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1. News - China - CONSERVATION

   Warning over commercialising heritage sites

   Posted Jan 01st 2013, 12:00am by Raymond Li

   ... News China Heritage Conservation Unesco China Raymond Li raymond.li@scmp.com Analysts say preservation should always come before economic gain China is the only country to have had at least one site inscribed into Unesco's World Heritage List each year over the past decade, but analysts warn that an official obsession with such listings for economic gain could compromise ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1116907/warning-over-commercialising-heritage-sites
2. News - Asia - JAPAN

   Mount Fuji poised to get World Heritage status

   Posted May 01st 2013, 05:05pm by AP

   ... with Unesco. Formal approval is expected in June at a World Heritage Committee meeting in Cambodia. A collection of cultural sites in Kamakura, a scenic town near Tokyo, were not recommended. Mountt ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1227531/mount-fuji-poised-get-world-heritage-status
3. News - Hong Kong - HERITAGE

   Shock over plans to make 14-year-old nunnery a Unesco world heritage site

   Posted Dec 18th 2012, 12:00am by Joyce Ng

   ... News Hong Kong Heritage Chi Lin Nunnery Unesco Joyce Ng joyce.ng@scmp.com Advisers question why a nunnery built just 14 years ago has been included on a shortlist of potential Unesco world heritage sites Heritage advisers fired questions at officials yesterday for supporting a plan to turn a "fake antiquity" - a 14-year-old nunnery in Kowloon - into a Unesco world heritage ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1107158/shock-over-plans-make-14-year-old-nunnery-unesco-world-heritage-site
4. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Give the young the skills to thrive

   Posted Oct 17th 2012, 12:00am by IRINA BOKOVA

   ... tills the soil of unrest. Unesco's newly released Education for All Global Monitoring Report on "Youth and skills: Putting education to work" shines the spotlight ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1062560/give-young-skills-thrive
5. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Nunnery's Unesco nomination makes a mockery

   Posted Dec 30th 2012, 12:00am by STAFF

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion Chi Lin Nunnery World Heritage Site Unesco SCMP Editorial The term world heritage suggests something extraordinary. It conjures up images like the Egyptian pyramids in Giza, the Acropolis of Athens and the Great Wall of China - places with exceptional significance to humanity. According to Unesco, it is "our legacy from the past, what we live ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1115364/nunnerys-unesco-nomination-makes-mockery
6. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES

   Chinese poachers’ ship hauled off Philippine reef

   Posted Apr 19th 2013, 09:26pm by AFP

   ... News Asia Philippines Tubbataha National Marine Park Unesco Poaching South China Sea Agence France-Presse in Puerto Princesa, Philippines A Chinese fishing vessel that ran aground on one of the Philippines’ most famous coral reefs more than a week ago was removed on Friday, the coast guard said. The 48-metre ship was hauled by a tugboat from Tubbataha, a Unesco World Heritage-listed coral ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1218612/chinese-poachers-ship-hauled-philippine-reef
7. News - World - AUSTRALIA

   Australia affirms support for conservation of Great Barrier Reef

   Posted Feb 02nd 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News World Great Barrier Reef Unesco World Heritage Conservation Australia Agence France-Presse in Sydney Canberra tells Unesco it has made progress in adopting heritage committee’s advice Australia insisted yesterday that protecting the Great Barrier Reef was a top priority, but conservationists WWF said not enough had been done to prevent Unesco deeming it a world heritage site ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1141312/australia-affirms-support-conservation-great-barrier-reef
8. News - Hong Kong - WORLD STATUS

   Victoria Harbour snubbed over nomination for World Heritage site status

   Posted Jan 20th 2013, 12:00am by Helene Franchineau

   ... News Hong Kong Victoria Harbour Unesco World Heritage Chi Lin Nunnery Helene Franchineau helen.franchineau@scmp.com Historic waterfront given thumbs down for nomination to Unesco list, with government officials favouring rebuilt nunnery at Diamond Hill Victoria Harbour has been snubbed as a potential Unesco World Heritage site by Hong Kong government officials, who instead favour ... necessary for our already world famous Victoria Harbour to be filed with UNESCO. BTW, I don't think Chi Lin Nunnery is an appropriate candidate because of its young age, its submission ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1131920/victoria-harbour-snubbed-over-nomination-world-heritage-site-status
9. Comment - Letters

   What's being said on facebook.com/southchinamorningpost

   Posted Jan 23rd 2013, 12:00am by LETTERS

   ... - Developers hire many smart professionals to help them, and they are not afraid of any punishment. They will gain all the same.   On officials snubbing Victoria Harbour as a potential Unesco world ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/1133922/whats-being-said-facebookcomsouthchinamorningpost
10. News - Asia - JAPAN

    Mount Fuji poised to get World Heritage status

    Posted May 02nd 2013, 12:00am by AFP

    ... News Asia undefined Agence France-Presse in Tokyo Japan's Mount Fuji is likely to be added to the list of Unesco World Heritage sites next month after an influential advisory panel to the UN cultural body made a recommendation, officials said yesterday. The International Council on Monuments and Sites, a consultative body to Unesco, told the Japanese government that the almost ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1227780/mount-fuji-poised-get-world-heritage-status

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