World Heritage List reaches 1000 sites with inscription of Okavango Delta in Botswana (UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)

(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage List reaches 1000 sites with inscription of Okavango Delta in Botswana Botswana's Okavango Delta became the 1000th site inscribed on the World Heritage List today. Okavango was inscribed as a natural site by the World Heritage Committee, which is meeting in Doha (Qatar) under the Chair of Sheikha Al Mayassa Bint Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani. The Committee also inscribed sites in France, Israel, Italy,Turkey and the United States thisafternoon.  The List now totals 1001 properties. The new sites, are: Okavango Delta (Botswana) . This delta in northwest Botswana comprises permanent marshlands...