World Heritage in Honduras

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The World Heritage in Honduras (as of 2016) includes two UNESCO World Heritage Sites , including a World Heritage Site and a World Natural Heritage Site. Honduras ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1979, and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 1980. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 1982, and one site is on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger .

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Honduras in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion on the World Heritage List (K - cultural heritage, N - natural heritage, K / N - mixed, (R) - on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger ).

image designation year Type Ref. description
Mayan ruins of Copan
 Mayan ruins of Copan
( location ) 		1980 K 129
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve 1982 N
(R) 		196 The Río Plátano biosphere reserve is one of the few remaining tropical rainforests in Central America . The reserve extends over approximately 5,000 km² and extends from the Caribbean coast up to 1,326 m. On the one hand it has a rich flora and fauna.

However, illegal logging, slash and burn , increasing pressure from agriculture, a planned hydropower plant and inadequate management endanger the forests and in 2011 led to the biosphere reserve being put on the list of endangered world heritage.

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list .

Current World Heritage candidates

Currently (2019) one site is entered in the tentative list of Honduras. It is an extension of an existing world heritage.

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM

image designation year Type Ref. description
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (extension)
 Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (extension) 2019 N
(R) 		6383 It is an enlargement of the protected area from 350,000ha to 630000ha

Web links

Commons : UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Honduras  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
  • Honduras on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Honduras. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed July 5, 2017 .
  2. ^ Tentative list of Honduras. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed July 5, 2017 .