Activities
The World Heritage Centre is at the forefront of the international community’s efforts to protect and preserve.
From emergency assistance to safeguard properties in danger, to long term conservation, management planning, technical assistance, professional training, public and youth education, and awareness-building, the World Heritage Centre and its partners have developed a series of initiatives and have been actively involved in the implementation of projects, participatory workshops, seminars and training courses.
| Title | Sites | State Parties | Description | Category | Date updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomy and World Heritage Thematic Initiative | Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth” The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur |
Astronomy and World Heritage Thematic Initiative Created in 2003 within the framework of the Global Strategy for the ... | Science & technology | 2018-06-28 | |
| Category 2 Centres | Category 2 Centres under the auspices of UNESCO related to World Heritage © UNESCO In recent years, the framework for ... | Convention | 2019-03-19 | ||
| Climate Change and World Heritage | Climate Change Climate Change and World Heritage © NOAA / Andy Collins / Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage properties are ... | Climate Change | 2018-11-26 | ||
| Cultural Landscapes | Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley Matobo Hills St Kilda Tongariro National Park Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras Cultural Landscape of Sintra Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape Pyrénées - Mont Perdu Lushan National Park Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) Costiera Amalfitana Viñales Valley Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) Kuk Early Agricultural Site Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes Sukur Cultural Landscape Royal Hill of Ambohimanga Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland Wachau Cultural Landscape Blaenavon Industrial Landscape Curonian Spit Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba Val d'Orcia Aranjuez Cultural Landscape Alto Douro Wine Region Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape Upper Middle Rhine Valley Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces Quebrada de Humahuaca Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė) Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda Þingvellir National Park The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy Bam and its Cultural Landscape Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape Le Morne Cultural Landscape Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape Mount Wutai Chief Roi Mata’s Domain Papahānaumokuākea Konso Cultural Landscape West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou Ancient Villages of Northern Syria Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca Saloum Delta Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana The Persian Garden Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato Landscape of Grand Pré Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe Cultural Landscape of Maymand The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy Trang An Landscape Complex Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape Singapore Botanic Gardens Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir Pampulha Modern Ensemble Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape |
There exist a great variety of Landscapes that are representative of the different regions of the world. Combined works of nature and humankind, ... | Cultural landscapes | 2018-02-22 | |
| Educational Resource Kit ‘World Heritage in Young Hands’ | Educational Resource Kit ‘World Heritage in Young Hands’ To know, cherish and act Education is the key to personal fulfilment, ... | 2019-03-21 | |||
| Human Evolution: Adaptations, Dispersals and Social Developments (HEADS) | Human Evolution related properties represent a process of evolutionary accretion that took place over a vast period of time, offering vital ... | Rock art Human Evolution |
2018-02-22 | ||
| Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest | Heritage of Religious Interest UNESCO Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest © OUR PLACE / Amos Chapple / Samarkand - Crossroad ... | Forests Cities Site Management Conservation of Cultural Sites Conservation of Natural Sites |
2018-02-26 | ||
| Modern Heritage Programme | At the start of 2001 the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) and DOCOMOMO (Working Party for the ... | Modern Heritage | 2019-02-01 | ||
| Natural World Heritage in the Congo Basin | Virunga National Park Garamba National Park Kahuzi-Biega National Park Salonga National Park Dja Faunal Reserve Okapi Wildlife Reserve Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda Sangha Trinational |
Cameroon Central African Republic Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Gabon |
UNESCO has been taking action in the Congo Basin since 2000 in order to improve the conservation and the management of natural World Heritage ... | Forests Conservation of Natural Sites Natural |
2018-02-22 |
| Reducing Disasters Risks at World Heritage Properties | Reducing Disaster Risk at World Heritage Properties World Heritage properties and heritage sites in general are exposed to the impacts of ... | Site Management Disaster Risk Reduction |
2018-02-22 | ||
| Small Island Developing States Programme | National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers Aldabra Atoll Old Havana and its Fortification System Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios Colonial City of Santo Domingo Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System Morne Trois Pitons National Park Alejandro de Humboldt National Park Viñales Valley San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba East Rennell Kuk Early Agricultural Site Desembarco del Granma National Park Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park Historic Inner City of Paramaribo Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba Central Suriname Nature Reserve Pitons Management Area Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos Aapravasi Ghat Le Morne Cultural Landscape Historic Centre of Camagüey Chief Roi Mata’s Domain Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande Phoenix Islands Protected Area Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site Blue and John Crow Mountains Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison Rock Islands Southern Lagoon Levuka Historical Port Town Singapore Botanic Gardens Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia |
Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Belize Cabo Verde Comoros Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Fiji Grenada Guyana Haiti Jamaica Kiribati Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritius Micronesia (Federated States of) Niue Palau Papua New Guinea Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Seychelles Solomon Islands Suriname Vanuatu Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Bahamas Cook Islands Guinea-Bissau Sao Tome and Principe Singapore Timor-Leste |
Small Island Developing States Programme SIDS © Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are islands of the Caribbean Sea and ... | Small Island Developing States | 2018-02-22 |
| UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize For The Safeguarding And Management of ... | Greece | UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes Cultural Landscape of ... | Cultural landscapes | 2019-01-07 | |
| World Heritage and Indigenous Peoples | World Heritage and Indigenous Peoples © OUR PLACE The World Heritage Collection / Chris Morton / Ngorongoro Conservation Area ... | Site Management Convention |
2018-11-21 | ||
| World Heritage and Sustainable Development | Sustainable Development World Heritage and Sustainable Development © Hani Terraces Administration of Honghe Prefecture/ Li Kun / ... | Sustainable Development | 2019-02-01 | ||
| World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme | Sustainable Tourism UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme © The photo archives of the Governing Body of ... | Sustainable Tourism | 2019-04-16 | ||
| 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 ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2018-11-26 | ||
| World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP) | City of Quito Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela Ancient City of Damascus Mesa Verde National Park Asante Traditional Buildings Medina of Tunis Archaeological Site of Carthage Antigua Guatemala Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis Tchogha Zanbil Persepolis Meidan Emam, Esfahan Old Towns of Djenné Timbuktu Kathmandu Valley Historic Town of Ouro Preto Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro Medina of Fez M'Zab Valley Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda Old Walled City of Shibam Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site Old Havana and its Fortification System Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam Churches and Convents of Goa City of Cuzco Samarra Archaeological City Hatra Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia Historic Centre of Cordoba Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada Royal Palaces of Abomey Medina of Marrakesh Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas Chaco Culture Historic Centre of Évora Old Town of Ghadamès Chan Chan Archaeological Zone Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville Old Town of Cáceres Old City of Sana'a Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán Historic Centre of Puebla City of Potosí Frontiers of the Roman Empire Bahla Fort The Great Wall Mogao Caves Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines Taos Pueblo Medina of Sousse Historic Centre of Lima Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) Itchan Kala Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes Kasbah of Algiers Historic City of Sucre Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns Historic Centre of Morelia Island of Mozambique Historic Centre of Bukhara Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures Historic Town of Zabid Ruins of León Viejo City of Safranbolu Coro and its Port Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area Himeji-jo Angkor Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site Historic Centre of Zacatecas Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks Jongmyo Shrine Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox National Archeological Park of Tierradentro Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar Canal du Midi Itsukushima Shinto Shrine Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro Historic City of Meknes Old Town of Lijiang Ancient City of Ping Yao Classical Gardens of Suzhou Changdeokgung Palace Complex Historic Centre of São Luís Archaeological Site of Volubilis Viñales Valley Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara Historic Site of Lyon Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv” Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina Shrines and Temples of Nikko Sukur Cultural Landscape Royal Hill of Ambohimanga Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso Gyeongju Historic Areas Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi Historic Centre of Guimarães Takht-e Soleyman Complex of Koguryo Tombs Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba Fujian Tulou Yin Xu Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom Tomb of Askia Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba Proto-urban Site of Sarazm Soltaniyeh Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun Kunya-Urgench Bam and its Cultural Landscape Ruins of Loropéni León Cathedral Parthian Fortresses of Nisa Sacred City of Caral-Supe Historic Centre of Camagüey Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco Mount Wutai Fortifications of Vauban Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas) Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex The Persian Garden |
Earthen architecture is one of the most original and powerful expressions of our ability to create a built environment with readily available ... | Earthen Architecture | 2018-02-22 | |
| World Heritage Education Programme | The UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, initiated as a UNESCO special project in 1994, gives young people a chance to voice their ... | Education & Training | 2018-06-26 | ||
| 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 ... | Forests Conservation of Natural Sites Climate Change |
2018-02-22 | ||
| World Heritage Marine Programme | Galápagos Islands Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek Everglades National Park Great Barrier Reef Aldabra Atoll Lord Howe Island Group Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park St Kilda Sian Ka'an Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture Sundarbans National Park Banc d'Arguin National Park Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino Heard and McDonald Islands Shark Bay, Western Australia Ujung Kulon National Park Komodo National Park Macquarie Island Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park Ha Long Bay Gough and Inaccessible Islands Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System The Sundarbans Cocos Island National Park East Rennell New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago iSimangaliso Wetland Park Area de Conservación Guanacaste Península Valdés Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California Shiretoko West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary Socotra Archipelago Surtsey Wadden Sea Phoenix Islands Protected Area Papahānaumokuākea Ogasawara Islands Ningaloo Coast Rock Islands Southern Lagoon Archipiélago de Revillagigedo |
World HeritageMarine Programme 4 focus areas Safeguarding Our core task: ensuring the long-term conservation of World Heritage ... | Marine & coastal | 2019-02-04 | |
| Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape | On 10 November 2011 UNESCO’s General Conference adopted the new Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape by acclamation, the first such ... | Cities | 2019-04-11 | ||
| World Heritage Volunteers Initiative | Within the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) Initiative was launched in 2008 in ... | Education & Training | 2019-05-02 |
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