Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Human - Elephant conflict: Rapid Response Facility awards emergency grant to the Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania
The UNESCO - FFI - UNF Rapid Response Facility awarded an emergency grant to the Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania this week in response to ...

Thursday, May 5, 2011
Forty-two sites to be considered for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in June
Remarkable natural and cultural properties from 40 countries will be considered for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during the ...

Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Jaeger-LeCoultre auction proceeds support Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
From 18-22 April 2011, the Swiss watch manufacturer Jaeger-LeCoultre organized its third online auction for the benefit of World Heritage marine ...

Friday, April 29, 2011
World Heritage Memory Net Launched
World Heritage Memory Net (WHMNet) is a model global digital library of cultural, historical, and moveable heritage collections related to the current ...

Thursday, April 28, 2011
Increase in One-horned Rhinoceros reported at Royal Chitwan National Park World Heritage Site (Nepal)
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has released the results of its rhinoceros census in Nepal, reporting a reported 23% increase in rhino ...

Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Expert Working Group releases recommendations for Safeguarding Bamiyan
Following their meeting in UNESCO Headquarters, Paris 3-4 March 2011, a group of Afghan and international experts working on the safeguarding of ...

Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Conclusions of the Second HERITY International Conference
This conference was held in Rome December 3-5, 2008. The conclusions outlined below were reached thanks to contributions from ICCROM, UNESCO-WHC, ...

Tuesday, April 19, 2011
UNESCO for Haiti. 19 April 2011
UNESCO invites Member States, Intergovernemental Organizations, NGOs, the Private Sector and Civil Society to a Conference designed to demonstrate the ...

Thursday, April 7, 2011
Call for applications for the IV° edition of the Master in "World Heritage at Work"
The call for applications for the IV° edition of the Master in "World Heritage at Work", offered by the University of Turin, the Polytechnic of ...

Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Rapid Response Facility Supports Post Tsunami Recovery in Galápagos
The devastating March 11th earthquake that struck the coast of Japan created a powerful tsunami that ravaged the  coastline and brought tragedy ...

Monday, April 4, 2011
2010 - 2011 World Heritage map now available
The latest version of the World Heritage Map, produced by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and National Geographic Maps with support from Ministry of ...

Thursday, March 31, 2011
Statement from the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee
Since the Kingdom of Bahrain became for the first time a member of the prestigious World Heritage Committee in 2007, one of the ...

Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Kishore Rao appointed Director of UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Kishore Rao has been appointed Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. An expert in forestry and natural resources policy and planning, Mr Rao ...

Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Director-General urges military forces engaged in Libya to refrain from endangering cultural heritage
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today called on both Libya and the coalition of States implementing a no-fly zone over the country to ...

Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Call for Posters on World Heritage Cities and Climate Change for the 11th OWHC World Congress
In view of the forthcoming 11th World Congress of the Organization of World Heritage Cities in Sintra (Portugal), 22 to 25 November 2011, the OWHC has ...

Monday, March 21, 2011
Statement of the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee
Following the kind invitation of the World Heritage Centre, I had the great pleasure to attend the meeting entitled "Follow-up to the Second Cycle of ...

Friday, March 18, 2011
Arab States meeting held to define regional programme
From 2008 to 2010, the Arab States Parties to the World Heritage Convention undertook the Periodic Reporting exercise, consisting in assessing the ...

Friday, March 18, 2011
Director-General welcomes suspension of oil prospection at Virunga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism of the ...

Friday, March 18, 2011
35th session of the World Heritage Committee to meet in Paris in June 2011
Due to the prevailing situation in the Kingdom of Bahrain and following consultations with Bahraini authorities, the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina ...

Wednesday, March 16, 2011
UNESCO World Heritage Centre expresses its solidarity with Japanese people following tragic events
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre would like to express its condolences for the loss of lives due to the devastating earthquake and tsunami which ...

Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tsunami Spares Galapagos Wildlife, but Destroys Marine Laboratory
Minor damage has been reported at Galápagos Islands World Heritage site following the earthquake and tsunami that occurred off the coast of ...

Friday, March 11, 2011
[in French only] Newsletter N° 18 de la Convention France UNESCO
[in French only] Vie de la CFU * Réunion de bilan technique, 3 Février 2011, UNESCO, Paris* Rapport sur les possibilités de ...

Thursday, March 10, 2011
Resource Manual 'Preparing World Heritage Nominations' available online
The second title within the World Heritage Resource Manuals Preparing World Heritage Nominations (First Edition, 2010) series has just been ...

Monday, March 7, 2011
Experts outline future plans for the Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley (Afghanistan)
Afghan officials and international experts outlined plans for the future safeguarding of the Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of Bamiyan ...

Thursday, March 3, 2011
Ten years on – remembering the tragic destruction of the giant Buddha statues of Bamiyan (Afghanistan)
UNESCO will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the tragic destruction of the giant Buddha statues of Bamiyan with a forum on the event and a two-day ...

Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Statement from the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee on the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand
On behalf of the World Heritage Committee, I was deeply saddened by the news of the earthquake that has caused loss of life and the destruction of the ...

Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Sustainable Indicators in World Heritage Urban Areas, Mexico City, Mexico
A mission was organized from the 30th January - 5th February 2010 in view of strengthening Spanish Funds-in-Trust technical cooperation, focusing on ...

Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Publication of the Comparative Analysis on Archaeology of Hunter-gatherers. Archaeological sites of the Chinchorro Culture
The International Meeting "The Chinchorro Culture from a Comparative Perspective ", took place in Arica, Chile, 5-8 January, 2010. As a ...

Tuesday, February 22, 2011
UNESCO Special Envoy on Preah Vihear to meet with prime ministers of Thailand and Cambodia
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova's Special Envoy on the Preah Vihear Temple, Koïchiro Matsuura, will travel to Bangkok and Phnom Penh between ...

Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Lightning damages Pratapur Temple of Kathmandu Valley World Heritage site, Nepal
Pratapur Temple in the Swayambhu Monument Zone of the Kathmandu Valley World Heritage site, Nepal suffered damage from a lightning strike at around 5 ...

Thursday, February 10, 2011
UNESCO Director-General to send Special Envoy to Bangkok and Phnom Penh
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova regretted the continuing tension between Cambodia and Thailand over the issue of the Temple of Preah Vihear. "The ...

Tuesday, February 8, 2011
UNESCO to send mission to Preah Vihear
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today reiterated her call for calm and restraint around the Temple of Preah Vihear, inscribed on the ...

Sunday, February 6, 2011
Director-General expresses alarm over escalation of violence between Thailand and Cambodia
UNESCO Director- General Irina Bokova expressed her deep concern at the sudden escalation of tensions between Cambodia and Thailand on the issue of ...

Thursday, February 3, 2011
Cultural heritage update for Egypt
UNESCO's Director-General Irina Bokova today received assurances from Egypt's new minister for antiquities Zahi Hawass that every possible measure was ...

Wednesday, February 2, 2011
World Wetlands Day is 2 February
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Secretariat to the World Heritage Convention, wishes to extend its best wishes to the Secretariat for the Ramsar ...

Tuesday, February 1, 2011
UNESCO Director-General launches heritage and press freedom alert for Egypt
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today launched an appeal to protect cultural heritage and to respect freedom of expression in ...

Friday, January 28, 2011
Three guards and five soldiers killed in attack at Virunga National Park (DRC)
On 24 January 2011, three park guards and five soldiers were killed in a violent attack against one of the patrol vehicles of the Congolese Wildlife ...

Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Last Call: Caribbean Heritage Course in Curaçao
The University of the Netherlands Antilles is organizing a course on Caribbean Heritage in Curaçao from 21 to 25 March 2011 for Module 1 ...

Monday, January 17, 2011
Colorado State University (USA) offers Spanish-language course on Protected Area Management
Applications Open for the Colorado State University Spanish Language Short Course on Protected Area Management.  6 July – 6 August 2011 ...

Friday, January 14, 2011
Kinshasa Declaration to protect DRC World Heritage sites signed
At the invitation of the Congolese Government, the high-level meeting requested by the World Heritage Committee in 2007 (Christchurch 2007) was held ...

Friday, January 7, 2011
Rescuing the Congo's natural world heritage
A high-level meeting between authorities from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and UNESCO will take place in Kinshasa on 14 January to ...

Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Two rhinos translocated to Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
Two rhinos, a mother and a female calf, were translocated on 29 December from the Pobitora wildlife sanctuary to Manas wildlife sanctuary in western ...

Monday, January 3, 2011
Panasonic World Heritage calendar released in online version
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Panasonic have released an online version of the World Heritage Calendar in five languages. It is available as a ...

Monday, January 3, 2011
2011 is the International Year of Forests
The World Heritage Centre welcomes the International Year of Forests.  With 104 WH sites recognized wholly, or in part, for their rich forest ...

Saturday, January 1, 2011
Best Wishes from the World Heritage Centre 2011
Best Wishes from the World Heritage Centre 2011

Monday, December 20, 2010
Strengthening the Crown Jewels of the Ocean
Faced with the growing threat of industrialization of the oceans and the persistent rush for marine resources, managers from the 43 marine sites on ...

Monday, December 20, 2010
'Tides of Time Archive' now available online
In 2008, Jaeger-LeCoultre signed a long-term 'Tides of Time ' partnership with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the International Herald Tribune, ...

Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Satellite analysis of global mangrove forests released
The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the US Geological Survey have released a first ever satellite analysis of global ...

Thursday, December 9, 2010
[in French only] Newsletter N° 17 de la Convention France UNESCO
[in French only] Vie de la CFU  * Signature d'un accord entre l'UNESCO et l'AFD, 9 novembre 2010, Paris. * Réunion de bilan technique, 3 ...

Tuesday, December 7, 2010
UNESCO sends expert mission to investigate state of Pompei’s conservation
Experts from UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and the International Council of Monuments and Sites will arrive in Pompei on 2 December to examine the ...

Monday, November 29, 2010
Four World Heritage sites in Cyprus and Italy granted “enhanced protection” in the event of armed conflict
Three World Heritage sites in Cyprus and a fourth in Italy have been given "enhanced protection" status by the Committee for the Protection of ...

Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Plans underway for the creation of an International World Heritage Rock Art Archive
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in cooperation with the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, organized the international meeting, ...

Monday, November 22, 2010
Monnaie de Paris produces diamond-studded Taj Mahal coin
In partnership with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, La Monnaie de Paris is offering a 100,000€ coin set with diamonds in the image of the Taj ...

Friday, November 19, 2010
Rapid Response Grants awarded to protect elephants, help with oil spill clean-up
The Rapid Response Facility is an emergency small grant programme that provides rapid assistance to counter major threats to wildlife conservation, ...

Friday, November 19, 2010
Caribbean Heritage Course in Curaçao
The University of the Netherlands Antilles is organizing a course on Caribbean Heritage in Curaçao from 21 to 25 March 2011 for Module 1 and ...

Tuesday, November 9, 2010
In memoriam: Andrzej Stanislaw Tomaszewski 1934 - 2010
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre would like to express its sincere condolences on the death of Andrzej Tomaszewski, renowned professor of built ...

Monday, November 8, 2010
Managing Historic Cities, World Heritage Series n°27
With over 250 properties inscribed on the World Heritage List, cities are one of the most abundant and diverse categories of heritage. This quantity ...

Tuesday, November 2, 2010
UNESCO and the Regional Government of Flanders sign a Trust Fund Agreement for the support of UNESCO’s activities in the field of heritage.
On 2 November 2010, the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, and Kris Peeters, Minister - President of the Government of Flanders (Kingdom of ...

Thursday, October 28, 2010
Go4BioDiv International Youth Forum held for natural World Heritage sites
The Go4BioDiv International Youth Forum for Natural World Heritage Sites took place from 16-29 October in Mt Fuji and Nagoya, Japan, in parallel to ...

Friday, October 22, 2010
World Heritage at the COP 10 in Nagoya, Japan
From 18 to 29 October, the 10th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the Convention on Biological Diversity is taking place in Nagoya, Japan. The COP ...

Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Fire ravages heart of La Réunion National Park
A fire that broke out on 11 October 2010 in the Maïdo forest at La Reunion National Park on Réunion Island was the worst the area has seen ...

Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Information note on proposed highway in Serengeti National Park
The state of conservation of Serengeti National Park was examined at the 34th Session of the World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia, in July ...

Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Youth from around the world concerned with biodiversity protection unites in Japan
In an effort to involve the young generation in the decision-making process and present their experience in biodiversity conservation, young adults ...

Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Director-General calls for cooperation regarding the preservation of the Old City of Jerusalem
On 14 October 2010, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova convened Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian experts for a 'brainstorming meeting' to ...

Tuesday, October 19, 2010
A 7000 € grant for a project awarded to a young person from the Mediterranean
You wish to undertake a project related to  Mediterranean cultures or art and crafts ?Are you a national from a Mediterranean country ?Born ...

Friday, October 8, 2010
Message from the Director of the World Heritage Centre on the toxic spill in Hungary
The news of a massive toxic spill that occurred 4 October 2010 at an aluminum plant in Hungary has caused great concern in the international ...

Thursday, October 7, 2010
World Sky Race event is launched in Times Square, New York City
Promotion of the World Sky Race, an unprecedented race among skyships, blimps and zeppelins to begin in September 2011, was launched on two giant ...

Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Inauguration of the transboundary Wadden Sea World Heritage site
The German Minister of the Environment Hans-Heinrich Sander (Lower Saxony) and the Minister of Fishery Dr Juliane Rumpf (Schleswig-Holstein) received ...

Monday, October 4, 2010
International Youth Forum Go4BioDiv to be held in parallel to COP 10 for Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan
In an effort to involve young people in the decision-making process and present their experience in biodiversity conservation, young conservationists ...

Thursday, September 30, 2010
“Heritage and Development: diversity as an alternative”, publication of the proceedings
The proceedings of the special session "Heritage and Development: diversity as an alternative" held on 18 December 2009 in the framework of the ...

Thursday, September 30, 2010
UNESCO launches safeguarding project at New Gourna Village, part of Ancient Thebes World Heritage site
UNESCO, in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and the Governorate of Luxor, will organize the first Scientific Committee meeting on the ...

Friday, September 24, 2010
World Heritage Sites Around the World: Photo Exhibition by Tom Till
One of America's most renowned photographers, Tom Till's work has appeared in magazines such as Time, Life, National Geographic and The New Yorker, as ...

Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Charter of commitment for the management of World Heritage sites in France signed by the Minister of Culture
On 20 September Mr Frédéric Mitterrand, Minister of Culture and Communication, Ms Chantal Jouanno, Secretary of State for Ecology and Mr ...

Tuesday, September 21, 2010
UNESCO and the Smithsonian sign a Memorandum of Understanding for cultural and natural heritage
On 17 September, UNESCO Assistant Director General for Culture Mr Francesco Bandarin signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding with Ms ...

Thursday, September 16, 2010
Serious flooding at the Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan (Mexico) World Heritage property
According to reports from the Secretary of the Civil Defense of Mexico, the heavy rains and the downpour of the past few weeks have generated severe ...

Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Rapid Response Facility contributes to project near La Amistad Biosphere Reserve (Panama)
The Panamanian non-governmental organization FUNDICCEP (Fundación de Desarrollo Integral, Comunitario y Conservación de los Ecosistemas ...

Friday, September 10, 2010
[in French only] Les Villes françaises, une référence mondiale en matière de développement patrimonial
[in French only] Besançon, Chinon, Lorient, Rennes et Strasbourg accueilleront, du 28 septembre au 5 octobre 2010, des représentants de ...

Thursday, September 9, 2010
Finland applies Management Effectiveness Assessments to its Cultural World Heritage sites
Finland has taken the lead in applying the Enhancing our Heritage (EoH) management effectiveness assessment toolkit to cultural World Heritage ...

Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Preparatory Meeting for Latin American Periodic Reporting draws to a close
The first preparatory meeting for the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting exercise for World Heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) for ...

Wednesday, September 1, 2010
[in French only] Newsletter N°16 de la Convention France UNESCO
[in French only] * Réunion du Comité Mixte de Coordination de la CFU, 11 mai 2010. * Départ d'Isabelle Longuet du secretariat de ...

Monday, August 30, 2010
Second Phase of ‘Business Skills for Natural World Heritage Site Managers programme’ begins
The second phase of the Business Skills for World Heritage programme, designed to develop the business management skills of UNESCO World Heritage site ...

Monday, August 23, 2010
New website on Ireland’s World Heritage sites launched
A new website about Ireland's World Heritage properties and Ireland's Tentative List sites has just been launched. This website contains information ...

Thursday, August 12, 2010
Message from the Director of the World Heritage Centre on floods affection Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro
In addition to their dramatic consequences for the affected people, to which the World Heritage Centre expresses its sincere sympathy, the massive ...

Monday, August 9, 2010
Message from the Director of the World Heritage Centre on floods affecting Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski (Germany/Poland)
For the second time during 2010, news of massive floods across Central Europe is causing great concern to the World Heritage community, for their ...

Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Minister of Culture of the Kingdom of Bahrain nominated new Chairperson of World Heritage Committee
The Minister of Culture of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Shaikha Mai bint Mohammad Al Khalifa, has been named new Chairperson of the World Heritage ...

Monday, August 2, 2010
World Heritage Committee inscribes Russian site on World Heritage List and approves extension to Swiss site
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia today inscribed a natural site in the Russian Federation on the World Heritage List and has ...

Monday, August 2, 2010
World Heritage Committee inscribes a total of 21 new sites on UNESCO World Heritage List
The 34th session of the World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia since 25 July today finished its consideration of nominations for the World ...

Sunday, August 1, 2010
World Heritage Committee also approves three extensions to World Heritage properties in Austria, Romania and Spain
The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia has today approved extensions to three cultural sites in Austria, Romania and Spain. The approved ...

Sunday, August 1, 2010
World Heritage Committee inscribes three new cultural sites, three natural sites and one extension on World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia has today has inscribed three new cultural sites, including two in Mexico and one in Brazil. It also ...

Saturday, July 31, 2010
World Heritage Committee inscribes Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania) as Cultural World Heritage Site
The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia today inscribed the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania) as a cultural property on the World ...

Saturday, July 31, 2010
World Heritage Committee inscribes seven cultural sites on World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia has inscribed sites in Saudi Arabia, Australia, India, Islamic Republic of Iran and, for the first ...

Saturday, July 31, 2010
World Heritage Committee inscribes five new cultural sites on World Heritage List and approves two extensions to existing properties
Imperial Citadel of Thang Long-Hanoi (Viet Nam) becomes 900th site on UNESCO World Heritage List The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia has ...

Friday, July 30, 2010
World Heritage Committee inscribes Everglades National Park on List of World Heritage in Danger
The World Heritage Committee, holding its 34th session chaired by João Luiz da Silva Ferreira, the Minister of Culture of Brazil, inscribed the ...

Friday, July 30, 2010
World Heritage Committee inscribes Rainforests of Atsinanana (Madagascar) on List of World Heritage in Danger
The World Heritage Committee holding its 34th session chaired by João Luiz da Silva Ferreira, the Minister of Culture of Brazil, has inscribed ...

Friday, July 30, 2010
World Heritage Committee inscribes two new sites on World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee holding its 34th session in Brasilia under the chairmanship of  João Luiz da Silva Ferreira, today inscribed ...

Thursday, July 29, 2010
List of World Heritage in Danger: World Heritage Committee inscribes the Tombs of Buganda Kings (Uganda) and removes Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)
The World Heritage Committee holding its 34th session chaired by João Luiz da Silva Ferreira, the Minister of Culture of Brazil, has inscribed ...

Thursday, July 29, 2010
World Heritage Committee inscribes Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery (Georgia) on List of World Heritage in Danger
The World Heritage Committee, holding its 34th session chaired by João Luiz da Silva Ferreira, the Minister of Culture of Brazil, has inscribed ...

Monday, July 26, 2010
Thirty-nine properties to be considered for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
Thirty-nine nominations from 33 countries will be considered for inscription on UNESCO's World Heritage List during the meeting of the World Heritage ...

Monday, July 26, 2010
UNESCO and Brazil establish heritage management Training Centre for Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and the Minister of Culture of Brazil, João Luiz da Silva Ferreira today signed an agreement establishing ...

Tuesday, July 20, 2010
World Heritage Mission to Haiti
Within the framework of the Emergency International Request submitted by Haiti after the devastating 12 January 2010 earthquake, the World Heritage ...

Tuesday, July 20, 2010
New project for the preservation of the World Heritage Property in Nepal: Lumbini, Lord Bhudda’s Birthplace starts with funds from UNESCO/Japanese Fund-in-Trust
A new project for the conservation and management of Lumbini, the Birthplace of Lord Buddha, one of the UNESCO World Heritage properties in Nepal has ...

Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Managing Disaster Risks for World Heritage Resource Manual
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee, ICCROM, ICOMOS and IUCN are launching the first title within ...

Friday, July 9, 2010
The Operational Guidelines for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention are now available in Portuguese
The Operational Guidelines for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention are now available in Portuguese. The Operational Guidelines define ...

Wednesday, July 7, 2010
UNDP launches the second edition of “Picture this”
The United Nations Development Programme has launched the new edition of "Picture this", an international photo contest. Through the photo ...

Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Equatorial Guinea ratifies World Heritage Convention
On 10 March 2010, the Government of Equatorial Guinea officially deposited with the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, its ...

Tuesday, July 6, 2010
World Heritage Committee to meet in Brasilia to inscribe new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee will consider requests for the inscription of new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List when it meets for its 34th ...

Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Joint Workshop establishes successful basis to scale-up marine World Heritage
From 30 June to 4 July 2010, the International Academy for Nature Conservation, Isle of Vilm, Germany, hosted an expert workshop that set the basis ...

Monday, July 5, 2010
Wildlife authority of Côte d’Ivoire awarded Rapid Response Facility grant to combat poaching after period of civil unrest
Comoé National Park in Côte d'Ivoire lies in a region particularly affected by the Ivorian civil war, which lasted for five years until ...

Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Greenpeace and WWF present 125,000 signatures to UNESCO to save world’s oldest, deepest and largest lake
UNESCO today received a petition of signed by 125,000 people around the world protesting against the re-opening of a paper and pulp mill on the shores ...

Wednesday, June 23, 2010
World Heritage in the Congo Basin
The World Heritage Centre has recently published a new booklet entitled "World Heritage in the Congo Basin". This publication is intended for both ...

Wednesday, June 23, 2010
New web-tool shows critical migratory waterbird sites need urgent protection
A new website launched by Wetlands International, BirdLife International and the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) reveals major ...

Wednesday, June 23, 2010
2nd Ibero-American Youth Forum held Aranjuez, Spain
Aranjuez, the only Spanish site declared a Cultural Landscape in UNESCO´s World Heritage List, is hosting the 2nd World Heritage Ibero-American ...

Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Third sub-regional meeting for 2nd Cycle of World Heritage Periodic Reporting opens in Yaoundé
World Heritage site managers of 22 States Parties have been meeting in Yaoundé, Cameroon, since 21 June, 2010, to advance in the preparation of ...

Monday, June 21, 2010
UNESCO World Heritage Centre launches international competition to create new episode of Patrimonito cartoon
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre has launched an international storyboard competition for the creation of the next episode of the animated series ...

Monday, June 21, 2010
Call for project proposals financed by the African World Heritage Fund
The African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) strives towards the effective conservation and protection of Africa's natural and cultural heritage. AWHF is ...

Friday, June 18, 2010
Message from Francesco Bandarin, Director of the World Heritage Centre, on current conservation issues at Lake Baikal
Since the 33rd session of the World Heritage Committee (Seville, 2009), the World Heritage Centre and IUCN have received a large number of letters ...

Thursday, June 3, 2010
UNESCO welcomes backing by President of Russian Federation for the preservation of St Petersburg
The World Heritage Centre of UNESCO has welcomed the support given by the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, to the World Heritage ...

Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Damage to the Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua as a result of tropical storm Agatha
Severe torrential rain has resulted in flooding and mudslides across much of Guatemala, causing some communities to be entirely cut off and requiring ...