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Selection criteria

(i)

to represent a masterpiece of human creative genius;

(ii)

to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a


cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology,
monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design;

(iii)

to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a


civilization which is living or which has disappeared;

(iv)

to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological


ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history;

(v)

to be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use


which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the
environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of
irreversible change;

(vi)

to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with
beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The
Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with
other criteria);

(vii)

to contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and


aesthetic importance;

(viii)

to be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including


the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of
landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features;

(ix)
to be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and
biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water,
coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals;

(x)

to contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation
of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding
universal value from the point of view of science or conservation.

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