The World Heritage Centre has launched an Online Consultation with key World Heritage stakeholders on the updating of the “Policy Document on the Impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage properties”. The consultation, which is taking place until 20 January 2020, will gather feedback and comments from key World Heritage stakeholders of the World Heritage Convention on this crucial ...
World Heritage Centre vigilant on oil spill in the Galapagos Islands
Thursday, 26 December 2019
Happy Holidays from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Friday, 20 December 2019
UNESCO launches Culture|2030 Indicators publication
Wednesday, 18 December 2019
In response to the results of the independent technical review of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) commissioned by IUCN, the World Heritage Centre expresses grave concern over the state of conservation of Tanzania’s Selous Game Reserve World Heritage site and the impacts of the Rufiji Hydropower on the property.
The review concludes that the strategic environmental assessment of ...
Stepping up management of Komodo’s outstanding marine environment
Monday, 16 December 2019
Experts discuss Climate Change, World Heritage and Tourism at UNESCO
Monday, 16 December 2019
International Mountain Day 2019
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
International Anamed Symposium produces outcomes for archaeological sites
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Arab World Heritage Young Professionals Forum begins
Monday, 2 December 2019
Nine new members elected to World Heritage Committee
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Bushfires in the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
Saturday, 23 November 2019
Join the World Heritage Volunteers Campaign 2020
Saturday, 23 November 2019
Experts stress key role of World Heritage in meeting global biodiversity objectives
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
The 2019 UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes was awarded on 18 November to Instituto do Património Cultural in Cabo Verde for its outstanding contribution to the safeguarding, management and sustainable development of the Natural Park of Cova, Paul and Ribeira da Torre.
The award ceremony took place at UNESCO ...
Ashoka Trust (India) to receive 2019 UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation
Monday, 18 November 2019
47th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention
Saturday, 16 November 2019
UNESCO closely follows tides and flooding in Venice World Heritage site
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
New project announced for Renewable Energy Transition and World Heritage
Friday, 8 November 2019
Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean reaffirm commitment to Tentative Lists
Friday, 8 November 2019
The 2019 UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Cultural Landscape Prize to be awarded 18 November
Wednesday, 6 November 2019
UNESCO expresses solidarity with Japan as fire rips through World Heritage site in Okinawa
Thursday, 31 October 2019
World Cities Day
Thursday, 31 October 2019
Recent flooding threatens the World Heritage property of the Historic Town of Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire. UNESCO is sending a mission to provide technical assistance to national and local authorities in assessing the damage and collecting all the data necessary for the preparation of a risk management plan that better takes account of the flood issue.
On the weekend of 11 to 13 October, ...
Group of experts on Cultural Heritage meet at European Commission
Saturday, 19 October 2019
Female military trained by UNESCO in protecting cultural property
Friday, 18 October 2019
The first guide for the insurance industry to protect our world’s priceless and irreplaceable assets was launched today at a major event by UN Environment’s Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) in São Paulo, Brazil, convening leading insurers, investors and banks.
The pioneering guide, Protecting our World Heritage, insuring a sustainable future, builds on last year’s launch of the first insurance ...
UNESCO closely monitoring ongoing threats to Venice World Heritage site
Monday, 14 October 2019
World Migratory Bird Day, 12 October: Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution
Saturday, 12 October 2019
International Day of Disaster Reduction, 13 October
Friday, 11 October 2019
Ethiopia hosts technical workshop for potential natural World Heritage sites
Tuesday, 1 October 2019
Climate education is about awareness of heritage
Monday, 30 September 2019
World Tourism Day 2019 : Tourism and jobs
Friday, 27 September 2019
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the UNESCO Cluster Office in Tehran, in cooperation with the Iranian National Commission for UNESCO and the Iranian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, are organizing the 6th meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the Serial Transnational World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads from 23 to 26 September 2019 in Hamedan, Iran.
The ...
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park Superintendent wins prestigious KfW-Bernhard-Grzimek-Preis
Monday, 23 September 2019
Salalah Guidelines: International Workshop on managing archaeological sites opens in Oman
Tuesday, 17 September 2019
Third Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise kicks off in Africa
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Tourist guides from World Heritage Sites in Iran participated in the “World Heritage Specialist Guide Training Program” in Kermanshah from 04 to 08 August 2019 to upgrade their knowledge of World Heritage Sites and acquire new skills needed to become a specialized World Heritage tour guide.The participants composed a mixed group coming from the Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and ...
Glacier Bay and West Norwegian Fjords sign Partnership Agreement
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
World’s flagship marine protected areas gather in milestone conference toward United Nations 2030 Agenda
Tuesday, 10 September 2019
Royal opening for new visitors centre at Kinderdijk-Elshout (Netherlands)
Tuesday, 10 September 2019
Capacity-building programme in Mexico and Central America launched in Zacatecas
Tuesday, 10 September 2019
New museum celebrates 100 years of Bauhaus movement
Monday, 9 September 2019
[in French only] Plan d’urgence pour les communautés des Falaises de Bandiagara au Mali
Friday, 6 September 2019
Call for Participants: Arab World Heritage Young Professionals Forum
Friday, 6 September 2019
Within the framework of the Project for the Preservation and Support of the Tourist Sector (PAST), the UNESCO Office in Port-au-Prince is seeking to recruit a consultant - an expert in the conservation of historical heritage - Senior Coordinator of the Project for the Preservation of Heritage and Support to the Tourist Sector (PAST), hence the attached Terms of Reference.
Any interested ...
This 23 August, we honour the memory of the men and women who, in Saint-Domingue in 1791, revolted and paved the way for the end of slavery and dehumanization. We honour their memory and that of all the other victims of slavery, for whom they stand.The fight against trafficking and slavery is universal and ongoing. It is the reason for which UNESCO led the efforts ...
Audrey Azoulay, the Director-General of UNESCO, will undertake an official visit to Uzbekistan to take part in the International Conference on the Preservation of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage, alongside Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, on 26 August. A significant number of culture and tourism ministers from across the region and beyond are also expected to ...
New Arabic publication on effective management of World Heritage marine sites
Monday, 19 August 2019
Across the world, young people are faced with inequalities in education. Yet, they are also key actors in the transformation of education that we are calling for.
Their ideas and innovative spirit need to be heard in order to reach our common goas inscribed in Agenda 2030, which is our greatest opportunity to build more inclusive and fair societies. Education is the heart of UNESCO’s action ...
Since 1982, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples has provided us with a unique opportunity to raise global awareness of the contributions made by indigenous peoples towards building peace and developing sustainable and resilient societies.
On this Day, we take steps to recognise and acknowledge indigenous peoples as knowledge-holders who have contributed to the ...
Seabourn extends UNESCO partnership to continue support of World Heritage preservation
Tuesday, 6 August 2019
Norway strengthens its support for the protection of Natural World Heritage
Monday, 29 July 2019
Mangroves are rare, spectacular and prolific ecosystems on the boundary between land and sea. These extra ordinary ecosystems contribute to the wellbeing, food security, and protection of coastal communities worldwide. They support a rich biodiversity and provide a valuable nursery habitat for fish and crustaceans. Mangroves also act as a form of natural coastal defense against storm surges, ...
UNESCO calls for concerted action to strengthen the resilience of coral reefs
Friday, 19 July 2019
On 3 July 2019, during its 43rd session in Baku, Azerbaijan, the World Heritage Committee inscribed the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California in Mexico on the List of World Heritage in Danger. One of the main reasons for this decision is the current vulnerable situation of the vaquita species, whose population, according to the most recent scientific evidence, has drastically ...
World Heritage Young Professionals Forum 2019
Thursday, 18 July 2019
Indigenous peoples stress that language is key to safeguarding World Heritage
Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Fuzhou (China) to host 2020 session of World Heritage Committee
Tuesday, 9 July 2019
Have You Tried the New Policy Compendium Online Tool?
Monday, 8 July 2019
Two cultural sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List
Sunday, 7 July 2019
Six cultural sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List
Sunday, 7 July 2019
Seven more cultural sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List
Saturday, 6 July 2019
Seven cultural sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
Saturday, 6 July 2019
Five sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
Friday, 5 July 2019
During its morning session, the World Heritage Committee, meeting in Baku until 10 July, inscribed two natural sites in China and in the Islamic Republic of Iran on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List:
Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I) (China)—The site features an intertidal mudflat system considered to be the largest in the world. These ...
Six countries share experiences and celebrate Qhapaq Ñan cooperation
Thursday, 4 July 2019
The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Baku since 30 June, has decided to inscribe the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (Mexico) on the List of World Heritage in Danger due to concerns about the imminent extinction of the vaquita, an endemic porpoise in the Gulf of California.
Mexico has made efforts to protect these threatened species, notably by creating a refuge for ...
World Heritage Committee adopts by consensus decisions on the Middle East
Wednesday, 3 July 2019
The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Baku since 30 June, decided to remove the site of Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works (Chile) from the List of World Heritage in Danger thanks to the national authorities’ measures to ensure its sustainable conservation and management.
The Saltpeter Works were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2005 and, simultaneously, on the List of ...
The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Baku since 30 June, today decided to remove the Birthplace of Jesus: the Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem (Palestine) from the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The Committee said its decision was due to the high quality of work carried out on the Nativity Church, the restoration of its roof, exterior facades, mosaics and ...
UNESCO launches work of World Heritage Committee in Baku
Sunday, 30 June 2019
Prevention Means Preserving: African Academics
Thursday, 27 June 2019
Tuesday, June 25 - Recent flooding and the security situation threaten the preservation of the Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam, Afghanistan. UNESCO will send a mission to the site and launch a safeguarding project, thanks to funding from the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas (ALIPH) of USD 1.9 million.
The Minaret of Jam is exposed to several ...
The World Heritage Committee will examine 36 nominations for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during its 43rd session, which will take place in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, from 30 June to 10 July under the chair of Abulfas Garayev, Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan.
The Committee will furthermore examine the state of conservation of 166 sites already inscribed on the World ...
Heritage authorities from six heritage cities in Asia, Pacific and Africa gather in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, from 20 to 21 June 2019 to attend a workshop entitled “Experience Sharing Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Strategy among Heritage Cities in Southeast Asia, Pacific and Africa“ held by UNESCO Office Jakarta in collaboration with George Town World Heritage Incorporated ...
Re-setting targets to protect biodiversity post-2020
Tuesday, 18 June 2019
UNESCO, Africa and China agree on projects to safeguard World Heritage in Africa
Friday, 14 June 2019
Following the devastating fire at Mount Kenya National Park in February 2019 and the subsequent rampaging wildfire at Simien Mountains National Park in April 2019, UNESCO organized a capacity-building workshop in disaster risk management for World Heritage site managers and other stakeholders from Kenya and Ethiopia from 11 to 14 June 2019 at Mount Kenya World Heritage site in Nanyuki ...
A new network of young cultural heritage professionals emerges from a UNESCO/EU project
Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Celebrating women scientists in World Heritage marine sites
Saturday, 8 June 2019
The Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting (2018 – 2024), a global World Heritage conservation monitoring exercise carried out in six-year cycles, begin in this second half of September 2019 with reporting in the Africa region.
35 African States Parties with 95 World Heritage properties (52 cultural, 38 natural and 5 mixed properties) as well as the site(s) inscribed at the 43rd session of the ...
World Environment Day: Cleaner air for our cities and ourselves
Wednesday, 5 June 2019
The Yaksu-ri and Susan-ri tombs, two exceptional testaments to the civilisation of the Koguryo kingdom, were successfully conserved thanks to the UNESCO/Republic of Korea Funds-in-Trust project “Safeguarding of Koguryo Tombs in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)”, coordinated by UNESCO and implemented since 2000 in three consecutive phases. The property includes about 30 tombs ...
Angola, Botswana and Namibia co-manage shared river system of the Okavango Delta
Tuesday, 4 June 2019
In Memoriam: Michael Petzet
Friday, 31 May 2019
World Heritage: UNESCO to host Africa-China World Heritage cooperation forum
Tuesday, 28 May 2019
Join UNESCO to celebrate women in ocean science at World Oceans Day 2019
Friday, 24 May 2019
#MyAfricanHeritage Instagram Video Contest winners
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
International Day for Biological Diversity 2019: Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
The World Heritage Centre organized a series of testing sessions for the on‑line tool of the World Heritage Policy Compendium. These testing sessions, which took place between April and May 2019, gathered feedback and comments from key World Heritage stakeholders on the Policy Compendium On‑line Tool, currently being developed by the World Heritage Centre.
The consultation is carried out ...
2018-2019 World Heritage Map Published
Friday, 17 May 2019
European Young Heritage Professionals Forum to begin in Zadar, Croatia
Friday, 17 May 2019
The panel on ‘Heritage and Water’ during the UNESCO International Water Conference (13-14 May at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris) highlighted the spiritual and cultural significance of water at many heritage sites, and called for enhancing cooperation between planners and practitioners to demonstrate the importance of water management systems to policymakers.They also emphasized the need to ...
World Migratory Bird Day, 11 May 2019
Friday, 10 May 2019
Peru sets long-term vision with 18 sites for Tentative List
Thursday, 9 May 2019
Launched at UNESCO in Paris on Monday 6 May, the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) sends an alarming message to the world. Ecosystems and biodiversity are deteriorating faster than at any time in human history, undermining humanity’s well-being and future ...
Describing nature’s decline as unprecedented and citing among many indicators, 1,000,000 species threatened with extinction, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) laid bare the threats to all life on earth in its Global Assessement Report, released at UNESCO headquarters today.
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay says the report put ...
Since 2016, we have been celebrating African World Heritage Day on 5 May. Proclaimed by the General Conference at its 38th session in 2015, this day was established to raise public awareness, among young people in particular, of the immense potential of the African cultural and natural heritage. For this fourth celebration, we would like not only to celebrate the richness of this heritage, ...
Join the World Heritage Volunteers Campaign 2019
Thursday, 2 May 2019
Today at UNESCO HQ in Paris, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) opened its Seventh session. During the session the members of the Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions (including the eight Biodiversity-related Conventions, the CBD, the World Heritage Convention, CITES, CMS, the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, IPPC, the ...
International Earth Day 2019: Protect Our Species
Monday, 22 April 2019
Rural Landscapes and Sustainable Development: International Day for Monuments and Sites 2019
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Fire ravages Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
Publication of the Proceedings of the Shanghai HUL Expert Meeting
Thursday, 11 April 2019
World Heritage Site Managers of the Arab States Region Meet for a Workshop on Periodic Reporting
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Vote Now ! UNESCO’s World Heritage Journeys website nominated for Webby Awards
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
World Heritage Young Professionals Forum
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
Update on East Rennell oil spill, Solomon Islands
Thursday, 4 April 2019
In response to the fires in Mount Kenya National Park in early March, the Kenyan authorities - Mount Kenya Trust - submitted a grant application to the Rapid Response Facility (RRF) and obtained the maximum amount of US$30,000. This support will make it possible to finance hours of helicopter flights to monitor the Park's risk areas and intervene with water bombers in the event of new fire ...
World Heritage Review: Tell us what you think
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
Kolkata Recommendation adopted for Global Strategy in South Asia
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
National Focal Points of the Arab States Region Meet for Periodic Reporting Workshop
Monday, 11 March 2019
International Women's Day 2019: Paying tribute to female site managers
Friday, 8 March 2019
Together for heritage!
The European Young Heritage Professionals Forum will take place from 20 to 24 May 2019 in Zadar, Croatia to explore potential synergies and challenges of working on tangible and intangible cultural heritage in the European context.
The Forum will enable participants to enhance project management and communication skills by working on their own heritage projects with ...
Call for proposals, deadline 7 April: IUCN SOS - Save Our Species
Wednesday, 6 March 2019
UNESCO Director-General deplores fires in Mount Kenya National Park
Tuesday, 5 March 2019
Concern for oil spill near East Rennell, Solomon Islands, in central Pacific
Monday, 4 March 2019
World Wildlife Day 2019: Life below water, for people and planet (3 March 2019)
Friday, 1 March 2019
World Heritage Centre supports Colombia’s efforts to improve security in national parks
Tuesday, 26 February 2019
Safeguarding of transboundary heritage sites for sustainable development and peace in Africa
Monday, 25 February 2019
Concern for oil spill in East Rennell, Solomon Islands, in central Pacific
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Cultural Days in the Royal Palaces of Abomey (Benin)
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Rio de Janeiro: mountains, sea... and architecture
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Bauhaus celebrates its 100th anniversary
Friday, 15 February 2019
UNESCO’s Heritage Emergency Fund supports Koutammakou (Togo) damage assessment
Friday, 8 February 2019
World Heritage Global Strategy in South Asia
Friday, 8 February 2019
World Wetlands Day 2019: “Wetlands and Climate Change”
Friday, 1 February 2019
Marine World Heritage 2019 Annual Report
Thursday, 31 January 2019
Decisions adopted by Ashgabat Silk Roads Coordinating Committee
Tuesday, 29 January 2019
In Memoriam: Bradnee Chambers, 1966-2019
Monday, 28 January 2019
Following the decision adopted by the World Heritage Committee at its 42nd session (Manama, 2018), a high-level World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission, led by the Deputy Director of the World Heritage Centre, is being dispatched to the World Heritage property "Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz" (Uzbekistan) on 21-26 January 2019, at the invitation of the Uzbek government.
The ...
A pioneering insurance industry guide to protect our planet’s most special places through its risk management, insurance and investment activities will be created in 2019 with leading insurers.
This follows the 2018 launch of the world’s first insurance industry statement of commitment to protect World Heritage Sites developed by UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance ...
From 9 to 11 January 2019, ICCROM organized an experts meeting at the Egyptian Academy of Arts in Rome to reflect on its new initiative entitled “Africa Programme 2020-2029: Changing the Face of Heritage and Conservation in Africa”. The 15 experts representing cultural and heritage institutions on the African continent, ICCROM and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, shared their specific ...
The Earth Skills Network (ESN) is a unique collaboration between Earthwatch, UNESCO, IUCN and the business community. It connects leaders from the business and conservation community through mentoring and skill-sharing opportunities.
The Earth Skills Network provides funded training in:
business planning and effective management practices and,
personal development of leadership ...
