The World Heritage Centre is at the forefront of the international community’s efforts to protect and preserve.
| Title | Sites | State Parties | Description | Category | Date updated |
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| World Heritage and Biodiversity | Biological diversity underpins ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services essential for human well-being. World Heritage properties are the most outstanding places on the planet and constitute a ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Natural |
2024-06-28 | ||
| World Heritage Marine Programme | Aldabra Atoll Archipiélago de Revillagigedo Area de Conservación Guanacaste Banc d'Arguin National Park Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves Cocos Island National Park Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection East Rennell Everglades National Park French Austral Lands and Seas Galápagos Islands Gough and Inaccessible Islands Great Barrier Reef Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago Heard and McDonald Islands High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture iSimangaliso Wetland Park Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek Komodo National Park Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems Lord Howe Island Group Macquarie Island Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands Ningaloo Coast Ogasawara Islands Papahānaumokuākea Península Valdés Phoenix Islands Protected Area Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park Rock Islands Southern Lagoon Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park Shark Bay, Western Australia Shiretoko Sian Ka'an Socotra Archipelago St Kilda Sundarbans National Park Surtsey Te Henua Enata – The Marquesas Islands The Sundarbans Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park Ujung Kulon National Park Wadden Sea West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino |
50 flagship marine protected areas of Outstanding Universal Value: Beacons of Hope In a Changing Ocean | Conservation of Natural Sites Marine & coastal Natural |
2025-02-04 | |
| Corporate sector and the World Heritage ‘no-go’ commitment | Across the extractives, finance, insurance and hydropower sectors, among others, major public and private companies and industry associations have committed to protect UNESCO World Heritage sites. They have often ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Natural |
2024-04-04 | ||
| Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative (CAWHFI) | Dja Faunal Reserve Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda Ivindo National Park Sangha Trinational |
Cameroon · Central African Republic · Congo · Gabon | Covering an area estimated at 1.62 million km2, the forests of Central Africa are home to vital biodiversity for the planet and play a central role in climate regulation and carbon sequestration. | Conservation of Natural Sites Forests |
2022-08-25 |
| Natural World Heritage | The World Heritage Convention is one of the most successful international instruments to protect the most extraordinary natural places on the planet, characterized by their natural beauty or outstanding ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Forests Marine & coastal Natural |
2024-05-13 | ||
| Facts & Figures: The Importance of UNESCO World Heritage Marine Sites for Global Biodiversity | The importance of UNESCO World Heritage Marine Sites for Global Biodiversity Facts & Figures © Adam Mitchell / Seychelles Island Foundation From the largest tropical seabird rookery to the ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Marine & coastal Natural |
2023-11-28 | ||
| Rapid Response Facility (RRF) | Area de Conservación Guanacaste Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks Chitwan National Park Comoé National Park Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex Galápagos Islands Garamba National Park Gough and Inaccessible Islands Kahuzi-Biega National Park Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Manú National Park Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve Niokolo-Koba National Park Okapi Wildlife Reserve Pantanal Conservation Area Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park Salonga National Park Sangha Trinational Selous Game Reserve Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains Taï National Park Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park Tikal National Park Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra Virunga National Park W-Arly-Pendjari Complex |
Argentina · Belize · Benin · Brazil · Cambodia · Cameroon · Chad · China · Colombia · Congo · Costa Rica · Côte d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Ecuador · Egypt · Ethiopia · Guatemala · India · Indonesia · Kenya · Nepal · Panama · Peru · Romania · Rwanda · Senegal · Thailand · Uganda · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · United Republic of Tanzania · Viet Nam | Rapid Response Facility (RRF) © Oreades The Rapid Response Facility (RRF) is a fund that provides grants to protected areas in the event of a sudden crisis. We mainly finance initiatives aimed at ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 |
| Strengthening conservation and management measures in the W-Arly-Pendjari Complex in times of insecurity | W-Arly-Pendjari Complex | Benin · Burkina Faso · Niger | Over the past few years, the security situation at the W-Arly-Pendjari Complex has become a major concern as several armed groups have been operating in the region, causing the evacuation of management staff in some ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Natural |
2025-01-21 |
| Natural World Heritage in the Congo Basin | Dja Faunal Reserve Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda Garamba National Park Kahuzi-Biega National Park Okapi Wildlife Reserve Salonga National Park Sangha Trinational Virunga National Park |
Cameroon · Central African Republic · Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Gabon | UNESCO has been taking action in the Congo Basin since 2000 in order to improve the conservation and the management of natural World Heritage sites, those already inscribed as well as those which have the potential ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Forests Natural |
2022-06-27 |
| CAWHFI component funded by the European Commission (2016-2020) | Dja Faunal Reserve Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda Ivindo National Park Sangha Trinational |
Cameroon · Central African Republic · Congo · Gabon | CAWHFI component financed by the European Commission (2016-2020) Between 2016 and 2020, funding from the European Commission enabled CAWHFI to strengthen the monitoring of the TRIDOM and TNS landscapes, an area of ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 |
| “Public works and heritage”. International seminar in Paris, (France) on bridges | Connecting river banks and cultures, bridge are a work which has, today, acquired great symbolic value, whether as historical testimony or contemporary creation. Reconstruction of the Mostar Bridge (which is part of ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 | ||
| 2010 International Year of Biodiversity | The United Nations has declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB). The term biodiversity describes the variety of all life and natural processes on Earth, including all living things from microscopic ... | Natural | 2022-06-27 | ||
| 30th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. Urbino workshop (Italy) on “Partnerships for World Heritage ... | Historic Centre of Urbino | The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was signed on 16 November 1972. The 30th Anniversary celebrations included the organization of the international conference “World ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 | |
| Africa Nature | Africa nature: a capacity building program for natural World Heritage in Africa The Africa Nature capacity building program was launched in 2011 to improve management effectiveness at natural World Heritage sites ... | Additional Natural Categories Conservation of Natural Sites Natural |
2022-06-27 | ||
| Assistance to the project for the creation of a global network of World Heritage forests. Seminar in Nancy, France | The objective of this project was to establish a global network of World Heritage forests to assist the World Heritage Forest Programme.In 1998, the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), IUCN and the ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Forests |
2022-06-27 | ||
| Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: Protecting World Heritage in the Democratic Republic of the ... | Garamba National Park Kahuzi-Biega National Park Okapi Wildlife Reserve Salonga National Park Virunga National Park |
Belgium · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Italy · Spain | Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: Protecting World Heritage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Parc national des Virunga © Kim S. Gjerstad A program aimed at preserving ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Forests |
2022-06-27 |
| Business Skills for Natural World Heritage Site Managers programme | Gunung Mulu National Park Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago Kinabalu Park Lake Malawi National Park Lake Turkana National Parks Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park Rainforests of the Atsinanana Simien National Park Sundarbans National Park The Sundarbans Ujung Kulon National Park W-Arly-Pendjari Complex |
Bangladesh · China · Ethiopia · India · Indonesia · Kenya · Madagascar · Malawi · Malaysia · Niger · Philippines · Viet Nam | The Business Skills for Natural World Heritage Site Managers programme is a collaboration between international environmental charity Earthwatch, global energy company Shell and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. The ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Natural |
2022-06-27 |
| Case study: Dorset | Dorset and East Devon Coast | Located on the south coast of the United Kingdom, the nominated site comprises approximately 155km of undeveloped coastline and countryside. The cliff exposures along the Dorset and East Devon coast provide an ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 | |
| Case study: Galapagos | Galápagos Islands | Situated in the Pacific Ocean some 1,000 km from the South American continent, these islands and the surrounding marine reserve have been called a unique 'living museum and showcase of evolution'. Located at the ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Marine & coastal |
2022-06-27 | |
| Case study: Sian Ka'an | Sian Ka'an | Located on the east coast of the Yucatán peninsula, this biosphere reserve contains tropical forests, mangroves and marshes, as well as a large marine section intersected by a barrier reef. It provides a habitat for ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 | |
| Case study: Tongariro | Tongariro National Park | In 1993 Tongariro became the first property to be inscribed on the World Heritage List under the revised criteria describing cultural landscapes. The mountains at the heart of the park have cultural and religious ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 | |
| Case study: Tubbataha | Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park | The Tubbataha Reef Marine Park covers 96.828 ha, including the North and South Atolls. It is a unique example of an atoll reef with a very high density of marine species; the North Islet serving as a nesting site ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2024-03-08 | |
| Case study: Ujung Kulon | Ujung Kulon National Park | This national park, located in the extreme south-western tip of Java on the Sunda shelf, includes the Ujung Kulon peninsula and several offshore islands and encompasses the natural reserve of Krakatoa. In addition ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Marine & coastal |
2022-06-27 | |
| Control and Eradication of Invasives Species:A Necessary Condition for Conserving Endemic Biodiversity of the ... | Galápagos Islands | The project was developed in response to the threats resulting from the introduction of alien species and is laying the foundations for the creation of a systematic approach to dealing with alien species in island ... | Marine & coastal | 2022-06-27 | |
| Disaster Risk Management Plan for Quebrada de Humahuaca | Quebrada de Humahuaca | Argentina | This project aims to fund the elaboration of a Risk Management Plan for the property Quebrada de Humahuaca by providing technical support to the State Party of Argentina and to provide specific training to the local ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 |
| Emergency assistance to the Okapi Wildlife Reserve of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Okapi Wildlife Reserve | Democratic Republic of the Congo | The Okapi Wildlife Reserve has been on the World Heritage List since 1996. It occupies about one-fifth of the Ituri forest in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the borders of Sudan and ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Forests |
2022-06-27 |
| Engaging local communities in the conservation of the Maloti-Drakensberg Park World Heritage site | Maloti-Drakensberg Park | Lesotho · South Africa | Local communities and indigenous peoples are, and have been for centuries, the custodians of many World Heritage sites. Launched in the year 2000, the Community Management for Protected Areas Conservation (COMPACT) ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 |
| Engaging Local Communities in the Stewardship of World Heritage (COMPACT) | COMPACT Engaging Local Communities in the Stewardship of World Heritage © Local communities and indigenous peoples are, and have been for centuries, the custodians of many World Heritage ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Natural |
2022-10-19 | ||
| Enhancing our Heritage- Monitoring and managing for success in World Natural Heritage sites | Aldabra Atoll Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Canaima National Park Chitwan National Park iSimangaliso Wetland Park Kaziranga National Park Keoladeo National Park Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve Sangay National Park Serengeti National Park |
Ecuador · Honduras · India · Nepal · Seychelles · South Africa · Uganda · United Republic of Tanzania · Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Enhancing Our Heritage - Monitoring and Managing for Success in World Natural Heritage Sites was a seven-year UNESCO/IUCN project funded by the United Nations Foundation. The project commenced in 2001 and operated ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 |
| Enhancing the implementation capacity of the 1972 Convention at Natural World Heritage sites | Simien National Park | Ethiopia | Ethiopia is among the African countries, which have nine sites inscribed on the World Heritage List. Eight cultural sites and only one natural property, the Simien National Park inscribed in 1978. The Ethiopian ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Natural |
2022-06-27 |
| Evaluation Mission of the Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves | Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves | Niger | Objectives The Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991 and on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1992, in particular because of the impact of armed conflict. This ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2023-10-03 |
| Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest | There exist a great variety of religious and sacred sites that are representative of the different cultures and traditions of the world. Approximately 20 percent of the properties inscribed on the World Heritage ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Forests |
2023-10-06 | ||
| Preparatory assistance and technical support for the inscription, conservation and management of the Île de ... | Island of Saint-Louis | Senegal | The France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement, similar to the technical cooperation provided to the Town of Luang Prabang in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, has provided technical and financial support to national ... | Marine & coastal | 2022-06-27 |
| Preparatory assistance for inscription of the Rainforests of the Atsinanana, Madagascar | Rainforests of the Atsinanana | Madagascar | The Rainforests of the Atsinanana are predominantly old-growth forests, and, as such, are critically important for the maintenance of ecological processes and the survival of Madagascar’s unique biodiversity. The ... | Forests | 2022-06-27 |
| Preparatory assistance for the identification of heritage in Ehotilé Islands National Park, Côte d’Ivoire | Côte d'Ivoire | The Ehotilé Islands National Park is a group of six islands situated along the eastern shoreline of the Côte d’Ivoire that shelters a complex and diverse flora and fauna. It was listed as a Ramsar Site (see the ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 | |
| Preparatory assistance for the inscription of Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba, Togo | Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba | Togo | The Koutammakou landscape in north-eastern Togo, which extends into neighboring Benin, is home to the Batammariba people whose remarkable mud tower-houses have become a symbol of Togo. In this landscape, nature is ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 |
| Preparatory assistance for the inscription of The forest and the residential encampments of the Aka Pygmies of the ... | Central African Republic | The Aka Pygmies are considered the very first inhabitants of the Central African Republic. They live in the Mongoumba Forest, of Lobaye. A preparatory assistance mission, under the framework of the France-UNESCO ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Forests |
2022-06-27 | |
| Preparatory assistance for the inscription of the Southern Oasis of Morocco | Morocco | At the initiative of the Permanent Delegation of Morocco and the “Agence pour la promotion et le développement économique culturel et social des provinces du Sud du Royaume du Maroc” (agency for the economic, ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 | |
| Promouvoir le Patrimoine Mondial à Madagascar | Andrefana Dry Forests Rainforests of the Atsinanana Royal Hill of Ambohimanga |
Madagascar | « Promouvoir le Patrimoine Mondial à Madagascar » est un programme du Centre du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO qui a pour finalité la mise en œuvre de la Convention du patrimoine mondial comme outil de conservation ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 |
| Protection measures against the impacts of agricultural and agro industrial projects in Djoudj National Bird ... | Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary | Senegal | Lately, the Djoudj National Park is subject to discharges of agricultural effluents and proliferation of invasive plants that threaten its natural balance. This situation is notably due to the installation of rice ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 |
| Rapid Response Facility (RRF) Protecting natural World Heritage sites in times of crisis | Natural World Heritage sites face many challenges that threaten their existence. They represent a global heritage recognized as being of outstanding universal value, unique and irreplaceable. As the rate of global ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 | ||
| Restauration and revitalisation of the Complex of Hué Monuments and historical town, Viet Nam | Complex of Hué Monuments | Viet Nam | Hué, Viet Nam, is one of the last large fortified citadel cities of south-east Asia which was the imperial capital until 1945. The Complex of Hué Monuments has exceptional architectural and landscape heritage which ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 |
| Saving nature and livelihoods: Belize | Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System | Belize | The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (BBRRS) won its place on the World Heritage List in 1996 as an outstanding natural system, consisting of the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere, offshore atolls, ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Natural |
2022-12-09 |
| Seminar at the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (France) on Tourism and World Heritage Sites | From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt | An international expert meeting focusing on “Tourism and World Heritage Sites” was held from 6 to 8 March 2008 at the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, France. (The Saltwork is part of a property inscribed on the ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 | |
| Seminar on raising awareness on Global Strategy in the South West islands of the Indian Ocean and Madagascar | France · Madagascar | In 1994, the World Heritage Committee launched the Global Strategy for a representative, balanced and credible World Heritage List. Crucial to the Global Strategy are efforts to encourage the nomination of ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 | |
| Shaping the future of climate adaptation through Resilient Reefs | Climate change is today the biggest threat to coral reefs. Under a business-as-usual scenario, nearly 90% of the 29 World Heritage-listed coral reefs are expected to severely bleach twice-per-decade by 2040. | Marine & coastal | 2024-04-23 | ||
| State of conservation Information System | Conservation, at the core of the World Heritage Convention Article 4 of the World Heritage Convention refers to the conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List and indicates that “each State ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 | ||
| Technical assistance for the management of iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa) and Maloti-Drakensberg Park ... | iSimangaliso Wetland Park Maloti-Drakensberg Park |
Lesotho · South Africa | The rationale of this project was to provide technical assistance through an advisory mission for the development of management mechanisms and tourism management for two recently inscribed sites, one natural and one ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 |
| Technical assistance for the management of the Archaeological Site of Zeugma and its surroundings, Gaziantep, Turkey | Türkiye | Zeugma is an ancient city situated on the Euphrates south of Turkey. It is composed of two cities on either side of the Euphrates: Seleucia and Apamea. The construction of a new dam on the Euphrates in Turkey ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 | |
| Technical assistance for the management of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railways, the Mountain Railways of India | Mountain Railways of India | India | The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) was the first of three mountain railways of India to be inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999. The property was extended in 2005 and 2008 to include two other railroads ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 |
| TEMATEA Project on Issue-Based Modules for coherent implementation of biodiversity related conventions | The TEMATEA Project on Issue-Based Modules supports a better and more coherent national implementation of biodiversity-related conventions following a two-track approach: The Issue-Based Modules are web-based tools ... | Additional Natural Categories | 2022-06-27 | ||
| The Mid-Atlantic Ridge | Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves Gough and Inaccessible Islands Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture Surtsey Þingvellir National Park |
Brazil · Cabo Verde · Iceland · Norway · Portugal · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | The mid ocean ridge systems are the largest geological features on the planet. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) is a mostly underwater mountain range in the Atlantic Ocean that runs from 87°N -about 333km south of the ... | Additional Natural Categories | 2023-01-25 |
| UNESCO for Haiti | National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers | Haiti | Making Culture a Motor for ReconstructionHaiti, the "land of a thousand colours" "Haiti will certainly not die, because its painters started painting again, its poets started creating, its singers composing, its ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 |
| UNESCO World Heritage Forests | UNESCO World Heritage Forests © David Geldhof / Yosemite National Park Forests are some of the most biodiversity-rich habitats on Earth. They play a crucial role in climate regulation by ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Forests |
2023-02-22 | ||
| We are all Futurekeepers | Natural World Heritage sites are the planet’s most precious gifts to humanity. But our work across these 257 sites is not simply about protecting and preserving some of the world’s most beautiful locations, ... | Forests Marine & coastal Natural |
2024-04-05 | ||
| World Heritage – Pacific 2009 Programme | Despite its extraordinary cultural and biological diversity and richness, the Pacific is the most under-represented sub-region on the World Heritage List. To redress this imbalance, World Heritage Global Strategy ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Forests Marine & coastal |
2022-06-27 | ||
| World Heritage and Extractive Industries | Over the years, and based on the many cases which have arisen at natural World Heritage properties, the World Heritage Committee has expressed many times its clear position that that mineral, oil and gas exploration ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 | ||
| World Heritage and Ramsar Convention on Wetlands | 64% of the world’s wetlands have disappeared since the beginning of the last century. In most regions across the world, wetlands continue to decline compromising the benefits that wetlands provide to people. ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 | ||
| World Heritage and the Arctic | Ilulissat Icefjord Laponian Area Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve Putorana Plateau Rock Art of Alta |
The Arctic Ocean urgently needs protection as melting sea ice is opening up previously inaccessible areas to activities such as shipping, bottom trawl fishing and oil exploration, according to a scientific report ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2023-11-28 | |
| World Heritage Biodiversity Programme for India (WHBPI) | Will contribute resources towards site management, capacity building, alternative livelihoods for communities, research and fundraising activities. Objectives In April 2004, the World Heritage Centre entered into ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 | ||
| World Heritage Centre’s Natural Heritage Strategy | In October 2006 the World Heritage Centre published the UNESCO World Heritage Centre's Natural Heritage Strategy, which was endorsed by the World Heritage Committee. The strategy outlines the guiding principles, ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 | ||
| World Heritage Fossil Sites Workshop | The meeting participants wished to bring to the attention of all relevant organisations and authorities concerned with World Heritage, fossil sites and geological sites the following points and recommendations from ... | Natural | 2022-06-27 | ||
| World Heritage Sites and Biosphere Reserves | Sites on the World Heritage List are cultural, natural or mixed properties recognized by the World Heritage Committee has being of outstanding universal value. Biosphere Reserves are areas of terrestrial and coastal ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 | ||
| Climate Change Marine | Marine World Heritage in a Changing Climate © Climate change has become the biggest threat to the conservation of the 51 marine sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Some 70% of these sites are ... | Marine & coastal | 2024-10-17 | ||
| Marine heritage: Support to the Central Pacific project and support to the World Heritage marine programme | The France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement provided support to the valorisation of the Pacific Marine Heritage and support to the World Heritage Marine Programme. The “Marine heritage project: Central pacific”, on ... | Marine & coastal | 2022-06-27 | ||
| Marine Programme: State of Conservation Reporting | Marine Programme: State of Conservation Reporting © World Heritage status signifies that a place is unique and irreplaceable. But the recognition comes with responsibilities. As a condition for ... | Additional Natural Categories | 2024-12-07 | ||
| Marine Programme: World Heritage marine managers | World Heritage Marine Managers A flagship network empowered to transform how we protect Watch © The World Heritage List includes 51 marine sites across 37 nations. Local managers at these sites ... | Marine & coastal | 2025-02-04 | ||
| World Heritage in the High Seas | World Heritage in the High Seas The world’s ocean areas beyond national jurisdiction span half the globe. Just as on land, the deepest and most remote ocean areas harbour globally unique ecosystems. To date, none ... | Marine & coastal | 2022-06-27 | ||
| Activities in Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve | Honduras | Honduras' forest administration (COHDEFOR) and local NGOs, such as MOPAWI, are seeking sustainable alternatives for the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve. The most important remaining strand of humid tropical forest in ... | Forests | 2022-03-05 | |
| Activities in Sian Ka'an | At Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, reserve staff and local partners, such as Amigos de Sian Ka'an, are developing strategies to mitigate the pressures from mass tourism on the site's ... | Forests | 2022-03-05 | ||
| Activities in Tikal National Park | Tikal National Park | Guatemala | At Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the Institute of Anthropology and History, part of the culture ministry, is working to protect one of the world's most important ancient Mayan sites and part of the largest ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Forests |
2022-03-05 |
| Activities in Ujung Kulon National Park and Komodo National Park, Indonesia | Komodo National Park Ujung Kulon 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 ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-03-05 |
| Tunisia - Development of an emergency plan for the safeguard of the Ichkeul National Park | Ichkeul National Park | The program consists first in organizing a study preparatory workshop in order to elaborate the strategy that should lead to a sustainable use of the water resources of the Ichkeul National Park, then in monitoring ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-03-02 | |
| Philippines - Embedment Mooring System For Tubbataha World Heritage Site | Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park | Philippines | 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 ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-03-02 |
| Business Planning for World Heritage Site Managers - a Toolkit | Aldabra Atoll Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Kinabalu Park Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park Ujung Kulon National Park Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve |
Indonesia · Malaysia · Philippines · Seychelles · Uganda | This project focused on strengthening the business planning capacity of non-profit organisations (government agencies, NGOs) charged with the responsibility for the management and protection of natural World ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-03-02 |
| International Safeguarding Campaign of the City of Venice (1966, Italy) | Venice and its Lagoon | Italy | Venice, with its surrounding lagoon, is unique. In this city on the water, where the idea of terra firma is meaningless, a thousand years has seen the creation of an extraordinary museum of architecture. But this ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-03-02 |
| Patrimoine mondial naturel d'Afrique centrale | Dans le cadre de l'Initiative pour le patrimoine mondial forestier d'Afrique centrale (CAWHFI), le Centre du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO a organisé un atelier qui visait à identifier et à caractériser, parmi les ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Forests |
2022-03-21 | ||
| International Year of Biodiversity Travelling Exhibition | UNESCO, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Centre Sciences, Orléans - a ... | Natural | 2022-03-05 | ||
| Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape Project | Cocos Island National Park Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection Galápagos Islands |
Colombia · Costa Rica · Ecuador · Panama | This 3-year project by UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Conservation International, and with financing from the UN Foundation and Global Conservation Fund, calls for the promotion of long-term management and ... | Marine & coastal | 2022-06-27 |
| Activities in Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino | Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino | Mexico | El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve in Baja California, Mexico, is focusing on developing locally based ecotourism to address threats to the coastal lagoons, which shelter the gray whale, harbour seal, California sea ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-03-02 |