Peter Debrine
SENIOR PROJECT OFFICER
Latin America and the Caribbean Unit (CLT/HER/WHC/LAC)
Mr. DeBrine joined the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in 2011 as a Programme Specialist where he is spearheading the development of a new World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme. Previously he was the Director of the World Heritage Alliance at the United Nations Foundation-a global community of travelers, members of the travel industry, government groups, non-governmental organizations, and the United Nations working together to preserve and protect World Heritage sites while supporting local communities.
With extensive experience in sustainable development and tourism, Mr. DeBrine held the position of Deputy Director of the International Tourism Partnership for the Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum where he worked with major hotel companies to create practical sustainability strategies and tools for the tourism industry. Previously, Mr. DeBrine worked as a Forestry Officer for the UN Food and Agriculture Organization where he helped shape an international partnership for sustainable development in mountain regions. This builds on his many years as an environmental campaigner for WWF working on climate change, endangered species and sustainable tourism issues in the US and Europe. Mr. DeBrine holds an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the University of Colorado.
Activities (6)
- Developing a Sustainable Tourism Strategy for the Silk Roads Heritage Corridors
- Sustainable Tourism Capacity Building
- Towards a Nordic-Baltic pilot region for World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism
- UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Sites in Europe
- World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme
- World Heritage and Tourism in a Changing Climate
News (10)
- Wadden Sea World Heritage showcases sustainable tourism at the ITB 2017 Sunday, 12 March 2017
- UNESCO Joins Launch of International Year of Sustainable Tourism 2017 Wednesday, 18 January 2017
- Nordic World Heritage Association is Founded Saturday, 24 September 2016
- UNESCO World Heritage Wadden Sea partners with the UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme at the ITB Berlin Wednesday, 2 March 2016
- Director-General meets Slovak Republic Delegation to discuss Sustainable Tourism at World Heritage Sites Friday, 5 February 2016
Events (9)
- Second UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture: Fostering Sustainable Development in Muscat, Oman 11-Dec-2017-12-Dec-2017
- Tourism and Information Technologies at UNESCO World Heritage sites 06-Dec-2017-06-Dec-2017
- UNESCO at the world’s largest tourism fair - ITB Berlin 2017 08-Mar-2017-12-Mar-2017
- Living Cultural Landscapes and the Challenge of Tourism 15-Dec-2015-15-Dec-2015
- UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture: Building a New Partnership 04-Feb-2015-06-Feb-2015