World Heritage Properties

India's environment ministry, in association with UNESCO, is establishing a centre for world natural heritage management and training for the Asia and Pacific region at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, a statement said on Thursday.

Cambodia has lodged a protest to India over a private trust's plans to build an Angkor Wat replica in Bihar, saying it "seriously violates" the 12th century Hindu temple and a world heritage property which holds exceptional and universal value.

India's environment ministry, in association with UNESCO, is establishing a centre for world natural heritage management and training for the Asia and Pacific region at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, a statement said on Thursday.

Cambodia has lodged a protest to India over a private trust's plans to build an Angkor Wat replica in Bihar, saying it "seriously violates" the 12th century Hindu temple and a world heritage property which holds exceptional and universal value.