Government of Norway
Since Norway joined the World Heritage Committee in 2017, it has significantly stepped up its support for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention. On 16 July 2019, Norway provided a grant of US$ 2.9 million (NOK 25 million) to the World Heritage Fund as part of a partnership agreement supporting UNESCO's work in various fields, including heritage preservation. Norway is a member of the World Heritage Committee for the period 2017-2021.
As agreed with Norway, these funds are dedicated to the preservation of World Heritage sites in Africa, in particular natural World Heritage sites inscribed on the List of World Heritage in danger or severely threatened.
The Norway funding is instrumental to allow the World Heritage Centre to provide vital support to priority sites. Substantial funding is provided to support emergency activities for Manovo - Gounda St. Floris National Park (Central African Republic), a site on the List in Danger that has been severely impacted by poaching and civil conflicts.
Further support is earmarked for the Garamba National Park and the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in DRC, both also inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger. The funding is also helping to address urgent conservation issues in the Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (Senegal) and Lake Malawi National Park (Malawi).
Community conservation and management activities are supported in Maloti - Drakensberg (South Africa / Lesotho) and Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba (Togo). Emergency support is also provided to Historic City of Grand-Bassam (Côte d'Ivoire), which was recently affected by severe floods.
A communication campaign is also planned to promote the List of World Heritage in Danger and its usefulness as a conservation mechanism. Norway is also supporting the Rapid Response Facility.
Norway is also providing separate funding for staff support with natural heritage expertise to the Africa Unit of the Centre.
Partnerships / Activities (15)
- Conflict mitigation in Okapi Wildlife Reserve
- Securing Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park
- Developing Sustainable Fisheries in Lake Malawi National Park (Malawi)
- Ecological Monitoring in Garamba National Park, DRC
- Engaging Local Communities in the Stewardship of World Heritage (COMPACT)
- Engaging local communities in the conservation of the Maloti-Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site
- Improvement of the conservation of Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba
- Improving Elephant conservation in the W Benin National Park Complex
- Natural World Heritage
- Preservation Of The Historic Town Of Grand-Bassam
- Protection measures against the impacts of agricultural and agro industrial projects in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
- Rapid Response Facility (RRF)
- Silk Roads
- Uplifting the perception of the List of World Heritage in Danger
- Uplifting the perception of the List of World Heritage in Danger
News (7)
- Norway increases support of natural heritage in Africa 01-Dec-2020
- Strengthening firefighting to prevent destruction in Brazil’s Pantanal 16-Sep-2020
- Saving the lives of Tigers and People in the Sundarbans 19-Aug-2020
- Safeguarding the Endangered Mountain Gorilla during COVID-19 Crisis 23-Jun-2020
- Emergency response to tragic attack in Virunga National Park 14-May-2020
- UNESCO grants emergency funds to assist Argentinean Biosphere Reserve threatened by poaching 17-Mar-2020
- Norway strengthens its support for the protection of Natural World Heritage 29-Jul-2019
Events (2)
- 2nd UNESCO Sub-Regional Workshop on Serial Nomination for Rock Art Sites in Central Asia 06-Sep-2010-10-Sep-2010
- UNESCO Sub-regional Workshop on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads 18-May-2009-24-May-2009
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