UNESCO official says Iran protects ancient monuments properly
Chief of Asia -Pacific Department of UNESCO World Heritage Center, Feng Jing said on Monday that Iran's protection of ancient, natural and cultural heritage meets high standards.
Chief of Asia -Pacific Department of UNESCO World Heritage Center, Feng Jing said on Monday that Iran's protection of ancient, natural and cultural heritage meets high standards.
Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Mohamamd Hassan Talebian announced on Sunday that UNESCO officials are to pay a visit to Iran to inscribe domestic railway network as the first industrial heritage site in the country.
Iran has applied to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to register the historic beautiful region of Hawraman located in the western province of Kordestan in its list of the world heritage.
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee added Iran’s Hyrcanian forests to its World Heritage List, praising the area’s "remarkable" biodiversity.
A study, published in Nature Communications, reported that, out of 49 World Heritage Sites located on low-lying Mediterranean coasts, 37 of them face the risk of damage from floods and 42 of them face the risk from coastal erosion due to the constant sea-level rise. Flood risk may rise by 50% and erosion by 13% across the Mediterranean, with risks at some individual sites considerably higher.
UNESCO's World Heritage Committee met in Manama, Bahrain to debate which sites to add to its catalog.