Technical assistance for the preparation and establishment of a management plan for Coro and ...
With its earthen constructions unique to the Caribbean, the town of Coro, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), is the only surviving example of a ...
Astronomy and World Heritage Thematic Initiative
Created in 2003 within the framework of the Global Strategy for the balanced, representative and credible World Heritage List, as a pilot ...
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Basic Texts of the 1972 World Heritage Convention, Edition October 2017
Download Edition October 2017
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Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage ...
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Category 2 Centres
Category 2 Centres
under the auspices of UNESCO related to World Heritage
© UNESCO
In recent years, the framework for ...
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Climate Change and World Heritage
Climate Change
Climate Change and World Heritage
© NOAA / Andy Collins / Papahānaumokuākea
World Heritage properties are ...
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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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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 ...
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Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest
Heritage of Religious Interest
UNESCO Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest
© OUR PLACE / Amos Chapple / Samarkand - Crossroad ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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Sharing best practices in World Heritage management
The World Heritage Capacity Building Strategy, adopted by the World Heritage Committee in 2011, responds to the identified needs of a diverse ...
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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 and Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development
World Heritage and Sustainable Development
© Hani Terraces Administration of Honghe Prefecture/ Li Kun / ...
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World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme
Sustainable Tourism
UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme
© The photo archives of the Governing Body of ...
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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 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 Education Programme
The UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, initiated as a UNESCO special project in 1994, gives young people a chance to voice their ...
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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 in Europe Today
World Heritage attracts and fascinates: media around the world publish thousands of articles about it every year and countries invest a great ...
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