Ogasawara Islands to be World Heritage sites.

The Ogasawara Islands as a World Natural Heritage site

Friday, June 24, 2011 Ogasawara Islands have been registered in the World
Natural Heritage.

The World Heritage Committee has inscribed Ogasawara Islands, the Japanese
islands situated some 1,000km south of the country’s main archipelago, on
UNESCO’s World Heritage List for the wealth of their ecosystems which reflect
a wide range of evolutionary processes. (UNESCO)

News

• June 24, 2011Japan’s Ogasawara Islands on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
• June 20, 2011Residents
  on island in Ogasawara chain restoring lost seabirds’ breeding grounds
• June 20, 2011Conservation
  of World Heritage sites under scrutiny: World Heritage Committee meets
  to examine World Heritage List and inscribe new sites
• May 5, 2011Forty-two
  sites to be considered for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
  in June
• March 16, 2011 UNESCO
  World Heritage Centre expresses its solidarity with Japanese people following
  tragic events

Useful Links

• World Heritage Centre
  http://whc.unesco.org/
• Ogasawara Islands – UNESCO World Heritage Centre http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5095/
• Wikipedia : World Heritage Site
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site

⇒Useful Links and Information of Ogasawara Islands / Bonin Islands

⇒Ogasawara Islands – World Heritage sites (Japanese)