Thursday, June 18, 2015
World Heritage Young Experts Forum 2015 in Germany “Towards a Sustainable Management of World Heritage Sites”
Prior to the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee, a Young Experts Forum will be held from 18 to 29 June 2015 in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley ...

Saturday, February 28, 2015
Director-General welcomes UN Security Council statement on destruction of artifacts at Mosul Museum
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has welcomed the UN Security Council's statement denouncing the attack on the Mosul Museum. "This ...

Saturday, February 28, 2015
UNESCO Director-General welcomes the reopening of the Baghdad Museum
"The reopening of the Baghdad Museum is a powerful symbol, coming in the wake of the destruction perpetrated in Mosul. To fight violent extremism and ...

Friday, February 27, 2015
March 3rd is World Wildlife Day
"It is time to get serious about wildlife crime" This year’s theme for World Wildlife Day is right in line with one of the key goals of the World ...

Friday, February 27, 2015
UNESCO calls for mobilization to stop "cultural cleansing" in Iraq
“I was filled with dismay by images of the attack on the Mosul Museum, as well as on other archaeological sites in the Nineveh region in Iraq,” said ...

Thursday, February 26, 2015
Director-General requests UN Security Council meeting on destruction of heritage in Mosul
“I am deeply shocked by footage released today showing the destruction of statues and other artefacts of the Mosul Museum. I condemn this as a ...

Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Call for expression of interest for the evaluation of the African World Heritage Fund
Established as a Category II Centre under the auspices of UNESCO in October 2009, the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) is an inter-governmental ...

Thursday, February 12, 2015
UNESCO Director-General welcomes UN Security Council Resolution to step up protection of cultural heritage in Syria and Iraq
The Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Irina Bokova, welcomed the adoption of a new UN Security Council Resolution 2199 that condemns the destruction of ...

Wednesday, February 11, 2015
UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture gathers Ministers of Tourism and Culture for the first time
Over 900 participants, including over 45 Ministers and Vice Ministers of Tourism and Culture, international experts, speakers and guests from 100 ...

Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Banc d’Arguin National Park inspires young people to preserve World Heritage
With support from UNESCO’s World Heritage Marine Programme, the Banc d’Arguin National Park in Mauritania organized a series of educational activities ...

Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Director General, job vacancy
The secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is currently recruiting a Director General (DG).  SPREP is the regional ...

Friday, February 6, 2015
Ecuador intensifies actions to reduce risks from ship stranding in Galápagos Islands
On Wednesday, 28 January, the cargo ship Floreana stranded near San Cristobal, an island that is part of the Galápagos islands World Heritage ...

Friday, February 6, 2015
2014-2015 World Heritage Map Published
The latest version of the World Heritage map, produced by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and National Geographic Maps with the generous support of ...

Tuesday, February 3, 2015
UNESCO and Panasonic inspire pupils in Fujian, China, to become ambassadors of World Heritage protection
Since their first agreement signed in 2011, UNESCO and Panasonic have worked together to educate young people about  protecting natural and cultural ...

Monday, February 2, 2015
World Heritage stakeholders come together to develop a sustainable tourism strategy for Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls
World heritage site managers and tourism stakeholders from Zambia and Zimbabwe came together for the first time to initiate the process to develop a ...

Monday, February 2, 2015
World Heritage N° 74: Disasters and resilience
Issue 74 of World Heritage magazine World Heritage sites are exposed to a wide variety of natural and human-induced hazards, such as earthquakes, ...

Friday, January 30, 2015
Bamako conference urges emergency action to safeguard manuscripts
Storage conditions of ancient manuscripts smuggled out of Timbuktu to Bamako in 2012 must be improved rapidly to avoid decay, concluded participants ...

Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Experts and practitioners draft policy on World Heritage and sustainable development
From 22 to 24 January 2015, UNESCO, in cooperation with the Vietnamese authorities, hosted a workshop on World Heritage and sustainable development at ...

Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Belize agrees to Chart Road Map solving Critical Conservation Issues to remove Belize Barrier Reef from Danger List
Following a week-long constructive discussion with UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and IUCN, the government of Belize agreed to start talks on critical ...

Thursday, January 22, 2015
Celebrating World Wetlands Day: 2 February 2015
2 February each year is World Wetlands Day. It marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city ...

Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Safeguarding Mali’s ancient manuscript collections, an international conference in Bamako
Nearly two years after armed groups occupied northern Mali and destroyed cultural heritage there, an international conference will take place in the ...

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Earthwatch launches its 2015 Business Skills Transfer Programme
Once again this year Earthwatch is offering funded training and mentoring in organisational and business management practices to protected areas in ...

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Announcement for Internship Opportunities (South Africa and Benin)
Internship Opportunities in South Africa and Benin, from 1 April until 30 September 2015. Two internships will run in 2015, one at the African World ...

Sunday, January 18, 2015
Another Fire at the Royal Palaces of Abomey World Heritage site in Benin
On 14 January 2015, a fire has once again ravaged the Palace of the King Houégbadja in the Royal Palaces of Abomey World Heritage property in ...

Wednesday, January 14, 2015
French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) provides expertise to UNESCO in the framework of the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement
In the framework of the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement (an agreement for the protection and enhancement of monumental, urban and natural ...

Thursday, January 8, 2015
The Polynesian Voyaging Society embarks on a worldwide voyage through marine World Heritage sites
Nainoa Thompson and the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage (sponsored by Hawaiian Airlines) are embarking on a 3-year trip that will take them to 13 marine ...

Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Online Travel Itinerary launched about World Heritage sites in the United States
The National Park Service's newest online travel itinerary highlights the 22 World Heritage sites located in the United States. The project includes ...

Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Director-General Presents World Heritage Certificates to Turkey
On 6 January, during her official visit to Turkey, the Director-General participated in a ceremony to present the World Heritage Certificates for the ...

Monday, December 22, 2014
Panasonic World Heritage 2015 Calendar in paper, online and tablet PC app formats now available
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Panasonic Corporation have released the 2015 World Heritage calendar. Featuring stunning photographs of World ...

Friday, December 19, 2014
The Government of Indonesia, UNESCO, and Panasonic Jointly Launched the LED Lighting Installment in Prambanan Temple Compounds
The Panasonic Corporation in cooperation with UNESCO Office Jakarta organised a launching ceremony of LED Lighting Installment in Prambanan ...

Friday, December 19, 2014
UNWTO and UNESCO to organize first World Conference on Tourism and Culture
The First World Conference on Tourism and Culture will bring together, for the first time, Ministers of Tourism and Ministers of Culture from ...

Thursday, December 18, 2014
Serious concern for oil spill in the Sundarbans, Bangladesh
An oil spill occurred in The Sundarbans, Bangladesh on Tuesday, 9 December when a small coastal oil tanker sank after being rammed by another vessel ...

Monday, December 15, 2014
Panasonic hosts event for environmental education at Budapest World Heritage site
As part of the "World Heritage Eco Learning Program", Panasonic hosted, on 15 December 2015, the "Environmental activity for the next generation” at ...

Friday, December 12, 2014
Venice and its Lagoon rest in fragile balance. Findings of new study on the World Heritage site
A presentation of the “Fragile Venice” study, which touches on some of the most serious future challenges faced by the city of Venice and its Lagoon, ...

Thursday, December 11, 2014
UNESCO concludes training course on “First Aid to Cultural Built Heritage in Syria”
Twenty-two conservation architects, engineers, archaeologists, and experts from different regions across Syria, including Damascus, Maaloula, Daraa, ...

Wednesday, December 3, 2014
UNESCO Conference calls for protected cultural zones to be established Syria and Iraq
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova today called for the creation of “protected cultural zones” around heritage sites in Syria and Iraq. Opening an ...

Friday, November 28, 2014
UNESCO recognized for promoting Mediterranean cultural heritage
On the occasion of the Mediterranean Week of Economic Leaders and in the framework of the XXIII General Assembly of the Association of the ...

Wednesday, November 26, 2014
e-patrimoines: a new e-learning training program launched by the French Ministry of culture and communication
In 2011, the French Ministry of Culture and Communication (Directorate General of Cultural Heritage – Department of European and International ...

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
World Heritage Paper on “Engaging Local Communities in Stewardship of World Heritage” published
Recent policy and conceptual developments in World Heritage, and in conservation generally, set the stage for new approaches that engage indigenous ...

Thursday, November 20, 2014
In memoriam: Prof. Karel Anthonie Bakker (PhD)
The World Heritage Centre expresses its condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Professor Karel Bakker from the Department of ...

Thursday, November 20, 2014
Results of the 1st extraordinary session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention
The General Assembly of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention met for its 1st extraordinary session on 13-14 November 2014 at UNESCO ...