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A pair of fulvous whistling ducks (Dendrocygna bicolor) at Wasit Wetland CentreWasit Wetland Centre is a conservation area in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.It preserves an area of a type of wetland (sabkha or salt plain) once common along the western coastal plains of the UAE and consists of a visitor centre with viewing points to both captive and wild birds, as well as extensive areas of ...
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As of July 2024, there are a total of 1,223 World Heritage Sites located across 168 countries, of which 952 are cultural, 231 are natural, and 40 are mixed properties. [1] The countries have been divided by the World Heritage Committee into five geographical regions: Africa , the Arab States , Asia and the Pacific , Europe and North America ...
United Arab Emirates accepted the convention on May 11 2001, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2024, The United Arab Emirates have only one World Heritage Site, Al Ain, which was inscribed in 2011. [2]
As of February 2025, 171 states have acceded to the convention and designated 2,531 sites to the list, covering 257,909,286 hectares (637,307,730 acres); one other state has acceded to the convention but has yet to designate any sites. The complete list of the wetlands is accessible on the Ramsar Sites Information Service website. [3]
The island, an environmentally protected area under the Sharjah Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA), [8] [9] has been registered on the list of wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, [10] [11] [12] and was in 2012 listed as a potential UNESCO World Heritage Site. [13]
The list below contains an image of the site or part of the site; the name as inscribed by UNESCO; the location; the nominating state party; the criteria met by the site, including if it is a cultural, natural or mixed; the area in hectares and acres, excluding any buffer zones, with a value of zero implying that no data is published by UNESCO; the year the site was inscribed; and a ...
The Sharjah Light Festival (SLF) [8] is a light show that takes place annually in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The festival was first established in 2010 under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, and has since become an integral part of the ...