UNESCO meeting considers protection of Ancient City of Damascus following fire
Thursday, 24 November 2016
UNESCO Jakarta supports implementation of World Heritage Camp Indonesia 2016
Thursday, 24 November 2016
Impact of climate change on marine sites examined at COP22
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
International Conference on World Heritage Interpretation held in Republic of Korea
Monday, 21 November 2016
World Heritage Volunteers Programme in Qatar
Monday, 21 November 2016
Celebrating new UNESCO World Heritage sites in Europe
Friday, 18 November 2016
UNESCO Santiago presents map of the World Heritage of Chile
Thursday, 17 November 2016
Expert workshop in Rwanda examines Memory Sites
Thursday, 10 November 2016
Nordic World Heritage Association is Founded
Wednesday, 9 November 2016
Second workshop on the World Heritage Convention held in Trinidad and Tobago
Wednesday, 9 November 2016
World Heritage sites and their associated museums are working with both local communities and international heritage professionals not only to preserve, but to help people maintain and reinforce their relationship to their shared cultural and natural heritage. Together they are facing threats and challenges like conflict, climate change and funding shortages.
An International Conference on ...
On 3 and 4 November, fifty years after the 1966 Venice flood and the International Safeguarding Campaign launched by UNESCO, the Director-General, Irina Bokova, undertook a visit to Venice, Italy.
This visit was an opportunity to mark the longstanding cooperation with Italy and to express UNESCO’s support to its government and people after the country was struck by a series of powerful ...
Multi-lateral meetings for the strengthening of security around the Garamba National Park (DRC)
Thursday, 3 November 2016
Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre expresses distress after earthquake in Italy
Tuesday, 1 November 2016
On 28 October 2016 UNESCO World Heritage Centre and IUCN World Heritage Programme representatives met with H.E. the Ambassador and an expert delegation of senior officials from Bangladesh to chart a way forward in addressing core conservation challenges to the Sundarbans, the world's largest unbroken mangrove system.
Earlier this month, the World Heritage Centre and IUCN released a report of ...
World Heritage Committee completes 40th session
Thursday, 27 October 2016
Karima Bennoune: Cultural heritage is a human rights issue
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Seven marine sites sign historic agreement
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Culture gives cities social and economic power, shows UNESCO report
Tuesday, 18 October 2016
The Sundarbans in Bangladesh is part of the world’s largest mangrove forests, home to the famous Bengal Tiger and a hotspot for dolphins, turtles, and birds. Millions of people depend on this labyrinth of tidal rivers for food, homes, and flood protection.
The Sundarbans were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1997, and will celebrate its 20th anniversary next year. In March ...