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Monday, 28 October 2013
UNESCO provides cultural heritage training to UN personnel in Mali
Monday, 21 October 2013
Managing Marine World Heritage: Our Crown Jewels of the Ocean
Thursday, 17 October 2013
UNESCO Director-General deplores suicide attack near Djingareyber Mosque in Timbuktu
Monday, 30 September 2013
Emergency Red List of Syrian Antiquities at Risk is launched in New York
Monday, 30 September 2013
Lumbini, Birthplace of Buddha: new book of photographs
Monday, 23 September 2013
Conclusions of the 3rd and 4th HERITY International Conferences
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
“Stop the destruction!” urges UNESCO Director-General
Friday, 30 August 2013
In Memoriam: Professor Walter Santagata
Monday, 19 August 2013
Cahokia Mounds welcomes 10 millionth visitor since it became a World Heritage site
Monday, 19 August 2013
On 10 November 2011 UNESCO’s General Conference adopted the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape, six years after the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention adopted Resolution 15GA/7 (in October 2005) that called for the elaboration of a new international standard-setting instrument that would be based on the recognition and guidance of investment in and ...
The Val de Loire World Heritage cultural landscape (France) is organizing a one-day workshop on Economy, Heritage and Landscape, to be held 12th December 2013 in Tours.
The workshop will focus mainly on policies and politics, and assessing the economic, environmental and cultural current and future returns on investments in the economic, landscape and heritage spheres. Discussions ...
New report on lessons learned to engage local communities in the Conservation of World Heritage sites launched during the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee
The role of local communities in ensuring that World Heritage contributes to sustainable development was chosen by the World Heritage Committee as the central theme for the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Convention ...
Africa Nature risk preparedness workshop held in South Africa
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
Wildlife crime is robbing the future of Africa - Jeune Afrique
Tuesday, 30 July 2013
For the first time, the Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems brought together all the local communities actively involved in the management of this exceptional marine World Heritage site from 5 to 6 July. The local management committees are unique in their endeavor to include the local population in the management of the lagoons in a very comprehensive ...
H.E. Gürcan Balik, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Turkey to UNESCO, and Kishore Rao, Director of UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre, on 17 July signed a Plan of Operations for a $1.2 million project to safeguard the Turkish World Heritage site of Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia. H. E. Mr Isao Kiso, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Japan was also ...
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has expressed deep shock at news of further destruction to cultural heritage in Syria, and particularly following the publication of media reports and images depicting damage to the Crac des Chevaliers, one of Syria’s World Heritage sites. These two castles are outstanding examples of the region’s fortified architecture developed ...