Tag: UNESCO World Heritage

Pygmies return to forest to isolate against coronavirus

by Camille LAFFONT PICTURES BY FLORENT VERGNES Agence France-Presse BAYANGA, Central African Republic (AFP) — Dzanga-Sangha, a wildlife sanctuary in southwest Central African Republic, is a remote place, linked to the rest of the world by a narrow trail that becomes impassable in heavy rain. But for the region’s Pygmies—outcasts in a country already ranked among the poorest in the world—Dzanga-Sangha’s isolation could be a blessing. As coronavirus spreads in the CAR, with more than 1,000 […]

Mayon Natural Park, posibleng mapabilang sa UNESCO World Heritage List

(Eagle News) — Maaaring mapabilang ang Mt. Mayon Natural Park sa presitihiyosong United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage list. Nabatid na bumisita na sa Albay ang mga kinatawan ng National Commission of the Philippines sa pangunguna ni Secretary General Lila Ramos-Shahani upang kausapin si Albay Governor Al Francis Bichara tungkol sa nasabing usapin. Ang world heritage list ay isang programa ng UNESCO na layuning i-catalogue at ipreserba ang mga lugar na […]

Singapore’s Botanic Gardens named World Heritage Site

JULY 6 (Reuters) — Singapore’s Botanic Gardens was named as a cultural site on the World Heritage List on Saturday (July 4), with residents and tourists in the city state welcoming the news. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting in Bonn, Germany, approved the inscription of six new cultural sites in China, Iran, Mongolia and Singapore. Singapore’s Botanic Gardens were the first tropical botanic gardens on the heritage site list and the first in Asia, […]