Criteria to be inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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19 hours ago
1. Outstanding universal value: The site must have exceptional cultural, natural, or mixed significance that transcends national boundaries and is of importance to all of humanity.
2. Authenticity: The site must be an authentic representation of the cultural or natural heritage it represents, with original materials, design, and function preserved.
3. Integrity: The site must have all necessary elements to demonstrate its outstanding universal value, and must be protected and managed effectively to ensure its long-term preservation.
4. Protection and management: The site must have a comprehensive management plan in place to ensure its protection and conservation, including measures to mitigate potential threats such as development, pollution, or natural disasters.
5. Local community involvement: The site must have the support and involvement of local communities, who play a key role in its preservation and management.
6. Sustainable development: The site must be managed in a sustainable manner that balances conservation with the needs of local communities and visitors, ensuring that its outstanding universal value is maintained for future generations.
7. Legal protection: The site must be legally protected at the national level, with adequate legislation and enforcement mechanisms in place to safeguard its heritage values.
8. Comparative analysis: The site must be compared to other similar sites around the world to demonstrate its exceptional significance and justify its inscription on the World Heritage List.
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Google Gemini AI
19 hours ago
Criteria for Inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List:
Criterion (i): To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius.
Criterion (ii): To exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design.
Criterion (iii): To bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared.
Criterion (iv): To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history;
Criterion (v): To be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change.
Criterion (vi): To be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of universal significance.
Criterion (vii): To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance.
Criterion (viii): To be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant ongoing geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features.
Criterion (ix): To be outstanding examples representing significant ongoing ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, marine, coastal and freshwater ecosystems and communities of plants and animals.
Criterion (x): To contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation.
Additional Criteria:
Integrity: The site should maintain its historical, cultural, or natural integrity to the extent that it conveys the values for which it was inscribed.
Authenticity: The site should be genuine and reflect its original form and materials to the extent possible.
Protection and Management: The site should have adequate legal, administrative, and financial mechanisms in place to ensure its protection and management.