今年第34屆世界遺產年會即將在7/25於巴西召開，雖然巴西沒能晉級世足賽的前四強，但今年的世界遺產還是得選出來。今年準備在大會上討論的準世界遺產名單已經公布，共有6件自然遺產、24件文化遺產以及2件複合遺產（其中包含了9件擴充範圍的個案）進行角逐。在沒有章魚哥的加持下，我試著猜猜看今年最有可能入選的世界遺產名單如下所列，標註藍色字體的部份是我看好今年應該可以順利進入「世界遺產名錄」的世界遺產，詳細的預測原由，將刊在七月底出刊的世界遺產雜誌之中，有興趣的朋友再去買來看吧。
自然遺產Natural properties submitted for inscription to the World Heritage List:
‧ Pirin National Park (extension, Bulgaria)
‧ Danxia (China)
‧ Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island (France)
‧ Phoenix Islands Protected Area (Kiribati)
‧ Dinosaur Ichnites of the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal / Spain)
‧ Putorana Plateau (Russian Federation)
‧ Monte San Giorgio (extension of “Monte San Giorgio”, Switzerland, Italy)
‧ Tajik National Park, Mountains of the Pamirs (Tajikistan)
文化遺產Cultural properties submitted for inscription to the World Heritage List:
‧ Australian Convict Sites (Australia)
‧ City of Graz - Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg (extension of "City of Graz - Historic Centre") (Austria)
‧ Augustowski Canal – a work of man and nature (Belarus / Poland)
‧ Major Mining Sites of Wallonia (Belgium)
‧ São Francisco Square in the Town of São Cristóvão (Brazil)
‧ Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth” (Originally “Historic monuments of Mount Songshan”) (China)
‧ Konso Cultural Landscape (Ethiopia)
‧ Episcopal City of Albi (France)
‧ Upper Harz Water Management System (extension of “Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar”) (Germany)
‧ The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur (India)
‧ Matheran Light Railway (extension of the “Mountain Railways of India”) (India)
‧ Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil (Islamic Republic of Iran)
‧ Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex (Islamic Republic of Iran)
‧ The Triple-arch Gate at Dan (Israel)
‧ Fort Jesus, Mombasa (Kenya)
‧ Bikini Atoll, nuclear tests site (Marshall Islands)
‧ Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (Mexico)
‧ Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca (Mexico)
‧ Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht (Netherlands)
‧ Røros Mining Town and the Circumference (extension of “Røros Mining Town”) (Norway)
‧ Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong (Republic of Korea)
‧ Church of the Resurrection of Suceviţa Monastery (extension of the “Churches of Moldavia”) (Romania)
‧ At-Turaif District in ad-Dir’iyah (Saudi Arabia)
‧ Palaeolithic Rock Art Ensemble in Siega Verde (extension of “Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley”), (Portugal, Spain)
‧ The Mercury and Silver Binomial. Almadén and Idrija with San Luis Potosí (Spain / Mexico /Slovenia)
‧ Sarazm (Tajikistan)
‧ Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral with Related Monastic Buildings, St. Cyril’s and St. Andrew’s Churches, Kiev Pechersk Lavra (extension of “Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev Pechersk Lavra”) (Ukraine)
‧ Darwin’s Landscape Laboratory (United Kingdom)
‧ Ngorongoro Conservation Area (re-nomination under additional criteria) (United Republic of Tanzania)
‧ Mount Vernon (United States of America)
‧ Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long - Hanoi (Viet Nam)
複合遺產Mixed properties submitted for inscription to the World Heritage List:
‧ Central Highlands of Sri Lanka: its Cultural and Natural Heritage ( Sri Lanka)
‧ Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Hawaii (United States of America)