The report came ahead of the United Nations' world heritage committee decision, due in 2015, on whether to give the reef "in danger" status.
Millions of items from Birmingham's Central Library heritage and archive collections are being packed up ahead of the move to a new £190m building.
India - with its heritage of Mogul grandeur and Raj splendour - learned way ahead of the West that a fragrant garden is a luxury in an arid climate.
The report challenges a draft UN ruling, ahead of a final decision by the world heritage committee in Germany this month, not to proceed with a listing that requires only one of eight criteria to be met.
He says, "As a consequence of its painful heritage, black America has a special responsibility: to be further ahead of the curve than whites on accepting gay people as full citizens".
Ahead of the event, Velasquez stopped by HuffPost to chat about heritage, humor and how to love yourself. .
The Shake It Off singer said her father had emailed her ahead of her performance to inform her of the family's Scottish heritage.
Ahead of the exhibition's opening this bank holiday weekend, we got in touch with heritage charity YOUTH CLUB's Jamie Brett, one of the curators behind the show.
The 46-year-old is of Sierra Leonean heritage and is keen to establish better trade links with West Africa, an argument that Brexit campaigners could well develop ahead of the EU referendum.
