
GIS boundaries of natural and mixed World Heritage sites available
Thursday, 22 March 2012

Jaeger-LeCoultre auction benefits Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park
Thursday, 22 March 2012

Rapid Response Facility helping combat Mt. Kenya fires
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
The World Heritage Centre took part in a Conference organized by the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN-ISDR) and the Municipality of Venice on "Building Cities Resilience to Disasters in Europe: Protecting Cultural Heritage and Adapting to Climate Change" (Venice, 19-20 March 2012).
Part of the international campaign called "Making my City Resilient - My City is Getting ...

UNESCO World Heritage Youth Storyboard Korean Competition (2012)
Friday, 16 March 2012

In Memoriam: Professor Herb Stovel, conservationist
Thursday, 15 March 2012
The National Park Service of the United States of America is celebrating the World Heritage Convention with events throughout the year. For more information, there is an interactive website:
http://www.nps.gov/oia/topics/worldheritage/World_Heritage_Anniversary.htm
The World Heritage Centre has just been informed that a Ministerial Order, signed on 1 September 2011, delivers to SOCO (South Africa Congo Oil) a Certificate of Environmental Acceptability in order to exercise an oil exploration campaign by the acquisition of aeromagnetic and aerogravimetric data in block V of the Albertine Rift (Virunga National Park), Democratic Republic of Congo ...

International World Heritage Expert Meeting on Integrity for Cultural Heritage
Monday, 12 March 2012

Aztec Ruins hosts World Heritage celebration
Thursday, 8 March 2012
On 6 March 2012, Liverpool City Council’s Planning Committee granted outline planning permission for the Peel Holdings £5.5bn Liverpool Waters scheme. The permission is subject to the signing of a legal agreement and has to be referred to the Government which will decide whether a public inquiry will be held.
Experts from UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and from the International ...
Brunei Darassalam and Palestine ratify the World Heritage Convention
Thursday, 8 March 2012

Construction of a women’s dyeing factory in Bamako
Wednesday, 7 March 2012

Patrimonito Korean National Storyboard Competition 2012 - Winners
Saturday, 3 March 2012
Thanks to Quindío being declared as part of the UNESCO World Heritage property, Coffee Cultural Landscape (Colombia), the exploration of hydrocarbons in this area has been stopped by order of the Council of State. The decree was issued less than eight days ago and demands the suspension of all exploration by the National Agency of Hydrocarbons and the Drilling 2010 consortium in the ...
Nominations open for the 2012 MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity
Friday, 2 March 2012
A joint international expert mission to the World Heritage property of Great Barrier Reef by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC), and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is taking place from 5 to 14 March 2012.
The World Heritage Committee, at its 35th session in June 2011 (Paris) examined the state of conservation of Great Barrier Reef (Australia), inscribed on the ...

3-month trip to India's 28 World Heritage sites
Friday, 2 March 2012

The World's Heritage co-published by UNESCO and Collins
Thursday, 1 March 2012
