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Category: Forests
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  • Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: Protecting World Heritage in the ...
    In 2000, UNESCO and the United Nation's Foundation (UNF), launched an innovating project "Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: Conserving World Heritage sites in the Democratic Republic of Congo". This pilot project of conservation of natural heritage ...

  • Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative (CAWHFI)
    The Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative is the result of a long consultation between the World Heritage Centre of UNESCO and various partners. This Initiative aims to improve the management of protected areas of the Congo Basin that could be recognized as ...

  • The World Heritage Forest Programme
    One new World Heritage site with important forest components was inscribed at the 35th World Heritage Committee meeting in June, 2011. The Ogasawara Islands (Japan) were recognized in part due to their forest ecosystems. This new inscription brings the number of World ...

  • Thematic Initiative on Religious and Sacred Heritage
    Religious and Sacred Heritage - symbol of peace, mutual knowledge and constructive dialogue "As cultures encompass lifestyles, different ways of living together, value systems, traditions and beliefs, the protection and promotion of their rich diversity invite us to rise to ...

  • World Heritage – Pacific 2009 Programme
    Despite its extraordinary cultural and biological diversity and richness, the Pacific is the most under-represented sub-region on the World Heritage List. To redress this imbalance, World Heritage Global Strategy meetings were held in the Pacific - in Fiji in July 1997 and ...

  • Activities in Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
    Honduras' forest administration (COHDEFOR) and local NGOs, such as MOPAWI, are seeking sustainable alternatives for the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve. The most important remaining strand of humid tropical forest in the region, Río Plátano is home to 2,000 indigenous ...

  • Activities in Sian Ka'an
    At Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, reserve staff and local partners, such as Amigos de Sian Ka'an, are developing strategies to mitigate the pressures from mass tourism on the site's tropical forests, mangrove canals and coral ...

  • Activities in Tikal National Park
    At Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the Institute of Anthropology and History, part of the culture ministry, is working to protect one of the world's most important ancient Mayan sites and part of the largest contiguous tropical rainforest in Central America, the Maya ...

  • Publication : Patrimoine mondial naturel d'Afrique centrale
    Dans le cadre de l'Initiative pour le patrimoine mondial forestier d'Afrique centrale (CAWHFI), le Centre du Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO a organisé un atelier qui visait à identifi er et caractériser les aires protégées ou complexes ...