Postponement of examination of World Heritage Okinawa Amami: New corona infection spread April 15 at 10:59
UNESCO has announced that it will postpone the World Heritage Committee this year in response to the spread of the new coronavirus. Japan was aiming to be registered as a World Natural Heritage site such as Amami Oshima in Kagoshima Prefecture or the northern part of Okinawa Main Island, but the examination was postponed.
The World Heritage Committee was scheduled to meet in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China from June to July this year, but UNESCO announced on its website that it would postpone the committee.
The company is considering the global spread of the new coronavirus, and is considering the future schedule.
At the World Heritage Committee of Koshino, the government aimed to register it as a World Natural Heritage site such as Amami Oshima and Tokunoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture, and forests in the northern part of Okinawa Main Island and Iriomote Island in Okinawa Prefecture, but the examination was postponed. It was decided to be done.
Also, prior to the committee, the UNESCO advisory body, IUCN = International Union for Conservation of Nature, makes a recommendation about registration in May every year, but depending on the Ministry of the Environment, whether the recommendation will be postponed or not. It does not contain detailed information.