A bit of info confirming Mumbai is likely going for 2017.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/art/mumbai-art-deco-ded-take-a-walk-around-sobo-and-exp lore-it-s-timeless-architecture/article1-1374782.aspx

Wadi Al-Salam Cemetery in Najaf (Iraq) - 2 nominations for Iraq in 2017, with Babylon as a cultural landscape.

http://en.mehrnews.com/news/108960/Iran-Iraq-to-file-Taq-Kasra-for-World-Heritage-Sta tus

Jakarta (Indonesia)
http://jakarta.coconuts.co/2015/02/03/kota-tua-nominated-world-heritage-site-status-u nesco

More confirmation Gobeklitepe is aiming for 2017. Check out the name, (epic subtitle)!

"The Birth of Religion and Rise of Civilization: Gobeklitepe Neolithic Site" (Turkey)

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/07/turkey-worlds-oldest-temple-discove red-in-south.html

Possible Nominations for 2017: Sites 45

this will be 2018 (see my post elsewhere on the forum)

River Island of Majuli in midstream of Brahmaputra River in Assam (India) "possible" for 2017 if everything falls into place.

http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2015/08/13/make-majuli-world-heritage-site/

What great news. If successful that would be a first one for Eritrea, a major Art Deco site and one of the best examples of African colonial architecture. However, with so many sites planning for 2017, currently 47, some are surely not going to make it to be considered.

China - Jinggangshan--North Wuyishan (Extension of Mount Wuyi)

The target for this natural site extension is 2017 WHC.

https://translate.google.com.sg/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jx. chinanews.com%2F2015%2F0907%2F1891752.html

Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver Mine and its Underground Water Management System

they are aiming for 2017

https://translate.google.pl/translate?hl=en&sl=pl&u=http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/slask/k opalnia-srebra-ze-slaska-moze-trafic-na-liste-unesco/y4172k&prev=search
http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/slask/kopalnia-srebra-ze-slaska-moze-trafic-na-liste-unesco /y4172k

India : Bhitarkanika national park

According to the news on September 24, the nomination team submitted the dossier to India's ambassador and permanent delegate at the Unesco headquarters in Paris. So possible 2017?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Bhitarkanika-national-park-inches -closer-to-Unesco-World-Heritage-Site-status/articleshow/49225179.cms

Lack of support from the public for Dubai Creek world heritage bid? Some of these statements are troubling, perhaps ICOMOS will notice this "top-down" approach.

"The blame for this falls entirely on the public who are insensitive to the authorities' appeal."

"Any despoiling of this beautiful site is a reflection of our inexcusable apathy, which deserves punishment."

http://gulfnews.com/opinion/editorials/the-public-should-stop-littering-dubai-creek-1 .1601909

Jakarta's Kota Tua (Old Town) nomination already submitted to UNESCO

The report also mentioned Tana Toraja to be the next site after Kota Tua (2018?)

https://news.detik.com/berita/3047513/kota-tua-dan-tari-bali-didaftarkan-jadi-warisan -dunia-ke-unesco

*We now have four Indian candidates for 2017:
Majuli, NP Bhitarkanika, Mumbay and temple architecture extension. Only two of them may be submitted.

*We also have three Chinese candidates for 2017:
Mt. Wuyi extension, Gulangyu and Qinghai Hoh Xil. Similarly, only two of them may be submitted.

*The primeval forests extension should probably be submitted by all member states at the same time. Are there any news from any other countries except Belgium?

*Adding Eritrea and Poland we now have 47 potential candidates for 2017, which means 2 sites would have to be dropped according to current operational guidelines. This count includes 2 sites only for China and India each.

*This would be a year with a lot of underrepresented countries:
Angola, Cambodia, Eritrea, French Polynesia, Ghana, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Maldives, Myanmar, Moldova, Montenegro, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Tonga, Turkmenistan, UAE, Uruguay and Vietnam. Poland and Tunisia are probably well represented, but have not submitted for a long time.