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1. International Day for Monuments and Sites, also commonly known as World Heritage Day, is an international observance held on 18 April each year. https://t.co/sSWiQMr7rN
Celebrating #WorldHeritageDay. 🏝️ Faure Island Wildlife Sanctuary (WA) sits within the Shark Bay World Heritage Area. This island provides a safe oasis for Australia’s threatened mammals and is a crucial breeding area for seabirds. More 👉 https://t.co/clRqiy7hFw
📷 J Palmer/AWC https://t.co/hduHZ398s6
— Australian Wildlife Conservancy (@awconservancy) April 17, 2022
Russia has just launched five powerful missile strikes at the civilian infrastructure of Lviv, a UNESCO World Heritage city. The Russians continue their barbaric assault on Ukraine from air, cynically claiming their right to kill Ukrainians.
For #WorldHeritageDay today, we're so happy to highlight the Royal Exhibition Building, which was the very first Victorian site to be added to the World Heritage List back in 2004! The interior always takes our breath away... 🏛️ https://t.co/FJJuJHnyVz
Today is World Heritage Day and did you know TWO of Queensland's five World Heritage areas are in the Townsville North Queensland region?! 🤩
1️⃣ The Great Barrier Reef 🐠
2️⃣ The Wet Tropics 🍃
#townsvilleshines #thisisqueensland #seeaustralia https://t.co/VsLAX9yIg9
This World Heritage Day, we celebrate the extraordinary values of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. We proudly support projects integrating Indigenous culture and knowledge in park management for a stronger, healthier future.
#worldheritage #partnerships #Uluru
📷 miss_meegan https://t.co/PGDdALH0sp
— National Parks Conservation Trust (@ozparkstrust) April 17, 2022
Victoria Street, Edinburgh{World Heritage}; pic by: "Conor Strong" on "Flickr" https://t.co/HgWtlrz0E1
@PRGuy17 There's also
world heritage
Reactive Monitoring Mission @sussanley asked visit GBR
in her frantic mission to delay declaration of it being "in danger"
the first world heritage casualty of climate change.
Visit was during mass bleaching event, it'll be
Hard yes, GBR is in danger
We continuously appeal to @UNESCO & World Heritage community to move the session planned in June from Kazan, Russia.
"As long as it cannot be organized in Kiev or Kharkiv, it is morally impossible to hold it in any Russian city." https://t.co/YhAToC53sp https://t.co/7k6dpW9Ref
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) April 9, 2022
World Heritage Day History
World Heritage Day seeks to raise awareness about historic landmarks and monuments throughout the world.
World Heritage Day Facts - in 2022
The theme for World Heritage Day in 2022 was Heritage and Climate.
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