The first properties are inscribed on the World Heritage List
In 1978 the Committee inscribed the first tranche of properties — a small group including the Galápagos Islands, which carries reference number 1. The list of twelve was drawn from the handful of States that had both ratified early and had nominations ready, which is where the geography of the List begins to diverge from the geography of heritage.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Galápagos Islands · site · Ecuador
- World Heritage Committee · institution · Global (sessions rotate by host State) · not located
- The Tentative List and the nomination dossier · process · Global · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
Galapagos Islands removed from UN list of World Heritage sites in danger
On 28 July 2010 the World Heritage Committee removed the Galápagos Islands from the List of World Heritage in Danger, finding significant progress by Ecuador; IUCN and the Galápagos Conservancy publicly argued the removal was premature. ALSO: The Galápagos Islands were inscribed in 1978 and placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 2007 because of invasive species, unregulated tourism growth and overfishing.
UN News; with UNEP-WCMC World Heritage Datasheets · 2010-07-29 · Partly verified
https://news.un.org/en/story/2010/07/346212 — UN News report on the 34th session decision of 28 July 2010 | also: http://world-heritage-datasheets.unep-wcmc.org/datasheet/output/site/galapagos-islands/ — UNEP-WCMC datasheet covering inscription in 1978 and the 2007 danger listing
Recorded on Galápagos Islands
- The first properties are inscribed on the World Heritage List
- Angkor inscribed on the World Heritage List and the danger list on the same day
- The Committee adopts the Global Strategy for a Balanced, Representative and Credible World Heritage List
- The cultural and natural criteria are merged into a single set of ten
- Galápagos Islands placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger
- Arabian Oryx Sanctuary deleted — the first site ever removed from the World Heritage List
- Dresden Elbe Valley deleted — the second removal, by a vote of 14 to 5
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City deleted — the third and most recent removal
- The Committee declines, again, to place Venice on the danger list
Related
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- The Committee declines, again, to place Venice on the danger list · 2023-09
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City deleted — the third and most recent removal · 2021-07-21
- Dresden Elbe Valley deleted — the second removal, by a vote of 14 to 5 · 2009-06
- Galápagos Islands placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger · 2007
- Arabian Oryx Sanctuary deleted — the first site ever removed from the World Heritage List · 2007
- The cultural and natural criteria are merged into a single set of ten · 2005
- The Committee adopts the Global Strategy for a Balanced, Representative and Credible World Heritage List · 1994
- Angkor inscribed on the World Heritage List and the danger list on the same day · 1992-12-14