NEWS ON HERITAGE PRESERVATION

 

World Monuments Watch

2008 WATCH LIST
100 Most Endangered Sites, 2008

 

 

New ICOMOS Scientific Committees Websites

ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes

ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Fortifications and Military Heritage

ICOMOS International Committee on Interpretation and Presentation of Cultural Heritage Sites

 

 

2007 New World Heritage Sites

Bordeaux, Port of the Moon (France)

Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (Mexico)

Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius (Serbia)
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (Azerbaijan)
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape (Japan)
Kaiping Diaolou and Villages (China)
Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces (Switzerland)
Mehmed Paša Sokolovic Bridge in Višegrad (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Old Town of Corfu (Greece)
Parthian Fortresses of Nisa (Turkmenistan)
Red Fort Complex (India)
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape (South Africa)
Rideau Canal (Canada)
Samarra Archaeological City (Iraq)
Sydney Opera House (Australia)
Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes (Namibia)
Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes (Republic of Corea)
Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (Slovakia , Ukraine)
Rainforests of the Atsinanana (Madagascar)
South China Karst (China)
Teide National Park (Spain)
Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda (Gabon)

 

Events

Course on Architectural Conservation Projects in Iraq
18 October – 4 November 2007

ICCROM, through its ATHAR programme, and in partnership with the UNESCO-Iraq Office in Amman , has organized a training course in Istanbul for fifteen Iraqi conservation professionals. It is taking place at the Department of Architecture, Kadir Has University , Turkey.

ICHIM07 - International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting

Changing Visions, Attitudes, and Contexts in the 21st Century
Digital culture and heritage , 24 - 26 October, 2007, Toronto, Canada

The Getty, United States
Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships: Networks and Boundaries

Application deadline: 1 November
Getty Conservation Grants

10th International Conference on the Study and Conservation of Earthen Architecture
Bamako, Mali
February 2008


The 10th International Conference on the Study and Conservation of Earthen Architecture will be held in February 2008 in Bamako, Mali, West Africa. The conference is organized by the Getty Conservation Institute and the Ministry of Culture of Mali with the collaboration of Africa 2009 , CRATerre-ENSAG, ICOMOS South Africa, and the World Heritage Centre , under the aegis of ICOMOS and its International Scientific Committee on the Earthen Architectural Heritage

 

2006 New World Heritage Sites

Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman (Oman)

Aapravasi Ghat (Mauritius)

Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila (Mexico)
Bisotun (Iran (Islamic Republic of))
Centennial Hall in Wroclaw (Poland)
Chongoni Rock-Art Area (Malawi)
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din (Syrian Arab Republic)
Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli (Italy)
Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town (Ethiopia)
Kondoa Rock-Art Sites (United Republic of Tanzania)
Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary (Colombia)
Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof (Germany)
Sewell Mining Town (Chile)
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries (China)
Stone Circles of Senegambia (Gambia)
Vizcaya Bridge (Spain)
Yin Xu (China)