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Thursday, November 19, 2015
World Heritage Youth Project on Marine Biodiversity & Climate Change in Panama: Call for Participants
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the Call for Participants for the Caribbean World Heritage Youth Project on Marine ... -
Thursday, November 19, 2015
TV weather presenters interpret climate change impacts on World Heritage sites
The World Meteorological Organization is launching a series of climate change videos featuring TV weather presenters ahead of the COP21 climate ... -
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
May 5th: African World Heritage Day
On 16 November 2015, the 38th Session of the General Conference of UNESCO adopted a resolution proclaiming May 5th as African World Heritage Day, in ... -
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Director of UNESCO World Heritage Centre meets with Haitian Minister of Culture
On 17 November 2015, the Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Mechtild Rössler and her team met with the Haitian Minister of Culture, Ms ... -
Saturday, November 14, 2015
The Director-General of UNESCO expresses solidarity with France following the attacks in Paris
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today condemned the attacks, unprecedented in the history of France, perpetrated in Paris on 13 ... -
Friday, November 13, 2015
UNESCO celebrates 10 years of achievements of the African World Heritage Fund
On the occasion of the 38th session of the General Conference of UNESCO, Ms. Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Stanley Mutumba Simataa, ... -
Friday, November 13, 2015
Director of UNESCO World Heritage Centre meets team from the European Bank for Reconstruction (EBRD)
The Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre has met with the team from the European Bank for Reconstruction and exchanged views on heritage ... -
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities gives $200,000USD for Arab States World Heritage sites conservation
On 12 November 2015, H.E. Shaikha Mai Bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa, President of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities and Chairperson of the ... -
Thursday, November 12, 2015
UNESCO and IUCN welcome new no-go pledge for World Heritage sites by Tullow Oil
UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre and IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, the official advisory body on natural World Heritage, have ... -
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
World Heritage Centre Director and Panama Minister of Environment discuss conservation issues in Coiba National Park
On 10 November 2015, World Heritage Centre Director Mechtild Rössler, and Panama Minister of Environment Mirei Endara, met for the first time since ... -
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Modern Heritage: Director of UNESCO World Heritage Centre meets with DOCOMOMO Chair
The meeting between Mechtild Rössler, Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, and Ana Tostões on 10 November 2015 focused on conservation and ... -
Monday, November 9, 2015
Syrian Antiquities Director attends General Conference and meets with UNESCO Director-General to discuss heritage protection
Today Mr Mamoun Abdulkarim, Director-General of Antiquities and Museums (DGAM, Syrian Arab Republic) met with UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, ... -
Monday, November 9, 2015
2015 WHITRAP Asia-Pacific Region Training on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL)
Pacific Region Training on HUL in Shanghai (China) 14-17 December 2015 The 2015 WHITRAP Asia-Pacific Region Training on Historic Urban Landscaoe ... -
Friday, November 6, 2015
Exceptional cooperation for updating Cabo Verde’s Tentative List
On 22 October 2015, the UNESCO Regional Office in Dakar united 31 experts, site managers, advisory body and community representatives in Cabo Verde to ... -
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
World Heritage Volunteers 2016 - Call for Projects
Together for Heritage The World Heritage Centre (WHC) is pleased to announce the Call for Projects for the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) Campaign ... -
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Emergency support for elephant crisis in DRC
The Rapid Response Facility has made an emergency grant to Garamba National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to help tackle the continuing ... -
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Published: Our Common Heritage: the Finnish National World Heritage Strategy 2015 – 2025
The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture has published a positive strategic plan for the preservation of world’s heritage for the next ten ... -
Monday, November 2, 2015
Korean National Commission for UNESCO donates 100,000 USD to World Heritage Fund
On 1st November 2015, the Korean National Commission for UNESCO announced a donation of 100,000 USD to the World Heritage Fund. The announcement ... -
Monday, November 2, 2015
International Course on First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis
Many different types of professionals respond to an unfolding crisis.This course provides strategies for interlocking culture specialists with ... -
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Scientists convene in Paris to explore World Heritage in High Seas
Christmas Eve 1968 might seem like a strange date to mark as a pivotal point in our understanding of Earth. Yet it was on that date that William ...