
The Philippines got its sixth World Heritage Site with the inclusion of a Davao Oriental forest sanctuary and mountain range in the list of United Nations-protected areas Monday.
Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife and Sanctuary was inscribed in the Word Heritage List along with five other sites in a meeting, the World Heritage Committee said.
The Committee, which operates under the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, identifies sites "of outstanding universal value" for inclusion in the list.
Sites should also meet at least one of the 10 selection criteria to be named a World Heritage Site. One criteria is being a significant...