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Call for Proposals - Capacity building in Risk management and protection systems in Africa
14 September 2021 Call for Proposals - Capacity building in Risk management and protection systems in Africa
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La Noche del Patrimonio online from 15 Spanish World Heritage cities
17 September 2021
La Noche del Patrimonio online from 15 Spanish World Heritage cities
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Establishment of Tentative List of Equatorial Guinea
16 September 2021
Establishment of Tentative List of Equatorial Guinea
Extended 44th session
of the World Heritage Committee
Fuzhou, China/Online
16-31 July 2021
23rd session
of the General Assembly of States Parties
UNESCO, Paris, 2021
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Capacity Building Capacity Building World Heritage Capacity-Building Programme Understanding, managing and conserving ...
World Heritage Marine Programme World Heritage Marine Programme World HeritageMarine Programme 50 flagship marine protected areas of Outstanding ...
World Heritage Cities Programme World Heritage Cities Programme The World Heritage Cities Programme is one of six thematic programmes formally approved and monitored by ...
Category 2 Centres Category 2 Centres In recent years, the framework for training and research in the field of World Heritage has changed ...
Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative (CAWHFI) Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative ... Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative(CAWHFI) Tri-national de la Sangha © Ralf ...
Climate Change and World Heritage Climate Change and World Heritage World Heritage properties are affected by the impacts of climate change at present and in the future. ...
Cultural Landscapes Cultural Landscapes There exist a great variety of Landscapes that are representative of the different regions of the world. ...
Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest There exist a great variety of religious and sacred sites that are representative of the different ...
Natural World Heritage Natural World Heritage The World Heritage Convention is one of the most successful international instruments to recognize the ...
Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape On 10 November 2011 UNESCO’s General Conference adopted the new Recommendation on the Historic Urban ...
Reducing Disasters Risks at World Heritage Properties Reducing Disasters Risks at World Heritage ... Reducing Disaster Risk at World Heritage Properties World Heritage properties and heritage sites in ...
World Heritage and Indigenous Peoples World Heritage and Indigenous Peoples Many cultural and natural World Heritage sites are home to indigenous peoples. As the UNESCO policy on ...
World Heritage and Sustainable Development World Heritage and Sustainable Development Heritage was long absent from the mainstream sustainable development debate despite its crucial ...
World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme The UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme represents a new approach based on dialogue ...
World Heritage Education Programme World Heritage Education Programme The UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, initiated as a UNESCO special project in 1994, gives ...
World Heritage Programme for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) World Heritage Programme for Small Island ... Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are islands of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic, Indian and ...
World Heritage Volunteers Initiative World Heritage Volunteers Initiative Within the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, the World Heritage Volunteers ...