
Earth Day 2018: End plastic pollution
Thursday, 19 April 2018

18 April: Celebrating young people on the International Day for Monuments and Sites
Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Scout Guidelines for youth empowerment towards World Heritage
Wednesday, 18 April 2018

#MyAfricanHeritage – Participate in the African World Heritage Day photo contest
Monday, 16 April 2018
The Geneva Declaration ‘Human Rights and Culture Heritage: Committed Cities Working Together’ was adopted in Geneva, Switzerland on 26 March 2018, marking the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The Declaration aims to clarify cities’ obligations in the area of cultural heritage rehabilitation, particularly in relation to intentionally destroyed cultural heritage. ...
The Kenyan National Commission for UNESCO organized a three-day workshop from 26 to 28 March 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya in order to increase youth engagement in the conservation and promotion of World Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage.
As a State Party to three important UNESCO Conventions in the field of Culture, Kenya has made the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, ...

UNESCO condemns killing of six guards in Virunga National Park
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
The conservation of wetlands does not only contribute to the safeguarding of biodiversity, it can also support the safeguarding of their cultural and spiritual values. The workshop “The Cultural and Spiritual Significance of Wetlands Supporting the integration of nature and culture in their governance and management” organised by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) in ...

Experts build new dynamic for the conservation and revitalization of the Kasbah of Algiers
Thursday, 5 April 2018
From the 13th to the 15th of March 2018, the World Heritage Policy Compendium Working Group met for the second time at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The meeting was organised in follow-up to the first meeting of the group (December 2017, Paris) and on completion of the Policy Compendium Online Consultation, which was carried out in February and March 2018.
The Policy Compendium initiative, ...
In February and March 2018, the World Heritage Centre carried out an online consultation with key World Heritage stakeholders on the first draft of the World Heritage Policy Compendium. The consultation gathered feedback and comments from key World Heritage stakeholders including States Parties to the World Heritage Convention. For the first time, the online consultation included also UNESCO ...

Call for Applications: 3rd African World Heritage Regional Youth Forum 2018
Monday, 26 March 2018

World Water Day 2018: ‘Nature for Water’
Thursday, 22 March 2018

2017-2018 World Heritage Map Published
Thursday, 22 March 2018

State of Conservation of Aldabra Atoll
Thursday, 22 March 2018

International Day of Forests 2018: Forests and Sustainable Cities
Wednesday, 21 March 2018

Women's Day 2018: Women and conservation
Thursday, 8 March 2018

Release of the publication World Heritage for Sustainable Development in Africa
Wednesday, 7 March 2018

Seminar leads to Recommendations for Site Managers
Tuesday, 6 March 2018
