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Detailed explanation-1: -Brazil has another site added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Sítio Roberto Burle Marx (SRBM) is the legacy of the Brazilian landscaper who created the concept of the modern tropical garden.

Detailed explanation-2: -Situated in the western region of Rio de Janeiro, the property embodies a successful project developed over more than 40 years by landscape architect and artist Roberto Burle Marx (1909-1994), a “landscape laboratory” to create “living works of art” using native plants and drawing on Modernist ideas.

Detailed explanation-3: -The SitioBurle Marx site, a landscape garden in Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro has been added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites. The garden features more than 3, 500 species of plants native to Rio and is considered a laboratory for botanical and landscape experimentation.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are 40 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India. Dholavira and Ramappa Temple are the latest addition to the list under the ‘Cultural’ category. ‘Ramappa Temple’, Telangana and ‘Dholavira’, Gujarat which is included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites in 2021.

Detailed explanation-5: -As of 2022, there are 40 World Heritage Sites located in India. Out of these, 32 are cultural, 7 are natural, and one, the Khangchendzonga National Park, is of mixed type. India has the sixth largest number of sites in the world.