Philippines

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1991 - 1997

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Jesuit Churches of the Philippines (1993)
• San Sebastian Church (2006)
• Angono Triglyphs (1993)
• Spanish Colonial Fortifications of the Philippines (2006)
• Batanes Protected landscapes and seascapes (1993)
• The Tabon Cave Complex and all of Lipuun (2006)
• Paleolithic Archaeological Sites in Cagayan Valley (2006)
• Kabayan Mummy Burial Caves (2006)
• Butuan Archeological Sites (2006)
• Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Extension) (2006)
• The Maranao Settlement of Tugaya (2006)
• Petroglyphs and Petrographs of the Philippines (2006)
• Neolithic Shell Midden Sites in Lal-lo and Gattaran Municipalities (2006)
• Mt. Apo Natural Park (2006)
• Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary (2006)
• Chocolate Hills Natural Monument (2006)
• Ligawasan Marsh (2006)
• Taal Volcano Protected landscape, Batangas (2006)
• Panglao Island, Bohol (2006)
• Mt. Matutum Protected Landscape (2006)
• Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park (2006)
• Mt. Pulag National Park (2006)
• Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary (2006)
• Apo Reef Natural Park (2006)
• El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area (2006)
• Coron Island Natural Biotic Area (2006)
• Mt. Iglit-Baco National Park (2006)
• Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park and outlying areas inclusive of the buffer zone (2006)

Activities

• Philippines - Embedment Mooring System For Tubbataha World Heritage Site

News

• Tubbataha Reef Marine Park in the Philippines receives £13,540 from an auction organized by Jaeger-LeCoultre Mar 20, 2009
• New Book on World Heritage Sites in the Philippines Aug 30, 2007
• Paper Series N°12 "The State of World Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (2003)" Apr 4, 2005

Events

• Seeing with Young Eyes – Teacher Training Workshop Jan 16, 2006 - Jan 21, 2006
• UNESCO Regional Workshop on Periodic Reporting Follow-up for North-East and South-East Asia Dec 12, 2005 - Dec 16, 2005

Official Relations (UNESCO/ERC)

• H. E. Mrs Rora Navarro-Tolentino
  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Philippines to France, Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of the Republic of the Philippines to UNESCO
  Web Site: http://www.unesco.org/delegates/philippines/
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines
  Source: UNESCO/ERC

Other sources of information within UNESCO

• UNESCO Worldwide (UNESCO/BPI)
• Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO/CLT/ITH)
• Cultural Heritage Laws Database (UNESCO/CLT/NATLAWS)
• Ratified Convention (UNESCO/LA)
• Biosphere Reserves (UNESCO/SC)
• Documents & Publications (UNESCO/UNESDOC)

Other sources of information

• UNDATA Country Profiles
• FAO Country Profiles (FAO)