International, regional and national registers list items of world significance in the same way as the UNESCO World Heritage List identifies precious natural sites and buildings.
The site also has inscriptions and archaeological remains that testify to 12, 000 years of human occupation and interaction with the natural environment, and for this reason was inscribed in the World Heritage List as a mixed natural and cultural property.
The Convention defines the kind of natural or cultural sites which can be considered for inscription on the World Heritage List.
Another aspect of Module 6 is the raising of awareness about natural areas in the Caribbean which could potentially be inscribed on the World Heritage List.
Thirty new properties in total were submitted for inscription on the World Heritage List this year: 4 natural, 23 cultural and 3 mixed (i.e. both natural and cultural) properties, including 4 transnational nominations.
Emergency processing can occur when a site unquestionably meets the criteria for inscription on the World Heritage List and has suffered damage or faces serious and specific dangers from natural events or human activities.
The UK Government is preparing a new Tentative List of natural, cultural and mixed sites for potential nomination for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List, to be submitted to UNESCO in 2011, with a view to putting forward nominations to the World Heritage Committee from 2012.
The UK Government is currently preparing a new Tentative List of natural, cultural and mixed sites for potential nomination for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List, to be submitted to UNESCO in 2011, with a view to putting forward nominations to the World Heritage Committee from 2012.
Some inclusions on the 2012 World Monuments Watch list have been damaged by natural disasters or neglect, such as heritage sites in eastern Japan, Gothic Revival buildings in New Zealand and the oldest cemetery in Athens, Greece.
Today 33 cultural and natural sites located on the territories of the cluster countries are inscribed on the World Heritage List (3 sites in Armenia, 2 sites in Azerbaijan, 4 sites in Belarus, 1 site in the Republic of Moldova and 23 sites in the Russian Federation).
To date, the World Heritage List recognizes 878 properties of "outstanding universal value, " including 679 cultural, 174 natural and 25 mixed properties in 145 States Parties.
If the Outstanding Universal Value of a site is threatened by natural disaster, armed conflict or unchecked development, the site may be inscribed on the World Heritage in Danger list.
Signatories agree to adopt stringent national policies for the protection of their cultural and natural sites and to nominate properties of "outstanding universal significance" within their territories for inscription on the World Heritage List.
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