Cultural Landscapes
There exist a great variety of Landscapes that are representative of the different regions of the world. Combined works of nature and humankind, ...
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Natural World Heritage in the Congo Basin
UNESCO has been taking action in the Congo Basin since 2000 in order to improve the conservation and the management of natural World Heritage ...
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Small Island Developing States Programme
Small Island Developing States Programme
SIDS
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Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are islands of the Caribbean Sea and ...
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World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP)
Earthen architecture is one of the most original and powerful expressions of our ability to create a built environment with readily available ...
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World Heritage Forest Programme
Ranging in size from 18 hectares (Vallée de Mai, Seychelles), to 8.8 million hectares (Lake Baikal, Russian Federation), World Heritage ...
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World Heritage Marine Programme
World HeritageMarine Programme
4 focus areas
Safeguarding
Our core task: ensuring the long-term conservation of World Heritage ...
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30th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. Urbino workshop (Italy) on “Partnerships for ...
The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was signed on 16 November 1972. The 30th Anniversary ...
Analytical summary of the state of conservation of World Heritage properties (2008)
At its 32nd session (Quebec City, 2008), the World Heritage Committee discussed at length the issues related to the state of conservation of ...
Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: Protecting World Heritage in the ...
A program aimed at preserving the integrity of World Heritage natural Sites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The forests of the ...
Building the capacity of local communities and stakeholders for a dialogue towards sustainable ...
Objectives
Established in 1959 as a multiple land use area, with wildlife coexisting with semi-nomadic Maasai pastoralists practicing ...
Business Skills for Natural World Heritage Site Managers programme
The Business Skills for Natural World Heritage Site Managers programme is a collaboration between international environmental charity Earthwatch, ...
Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative (CAWHFI)
Tri-national de la Sangha © Ralf Fisher
Vision
“A transborder network of exceptional protected areas and World Heritage Sites whose ...
Durban Meeting (South Africa) on transboundary properties in Africa
In Africa, natural heritage is often protected and sustained because it belongs to a shared system of belief and culture. Furthermore, many ...
Emergency assistance to the Okapi Wildlife Reserve of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Okapi Wildlife Reserve has been on the World Heritage List since 1996. It occupies about one-fifth of the Ituri forest in the northeast of ...
Enhancing our Heritage- Monitoring and managing for success in World Natural Heritage sites
Enhancing Our Heritage - Monitoring and Managing for Success in World Natural Heritage Sites was a seven-year UNESCO/IUCN project funded by the ...
Evaluation Mission of the Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
Objectives
The Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991 and on the List of World Heritage in Danger in ...
Global Strategy: Support to agro-pastoral cultural landscapes
Pastoralism is defined as a system of livestock farming which depends, for the most part, on the generally non-intensive use of ...
Handbook on Cultural Heritage and Local Development for African Local Governments
The handbook "Cultural heritage and local development: A Guide for African local governments", co-edited by the France-UNESCO Cooperation ...
Meetings in Paris (France) for the Directors of cultural heritage of Francophone Sub-Saharan ...
Within the framework of the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement, the French Ministry of Culture and the Director General of heritage for several ...
Mitigating the threats to Rock Art Heritage in Zimbabwe
Mitigating the threats to Rock Art Heritage in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has benefited from several initiatives in the field of ...
Open-Ended Working Group for the revision of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly of ...
At its 19th session (UNESCO, 2013), the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention decided (Resolution 19 GA 4) to fully ...
Periodic Reporting 1st Cycle: Africa
Conclusions and recommendations of the synthesis Report on the state of conservation of the World Heritage in Africa, submitted in accordance ...
Periodic Reporting 2nd Cycle: Africa (2011)
This report presents the results of the Second Cycle of Periodic Reporting in the Africa region. The exercise involved the 44 States Parties ...
Preparatory assistance and establishment of a management plan for the Historic Centre of ...
Founded in the ninth century, the Agadez, Niger, occupies a prominent position on the crossroads of the principal commercial routes of the ...
Preparatory assistance and technical support for the inscription, conservation and management ...
The France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement, similar to the technical cooperation provided to the Town of Luang Prabang in the Lao People's ...
Preparatory assistance for an extension to the site of Tiya, Ethiopia
Ethiopia has numerous megalithic sites. The most important of them is Tiya, which was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1980. It has ...
Preparatory assistance for inscription of the Rainforests of the Atsinanana, Madagascar
The Rainforests of the Atsinanana are predominantly old-growth forests, and, as such, are critically important for the maintenance of ecological ...
Preparatory assistance for inscription of the Royal Domain of Mbé cultural landscape, Congo
Located 200km from Brazzaville, Congo, the Royal Domain of the Mbé was inscribed on the Tentative Lists in 2008. The property, which is also of ...
Preparatory assistance for inscription of the Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
The Royal Hill of Ambohimanga in Madagascar consists of a royal city and burial site, and an ensemble of sacred places. It is associated with ...
Preparatory assistance for the identification of heritage in Ehotilé Islands National Park, ...
The Ehotilé Islands National Park is a group of six islands situated along the eastern shoreline of the Côte d’Ivoire that shelters a complex and ...
Preparatory assistance for the inscription of Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba, Togo
The Koutammakou landscape in north-eastern Togo, which extends into neighboring Benin, is home to the Batammariba people whose remarkable mud ...
Preparatory assistance for the inscription of Stone Circles of Senegambia
Africa is underrepresented on the World Heritage List, particularly concerning archaeological sites. This is why it is important to assist ...
Preparatory assistance for the inscription of The forest and the residential encampments of the ...
The Aka Pygmies are considered the very first inhabitants of the Central African Republic. They live in the Mongoumba Forest, of Lobaye.
A ...
Preparatory assistance for the nomination of the architectural work of Le Corbusier (Argentina, ...
Le Corbusier is one of the greatest architects of the 20th century, and his work both built and written have had a huge impact on the world, and ...
Preparatory assistance for the Slave Route, Benin
Wishing to submit the Slave Route (running from Djougou in the north of Benin to Ouidah, and passing through the Royal Palaces of Abomey) for ...
Preparatory assistance for the updating of the national inventory of cultural heritage of ...
In order to identify and protect its heritage, Cameroon launched a national inventory of cultural heritage in 2001. The French Embassy in ...
Promouvoir le Patrimoine Mondial à Madagascar
« Promouvoir le Patrimoine Mondial à Madagascar » est un programme du Centre du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO qui a ...
Rapid Response Facility
Rapid Response Facility
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Natural World Heritage sites represent the world's pre-eminent areas of biodiversity, and ...
Reflection on the election system of the members of the World Heritage Committee (2007-2009)
At its 13th session (UNESCO, 2001), the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention adopted Resolution 13 GA 9 for an ...
Retrospective inventory and « boundary clarifications»
The Retrospective Inventory is a project aiming at the identification and collection of baseline data (such as boundaries, geographical ...
Rivers and Heritage: Niger-Loire, Governance and Culture project. Development of heritage and ...
The ‘Niger-Loire: Governance and Culture’ project, coordinated by the World Heritage Centre within the framework of the France-UNESCO Cooperation ...
Seminar at the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (France) on Tourism and World Heritage Sites
An international expert meeting focusing on “Tourism and World Heritage Sites” was held from 6 to 8 March 2008 at the Royal Saltworks of ...
Seminar in Cinque Terre (Italy) on cultural landscapes
In 1992, the World Heritage Committee changed the Operational Guidelines for the inscription of cultural landscapes on the World Heritage List. ...
Seminar in Niamey (Niger) on Global Strategy in West Africa
Following the 4th Global Strategy Meeting for West Africa, 16 to 19 September 1998, Porto Novo, Benin, nine African States Parties to the 1972 ...
Seminar on raising awareness on Global Strategy in the South West islands of the Indian Ocean ...
In 1994, the World Heritage Committee launched the Global Strategy for a representative, balanced and credible World Heritage List. Crucial to ...
Strategy for the preservation of rock art sites in Angola
Rock art is one of the most interesting types of remains for the study of ancient civilisations. It is a fragile and vulnerable form of heritage ...
Sub-regional seminar in Mauritius on awareness raising and presentation of Tentative Lists for ...
In October 2001, initiated by UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre, with the support of the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement, a workshop focused on ...
Support for African local governments in the field of heritage (EU-AIMF project)
In 2009, a programme called “Heritage and Development” was initiated under the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement to respond to the requests ...
Support for conservation and management of the Historic Town of Grand Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire
Grand-Bassam is the first capital of the former French colony of Côte d’Ivoire, from 1893 to 1900. The historic city, or “France quarter” as it ...
Support for the establishment of the national inventory of cultural heritage of Senegal
The President of the Republic of Senegal (by Decree 2001-1065 of 20 December 2001) requested the Ministry of Culture (in particular, the ...
Support for the identification, safeguarding and protection of heritage in Comoros
The Comoros islands possess a rich cultural and material heritage as well as a rich intangible heritage. The country ratified the World Heritage ...
Support for the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting for Africa
Once every six years States Parties undertake Periodic Reporting (on a regional basis), regarding the application of the 1972 World Heritage ...
Support to the School of African Heritage (EPA), Porto Novo, Benin
Over a span of ten years, the PRÉMA (Preventive conservation in museums of Africa) programme has trained more than 400 African professionals in ...
Sustainable Tourism Capacity Building
Sustainable Tourism Capacity Building in 4 Africa Nature Sites
Initiation workshop in Maloti-Drakensberg WH site © AWHF
In the ...
Technical and preparatory assistance for the inscription of iSimangaliso Wetland Park and ...
The rationale of this project was to provide technical assistance through an advisory mission for the development of management mechanisms and ...
Technical assistance to update the national inventory of cultural heritage of Ethiopia
Realizing the richness of Ethiopian cultural heritage, the organization in charge of cultural heritage within the Ministry of Culture, the ARCCH ...
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge
The mid ocean ridge systems are the largest geological features on the planet. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) is a mostly underwater mountain range ...
Urban heritage and local development in Africa: participation in the Africities Summits
The France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement developed several activities centred on heritage and sustainable local development in Africa in ...
Capacity building “Cultural heritage and local development”, 18-21 November 2008, Porto Novo, ...
Held on 18-21 November 2008 in Porto Novo, Benin, the first training session of the programme “Cultural heritage and local development” gathered ...
Conference "World Heritage and Contemporary Architecture - Managing the Historic Urban ...
During its 27th session in 2003 in Paris and following the debate on Vienna's proposed high-rise project, the WH Committee called for the ...
Historic Urban Landscapes Workshops on the Swahili Coast of Africa
In the fall of 2009 the Flemish Government decided to support the World Heritage Cities Programme and in particular the implementation of the new ...
The KIT: World Heritage in Young Hands
Developed in 1998, the World Heritage in Young Hands Educational Resource Kit for secondary school teachers is one of the main tools of ...
World Heritage Youth Forum
World Heritage Youth Forum
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World Heritage Youth Forum is among the main activities of the World Heritage Education ...
Patrimonito Storyboard Competition 2007
Following the launching in December 2006 of the Patrimonito Storyboard Competition organized by the World Heritage Centre in coordination with ...
World Heritage in Young Hands Visual Arts Workshop (2005)
Durban, South Africa, 12-14 July 2005
Objectives
In parallel with the 29th World Heritage Committee meeting in Durban a visual arts workshop ...
World Heritage Youth Forum (1996) First African Edition
Student's appeal
"We, the youth of Africa, have met at the UNESCO World Heritage Forum for Africa in Zimbabwe (18-24 September 1996). During ...
World Heritage Youth Forum (1999) and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Dakar-Gorée, Sénégal 23-27 August 1999
Objectives
The World Heritage Youth Forum and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
By mobilizing the youth ...
Ethiopia-International Campaign to Safeguard the Principal Monuments and Sites of Ethiopia
The area of Africa that is present-day Ethiopia has a long history rich in tradition; its sites and monuments bear witness to the civilizations ...
Mozambique : Rehabilitation Project of the San Sebastian Fortress, Island of Mozambique
UNESCO and the Government of Mozambique signed an agreement in 2003 for the rehabilitation of the San Sebastian Fortress, the most emblematic ...
The restoration of King Gbehanzin Palace – Royal Palaces of Abomey
Edited by Junzo Kawada, Published by CRATerre-ENSAG and UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
This publication describes the first restoration project ...
Adadi Maryam
This rock-hewn church is a 600-year-old sanctuary in the building tradition of the northern part of Ethiopia, and marks the advent of ...
Gondar - Palaces and castles
During unsettled periods between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries, Ethiopian rulers moved their royal camps frequently. King Fasil ...
Harar - The walled town
The town of Harar dates from before the thirteenth century. Its strategic location between the coastal lowlands and central highlands led to its ...
Lake Tana - Churches and Monasteries
The Lake Tana area was important in the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in view of its role in maintaining the Christian faith ...
Lalibela - Rock-hewn churches
Following the decline of the Aksumite Empire, power shifted in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries to Roha in Lasta District.
This was renamed ...
Tiya - Prehistoric site
The largest and most representative collection of stelae are to be found near the village of Tiya.
Originally forty-six stelae were erected in ...
Rehabilitation of the Saint Sebastian Fortress, Island of Mozambique
This colourful brochure published by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre illustrates the background, aims, results and challenges of the ...
Business Planning for World Heritage Site Managers - a Toolkit
This project focused on strengthening the business planning capacity of non-profit organisations (government agencies, NGOs) charged with the ...
Case Studies on Climate Change and World Heritage
Originally published in 2007 in English, this publication has now been reprinted for the third time in English and translated into ...
CAWHFI component co-financed by the United Nation Foundation
CAWHFI’s first component focused its action on the improvement of the management of the Sangha Trinational, Gamba-Mayumba-Conkouati and ...
CAWHFI component financed by the French Global Environmental Fund (FFEM)
Early in the implementation of Central African World Heritage Initiative’s first phase, the project partners felt the need to better integrate ...
CAWHFI Component Project Financed by the European Commission
This third component, financed by the European Commission, allowed the activities of CAWHFI to continue, while strengthening initiatives in favor ...
World Heritage in the Congo Basin
This publication is intended for both biodiversity specialists and the general public. It provides detailed information on two important ...
Report on the Historic Urban Landscape Workshops and Field Activities on the Swahili coast in ...
On 10 November 2011 UNESCO’s General Conference adopted theRecommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape, six years after the General Assembly ...
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