Western Ghats among those considered for World Heritage List
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The Western Ghats in India is 10 natural properties that are scheduled for consideration at the 35th session of the World Heritage Committee to be held in Paris in June.The annual meeting will consider 42 natural and cultural properties in 40 countries for the inscription on the World Heritage List of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).The following is a full list of the sites to be considered this year:Ningaloo Coast (Australia); Pendjari National Park (Benin, an extension of W National Park of Niger); Wudalianchi National Park (China); Ancient Beech Forests of Germany (Germany, an extension of the Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians, Slovakia and Ukraine); Western Ghats (India); Harra Protected Area (Iran); Ogasawara Islands (Japan); Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley (Kenya); Trinational Sangha (Congo, Cameroon, Central African Republic); and the nomination under new criteria of the World Heritage property of Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park ( Vietnam).
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