New Heritage Sites Listed

Officials from UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, meeting in the South African town of Durban, decided on eight additions to the prestigious list of protected sites. The sites are: India’s Valley of Flowers National Park, Thailand’s Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai forest, Japan’s Shiretoko Peninsula, Egypt’s Whale Valley, the west Norwegian fjords, South Africa’s Vredefort Dome, the Gulf of California in Mexico and Coiba National Park in Panama