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| Title | Sites | State Parties | Description | Category | Date updated |
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| Basic Texts of the 1972 World Heritage Convention, Edition December 2023 | Basic Texts of the 1972 World Heritage Convention, Edition December 2023 | Other materials | 2024-02-09 | ||
| Guidance and Toolkit for Impact Assessments in a World Heritage Context | UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee have issued new guidance for assessing impacts from projects that could potentially affect the planet’s most precious heritage places. Designed ... | Publications Resource Manuals |
2024-05-27 | ||
| 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 landscapes. | Publications Resource Manuals |
2022-07-29 | ||
| 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 ... | Publications | 2023-09-10 | ||
| Biennial Report 2008-2009 | Extrabudgetary Support for UNESCO’S World Heritage Convention The opportunities for the application of the World Heritage Convention regarding the identification and conservation of the world’s most outstanding ... | Brochures & Info kits | 2022-06-27 | ||
| Booklet, 10th Anniversary of the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement | In 2009, on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement, a booklet describing the heritage safeguarding and valorisation activities implemented in the first 10 years (1999-2009), ... | Other materials Publications |
2024-03-20 | ||
| Case Studies on the Conservation and Management of Historic Cities | Since 2008, the World Heritage Centre, within the framework of the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement, supported and participated in the initiative “Developing Historic Cities: Keys for Understanding and Taking ... | Other materials | 2022-06-27 | ||
| Commemoration of ten years of international co-operation at Angkor, Cambodia | Angkor | Cambodia | Situated in the current province of Siem Reap in the northwest of Cambodia, Angkor, the ancient capital of the Khmer Kings and the group of monuments constructed between the ninth and fifteenth centuries, was ... | Publications | 2022-06-27 |
| Culture and Development: World Heritage in the Caribbean | The results of the Second Periodic Report on the State of World Heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean were presented at the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Phnom Penh (Cambodia), in June ... | Other materials Publications |
2022-06-27 | ||
| Engaging Local Communities in the Stewardship of World Heritage (COMPACT) | The role of local communities in ensuring that World Heritage contributes to sustainable development was chosen by the World Heritage Committee as the central theme for the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the ... | Other materials Publications |
2022-06-27 | ||
| Enhancing Our Heritage Toolkit 2.0 | The Enhancing Our Heritage Toolkit 2.0 (EoH 2.0) provides a globally tested self-assessment methodology to support World Heritage managers and actors to evaluate management effectiveness in a World Heritage property ... | Publications Resource Manuals |
2024-01-30 | ||
| Five years of Conflict - The State of Cultural Heritage in the Ancient City of Aleppo | Ancient City of Aleppo | Syrian Arab Republic | The first comprehensive account of the devastation wrought on the World Heritage site of the Ancient City of Aleppo during years of armed conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic has just been published by UNESCO and ... | Publications | 2022-06-27 |
| From Astronomy to Zanzibar | Since its inception in 2001, the Netherlands Funds-in-Trust (NFiT) at the World Heritage Centre has served the international heritage community as well as local communities in practically all regions of the world in ... | Other materials | 2022-06-27 | ||
| Global Strategy: Workshop on the identification of archaeological sites in the Caribbean, and on major risks ... | Caribbean archaeological heritage has been the subject of enhancement initiatives at the beginning of the years 2000, to valorise underrepresented heritage on the World Heritage List in the region. An international ... | Publications | 2022-06-27 | ||
| Handbook on Cultural Heritage and Local Development for African Local Governments | The handbook "Cultural heritage and local development: A Guide for African local governments", co-edited by the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement and CRATerre-ENSAG in 2006, was designed as a tool for decision ... | Other materials | 2022-06-27 | ||
| Managing Cultural World Heritage | This manual provides guidance for States Parties and all those involved in the care of World Heritage cultural properties on how to comply with the requirements of the World Heritage Convention. | Publications Resource Manuals |
2022-07-29 | ||
| Managing Disaster Risks for World Heritage | This first Manual within the series concerns the management of disaster risks for World Heritage properties. It focuses on one approach to the principles, methodology and process for managing disaster risks at ... | Resource Manuals | 2022-07-29 | ||
| New life for historic cities: The historic urban landscape approach explained | This booklet calls to involve more people in preservation efforts, raise levels of awareness, and seek innovative schemes. By actively engaging public, private and civic sectors the city, historic and contemporary, ... | Brochures & Info kits Publications |
2022-06-27 | ||
| Preparation and publication: “Historic atlas of Kyoto”, Japan | Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) | Japan | The “Historical Atlas of Kyoto: Spatial Analysis of the Memory Systems of a City, its Architecture and Urban Landscape” (In French: « Atlas historique de Kyoto: Analyse spatiale des systèmes de mémoire d’une ville, ... | Publications | 2022-06-27 |
| Preparing World Heritage Nominations | The aim of this Resource Manual (Second Edition 2011) is to help States Parties to achieve good quality World Heritage nominations. | Resource Manuals | 2023-02-23 | ||
| 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 ... | Publications | 2022-06-27 |
| Satellite-Based Damage Assessment of Cultural Heritage Sites 2015 Summary Report of Iraq, Nepal, Syria & Yemen | Iraq · Nepal · Syrian Arab Republic · Yemen | Since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between UNITAR-UNOSAT and UNESCO in June 2015, cultural heritage around the world has continued to suffer on an unprecedented scale from intentional attacks, ... | Other materials | 2022-06-27 | |
| Support for African local governments in the field of heritage (EU-AIMF project) | In 2009, a programme called “Heritage and Development” was initiated under the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement to respond to the requests expressed during the special sessions of the Africities Summits on ... | Other materials | 2022-06-27 | ||
| Support to the International seminar on the Rehabilitation of Historic Centres of Latin American Cities (SIRCHAL) ... | Workshop on urban conservation and restoration and creation of a four-language glossary. The SIRCHAL Programme (Network for the Revitalization of Latin American and Caribbean Historic Centres) has several goals ... | Publications | 2022-06-27 | ||
| Supporting Community-Based Management and Sustainable Tourism at World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia | Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras |
Indonesia · Malaysia · Philippines | Entitled “The Power of Culture: Supporting Community-Based Management and Sustainable Tourism at World Heritage sites in South-East Asia, the UNESCO Office in Jakarta with the technical assistance of the UNESCO ... | Other materials Publications |
2022-06-27 |
| The Invention of "World Heritage" | AFUS, the Association of Former Unesco Staff Members, takes pleasure in presenting this second Paper published by its History Club. As you may recall, the Club is the offspring of a commonplace observation, namely, ... | Other materials Publications |
2022-03-05 | ||
| The Inventory of the historic city of Sana'a: a tool for urban conservation | Old City of Sana'a | Yemen | This publication documents the main outcomes of the studies undertaken in 2003 - 2006, by UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and the General Organisation for the Preservation of the Historic Cities of Yemen (GOPHCY), in ... | Other materials | 2022-06-27 |
| The World Heritage Brochure | The World Heritage Brochure | Brochures & Info kits | 2022-06-27 | ||
| The World Heritage Convention, twenty years later | This study, undertaken on 10 June and revised on 4 December 1992 on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, has been graciously delivered to UNESCO by its author, Léon Pressouyre. ... | Other materials | 2022-06-27 | ||
| Training workshops on new cultural heritage management techniques for Andean countries (Bolivia (Plurinational ... | The UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage Management was established in 2000 at the National University of Colombia (branch of Manizales), at the request of the Columbian State. To celebrate its inauguration, a series ... | Publications | 2022-06-27 | ||
| UNESCO World Heritage Desk Diary 2013 | Featuring a useful week-at-a-glance design, it is illustrated with colour photos of World Heritage sites, each accompanied with a short caption. It also introduces the Convention Concerning the Protection of World ... | Other materials Publications |
2022-06-27 | ||
| Urban Notebooks | Urban Notebooks The e-magazine of the World Heritage Cities Programme features diverse voices on urban heritage, practices, and opinion pieces. February 2022 Issue 20 Dr. Patricia E. ... | Other materials Publications |
2022-10-17 | ||
| Wind Energy | The objective of the Guidance is to provide easy-to-understand and user-friendly information on wind energy projects and World Heritage protection and management, and to highlight processes and tools for overcoming ... | Other materials | 2024-03-04 | ||
| World Heritage 2002, shared legacy, common responsibility | To mark the 30th anniversary of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972), UNESCO with the support of the ... | Other materials | 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 ... | Other materials | 2023-11-28 | |
| World Heritage and Tourism in a Changing Climate | This report provides an overview of the increasing vulnerability of World Heritage sites to climate change impacts and the potential implications for and of global tourism. It also examines the close relationship ... | Other materials | 2022-06-27 | ||
| World Heritage and wind energy planning | Protecting visual integrity in the context of the energy transition. Inspiring practices from four European countries. This study presents examples from four European countries and shows how they deal with wind ... | Other materials Publications |
2022-11-21 | ||
| World Heritage at the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014: the promise of Sydney | For the one-year anniversary of the IUCN World Parks Congress, UNESCO has published the proceedings of this Congress to highlight the recommendations of the global conservation community on World Heritage for the ... | Brochures & Info kits Publications |
2022-06-27 | ||
| World Heritage Education Programme Brochure | The World Heritage Education Programme gives young people a chance to voice their concerns and to become involved in the protection of our common cultural and natural heritage. This brochure offers overview of the ... | Brochures & Info kits Publications |
2022-06-27 | ||
| 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 ... | Other materials | 2022-07-03 | ||
| World Heritage Information Kit | Mission Statement Heritage: A Gift from the Past to the Future A Brief History The Convention and its Committee The World Heritage Fund The Nomination Process The Global Strategy List of World Heritage in ... | Brochures & Info kits | 2022-06-27 | ||
| World Heritage Paper Series | World Heritage Paper Series launched in 2002 in an effort to publish a series on various World Heritage subjects, the series will include: papers related to World Heritage issues; reports from seminars, ... | Periodicals Publications |
2022-06-27 | ||
| World Heritage: Benefits Beyond Borders | Published on the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, this thematic collection of case studies provides a thorough understanding of World Heritage sites and their Outstanding Universal Value in the ... | Other materials Publications |
2023-04-27 | ||
| World Heritage: Challenges for the Millennium | This publication provides analysis of more than three decades of the implementation of the World Heritage Convention and highlights a number of its successes and challenges. The result of a collective effort of many ... | Other materials | 2022-06-27 | ||
| World Heritage Marine Sites - Best Practice guide | Managing effectively the world’s most iconic Marine Protected Areas What is the purpose of this guide? This guide is a primer on how to accomplish effective, pro-active management to ensure the long-term ... | Other materials Publications |
2022-06-27 | ||
| Heritage Sites of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy in the context of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention - A ... | Thematic Study no. 12010 Thematic Study no. 2 2017 These Thematic Studies result from a collaborative project between the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), an advisory body to ... | Other materials | 2022-03-07 | ||
| The KIT: World Heritage in Young Hands | The KIT: World Heritage in Young Hands Developed in 1998, the World Heritage in Young Hands Educational Resource Kit for secondary school teachers is one of the main tools of the World Heritage Education Programme. ... | Brochures & Info kits Publications |
2024-03-06 | ||
| World Heritage, Today and Tomorrow, With Young People | Why take an interest in world heritage? Why study and protect World Heritage? Common responsibility? Heritage: a lifelong undertaking? | Brochures & Info kits | 2022-03-05 | ||
| The restoration of King Gbehanzin Palace – Royal Palaces of Abomey | Royal Palaces of Abomey | Benin | Edited by Junzo Kawada, Published by CRATerre-ENSAG and UNESCO World Heritage Centre. This publication describes the first restoration project of a World Heritage site in Benin, financed through a cooperation ... | Other materials | 2022-03-03 |
| Rehabilitation of the Saint Sebastian Fortress, Island of Mozambique | Island of Mozambique | This colourful brochure published by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre illustrates the background, aims, results and challenges of the rehabilitation project of the Saint Sebastian Fortress on the World Heritage site ... | Other materials | 2022-03-03 | |
| 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 ... | Other materials | 2022-03-02 |
| Case Studies on Climate Change and World Heritage | Chan Chan Archaeological Zone Great Barrier Reef Ichkeul National Park Sagarmatha National Park Timbuktu |
Originally published in 2007 in English, this publication has now been reprinted for the third time in English and translated into French, Spanish and Arabic. It presents twenty-six case studies from selected ... | Other materials | 2022-03-03 | |
| Development of Policy Document on Impacts of Climate Change and World Heritage (2006) | At its 30th session in July 2006, the World Heritage Committee endorsed the report on "Predicting and managing the impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage" and the "Strategy to assist States Parties to implement ... | Brochures & Info kits Publications |
2022-03-03 | ||
| World Heritage Reports n°22 - Climate Change and World Heritage | In May 2007 the Report on predicting and managing the impacts of climate change on World Heritage and Strategy to assist States Parties to implement appropriate management responses were published as "World Heritage ... | Periodicals | 2022-03-03 | ||
| 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 ... | Other materials | 2022-03-21 | ||
| World Heritage in the Congo Basin | Dja Faunal Reserve Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda Garamba National Park Kahuzi-Biega National Park Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park Okapi Wildlife Reserve Salonga National Park Virunga National Park |
This publication is intended for both biodiversity specialists and the general public. It provides detailed information on two important initiatives undertaken by the World Heritage Centre for the preservation of ... | Other materials Publications |
2022-03-21 | |
| Empowering youth for heritage: 10 years of the World Heritage Volunteers Initiative | This publication provides a retrospective of the first 10 years of the World Heritage Volunteers Initiative, to increase its visibility and sustainability and support the organizations committed to its values. From ... | Other materials Publications |
2023-03-20 | ||
| Report on the Historic Urban Landscape Workshops and Field Activities on the Swahili coast in East Africa 2011-2012 | Island of Mozambique Lamu Old Town Stone Town of Zanzibar |
Kenya · Mozambique · United Republic of Tanzania | On 10 November 2011 UNESCO’s General Conference adopted theRecommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape, six years after the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention adopted Resolution ... | Other materials Publications |
2022-03-03 |
| Celebrating 40 years of the World Heritage Convention | Japan | Celebrating 40 years of the World Heritage Convention, the proceedings of Closing Event of the Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, has been published. This electronic publication ... | Other materials | 2022-06-27 | |
| Report of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention | The UNESCO World Heritage Centre published a brochure reporting the events and activities carried out in 2012 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. This colorful, illustrated ... | Brochures & Info kits | 2022-06-27 |