Daily monitoring system of heritage sites in the Baekje Historic Areas (Republic of Korea) In the Baekje Historic Areas, the daily monitoring of the conservation status of the heritage sites is carried out by local residents, who were trained as daily heritage inspectors by the managing authority. This monitoring system is a flexible, innovative way to promote maintenance and conservation while encouraging local involvement in heritage sites About the Baekje Historic Areas The serial property Baekje Historic Areas was inscribed on the World Heritage list in 2015 under criteria (ii) and (iii). Located in the mountainous mid-western region of the Republic of Korea, this property comprises eight archaeological sites dating from 475 to 660 CE. Together, these sites represent the later period of the Baekje Kingdom – one of the three earliest kingdoms on the Korean peninsula - during which time they were at the crossroads of considerable technological, religious, cultural and artistic exchanges between the ancient East Asian kingdoms in Korea, China and Japan. The archaeological sites are located in different contemporary small and mid-sized cities, such as the city of Gongju, Iksan and Buyeo-Eup. In some cases, the cities form part of the buffer zones of the archaeological sites.