2020 State of conservation report by the State Party / Rapport de l'Etat partie sur l'état de conservation 2018 State of conservation report by the State Party / Rapport de l'Etat partie sur l'état de ...

La ville côtière fortifiée d’Al Zubarah, sur le golfe persique, est devenue un centre florissant de pêche et de commerce des perles au 18e et au début du 19e siècle, avant d’être détruite et ...

La réserve de faune à okapis occupe environ un cinquième de la forêt d'Ituri au nord-est du pays. Le bassin du fleuve Congo, dont la réserve et la forêt font partie, est un des plus grands systèmes de ...

World Heritage is the designation for places on Earth that are of outstanding universal value to humanity and as such, have been inscribed on the World Heritage List to be protected for future ...

Founded in 1070–72 by the Almoravids, Marrakesh remained a political, economic and cultural centre for a long period. Its influence was felt throughout the western Muslim world, from North Africa to ...

Canaima National Park is spread over 3 million ha in south-eastern Venezuela along the border between Guyana and Brazil. Roughly 65% of the park is covered by table mountain (tepui) formations. The ...

With its earthen constructions unique to the Caribbean, Coro is the only surviving example of a rich fusion of local traditions with Spanish Mudéjar and Dutch architectural techniques. One of the ...

Rapa Nui, the indigenous name of Easter Island, bears witness to a unique cultural phenomenon. A society of Polynesian origin that settled there c. A.D. 300 established a powerful, imaginative and ...

This site contains two of the most active volcanoes in the world, Mauna Loa (4,170 m high) and Kilauea (1,250 m high), both of which tower over the Pacific Ocean. Volcanic eruptions have created a ...

The vast natural forest of Yellowstone National Park covers nearly 9,000 km 2; 96% of the park lies in Wyoming, 3% in Montana and 1% in Idaho. Yellowstone contains half of all the world's known ...

Sculpté par le Colorado, le Grand Canyon, de près de 1 500 m de profondeur, est la gorge la plus spectaculaire du monde. Situé dans l'Arizona, il traverse le parc national du Grand Canyon. Ses strates ...

In 1932 Waterton Lakes National Park (Alberta, Canada) was combined with the Glacier National Park (Montana, United States) to form the world's first International Peace Park. Situated on the border ...