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These are the 26 new Unesco World Heritage sites for 2025

Bavarian palaces and Cambodian memorial sites were considered ‘of outstanding universal value’

The Independent UK

UNESCO grants World Heritage status to Khmer Rouge atrocity sites – paving the way for other sites of conflict

A series of atrocity sites of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia have been formally entered onto the World Heritage list, as part of the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee.

The Conversation

'Fairytale' Neuschwanstein Castle Becomes UNESCO Heritage Site

The Neuschwanstein castle in Germany's Bavaria, perhaps best known for inspiring Walt Disney's fairytale castles, has been named a World Heritage site, the UN cultural agency announced on Saturday.

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Bavarian fairy tale castles and French Carnac Megaliths among new UNESCO World Heritage sites

UNESCO has reviewed the applications of several new World Heritage sites, adding the Carnac Megaliths in France, the Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and the Minoan Palatial Centres in Crete, Greece to the list.

Euronews

Rock art heritage listing to attract eyes of the world

World Heritage listing for a massive collection of remote Indigenous rock engravings has been celebrated but industry pollution questions remain unresolved.

AAP

Carnac Megaliths get Unesco World Heritage status

The megalithic sites of Carnac and the shores of Morbihan in Brittany, western France, have been officially inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list, the international organisation announced on Saturday.

Radio France Internationale

Fears heritage-listed rock art at risk from gas project

A vast collection of rock art has been recognised as a World Heritage site but advocates warn the engravings are under threat from industrial expansion.

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‘Manifestation of creative genius’: Murujuga rock art in Western Australia placed on Unesco world heritage list

Aboriginal delegation ‘elated’ after 20-year effort to have the ‘genius’ inscribed despite threat of emissions from nearby gas facility

The Guardian - AU

Eight countries back Australia’s push to add WA rock art to World Heritage list hours before crunch meeting

Committee due to make decision on inscription of the Murujuga Cultural Landscape overnight

The Guardian - AU

Evidence acidic pollution is damaging ancient rock art

Industrial emissions are likely to have degraded the world's largest and most diverse collection of Aboriginal rock art engravings, researchers warn.

AAP

What Australia must do to overturn objections for WA rock art to attain UN heritage status

Environment minister will lobby committee to place Murujuga on world heritage list despite concerns about ‘degrading acidic emissions’ from industrial sites

The Guardian - AU

New bid for ancient rock art's World Heritage listing

Australia is making another push for ancient rock art sites to be placed on the World Heritage list after its application was sent back over pollution concerns.

AAP

'We have to think bigger': Majority of UNESCO World Heritage sites face severe water risk

UNESCO World Heritage sites, including the Taj Mahal and Acropolis, are increasingly under threat from severe water hazards, a new report reveals.

Euronews

Murray Watt ramps up lobbying efforts in last-minute push to get Murujuga rock art on world heritage list

Exclusive: Environment minister hosts ambassadors before Paris meeting, aiming to convince at least one member to move decisive amendment

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An Empty Pool in Peru Is a Monument to the Drawbacks of Historic Preservation

Cusco earned a World Heritage Site designation from the United Nations. That's not always a good thing.

The Conversation

Cape York deserves World Heritage status – and Queensland may need it to become a global leader in tourism

Last week, the Queensland government launched the ambitious Destination 2045 tourism plan, which aims to make the state a global leader in tourism. The plan highlights that one in six jobs in tropical north Queensland are supported by tourism.

Radio France Internationale

Plastic Odyssey and Unesco sign deal to restore marine World Heritage sites

At the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, Unesco and the Plastic Odyssey expedition have announced a partnership aimed at restoring the world’s most endangered marine World Heritage sites, increasingly under threat from plastic pollution.

AAP

'Lifeline' for coral at risk of rising sea temperatures

Australian researchers have discovered coral bred from reefs in warmer oceans are more able to survive in extreme heat stress.

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‘It was our hope spot’: scientists heartbroken as pristine coral gardens hit by Western Australia’s worst bleaching event

Usually alive with colour and fish, Ningaloo reef and the Rowley Showls now look as though they are ‘painted white’ as temperatures rise

The Independent UK

Peru reduces Nazca Lines park by 42%, raising concerns over environmental and heritage risks

Peru’s decision to reduce the boundaries of the Nazca Archaeological Park by 1,000 hectares has sparked concern among conservationists and archaeologists

The Conversation

UNESCO expresses ‘utmost concern’ at the state of the Great Barrier Reef

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has again raised grave fears for the future of the Great Barrier Reef, highlighting the problems of water pollution, climate change and unsustainable fishing.

The Independent UK

A former Trump official backs World Heritage status for the vast Okefenokee Swamp

President Donald Trump's former agriculture secretary wants the administration to support adding the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge to a United Nations list of World Heritage site

The Independent UK

An English rugby team’s stadium plan sparks concern for beavers, bats and UNESCO designation

The city of Bath in southwest England loves its rugby

The Independent UK

Venice daytripper entry fee: How much does it cost and how does it work?

A year after entry fees started, the price of admission has doubled to €10 – though halved if you register book four days in advance

AAP

Sixth mass bleaching event strikes reef since 2016

Climate change-fuelled ocean warming and floods have been bleaching corals in the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef.

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