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General Policies Regarding the World Heritage Convention

1.1.

Fundamental World Heritage policies

1.1.1.

General

1.1.2.

World Heritage Committee

1.1.3.

Funding

1.2.

UNESCO standard-setting texts and synergies with other Conventions and Programmes

1.3.

Shared Responsibility and International Cooperation

1.3.1.

General

1.3.2.

International Assistance

1.3.3.

Regional cooperation

1.4.

Heritage policies at national level

1.5.

Relation between culture and nature

Policies Regarding CREDIBILITY of the World Heritage List

2.1.

Nominations to the World Heritage List

2.2.

Outstanding Universal Value

2.2.1.

Outstanding Universal Value: definition and attributes

2.2.2.

World Heritage criteria

2.2.2.1.

General

2.2.2.2.

Specific considerations related to criterion (vi)

2.2.3.

Authenticity

2.2.4.

Integrity

2.2.5.

Protection and management

2.2.5.1.

General

2.2.5.2.

Legislative, regulatory and contractual measures for protection

2.2.5.3.

Management systems

2.2.5.4.

Sustainable use

2.2.5.5.

Impact assessment

2.2.6.

Boundaries and buffer zones

2.2.6.1.

Boundaries

2.2.6.2.

Buffer Zones

2.2.6.3.

Minor modifications to the boundaries

2.2.6.4.

Significant modifications to the boundaries

2.3.

Global Strategy for a Representative, Balanced and Credible World Heritage List

2.4.

Upstream Process

2.5.

Tentative Lists

2.6.

Comparative studies

2.7.

Types of World Heritage properties

2.7.1.

Cultural, Natural and Mixed Properties

2.7.2.

Transboundary and transnational properties

2.7.3.

Serial properties

2.7.4.

Cultural Landscapes

2.7.4.1.

General

2.7.4.2.

Historic Urban Landscapes

Policies Regarding CONSERVATION of World Heritage Properties

3.1.

Protection, conservation and management of World Heritage properties

3.2.

Monitoring

3.2.1.

General

3.2.2.

Periodic Reporting

3.2.3.

Reactive Monitoring

3.2.4.

List of World Heritage in Danger

3.2.5.

Deletion of a World Heritage property from the List

3.3.

Impact assessments

3.4.

Disaster risks management

3.5.

Factors affecting properties

3.5.1.

Buildings and development

3.5.2.

Transportation infrastructure

3.5.3.

Utilities or service infrastructure

3.5.4.

Pollution

3.5.5.

Biological resource use/modification

3.5.6.

Physical resource extraction

3.5.7.

Local conditions affecting the fabric

3.5.8.

Social/cultural uses of heritage

3.5.9.

Other human activities

3.5.10.

Climate change and severe weather events

3.5.11.

Sudden ecological or geological events

3.5.12.

Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species

3.5.13.

Management and institutional factors

3.6.

Tourism and visitor management

3.7.

Sustainable development

Policies Regarding CAPACITY-BUILDING

4.1.

General capacity-building policies

4.2.

Global capacity-building strategy

Policies Regarding COMMUNICATION

5.1.

Education and awareness-raising

5.2.

Interpretation

5.3.

World Heritage emblem

Policies Regarding COMMUNITIES

6.1.

Participation of local communities and other stakeholders

6.2.

Human rights and rights-based approach

6.3.

Gender equality

6.4.

Indigenous peoples

6.5.

Youth

6.6.

Fostering of peace and security

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