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Historic Chinese factories to get state protection

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China's agricultural site named as world heritage

AtraditionalagriculturalsiteineastChina'sShandongProvincehasbeeninscribedasaGloballyImportantAgriculturalHeritageSystem,aworldheritageequivalent.TheUNFoodandAgr

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Naples pizza twirling wins coveted UNESCO 'intangible' status

Naples'pizzatwirlingjoinedUNESCO'slistof"intangibleheritage"Thursday,securingthecovetedstatusalongsideahostofculturaltreasuresincludingaSaudiartformtraditionall

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India: United Nations awards Old Delhi mansion

ByAPDwriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,November19(APD):UnitedNationsonFriday,awardedacentury-oldmansioninoldDelhi,theprestigious2017AsiaPacificawardforculturalherita

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Myanmar endeavors to list western Rakhine region as world heritage

Myanmar is making efforts to put Mrauk U, a region in western Rakhine state with historical cultural evidences, on the list of world heritage sites of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

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Myanmar endeavors to list western Rakhine region as world heritage

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Myanmar launches 3rd-phase cultural heritage conservation

​Myanmar has launched the third phase of capacity building for preserving cultural heritage in the country with the funding of the Italian government and with the cooperation of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

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International push aims to protect endangered heritage

Representatives from dozens of countries began meeting in Abu Dhabi on Friday to discuss the creation of a $100-million fund to protect and restore heritage sites threatened by extremism and conflict.

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Yoga joins Unesco world heritage list

​Mind-body discipline is added to intangible cultural heritage list along with Cuba’s rumba and Peruvian scissors dance

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Tanzania shines at World Heritage Committee forum

Tanzania got a standing ovation during the 40th World Heritage Committee meeting in Istanbul, Turkey due to the country's well-preserved World Heritage site and the fact that even the latest UNESCO's declaration was announced from here.

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World heritage session seeks to eliminate risk factors threatening heritage

The World Heritage Committee, at its 40th session in Istanbul, on Thursday recommended strong measures seeking to eliminate or mitigate the risk factors that have been threatening the heritage sites around the world.

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Saudi heritage revival too late to save many cultural treasures

If Rijal Almaa, a stone village tucked into a fold of Saudi Arabia's southern mountains, showcases the polished end-point of new efforts in the kingdom to preserve cultural heritage, the hamlet of Watan Emsoudah represents the difficulties faced.

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UNESCO alerts on heritage sites damage in Syria and Iraq

The destruction of Syrian and Iraqi heritage sites by the Islamic state (IS) group have been a wake-up call for nations on how much damage lack of education can cause to the global community.

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China Exclusive: China's "sky eyes" help protect world heritage Angkor Wat

Think heritage protection, and the restoration and conservation of historic sites comes to mind. Crowd control and on-site monitoring to limit visitor numbers are also common measures.

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Quake-stricken Nepal readies plans to reconstruct heritage sites

​Nepal's Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has come up with an action plan for the protection and reconstruction of heritage sites damaged by the deadly April 25 quake and its aftershocks, local media reported Monday.

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China boosts underwater archeological protection

As China attempts to register the Maritime Silk Road with UNESCO, protection of archeological sites in the South China Sea is underway.  

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UNESCO warns of damage to sites of cultural heritage in Syria's civil war

An official of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday said the ongoing civil war in Syria "has hit cultural heritage in all its forms at an unprecedented level."