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         <title>Business Skills training sessions begin for World Heritage sites</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Business Skills for World Heritage Programme, a collaboration between international environmental charity Earthwatch, global energy company Shell and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, was kicked off with a training course held in Borneo from 19th to 29th October 2009. The programme seeks to improve the management effectiveness of World Heritage Sites using business planning techniques.
Representatives from three natural World Heritage sites, all in South-east Asia, were each partnered  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/566</link>
         <author>sreid@earthwatch.org.uk (Simon Reid, Earthwatch)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Business Skills for World Heritage Training Programme Launched</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The first World Heritage sites to participate in the Earthwatch &quot;Business Skills for World Heritage&quot; programme were selected today. A total of 9 site managers from Ujung Kulon National Park (Indonesia), Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (Philippines) and Kinabalu Park (Malaysia) will join two Earthwatch training professionals and three Shell company business planning experts on an 11-day training and field research course at the Danum Valley Field Station on the island of  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/508</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>UNESCO offers tsunami assistance to countries in South Asia</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Director-General of UNESCO, Ko&#xef;chiro Matsuura, has offered UNESCO&apos;s support to the countries devastated by the earthquake off the coast of Sumatra and the ensuing tsunami, and expressed his sorrow at the tragic loss of life in the region.   Writing to the King of Thailand, and to the presidents of India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka, the Director-General voiced his &amp;quot;deep sadness&amp;quot; and extended his &amp;quot;profound sympathy&amp;quot; to the families and friends of  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/99</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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