Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest
Heritage of Religious Interest
UNESCO Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest
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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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World Heritage Centre’s Natural Heritage Strategy
In October 2006 the World Heritage Centre published the UNESCO World Heritage Centre's Natural Heritage Strategy, which was endorsed by the World ...
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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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2010 International Year of Biodiversity
The United Nations has declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB). The term biodiversity describes the variety of all life and ...
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 ...
Africa Nature
Africa Nature
Africa nature: a capacity building program for natural World Heritage in Africa
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Côte ...
Assistance to the project for the creation of a global network of World Heritage forests. ...
The objective of this project was to establish a global network of World Heritage forests to assist the World Heritage Forest Programme.In 1998, ...
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 ...
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, ...
Case study: Dorset
Located on the south coast of the United Kingdom, the nominated site comprises approximately 155km of undeveloped coastline and countryside. The ...
Case study: Galapagos
Situated in the Pacific Ocean some 1,000 km from the South American continent, these islands and the surrounding marine reserve have been called ...
Case study: Sian Ka'an
Located on the east coast of the Yucatán peninsula, this biosphere reserve contains tropical forests, mangroves and marshes, as well as a large ...
Case study: Tongariro
In 1993 Tongariro became the first property to be inscribed on the World Heritage List under the revised criteria describing cultural landscapes. ...
Case study: Tubbataha
The Tubbataha Reef Marine Park covers 96.828 ha, including the North and South Reefs. It is a unique example of an atoll reef with a very high ...
Case study: Ujung Kulon
This national park, located in the extreme south-western tip of Java on the Sunda shelf, includes the Ujung Kulon peninsula and several offshore ...
Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative (CAWHFI)
Central Africa World Heritage Forest InitiativeCAWHFI
Tri-national de la Sangha © Ralf Fisher
Vision
“A transborder network of ...
Control and Eradication of Invasives Species:A Necessary Condition for Conserving Endemic ...
The project was developed in response to the threats resulting from the introduction of alien species and is laying the foundations for the ...
Disaster Risk Management Plan for Quebrada de Humahuaca
Disaster Risk Management Plan for Quebrada de Humahuaca
(Argentina)
This project aims to fund the elaboration of a Risk ...
Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape Project
This 3-year project by UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Conservation International, and with financing from the UN Foundation and Global ...
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 ...
High Seas
World Heritage in the High Seas
An Idea Whose Time Has Come
© NektonMission
Paris, 3 August- Sunken coral islands, floating ...
Marine heritage: Support to the Central Pacific project and support to the World Heritage ...
The France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement provided support to the valorisation of the Pacific Marine Heritage and support to the World Heritage ...
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 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 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 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 inscription of the Southern Oasis of Morocco
At the initiative of the Permanent Delegation of Morocco and the “Agence pour la promotion et le développement économique culturel et social des ...
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 (RRF) Protecting natural World Heritage sites in times of crisis
Rapid Response Facility (RRF)
Protecting natural World Heritage sites in times of crisis
Natural World Heritage sites face ...
Rapid Response Facility
Rapid Response Facility
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Natural World Heritage sites represent the world's pre-eminent areas of biodiversity, and ...
Restauration and revitalisation of the Complex of Hué Monuments and historical town, Viet Nam
Hué, Viet Nam, is one of the last large fortified citadel cities of south-east Asia which was the imperial capital until 1945. The Complex of Hué ...
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 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 ...
State of conservation Information System
Conservation, at the core of the World Heritage Convention
Article 4 of the World Heritage Convention refers to the conservation of properties ...
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 for the management of the Archaeological Site of Zeugma and its ...
Zeugma is an ancient city situated on the Euphrates south of Turkey. It is composed of two cities on either side of the Euphrates: Seleucia and ...
Technical assistance for the management of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railways, the Mountain ...
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) was the first of three mountain railways of India to be inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999. The ...
TEMATEA Project on Issue-Based Modules for coherent implementation of biodiversity related ...
The TEMATEA Project on Issue-Based Modules supports a better and more coherent national implementation of biodiversity-related conventions ...
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 ...
UNESCO for Haiti
Making Culture a Motor for Reconstruction
Haiti, the "land of a thousand colours"
"Haiti will certainly not die, because its painters started ...
World Heritage and Biodiversity
World Heritage and Biodiversity
Conservation of ecosystem integrity and biodiversity
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Biological diversity underpins ...
World Heritage and Extractive Industries
World Heritage and Extractive Industries
© Martin (necktru / Llanganuco, Parc national de Huascarán
Over the years, and ...
World Heritage and Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
64% of the world’s wetlands have disappeared since the beginning of the last century. In most regions across the world, wetlands continue to ...
World Heritage and the Arctic
World Heritage and the Arctic
© Maksim Antipin / Beringia National Park (Берингия)
4 April 2017, Monaco -- The Arctic Ocean ...
World Heritage Biodiversity Programme for India (WHBPI)
Will contribute resources towards site management, capacity building, alternative livelihoods for communities, research and fundraising ...
World Heritage Fossil Sites Workshop
The meeting participants wished to bring to the attention of all relevant organisations and authorities concerned with World Heritage, fossil ...
World Heritage Sites and Biosphere Reserves
Sites on the World Heritage List are cultural, natural or mixed properties recognized by the World Heritage Committee has being of ...
World Heritage – Pacific 2009 Programme
Despite its extraordinary cultural and biological diversity and richness, the Pacific is the most under-represented sub-region on the World ...
“Public works and heritage”. International seminar in Paris, (France) on bridges
Connecting river banks and cultures, bridge are a work which has, today, acquired great symbolic value, whether as historical testimony or ...
Activities in Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
Honduras' forest administration (COHDEFOR) and local NGOs, such as MOPAWI, are seeking sustainable alternatives for the Río Plátano Biosphere ...
Activities in Sian Ka'an
At Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, reserve staff and local partners, such as Amigos de Sian Ka'an, are ...
Activities in Tikal National Park
At Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the Institute of Anthropology and History, part of the culture ministry, is working to protect one of the ...
Activities in Ujung Kulon National Park and Komodo National Park, Indonesia
At Ujung Kulon National Park Indonesia's Forestry Department and local NGOs are working on strategies to help poor local communities benefit ...
Activities in Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve in Baja California, Mexico, is focusing on developing locally based ecotourism to address threats to the coastal ...
Tunisia - Development of an emergency plan for the safeguard of the Ichkeul National Park
The program consists first in organizing a study preparatory workshop in order to elaborate the strategy that should lead to a sustainable use of ...
Philippines - Embedment Mooring System For Tubbataha World Heritage Site
Rationale: Tubbataha is a no-take area and the only activities allowed are tourism, which generates funds for conservation, and research.
Since ...
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 ...
International Safeguarding Campaign of the City of Venice (1966, Italy)
Venice, with its surrounding lagoon, is unique. In this city on the water, where the idea of terra firma is meaningless, a thousand years has ...
Patrimoine mondial naturel d'Afrique centrale
Dans le cadre de l'Initiative pour le patrimoine mondial forestier d'Afrique centrale (CAWHFI), le Centre du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO a ...
International Year of Biodiversity Travelling Exhibition
UNESCO, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United ...
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