Seychelles, Indian Ocean
The 33rd World Heritage Committee meeting in Seville was held from 22 to 30 June 2009

World Heritage Convention: safeguarding our natural heritage

At this year’s meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Seville, Spain, two new natural sites were added to the World Heritage List, following the advice of IUCN. Another 11 cultural sites were added to the prestigous list of the most valuable places on Earth. …  

01 Jul 2009 | News - News story

A river in Los Katios National Park, Colombia 
by Jim Thorsell, January 1994

World Heritage in Danger - IUCN

The Danger List of World Heritage Sites needs radical change if is to remain an effective conservation tool, according to a report released today by IUCN. …   | Spanish

29 Jun 2009 | News - Press Release

Bartolome Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

World Heritage in Danger

The list of World Heritage sites in danger needs an overhaul, according to a report released by IUCN at the World Heritage Committee in Seville, Spain. Wild Talk speaks to Tim Badman, IUCN's Special Advisor on World Heritage, about the problems with the danger list. He explains why politics should be kept out of the decision to put a World Heritage site on the danger list and sets out a number of ways in which to improve the way the danger list works. …  

29 Jun 2009 | Downloads - Audio

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