Boj

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Boj completed his Masters in Geography, Urban and Regional Planning at the Peking University in China. His specialization is National Park Management and World Heritage Studies.

My proposal for a new site: Batanes Cultural Landscape, Chocolate Hills, Mayon Volcano Natural Park & Galleon Sites

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    Tubbataha Reefs
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    Aflaj irrigation system, Bahla Fort, Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn, Land of Frankincense
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    July 31, 2024
    Beijing Central Axis, Melka Kunture and Balchit
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About Boj

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Reviews by Boj

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Sambor Prei Kuk by Boj

Sambor Prei Kuk (Inscribed)

Sambor Prei Kuk

From Phnom Penh, it is possible to do a day trip to Sambor Prei Kuk, a beautiful pre-Angkorian temple complex in the middle of the forest. The Kampong Thom local …

Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park by Boj

Mt. Malindang Range Natural P… (On tentative list)

Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park

Mt. Malindang is found in Mindanao island, in southern Philippines. The Malindang mountain range is not only a biodiverse site (home to a number of endemics), it is also blessed …

Mt. Pulag National Park by Boj

Mt. Pulag National Park (On tentative list)

Mt. Pulag National Park

Mt. Pulag is the highest peak in Luzon island (the third highest in the Philippines), and is arguably the most effectively managed National Park in the country. It is being …

Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park by Boj

Northern Sierra Madre Natural… (On tentative list)

Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park

Several protected areas are found within the Sierra Madre Mountain Range, the longest in the Philippines, at 680km-420mi from Cagayan province in the north to Quezon province in the south. …

Butuan Archeological Sites by Boj

Butuan Archeological Sites (On tentative list)

Butuan Archeological Sites

Butuan in nothern Mindanao is synonymous to the balangays, or the archaeological remains of large open-air wooden boats. The balangay is a testimony to the rich maritime history of the …

Tabon Cave by Boj

Tabon Cave (Nominated)

Tabon Cave

The Tabon Cave complex is dubbed as "cradle of Philippine civilization" - with 200+ chambers found within Lipuun point, only 20+ have been explored, and only 7 currently open to …

El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area by Boj

El Nido-Taytay Managed Resour… (On tentative list)

El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area

The property is one of the largest marine protected area in the Philippines. In terms of World Heritage inscription "dreams," it is nominated under (ix) and (x), but I feel …

Kabayan Mummy Burial Caves by Boj

Kabayan Mummy Burial Caves (Removed from tentat…)

Kabayan Mummy Burial Caves

The Kabayan town of Benguet Province in Northern Luzon boasts two possible UNESCO World Heritage Sites - Mt. Pulag National Park, and the Ibaloi fire mummy burial caves - the …

Novodevichy Convent by Nan

Novodevichy Convent (Inscribed)

Novodevichy Convent

I visited Novodevichy in the middle of August 2015. Inside the complex, majority of the buildings are being restored at the time, including the tower that caught fire in March …

Chocolate Hills Natural Monument by Boj

Chocolate Hills Natural Monum… (On tentative list)

Chocolate Hills Natural Monument

After the 2013 Bohol earthquake, the Loboc church and the Spanish colonial fortifications of Punta Cruz and Dauis were removed from the UNESCO tentative list. Panglao Island was also removed …

Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings by Boj

Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings (Inscribed)

Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings

I will be among one of the many who will happily cheer when Frank Lloyd Wright's buildings get listed as World Heritage in 2016. I was able to visit two …

Hani Rice Terraces by Boj

Hani Rice Terraces (Inscribed)

Hani Rice Terraces

Most rice terraces look more charming when the landscape is green; Yuanyang however are more frequently visited after harvest, in winter, when the terraces are mirror pools.

Visited Yuanyang in …

Mayon Volcano Cultural Landscape by Boj

Mayon Volcano Cultural Landsc… (Nominated)

Mayon Volcano Cultural Landscape

An honest-to-goodness icon of the Philippines, a volcano of unquestionable beauty.

Mayon Volcano has erupted several times, providing very fertile soil within the area. The impact of her many eruptions …

Apo Reef Natural Park by Boj

Apo Reef Natural Park (On tentative list)

Apo Reef Natural Park

Management success of Apo Reef Natural Park goes hand in hand with strengthing conservation partnership with all the coastal barangays of Sablayan municipality. In 2007, when the whole (or majority) …

Towns and Landscape of Taal Volcano and its Calder by Boj

Towns and Landscape of Taal V… (On tentative list)

Towns and Landscape of Taal Volcano and its Calder

Taal Volcano - nominated for criteria (vii) (viii) and (x). Its OUV cannot be denied; even the 2009 IUCN Thematic study on World Heritage Volcanoes (https://portals.iucn.org/library/efiles/edocs/2009-065.pdf) mentions how it can …

Spanish Colonial Fortifications of the Philippines by Boj

Spanish Colonial Fortificatio… (Removed from tentat…)

Spanish Colonial Fortifications of the Philippines

Five sites make up this property; and Fuerza de Capul is most exemplary because of its dual purpose as a church (religious) and as a fortress (military). Many will be …

Singapore Botanic Gardens  by Boj

Singapore Botanic Gardens (Inscribed)

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Many visitors to the Singapore Botanic Gardens (SBG) will be underwhelmed, perhaps because of a tendency to treat the gardens as a natural site. Gardening in essense, is an incorporation …

Lenggong Valley by Boj

Lenggong Valley (Inscribed)

Lenggong Valley

The archaeological importance of the site is unquestionable. My favorite site is view of the valley from the observation tower - the lush vegetation, the Perak River and the mountains …

Primeval Beech Forests by Boj

Primeval Beech Forests (Inscribed)

Primeval Beech Forests

Berlin-based travelers can easily visit the Grumsin Forest in one day. The closest train station to the park is Angermünde (about an hour from Berlin Hauptbahnhof). Buses run hourly from …

Mt. Iglit-Baco National Park by Boj

Mt. Iglit-Baco National Park (On tentative list)

Mt. Iglit-Baco National Park

I have been going back and forth to this wonderful place for almost a year now. Not entirely sure of criterion (ix) - because I am not a geologist; but …

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