Friday, 18 December 2015
UNESCO Jakarta participates in the “UNESCO Regional Conference on Harmonizing Actions to Reduce Risks for Cultural Heritage in Asia and the Pacific”
UNESCO in partnership with Think City, a community-based urban rejuvenation organization in Penang, held a conference entitled “UNESCO Regional ...

Friday, 18 December 2015
#FestiveVirunga Matching Challenge Launches Today!
Virunga National Park, a World Heritage site in Democratic Republic of the Congo, has launched a #FestiveVirunga appeal to raise funds for the park’s ...

Friday, 18 December 2015
International Conference on “Culture for Sustainable Cities” (Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China, 10-12 December 2015)
On 12 December 2015, the participants of the International Conference on “Culture for Sustainable Cities” (10-12 December 2015, Hangzhou, People’s ...

Friday, 18 December 2015
The European Commission supports a new phase of the Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative
The European Commission continues its support of the Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initative (CAWHFI) by allocating 5 million Euro over the ...

Wednesday, 16 December 2015
United Nations exhibition highlights the protection of cultural heritage
On 15 December, the Representatives of Italy, Jordan, UNESCO, INTERPOL, UNODC officially opened an exhibition on the protection of cultural heritage ...

Friday, 11 December 2015
Malagasy government stepping up the conservation of the Rainforests of the Atsinanana
On 7 December 2015, during the COP 21, the Malagasy Minister of the Environment, Ecology, the Sea and the Forests, Ralava Beboarimisa, met with Edmond ...

Friday, 11 December 2015
Call for Participants: Regional Youth Forum for World Heritage in Africa (Deadline 31 January 2016)
UNESCO is pleased to announce the Call for Participants for the Regional Youth Forum for the World Heritage in Africa, which will take place 28 April ...

Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Congonhas Museum will be inaugurated at World Heritage site
On 15 December, UNESCO in Brazil, the Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN) and the Municipal Government of Congonhas will inaugurate ...

Tuesday, 8 December 2015
Qatar Development Fund boosts UNESCO Heritage Emergency Fund
The Qatar Development Fund (QDF) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) signed today their first Memorandum ...

Monday, 7 December 2015
COP21: President of Kiribati reaffirms commitment to World Heritage conservation
At COP21 on 5 December 2015, the President of Kiribati, Anote Tong, met with Mechtild Rössler, Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. The ...

Monday, 7 December 2015
Improved Safeguarding for Cultural Heritage Threatened by Armed Conflict and Natural Disasters Aim of Regional Conference
Armed conflict and natural disasters pose a dire threat to cultural heritage throughout the Asia-Pacific region. News stories are becoming all too ...

Saturday, 5 December 2015
COP21: Director of UNESCO World Heritage Centre meets with Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
On 5 December 2015, Director of UNESCO World Heritage Centre Mechtild Rössler met with Mr Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the ...

Thursday, 3 December 2015
International Expert Meeting on the Responsibility to Protect as applied to the Protection of Cultural Heritage
UNESCO organized an International Expert Meeting on the Responsibility to Protect as applied to the Protection of Cultural Heritage from 26 to 27 ...

Thursday, 3 December 2015
2015-2016 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 ...

Wednesday, 2 December 2015
Government of Belize bans offshore oil exploration at Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System World Heritage site
At its cabinet meeting yesterday, the Belize government approved a policy that will legally ban offshore exploration in all seven areas that make up ...

Wednesday, 2 December 2015
Striving toward Sustainable Tourism at the World Heritage sites in Southeast Asia
In the framework of the project entitled “The Power of Culture: Supporting Community-Based Management and Sustainable Tourism at World Heritage Sites ...

Monday, 30 November 2015
COP21: German Environment Minister meets with Director of UNESCO World Heritage Centre
On 29 November 2015, Barbara Hendricks, Federal Environment Minister for Germany, met with Mechtild Rössler, Director of the UNESCO World Heritage ...

Friday, 27 November 2015
Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation joins Marine World Heritage
The Arctic stretches across the top of the planet, spanning 5.5 million square miles. Its icy waters are home to wildlife found nowhere else, ...

Friday, 27 November 2015
Regional heritage management training centre - Lucio Costa Centre establishes its governance offices
On 26-27 November 2015, at a meeting held within the framework of a signed agreement between Brazil and UNESCO the first Board of Directors of the ...

Thursday, 26 November 2015
Stepping up capacity to assist East Rennell’s removal from Danger List
The Solomon Islands host a chain of coral atolls in the western Pacific, about 1800 kilometers northeast of Australia. The southernmost island in the ...