北半球最大的堡礁進入世界瀕危遺產黑名單。同時義大利一處阿爾卑斯山脈和德國與荷蘭交接處一沿海濕地，一同榮登世界文化遺產名錄保護新科。
在西班牙塞維亞舉行的年度會議上，聯合國教科文組織（UNESCO）世界遺產委員會指定了兩個新的具普世價值的自然遺產，和11個文化遺產。會議于本周稍早落幕。
該委員會還將兩個自然遺產列入教科文組織世界瀕危遺產黑名單中，呼籲國際社群支援保育行動。
保育區裏的紅樹林遭砍伐，和過度開發等問題，是「貝里斯堡礁保育系統」被列入黑名單的主要原因。該保育系統在1996年就以北半球最大的珊瑚礁之姿列入世界遺產名錄。區内有離岸環礁、數百個沙洲、紅樹林、沿海潟湖與河口。
哥倫比亞的洛斯卡蒂奧斯（Los Katios）國家公園，應哥倫比亞政府的要求而落入黑名單。該政府希望借此動員國際社群，支援反非法伐木的保育行動。
位于義大利北部阿爾卑斯山的白雲岩山脈，其18個山峰矗立于海拔3000多公尺的高度，是今年兩個列入世界遺產名錄其中之一的自然遺產。
同樣今年列入自然遺產名錄的瓦登海潮間帶和濕地，跨越德國和荷蘭兩地。範圍涵蓋了荷蘭的瓦登海保護區、德國的瓦登海下薩克森州（Lower Saxony）和石荷州（Schleswig-Holstein）國家公園。
至於委員會新增的世界遺產，菲律賓的圖巴塔哈礁層自然公園，於1993年即被列入世界遺產名錄，乃是圖巴塔哈海洋公園的擴大延伸。擴大範圍為原來規模的三倍。
此外，教科文組織自1972年通過了關於保護世界文化和自然遺產以來，第二次在公約中將一處世界遺產除名。委員會認爲德國德勒斯登易北河谷（Dresden Elbe Valley），已失去其具備傑出普世價值的世界遺產條件。
而剔除德勒斯登易北河谷後，目前世界遺產名錄包括自然和文化兩種類別，共計有890處遺址。
The largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere has been placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger, and an Italian Alpine mountain range and a coastal wetland in Germany and The Netherlands have been newly inscribed for protection on the World Heritage List.
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee designated the two new natural sites of outstanding universal value and 11 cultural sites at its annual meeting that concluded in Seville, Spain earlier this week.
The committee also inscribed two natural sites on UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger to help raise international support for their preservation.
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System was placed on the Danger List mainly because of the problem of mangrove cutting and excessive development in the site. This reef system was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1996 as the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere, with offshore atolls, several hundred sand cays, mangrove forests, coastal lagoons and estuaries.
Los Katios National Park in Colombia was placed on the Danger List at the request of the government of Colombia so as to help mobilize international support for the preservation of the site which is threatened by illegal extraction of timber.
The Dolomites, a mountain range in the northern Italian Alps with 18 peaks which rise higher than 3,000 meters, is one of the two natural sites added to the World Heritage List this year.
The other natural site added to the list this year is the Wadden Sea in Germany and The Netherlands, encompassing the Dutch Wadden Sea Conservation Area and the German Wadden Sea National Parks of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein.
The committee expanded one World Heritage site. The Philippines' Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park is an extension to the Tubbataha Reef Marine Park inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1993. The extension represents a threefold increase in the size of the original site.
For the second time in the history of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage adopted by UNESCO in 1972, a site was removed from the World Heritage List when the committee decided that Germany's Dresden Elbe Valley could no longer retain its status as a World Heritage site of outstanding universal value.
Since Dresden Elbe Valley was removed, the World Heritage List now numbers a total of 890 sites, including both natural and cultural properties.
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