Director-General condemns destruction of vestiges in the Ancient City of Bosra, a Syrian World Heritage site
Thursday, 24 December 2015
Following the Fourth meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the World Heritage Serial Nomination of the Silk Roads in Almaty, Kazakhstan, 24-25 November 2015, more than 50 representatives and experts from twelve countries together with UNESCO representatives, international experts and representatives of IICC Xi’an (China), Secretariat of Silk Roads Coordination Committee, today released a ...
French Marine Protected Areas Agency steps up World Heritage Conservation
Monday, 21 December 2015
The World Heritage Centre organized an international meeting on natural heritage protection and management in the Arab States on 21 December at the UNESCO Headquarters.
The meeting entitled “The Management of Natural Heritage in Support of Sustainable Development: An Institutional Challenge in the Arab States” was co-chaired by Mechtild Rössler, Director of the Heritage Division and World ...
A Grazing Pressure Reduction Strategy updated for Simien Mountains National Park
Monday, 21 December 2015
World Heritage Centre Director Mechtild Rossler discusses impact of climate change on World Heritage sites
Saturday, 19 December 2015
UNESCO in partnership with Think City, a community-based urban rejuvenation organization in Penang, held a conference entitled “UNESCO Regional Conference on Harmonizing Actions to Reduce Risks for Cultural Heritage in Asia and the Pacific” from 7 - 9 December 2015 at Hotel Jen in Penang, Malaysia.
The conference provided a platform from which to raise awareness across several disaster, ...
#FestiveVirunga Matching Challenge Launches Today!
Friday, 18 December 2015
On 12 December 2015, the participants of the International Conference on “Culture for Sustainable Cities” (10-12 December 2015, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China) adopted the “Hangzhou Outcomes”, culminating in nine key recommendations to build on the power of culture for sustainable urban development.
The International Conference on “Culture for Sustainable Cities” in Hangzhou, People’s ...
The European Commission supports a new phase of the Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative
Friday, 18 December 2015
United Nations exhibition highlights the protection of cultural heritage
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Malagasy government stepping up the conservation of the Rainforests of the Atsinanana
Friday, 11 December 2015
Call for Participants: Regional Youth Forum for World Heritage in Africa (Deadline 31 January 2016)
Friday, 11 December 2015
Congonhas Museum will be inaugurated at World Heritage site
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Qatar Development Fund boosts UNESCO Heritage Emergency Fund
Tuesday, 8 December 2015
COP21: President of Kiribati reaffirms commitment to World Heritage conservation
Monday, 7 December 2015
Armed conflict and natural disasters pose a dire threat to cultural heritage throughout the Asia-Pacific region. News stories are becoming all too frequent of priceless cultural treasures being damaged or lost forever and there are currently few measures in place to mitigate the effects of and recover from these dangers – even UNESCO World Heritage sites too often lack these ...
On 5 December 2015, Director of UNESCO World Heritage Centre Mechtild Rössler met with Mr Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to discuss synergies among biodiversity-related Conventions, and joint work on reporting mechanisms. Both agreed to envisage to report to their statutory bodies and to prepare for joint events at the World ...
UNESCO organized an International Expert Meeting on the Responsibility to Protect as applied to the Protection of Cultural Heritage from 26 to 27 November 2015. The primary purpose of the meeting was to discuss the concept of Responsibility to Protect and its possible application to the protection of cultural heritage.
Participants included 22 distinguished specialists and practitioners ...