Upstream process

Connected Sites: 10

Definition

WHS that have been inscribed after successful use of the Upstream Process See http://whc.unesco.org/archive/2015/whc15-39com-9A-en.pdf

Map

Connected Sites

Namib Sand Sea

Namibia

Inscribed: 2013

4.08

114

4

Pilot project on the South Namib Erg (part of Namib Sand Sea inscription)
Rock Art in the Hail Region

Saudi Arabia

Inscribed: 2015

3.25

35

4

Pilot project
Popocatepetl monasteries

Mexico

Inscribed: 1994

2.76

108

10

For the extension (in upstream process since 2019)
Thimlich Ohinga

Kenya

Inscribed: 2018

1.87

6

3
Bijagos Archipelago

Guinea-Bissau

Inscribed: 2025

5

1

"ICOMOS and IUCN provided advice in the framework of the Upstream Processes in line with Decision 37 COM 8B.17," (AB ev)
Mount Kumgang

Korea (DPR)

Inscribed: 2025

3.48

8

1

2018
Vjetrenica Cave

Bosnia Herzegovina

Inscribed: 2024

2.35

23

4

Vjetrenica (2019)
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park

Brazil

Inscribed: 2024

3.49

22

2

(2018-2019)
Fray Bentos

Uruguay

Inscribed: 2015

2.79

36

5

Pilot project
Ohrid Region

Albania, North Macedonia

Inscribed: 1979

3.41

205

7

Used for the Albania extension