UNESCO World Heritage Siteswere created in 1978 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). They began designating important sites around the globe as part of an effort to preserve the world’s cultural and natural heritage. The current list of World Heritage S...
Without realising it, I had visited many of the sites that UNESCO, the cultural arm of the United Nations, has declared to be World Heritage Sites. Now, as I continue my journey, I have made it a mission to visit as many as possible – perhaps even all of them one day. There are ...
A visitor motivational typology at Mapungubwe National Park and World Heritage Site : original researchdoi:info:doi/10.4102/ac.v16i1.315Hermann, Uwe P.Saayman, MelvilleVan der Merwe, PeetCoetzee, Willem J.L.Professional Accountant
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Mpumalanga Kimberly’s Big Hole SUBMITTED NEW SITES Mapungubwe Vredefort Dome The Cape Floral Region WORLD HERITAGE STRUCTURES Bureau of the World Heritage Committee World Heritage Committee World Heritage Centre World Heritage Fund MANAGEMENT OF SITES: CURRENT STATUS Drafting of regulations and appointment...
A.NominationsofNaturalPropertiestotheWorldHeritageList A1NewNominations ThreeParralelRiversofYunnanProtectedAreas,(China)1 RasMohammed,(Egypt)13 Saryarka-SteppeandLakesofNorthernKazakhstan,(Kazakhstan)19 TheNaturalSystemofWrangelIslandSanctuary,(RussianFederation)29 ...
Travel Guide UNESCO World Heritage Listedit Introduction The UNESCO World Heritage List is a list of cultural and natural heritage sites which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding value. There are a total of 1007 properties on the list, including 779 Cultural Sites, 197 ...
2006. Mapungubwe: an historical and contemporary analysis of a World Heritage cultural landscape. Koedoe 49: 1-13.CARRUTHERS, J. 2006. Mapungubwe: an historical and contemporary analysis of a World Heritage cultural landscape. Koedoe 49(1): 1-13....
in addition to the ivory trade. Their conclusions challenged the previous assumption that the ivory trade was the primary driver of the development of the Mapungubwe complex [9]. Instead, they underline the importance of animal agency, arguing that the presence of elephants acted as a stimulus fo...