Indawo yeLifa leMveli ye-UNESCO ebhekiswe kuyo, yindawo okanye i-Landmark eyamkelwa yiZizwe eziManyeneyo (Kwaye) Ezemfundo, Umbutho weSayensi neNkcubeko (I-UNESCO) njengokwenkcubeko, imbali, isayensi, okanye enye intsingiselo kwaye ithathwa njengeyona nto ibalulekileyo okanye ikhutshiwe ixabisekileyo yoluntu.
Injongo yeNkqubo yeLifa leMveli yeHlabathi kukuchonga kwaye ugcine iimpawu zenkcubeko kunye nezendalo kunye nokuqinisekisa ukhuseleko lwabo nolondolozo lwezizukulwana ezizayo. Iindawo ezithathwa njengeendawo zeLifa leMveli zeHlabathi zithathwa njengexabiso eliqinisekileyo kwaye zikhuselwe zizivumelwano zamanye amazwe kunye neengqungquthela.
Okwangoku kukho ngaphezulu 1,100 Iindawo zeLifa leMveli zeHlabathi liphela 160 amazwe, kubandakanya imiqondiso efana nodonga olukhulu lwase China, Iipiramidi zase-Egypt, I-TaJ Mahal eIndiya, kunye ne-canyon e-United States. Ezi ndawo zinokwahlulwa kwiindidi ezahlukeneyo, njengenkcubeko, indalo, okanye iindawo ezihlanganisiweyo, Kuxhomekeka kwintsingiselo yabo ephambili.
Ukwamkelwa njengendawo yeLifa leMveli ye-UNESCO eyaziwayo, Indawo kufuneka ihlangane iseti yeenqobo ezimiselweyo yi-UNESCO, kubandakanya ukuba nexabiso eligunyazisiweyo, imele ubugcisa bobugcisa bobugcisa bomntu, okanye ubonise into ekhethekileyo yendalo. Inkqubo yokutyumba iqhelekileyo ibandakanya inkqubela phambili yoVavanyo kunye neNkqubo yoVavanyo ziingcali zamanye amazwe ukuqinisekisa ukuba indawo ihlangabezana nezi nkqubo kwaye ilungele ukwamkelwa njengendawo yelifa lehlabathi.