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• Two Bridges Over Brahmaputra, Four-Lane Road by-Pass Kaziranga

  
  Sinlung — Authority: 156
  Shillong, Nov 10 : With speeding vehicles killing 55 wild animals on an average each year, the Assam PWD department is undertaking a feasibility study for diverting traffic from the 100 km stretch of the NH 37 which passes through the Kaziranga National Park. The study comes after the Centre shelved plans for ...
  11 hours ago

• Burning issue of Spain’s wetlands

  
  World Landscape Architect — Authority: 121
  Image via Wikipedia Aljazeera.net reports The European Union is asking Spain why one of its precious wetland reserves has been allowed to dry up so much that the peat which lies beneath the surface is on fire. Ecologists blame the mismanagement of water resources and over-irrigation for the environmental ...
  18 hours ago

• Casco Antiguo — a heritage legacy

  
  the Caffeinated Traveller — Authority: 116
  “Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations.” UNESCO . Whenever I walk through ancient temple ruins, visit a national park or photograph a derelict building, my respect for UNESCO’s foresight deepens. True, it’s a political ...
  19 hours ago

• Inside the Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas

  
  Hackpacker — Authority: 410
  This weekend I went to the first workshop at Melbourne s brand spanking new Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas . Its the jewel in the crown of UNESCOs City of Literature and, based on the construction work going on out the front, theres a bit more polishing before its fully open to the public. Even still its up ...
  2 days ago

• Jurassic Coast

  
  PostMuse — Authority: 128
  These lovely white cliffs at Handfast Point, Studland, England, are part of the Dorset and East Devon Coast UNESCO World Heritage listing. This is also known as the Jurassic Coast, which is probably a better tourism angle than Dorset and East Devon Coast. Serena used to sail in this area with friends when she was a ...
  2 days ago

• Developer threatens to sue Penang govt?

  
  anilnetto.com — Authority: 430
  A developer is threatening to sue the Penang state government for tens of millions of ringgit. The developer is one of four that was compelled to scale down its project to abide with Unesco guidelines for the preservation of George Town’s world heritage site listing. Instead of lambasting Penang NGOs and timidly ...
  3 days ago

• Guy Crequie, l’infatigable

  
  WOMEN'S LENS - Un coup d'oeil fminin — Authority: 142
  Qui pourra suivre les pas, aller au rythme de l’infatigable Guy CREQUIE dans son beau et inlassable combat pour la paix, pour l’Homme?Pour mener ce combat d’humanité et de justice, Guy CREQUIE ne manque pas d’armes pacifiques. Notre ami a tous les talents. Poète, chanteur lyrique et essayiste, Guy CREQUIE, ...
  3 days ago

• The Taj Mahal – Agra India

  
  Dummidumbwit's Weblog — Authority: 443
  The Taj Mahal Agra India Closer Shot, Taj Mahal Taj Mahal, Agra India Closer View, Taj Mahal, Agra India Taj Maham, Agra India Taj Maham, Agra India The Taj Mahal (also “the Taj”) is considered the finest example of Mughal architecture , ...
  3 days ago

• Restored GAMPERALIYA: A cultural treasure saved from the elements

  
  Moving Images, Moving People! — Authority: 124
  ast evening, at the gala opening of the European Film Festival in Colombo, I sat two rows in front of a living treasure of the Asian cinema and watched his recently restored 1964 cinematic masterpiece, a culture treasure in its own right.The doyen of the Lankan cinema, Lester James Peries, made Gamperaliya (Changes in ...
  3 days ago

• Sunrise rays on Gunung Merapi at Borobudur, Java, Indonesia

  
  Travel and Photography — Authority: 116
  Location: Borobudur, East Java, Indonesia (7°36′29″S 110°12′14″E) Date: 21 July 2008; 6.00am Camera: Canon 400D with Sigma 17-70/f2.8-4.5 Borobudur is the largest Buddhist monument in the world. Many tourists like me get up early to enjoy the view of the sunrise over Gunung Merapi ...
  4 days ago

• Sino-Korean Dispute About Dragon Boat Festival

  
  IP Dragon ????? — Authority: 422
  A bit late, but too interesting to let it pass unnoticed, here is the article by Dr. Zhang Quanyi about South Korea and China who both applied at the UNESCO to put the same dragon boat festival on the list of Intangible Cultural Heritages ; Dano versus Duanwu, see here . On the list are already the following ...
  4 days ago

• Sino-Korean Dispute About Dragon Boat Festival

  
  China Legal Blog — Authority: 153
  A bit late, but too interesting to let it pass unnoticed, here is the article by Dr. Zhang Quanyi about South Korea and China who both applied at the UNESCO to put the same dragon boat festival on the list of Intangible Cultural Heritages; Dano versus ...
  4 days ago

• Ta Prohm, Angkor Wat

  
  Travel Postcard — Authority: 130
  Ta Prohm is the modern name of a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th centuries and originally called Rajavihara. Located approximately one kilometre east of Angkor Thom and on the southern edge of the East Baray near Tonle Bati, it was founded by the Khmer King ...
  4 days ago

• Bayon Temple, Angkor Wat

  
  Travel Postcard — Authority: 130
  Bayon Temple is surrounded by two long walls bearing an extraordinary collection of bas-relief scenes of legendary and historical events. In all, there are are total of more than 11,000 carved figures over 1.2km of wall. They were probably originally painted and gilded, but this has long since faded. If you enter ...
  4 days ago

• Salmon Swimming Free – Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 7/9

  
  Choogle On! with Uncle Weed - Renegade documentaries — Authority: 103
  Visiting again with friend Kevin, Uncle Weed discusses the negative impact salmon fish farms impart on the local aquaculture. Specifically, Atlantic salmon living in pens attract hazardous sea lice, are unable to spawn, are fed with small fish imported from South America, and are dyed to appear more attractive in the ...
  4 days ago

• Haehoe Folk Village to Compete For UNESCO Designation

  
  ROK Drop — Authority: 585
  Here is something that hopefully gets recognized as being a UNESCO designated site: A survey team from the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has launched an assessment on two sites in North Gyeongsang Province — Yangdong Village in Gyeongju and Hahoe Village in Andong. In March last year the local government ...
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• PFF : Magnificient Angkor Wat

  
  Travel Postcard — Authority: 130
  I received a book of postcard from my lady boss who just travel to Angkor Wat. I was so happy as this place and postcard of Angkor Wat is in top of my wishlist. The great temples of Angkor Wat are situated in the province of Siem Reap. This area is considered the biggest temple complex of the world and revealed ...
  5 days ago

• Should auction houses adopt 1970 when dealing with archaeological material?

  
  Looting matters — Authority: 514
  The 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property provides a convenient benchmark when discussing recently surfaced archaeological material. The Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) has adopted this date when ...
  5 days ago

• Skocjanske James / Skocjan Caves

  
  Composed Volcano — Authority: 98
  I was in Piran, a small, clean & historic town in Slovenia, at a café located in the centre of the city overlooking the vast ocean enjoying my cup of frothy cappuccino while my friends indulged themselves with the locally brewed beers. During the course of our conversation I learnt about the UNESCO World Heritage ...
  5 days ago

• Halong Bay, Vietnam

  
  Travel Postcard — Authority: 130
  My friend send me this postcard from her recent trip to Vietnam. Ha Long Bay, is one of the UNESCO site of the world. Halong Bay in the Gulf of Tonkin, includes some 1,600 islands and islets, forming a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars. Because of their precipitous nature, most of the islands are ...
  6 days ago

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