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World Heritage Global Strategy in South Asia
8 February 2019

World Heritage Global Strategy in South Asia

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Cultural Days in the Royal Palaces of Abomey (Benin)
Cultural Days in the Royal Palaces of Abomey (Benin) 19 February 2019
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Decisions adopted by Ashgabat Silk Roads Coordinating Committee
Decisions adopted by Ashgabat Silk Roads Coordinating Committee 29 January 2019

 
 

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43rd session
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    19 February 2019 Cultural Days in the Royal Palaces of Abomey (Benin)

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    8 February 2019 UNESCO’s Heritage Emergency Fund supports Koutammakou (Togo) damage ...

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    31 January 2019 Marine World Heritage 2019 Annual Report

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  • 9-11 April 2019 UNESCO-Africa-China Forum on World Heritage Capacity Building and Cooperation

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Astronomy and World Heritage Thematic Initiative
Astronomy and World Heritage Thematic Initiative

Astronomy and World Heritage Thematic Initiative Created in 2003 within the framework ...

Category 2 Centres
Category 2 Centres

Category 2 Centres under the auspices of UNESCO related to World Heritage © UNESCO In ...

Climate Change and World Heritage
Climate Change and World Heritage

Climate Change Climate Change and World Heritage © NOAA / Andy Collins / Papahānaumokuākea ...

Cultural Landscapes
Cultural Landscapes

There exist a great variety of Landscapes that are representative of the different regions of the world. ...

Human Evolution: Adaptations, Dispersals and Social Developments (HEADS)
Human Evolution: Adaptations, Dispersals and Social ...

Human Evolution related properties represent a process of evolutionary accretion that took place over a ...

Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest
Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest

Heritage of Religious Interest UNESCO Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest © OUR ...

Modern Heritage Programme
Modern Heritage Programme

At the start of 2001 the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and ...

Natural World Heritage in the Congo Basin
Natural World Heritage in the Congo Basin

UNESCO has been taking action in the Congo Basin since 2000 in order to improve the conservation and ...

Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape
Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape

On 10 November 2011 UNESCO’s General Conference adopted the new Recommendation on the Historic Urban ...

Reducing Disasters Risks at World Heritage Properties
Reducing Disasters Risks at World Heritage ...

Reducing Disaster Risk at World Heritage Properties World Heritage properties and heritage sites in ...

Sharing best practices in World Heritage management
Sharing best practices in World Heritage management

The World Heritage Capacity Building Strategy, adopted by the World Heritage Committee in 2011,  responds ...

Small Island Developing States Programme
Small Island Developing States Programme

Small Island Developing States Programme SIDS © Small Island Developing States (SIDS) ...

UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize For The Safeguarding And Management of Cultural Landscapes
UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize ...

UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural ...

World Heritage and Indigenous Peoples
World Heritage and Indigenous Peoples

World Heritage and Indigenous Peoples © OUR PLACE The World Heritage Collection / Chris ...

World Heritage and Sustainable Development
World Heritage and Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development World Heritage and Sustainable Development © Hani Terraces ...

World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme
World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme

Sustainable Tourism UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme © The photo ...

World Heritage Centre’s Natural Heritage Strategy
World Heritage Centre’s Natural Heritage Strategy

In October 2006 the World Heritage Centre published the UNESCO World Heritage Centre's Natural Heritage ...

World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP)
World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme ...

Earthen architecture is one of the most original and powerful expressions of our ability to create a ...

World Heritage Education Programme
World Heritage Education Programme

The UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, initiated as a UNESCO special project in 1994, gives ...

World Heritage Forest Programme
World Heritage Forest Programme

Ranging in size from 18 hectares (Vallée de Mai, Seychelles), to 8.8 million hectares (Lake Baikal, ...

World Heritage Marine Programme
World Heritage Marine Programme

World HeritageMarine Programme 4 focus areas Safeguarding Our core task: ensuring the ...

World Heritage Volunteers Initiative
World Heritage Volunteers Initiative

Within the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, the World Heritage Volunteers ...

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World Heritage Success Stories
n°90 - Jan 2019
World Heritage Success Stories
The World Heritage Convention is a legal tool. In adhering to it, countries commit to protect ...
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The Future of the World Heritage Convention for Marine Conservation. Celebrating 10 years of the World Heritage Marine Programme
n°45 - Dec 2016 The Future of the World Heritage Convention for Marine Conservation. Celebrating 10 years of the World Heritage Marine Programme
The 1972 World Heritage Convention is founded on the premise of international cooperation. ...
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Basic Texts of the 1972 World Heritage Convention, Edition October 2017
Basic Texts of the 1972 World Heritage Convention, Edition October 2017
Download Edition October 2017 English French Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (adopted in 1972) Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World ...
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Managing Natural World Heritage
Managing Natural World Heritage
The goal of this Resource Manual is to help State Parties to manage natural values within World Heritage properties. As such it is aimed at natural and mixed World Heritage properties as well as cultural ...
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World Heritage in Europe Today
World Heritage in Europe Today
World Heritage attracts and fascinates: media around the world publish thousands of articles about it every year and countries invest a great deal of work and money to get sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage ...
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World Heritage Map
World Heritage Map
This large format full-color map features the World Heritage sites and brief explanations of the World Heritage Convention and the World Heritage conservation programmes, as well as superb photos of World Heritage ...
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World Heritage Convention’s 40th anniversary
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