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Monday, November 30, 2015
COP21: German Environment Minister meets with Director of UNESCO World Heritage Centre
On 29 November 2015, Barbara Hendricks, Federal Environment Minister for Germany, met with Mechtild Rössler, Director of the UNESCO World Heritage ... -
Friday, November 27, 2015
Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation joins Marine World Heritage
The Arctic stretches across the top of the planet, spanning 5.5 million square miles. Its icy waters are home to wildlife found nowhere else, ... -
Friday, November 27, 2015
Regional heritage management training centre - Lucio Costa Centre establishes its governance offices
On 26-27 November 2015, at a meeting held within the framework of a signed agreement between Brazil and UNESCO the first Board of Directors of the ... -
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Stepping up capacity to assist East Rennell’s removal from Danger List
The Solomon Islands host a chain of coral atolls in the western Pacific, about 1800 kilometers northeast of Australia. The southernmost island in the ... -
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Marine World Heritage at COP21
Beginning next week, world leaders are convening in Paris for the 21st Conference of Parties (also known as the 2015 Paris Climate Conference). Their ... -
Monday, November 23, 2015
20th General Assembly of the World Heritage Convention adopts new policy on sustainable development
On 19 November 2015, the 20th General Assembly of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention adopted a Policy on the integration of a ... -
Friday, November 20, 2015
HIA & EIA Discussion held at World Heritage General Assembly Side Event
The World Heritage Centre, with the participation of ICOMOS, IUCN and ICCROM, organized a side event on Heritage Impact Assessments (HIAs) and ... -
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Reactive Monitoring Mission to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage property (Australia)
A reactive monitoring mission by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) to ... -
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Nine new members elected to World Heritage Committee
The 20th General Assembly of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention met from 18 to 20 November 2015 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, ... -
Thursday, November 19, 2015
UNESCO Director-General condemns the murder of a guard at Okapi Wildlife Reserve, World Heritage site
On November 13, 2015, a guard of the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN) was the victim of an attack that cost him his life at ... -
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 ...