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 Board of the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH), presented a contribution of $200,000 USD to Mounir Bouchenaki, Director of ARC-WH to support the implementation of the Arab States Regional Programme. Mechtild Rössler, Director of ...
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UNESCO and IUCN welcome new no-go pledge for World Heritage sites by Tullow Oil
Thursday, 12 November 2015
On 10 November 2015, World Heritage Centre Director Mechtild Rössler, and Panama Minister of Environment Mirei Endara, met for the first time since the establishment of the new government in Panama.
The meeting focused on conservation issues in Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection and the forthcoming mission to the transboundary site (with Costa Rica) Talamanca ...
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Modern Heritage: Director of UNESCO World Heritage Centre meets with DOCOMOMO Chair
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
Today Mr Mamoun Abdulkarim, Director-General of Antiquities and Museums (DGAM, Syrian Arab Republic) met with UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, Assistant Director-General for Culture Francesco Bandarin, and Director of the World Heritage Centre Mechtild Rössler, as well as experts in the field of heritage conservation.
Discussions focused on the state of the art of cultural heritage in ...
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2015 WHITRAP Asia-Pacific Region Training on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL)
Monday, 9 November 2015
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Exceptional cooperation for updating Cabo Verde’s Tentative List
Friday, 6 November 2015
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World Heritage Volunteers 2016 - Call for Projects
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
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Emergency support for elephant crisis in DRC
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Published: Our Common Heritage: the Finnish National World Heritage Strategy 2015 – 2025
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
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Korean National Commission for UNESCO donates 100,000 USD to World Heritage Fund
Monday, 2 November 2015
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International Course on First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis
Monday, 2 November 2015
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Scientists convene in Paris to explore World Heritage in High Seas
Thursday, 29 October 2015
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Proposal for wind park offshore from Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage site rejected
Monday, 26 October 2015
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A 7000 Eur Grant for a Project Awarded to a young person from the Mediterranean
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
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Albania supports UNESCO's efforts for the Lake Ohrid region
Thursday, 8 October 2015
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Shell’s departure ends oil threat to Arctic gem
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
During the eighth Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Awards prize-giving ceremony, held in Monaco on 2 October 2015, H.S.H. Prince Albert II presented the Biodiversity Award to Emmanuel de Merode for his outstanding commitment to the preservation of the biodiversity of the Virunga National Park, one of five World Heritage sites of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Each year, the ...
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, strongly condemned the destruction of the Arch of Triumph in Palmyra, a civil monument two thousand years old and symbol of the city inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
"This new destruction shows how extremists are terrified by history and culture – because understanding the past undermines and delegitimizes their claims – and embodies an ...
From 13 to 16 October 2015, Turin will host the 3rd World Forum on Local Economic Development and launch the EXTO-EXPO 2015 programme. Within this framework, the Centro Studi Silvia Santagata-Ebla (CSS-Ebla, Turin, Italy), is organising, with the support of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice (Italy), the pilot edition of a capacity-building workshop on the ...