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PARIS / UNESCO HERITAGE SITES
STORY: PARIS / UNESCO HERITAGE SITES
TRT: 3.56
SOURCE: UNESCO
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LANGUAGE: NATS
RECENT, CARPATHIAN REGION, POLAND AND UKRAINE
1. Various shots, Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine
RECENT XINJIANG TIANSHAN, CHINA
2. Various shots, Tianshan mountain ranges
RECENT, TAJIKISTAN NATIONAL PARK, TAJIKISTAN
3. Various shots, Tajikistan National park
RECENT, MOUNT ETNA, ITALY
4. Various shots, Mt. Etna, Italy
RECENT, EL PINACATE AND GRAN DESIERTO DE ALTAR BIOSPHERE RESERVE, MEXICO
5. Various shots, El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve
Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia today (21 June) the UN Educational Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) added various sites from around the world to its World Heritage site lists.
Among them, World Heritage Committee inscribed natural sites from Tajikistan, Italy, and Mexico and China on the World Heritage List, and a sites from India and the border of Poland on cultural World Heritage Sites. .
Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, were on the cultural World Heritage sites. Situated on the eastern fringe of Eastern Europe, this transnational property includes a selection of 16 tserkvas - churches, built of horizontal wooden logs between the 16th and 19th centuries by communities of the Eastern Orthodox and Greek Catholic faiths.
The Xinjiang Tianshan ranges were among the natural sites listed on the World Heritage list The range is comprised four components—Tomur, Kalajun-Kuerdening, Bayinbukuke and Bogda— that total 606,833 hectares. They are part of the Tianshan mountain system of Central Asia, one of the largest mountain ranges in the world.
Tajikistan National Park covers more than 2.5 million hectares in the east of the country, at the centre of the so-called “Pamir Knot”, a meeting point of the highest mountain ranges on the Eurasian continent. It consists of high plateaus in the east and, to the west, rugged peaks, some of them over 7,000 meters high, and features extreme seasonal variations of temperature.
El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve, in total a 714,566 hectare site comprises two distinct parts: the dormant volcanic Pinacate Shield of black and red lava flows and desert pavements to the east, and, in the west, the Gran Altar Desert with its ever changing and varied sand dunes that can reach a height of 200 metres. This landscape of dramatic contrast notably features linear, star and dome dunes as well as several arid granite massifs, some as high as 650 metres.
A total of five natural sites have been inscribed during this session, including the Namib Sand Sea, Namibia. Mount Kenya-Lewa Wildlife conservancy, Kenya, was inscribed as an extension added to Mount Kenya Natural Park / Natural Forest. The Hill Forts of Rajasthan, India, were also listed as a cultural site.The World Heritage Committee is pursuing its work with the nomination of cultural sites as well as mixed natural and cultural sites. The 37th session, taking place in Phnom Penh, will close in Angkor on 27 June.
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