UNESCO World Heritage

Published by Collins and created by Aimer Media, this app fully describes all the UNESCO World Heritage sites. The prestigious List includes some of the most famous places in the world, such as the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, the legendary Acropolis in Athens, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and Machu Picchu, the ‘Lost City of the Incas’, in Peru.

• Year Inscribed: the Year that sites were added to the World Heritage List

• Country: world Heritage sites organised by country

• Classification of Site: choose from Cultural, Natural or Mixed sites

• Favourites: browse the sites you have marked as favourites

• Region: sites organized by UNESCO regions

• Recently Viewed: the last 20 UNESCO sites you have viewed

• Visited Sites: browse the sites you have marked as visited

• Random: displays a UNESCO site at random

You can also bookmark your favourite sites and share the description using email, facebook and twitter.

The app contains:

• Over 650 stunning photographs
• Descriptions of all 936 UNESCO World Heritage sites
• The latest sites to be inscribed to the list
• Offline location maps

This is the ultimate app for armchair and active travellers alike.

Collins

Collins is a blend of publishing, digital and services. We operate under several brands including Collins Bartholomew a leading digital mapping solution and services provider serving private and public sector organisations across the globe. Times atlases and maps have been produced by the world's leading atlas makers for over 100 years. Its flagship, The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World, is recognised as the most prestigious and authoritative reference atlas, and is now produced using the latest digital technology.

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World Heritage and UNESCO's World Heritage Mission

Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration. Places as unique and diverse as the wilds of East Africa's Serengeti, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Baroque cathedrals of Latin America make up our world's heritage.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding universal value to humanity. This is embodied in a unique international treaty, called the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage adopted by UNESCO in 1972 (see http://whc.unesco.org/en/conventiontext).

One of the world's most successful conservation instruments, the World Heritage Convention is exceptional in that it links together in a single document the concepts of nature conservation and the preservation of cultural properties. It is also significant in its universal application ñ World Heritage sites belong to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located. By regarding heritage as both cultural and natural, the Convention recognizes the ways in which people interact with nature, and of the fundamental need to preserve the balance between the two.

UNESCO's World Heritage mission is to:

• Encourage countries to sign the World Heritage Convention and to ensure the protection of their natural and cultural heritage;

• Encourage States Parties to the Convention to nominate sites within their national territory for inclusion on the World Heritage List;

• Encourage States Parties to establish management plans and set up reporting systems on the state of conservation of their World Heritage sites;

• Help States Parties safeguard World Heritage properties by providing technical assistance and professional training;

• Provide emergency assistance for World Heritage sites in immediate danger;

• Support States Parties' public awareness-building activities for World Heritage conservation;

• Encourage participation of the local population in the preservation of their cultural and natural heritage;

• Encourage international cooperation in the conservation of our world's cultural and natural heritage.

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