cultural heritage' deemed worthy of protection and promotion.
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8 must-visit heritage sites in SA
Each is unique and offer a range of experiences, including plant life, wildlife, majestic mountain views, cave paintings and more.
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Vegans in France are using extreme tactics to stop people eating meat
With the demand for vegan and vegetarian products increasing, it’s not hard to see why the meat and dairy industries want to make their voices heard.
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Archaeologists discover new geoglyphs near Nazca Lines in Peru
The geoglyphs created by the Nazca and Paracas cultures considered archaeological enigmas, as no one knows for sure why they were drawn, or so large and for so long.
