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Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage

Date:1972
Description:The objective of the Convention is to "establish an effective system of collective protection of the cultural and natural heritage of outstanding universal value,organized on a permanent basis and in accordance with modern scientific methods."
Regions:Amazon Basin
Countries:Guatemala
India
Type:Conventions and treaties
URL:http://www.unesco.org/whc/world_he.htm
Date entered:2002-01-06

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