Marquesas Islands are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Marquesas Islands, one of the five archipelagos of French Polynesia, were inscribed on the World Heritage List on Friday, July 26, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced. on.

The Marquesas Islands are considered by the United Nations to be a mixed possession, and their universal value lies in their cultural and natural wealth. They constitute “It is an exceptional testimony to the occupation of the lands of the Marquesas Archipelago by a human civilization that arrived by sea around 1000 AD, and developed on these isolated islands between the Mediterranean and the Pacific.”^H And the nineteenth^H a century “UNESCO describes on its website.

“A biodiversity hotspot combining irreplaceable and exceptionally well-preserved marine and terrestrial ecosystems”The Marquis is “An important centre of endemism, home to rare and diverse plants, a variety of iconic marine species and one of the most diverse seabird communities in the South Pacific.”The United Nations continues.

“The Marquesan waters, virtually free from human exploitation, are among the last marine wilderness areas in the world.”UNESCO, for which it affirms, “steep hills”, “Amazing peaks” And “Cliffs rise steeply above the ocean.” There are many landscapes that do not have “There is nothing like it in these tropical latitudes.”.

The six mayors of the Marquesan Islands went to the 46th.^H The second session of the World Heritage Committee, which opened Sunday in New Delhi and is scheduled to run until July 31, has been particularly vocal about the art of tiki, a stylized human representation that is emblematic of the Marquesan culture, famous for the talent of its tattoo artists and sculptors. The Marquesas have a high rate of settlement, which a UNESCO designation could help protect. It is also a label that would allow the Marquesans to contact other international organizations to help them preserve their natural and cultural assets.