Monday, November 7, 2011
Nine members elected to World Heritage Committee
Nine new members were elected to the World Heritage Committee on the first day of the 18th General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage ...

Thursday, November 3, 2011
Elwha River Restoration project underway at Olympic National Park, USA
One of the largest restoration projects in the history of the United States is underway at Olympic National Park World Heritage site in Washington. ...

Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Fires at the World Heritage site of Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island (Réunion, France)
UNESCO is monitoring with concern the situation in the Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island, World Heritage site where fires have been ...

Tuesday, November 1, 2011
SIDS Capacity-Building Programme established
On 10 August 2011 the Japanese Government approved the programme proposal "Capacity Building to Support the Conservation of World Heritage Sites and ...

Monday, October 31, 2011
Floods at Cinque Terre World Heritage site
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre would like to express its condolences for the lives lost in northern Italy last week in the floods and mudslides ...

Friday, October 21, 2011
UNESCO convenes Libyan and international experts meeting for the safeguard of Libya’s cultural heritage
UNESCO has invited experts from both inside and outside of Libya to urgently examine the preservation of cultural heritage in the country, notably ...

Friday, October 21, 2011
First International Purple Economy Forum held
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre participated in a round table on “Attractiveness of regional assets: The creation and regionalization of added ...

Friday, October 14, 2011
Flooding in Thailand
Severe flooding in Thailand since mid July has this week inundated the World Heritage property of the Historic City of Ayutthaya, founded in ca. 1350 ...

Friday, October 14, 2011
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas get Conservation Boost from World Heritage Centre Partner
Fauna and Flora International (FFI) a longtime partner of UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre, launched a global appeal this week with the objective ...

Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Training in marine spatial planning of World Heritage marine sites in Mexico
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino and Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California(both located in Baja California, Mexico). The Whale ...

Tuesday, October 11, 2011
A 7000 Euro Grant For The Realization Of A Cultural Project Concerning The Mediterranean World
Born after 31 December 1975 you will be under 30 years of age in 2012. You are a native of a Mediterranean country. You wish to develop a ...

Monday, October 3, 2011
Severe damage to Philippine Rice Terraces by two typhoons
The Northern Luzon of the Philippines was severely affected by Typhoon Pedrin (International Name: Nesat) which crossed the region on Tuesday 27 ...

Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Satellites and World Heritage sites, partners to understand climate change
Financed by the Flemish Government and organized by UNESCO and its space partners, in particular Planet Action, this exhibition uses a series of ...

Friday, September 16, 2011
The World Heritage Centre and History® to raise awareness about preservation across the globe
UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and HISTORY® are partnering to increase awareness about heritage preservation worldwide. As part of the three-year ...

Friday, September 9, 2011
UNESCO's Commitment to Action for the cultural recovery of Jacmel (Haiti) has been accepted by the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI)
UNESCO's Commitment to Action for the cultural recovery of Jacmel (Haiti) has been accepted by the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). The project was ...

Monday, August 22, 2011
Grand Canyon National Park Hosts U.S. World Heritage Fellow
Mr John Zulu, site manager of Zambia's Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls National Park and World Heritage site arrived in the U.S. August 5th to spend ...

Friday, August 19, 2011
18th session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention and presentation of candidatures for the election of members to the World Heritage Committee
UNESCO Headquarters, Rooms XII, 7 to 9 November 2011 The General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention concerning the Protection of the World ...

Wednesday, August 10, 2011
"I Know Where I'm Going”- Remote Access to World Heritage Sites from St Kilda to Uluru Conference
Informatics Forum, 10 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB (Scotland, UK) At a time of economic crisis and environmental threat, ...

Tuesday, August 2, 2011
[in French only] Lettre d'information de la Convention France-UNESCO N°19
[in French only] Vie de la CFU Réunion du Comite mixte de coordination, 26 avril 2011, UNESCO, Paris. Comite du patrimoine mondial, Paris, ...

Tuesday, August 2, 2011
17th ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium on the theme “Heritage: Driver of Development”
The most important triennial gathering of ICOMOS will take place from 27 November to 2 December 2011 for the first time in Paris at UNESCO ...