STORY: UNESCO inscribes two Chinese natural sites on World Heritage List
SHOOTING TIME: July 26, 2024
DATELINE: July 27, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:27
LOCATION: New Delhi
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT

SHOTLIST:
1. shot of India gate
2. various of the 46th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee
3. various of the Chinese delegation
4. various of the 46th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee

STORYLINE:

The ongoing 46th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in the Indian capital city of New Delhi has included China's Badain Jaran Desert -- Towers of Sand and Lakes, and five nominated sites of the migratory bird sanctuaries along the coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China on the World Heritage List.

According to UNESCO, the Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of the Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase II) is a serial extension of the property of the same name that is already listed on the World Heritage List. The newly-admitted five sites are part of Phase II, while Phase I sanctuaries were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2019.
   
As part of the world's largest intertidal wetland system, this area within the Yellow Sea Ecoregion provides vital habitats for birds migrating along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, which stretches across approximately 25 countries from the Arctic to Southeast Asia and Australasia.

Located in the hyper-arid region of northwestern China, the Badain Jaran Desert is the country's third largest desert and second largest drifting desert.
   
The desert's notable features include the world's tallest, stabilized sand mega-dune, reaching a relative height of 460 meters, the highest concentration of inter-dunal lakes, the largest expanse of so-called singing sands and wind-eroded landforms.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi.
(XHTV)