With over 1,200 sites and a mandate to safeguard both natural and cultural heritage, the UNESCO World Heritage Convention is ...

Within the framework of the UNESCO/Netherlands Fund-in-Trust project “Strengthening capacities for the documentation and ...

UNESCO World Heritage Centre has launched a groundbreaking new report Climate Change in Mediterranean World Heritage Cities ...

A new analysis by UNESCO and World Resources Institute (WRI) reveals that 73% of World Heritage sites are highly exposed to ...

The latest edition of the World Heritage Map is now available to order! This new design, poster-sized wall map features all 1,223 World Heritage properties, illustrated with stunning photographs from ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreAfrican Heritage Sites Facing Climate Change is a series of workshops and capacity-building sessions launched in partnership with the Foundation for the Safeguarding of ...

As the climate crisis intensifies, both cultural and natural World Heritage sites face growing and unprecedented challenges. In response, the Heidelberg Center for Cultural Heritage (HCCH) and ICOMOS ...

UNESCO, in collaboration with the Group on Earth Observation (GEO) and the Greek GEO Office (GGO), will launch a new report entitled Climate Change in Mediterranean World Heritage Cities during a high ...

This former duck-hunting reserve of the Maharajas is one of the major wintering areas for large numbers of aquatic birds from Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, China and Siberia. Some 364 species of birds, ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreGough Island Wildlife Reserve 740 United Kingdom N (iii) (iv) The Committee noted that the British authorities had confirmed that the marine area (three nautical miles) is ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreThe World Heritage Committee, Having examined Documents WHC/24/46.COM/8B and WHC/24/46.COM/INF.8B2, Inscribes the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil, on the World ...

Avec plus de 1 200 sites et un mandat de sauvegarde du patrimoine naturel et culturel, la Convention du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO est particulièrement bien placée pour soutenir la mise en œuvre d ...