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World Heritage Youth Forum (2000) First Pacific
This World Heritage Youth Forum from 23-28 November 2000 in Cairns, Australia, was the first such forum to be held in the Pacific region. This enabled a unique Pacific focus with students and teachers from 14 ...
World Heritage Youth Forum (2007) Asia Pacific
Thirty students and 36 delegates throughout the Asian Pacific region met from 18 to 24 June 2007 in New Zealand to deepen their knowledge of the Maori and Pacific heritage in the framework of the 31st session of the ...
Young Professionals Forum 2021
“World Heritage hand-in-hand with sustainable livelihoods” is the only way forward, say emerging heritage professionals “I am empowered to step up and safeguard my community's heritage, to contribute towards ...
Young Professionals Forum 2024
As an integral part of the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee and in the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, the Ministry of Culture through the Archaeological Survey of India, will ...
Activities in Ujung Kulon National Park and Komodo National Park, Indonesia
At Ujung Kulon National Park Indonesia's Forestry Department and local NGOs are working on strategies to help poor local communities benefit from their natural resources in a more sustainable way. Ujung Kulon houses ...
Penang, Malaysia, 15-21 January 2006 Event and objectives See also published report. "Seeing with Young Eyes" workshop was meant to serve as a forum for discussion of how to relate arts vocabulary and mediums to ...
Sub regional Workshop in Northeast Asia on World Heritage Education
Beijing, China, 11-13 August 2005 Event The Workshop was convened in the framework of the Associated Schools Project (ASP) with the third sub-regional meeting carrying the theme of "World Heritage ...
Tashkent, Uzbekistan20-26 August 1999 Teachers' resolution Summary and Recommendations Participants Countries represented Organizers Teachers' resolution We, the participants of the Sub-regional ...
Linking Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Tourism at World Heritage Sites
The US$3,5 million aims to link the conservation of biodiversity with sustainable tourism at six World Heritage sites: El Vizcaíno (Mexico), Komodo (Indonesia), Río Plátano (Honduras), Sian Ka'an (Mexico), Tikal ...
Expert Working Group releases recommendations for Safeguarding Bamiyan
Following their meeting in Tokyo in December 2004, a group of Afghan and international experts working on the safeguarding of Bamiyan (Afghanistan), as well as representatives of the Afghan and Japanese governments ...
Safeguarding of the Bamiyan Site, Phase IV
Phase IV of this project aims to achieve the desired State of Conservation for the gradual removal of the property from the list of World Heritage in Danger; promote institutional and community capacity building in ...
Pakistan - The post-campaign activities: Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro
With regard to carrying on the aforementioned long-term issues, an Action Plan for 1997-2000 was developed to ensure the sustainability of the conservation work. Preventive measures using low cost technology ...
Pakistan- International Campaign for the Safeguarding of Moenjodaro
In 1974, after an appeal from the Pakistani Government, UNESCO launched the International Safeguarding Campaign for Moenjodaro. It lasted until 1997 and mobilized around 8 million US $ from its Member States for ...
Philippines - Embedment Mooring System For Tubbataha World Heritage Site
Rationale: Tubbataha is a no-take area and the only activities allowed are tourism, which generates funds for conservation, and research. Since the late 1970s, when dive tourism "discovered" Tubbataha, boat ...
Safeguarding Koguryo Tombs & Mural Paintings in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Since 2001, with the support of the UNESCO/Republic of Korea Funds-in-Trust, the World Heritage Centre coordinates conservation and capacity building activities in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to ...
Tajikistan- Operational project for the preservation of the Buddhist Monastery of Ajina Tepe
UNESCO, in cooperation with the Japanese Government, has launched several cultural heritage conservation projects along the Silk Roads. Two projects in China (the Longmen Grottoes and the Kumtra Thousand Caves), and ...
Conservation and Restoration of the Royal Plaza, the Bayon and Angkor Wat
Following four preliminary survey missions fielded by the Japanese Government in response to the request of the Royal Government of Cambodia, the Japanese Government Team for Safeguarding Angkor (JSA) was set up in ...
Complex of the Celestial Lady (Thien Mu)
This complex was built on the exact spot where, according to tradition, a "celestial lady" dressed in red appeared and asked the local lord to build a pagoda in order to control the subterranean forces and dominate ...
Complex of the mausoleum of King Minh Mang
Begun in 1841 by Minh Mang it was completed in 1843. Located extra muros, the complex comprises several buildings surrounded by gardens and pools.
Complex of the Palace of Audiences (Dien Can Chanh)
This complex was built in 1811, but burned down in 1947. The local authorities wanted it to be reconstructed exactly as before on the basis of the surviving plans and documents. The western and eastern pavilions, ...