UNESCO Adds 3 Heritage Sites Including Okefenokee and Expands South Korea's 2021 Tidal Flats Listing
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Updated · abcnews.com · Jul 25
UNESCO Adds 3 Heritage Sites Including Okefenokee and Expands South Korea's 2021 Tidal Flats Listing
3 articles · Updated · abcnews.com · Jul 25
Summary
Busan's UNESCO committee inscribed Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp, China's Jingdezhen porcelain sites and South Korea's tidal flats on the World Heritage List on Saturday.
Okefenokee won recognition as one of the world's largest freshwater ecosystems, with largely undisturbed peat beds preserving a 5,000-year record of environmental change.
South Korea's designation also widened a 2021 listing by adding four west-coast wetlands—Seosan, Goheung, Muan and Yeosu—strengthening protection for migratory bird habitat along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.
Jingdezhen's newly listed sites trace handcrafted porcelain production from the 10th to 19th centuries, underscoring the city's role in making blue-and-white porcelain a global emblem of Chinese craftsmanship.
The Busan session runs through next Wednesday and is still reviewing other nominations, including France's D-Day beaches, Greece's Mount Olympus and Japan's ancient capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara.