Peter Debrine
SENIOR PROJECT OFFICER
Policy and Statutory Meetings Unit (CLT/WHC/PSM)
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 (7)
- Developing a Sustainable Tourism Strategy for the Silk Roads Heritage Corridors
- Socio-economic impacts of World Heritage Listing
- 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 (14)
- Vote Now ! UNESCO’s World Heritage Journeys website nominated for Webby Awards 09-Apr-2019
- Experts develop UNESCO tool for managing tourism 18-Jan-2018
- UNESCO and UNWTO Sign Muscat Declaration on Tourism and Culture: Fostering Sustainable Development 13-Dec-2017
- The UNESCO World Heritage Centre participates in a workshop on sustainable tourism development in Slovakia: enhancing livelihoods for local communities 24-Nov-2017
- Wadden Sea World Heritage showcases sustainable tourism at the ITB 2017 12-Mar-2017
Events (10)
- 3rd UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture: for the Benefit of All 03-Dec-2018-05-Dec-2018
- 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