via PIA, 07 March 2024: The Task Force Tabon Cave Inscription and Nomination is working towards submitting Tabon Cave for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List by October, after missing a previous deadline due to incomplete documentation. Coordinated by the Palawan government and involving various agencies, the task force is addressing issues such as ancestral land concerns. Tabon Cave, known for containing possibly the oldest Homo sapiens sapiens fossil in Southeast Asia, has been on UNESCO’s tentative list for 16 years.
The Task Force Tabon Cave Inscription and Nomination is now completing the requirements for its renewed bid for the cave’s inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The task force has laid out a new timeline to enable them to meet the October deadline after failing to meet the deadline in February.
The Palawan government team, led by the Office of the Provincial Governor chief of staff, Ceasar Sammy Magbanua, said that the task force did not push to meet the deadline in February due to a lack of required documents.
It would be better to try submitting in October than to be denied or rejected due to the insufficiency of the needed requirements, he added.
Source: PIA – Task Force Tabon Cave to bid for UNESCO’s World Heritage List inclusion in October
