
Director-General condemns destruction of vestiges in the Ancient City of Bosra, a Syrian World Heritage site
Thursday, 24 December 2015
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Almaty Agreement adopted in the Fourth meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the World Heritage Serial Nomination of the Silk Roads
Tuesday, 22 December 2015
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A Grazing Pressure Reduction Strategy updated for Simien Mountains National Park
Monday, 21 December 2015
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French Marine Protected Areas Agency steps up World Heritage Conservation
Monday, 21 December 2015
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The Management of Natural Heritage in Support of Sustainable Development: An Institutional Challenge in the Arab States
Monday, 21 December 2015
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World Heritage Centre Director Mechtild Rossler discusses impact of climate change on World Heritage sites
Saturday, 19 December 2015
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#FestiveVirunga Matching Challenge Launches Today!
Friday, 18 December 2015
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International Conference on “Culture for Sustainable Cities” (Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China, 10-12 December 2015)
Friday, 18 December 2015
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The European Commission supports a new phase of the Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative
Friday, 18 December 2015
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UNESCO Jakarta participates in the “UNESCO Regional Conference on Harmonizing Actions to Reduce Risks for Cultural Heritage in Asia and the Pacific”
Friday, 18 December 2015
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United Nations exhibition highlights the protection of cultural heritage
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
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Malagasy government stepping up the conservation of the Rainforests of the Atsinanana
Friday, 11 December 2015
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Call for Participants: Regional Youth Forum for World Heritage in Africa (Deadline 31 January 2016)
Friday, 11 December 2015
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Congonhas Museum will be inaugurated at World Heritage site
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
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Qatar Development Fund boosts UNESCO Heritage Emergency Fund
Tuesday, 8 December 2015
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COP21: President of Kiribati reaffirms commitment to World Heritage conservation
Monday, 7 December 2015

Improved Safeguarding for Cultural Heritage Threatened by Armed Conflict and Natural Disasters Aim of Regional Conference
Monday, 7 December 2015
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On 5 December 2015, Director of UNESCO World Heritage Centre Mechtild Rössler met with Mr Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to discuss synergies among biodiversity-related Conventions, and joint work on reporting mechanisms. Both agreed to envisage to report to their statutory bodies and to prepare for joint events at the World ...

International Expert Meeting on the Responsibility to Protect as applied to the Protection of Cultural Heritage
Thursday, 3 December 2015
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2015-2016 World Heritage Map Published
Thursday, 3 December 2015
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