Search

An Executive Committee was created in 1960 (C 11 Res. 4.4141 and 4.4142, 1960) as a control panel for the large amount of activities undertaken within the framework of the International Campaign, and was modified in regard to membership and terms of reference in 1962 (C 12 Res. 4.421). The modified Executive Committee consisted of representatives of 15 member states that ...

CAWHFI’s first component focused its action on the improvement of the management of the Sangha Trinational, Gamba-Mayumba-Conkouati and Dja-Odzala-Minkebe Trinational transborder landscapes, so as to significantly decrease the poaching pressure affecting them. Prepared in collaboration with three conservation NGOs, the management services of wildlife and of the protected ...

By its decision 30 COM 7.1 the World Heritage Committee endorsed the "Strategy to assist States Parties to implement management responses" and took note of the report on "Predicting and managing the impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage", which were prepared following a meeting of experts in March 2006. The Committee also requested that a policy document be prepared ...

People of Africa, the Americas, the Arab to the future world, Asia, Europe and the Pacific; men, women and children, we are all the inheritors of treasures from past civilizations and natural sites of outstanding beauty. We are all responsible for passing these treasures on civilizations. People of the world, ephemeral owners of the world heritage of humanity, ours is the ...

A capacity-building project to enrich World Heritage information management tools and techniques in the Arab States Region, from adequate documentation of sites, to use of recording tools, management planning, and information exchange Objectives To make available updated information relative to the Convention to World Heritage site managers in the Arab region and the ...

Authors of thesis are encouraged to send an abstract of their work and their personal data by filling the attached form. This will allow academics and researchers to know about their domain of research and to contact them. Thesis Academic institution(country) Language Title(type of thesis) Author(year) Abstract Politecnico di Torino, Department of ...

The project consists of four core activities The creation and the development of an Arabic language web site on the World Heritage in the Arab Region, in cooperation with the a regional partner (possibly the Al Ain Authority, from the United Arab Emirates); The development of, through pilot workshops in the field, of four training modules for the reinforcement of capacity ...

International World Heritage Youth Forum : first WHY Forum organized in Russian Federation at Velikiy Novgorod, 24-29 August 2002. The working program of the Forum included three round tables: Associated Schools of UNESCO - Integration of the Experience of Dealing with the World Heritage into the Education SystemObjective was to work out recommendations based on the ...

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, mission statement, strategic orientations, and working methods of all activities relating to Natural Heritage. In addition, the strategy highlights recent ...

Community-led urban planning in Durham (United Kingdom)

Many cultural and natural World Heritage sites are home to indigenous peoples. As the UNESCO policy on engaging with indigenous peoples recognizes, World Heritage sites are often located within land managed by indigenous peoples whose land use, knowledge and cultural and spiritual values and practices are related to heritage. Inspired by the United Nations Declaration on ...

The UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, initiated as a UNESCO special project in 1994, gives young people a chance to voice their concerns and to become involved in the protection of our common cultural and natural heritage. It seeks to encourage and enable tomorrow’s decision-makers to participate in heritage conservation and to respond to the continuing threats ...

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 in nine World Heritage sites in Africa, South Asia and Latin America that have all been recognized for their biodiversity values. The specific aim of the project ...

World Heritage Volunteers 2015 and #unite4heritageQuin,VargasCarméla,Amilcar

Avebury Residents’ Pack: bringing together diverse stakeholders in Avebury (United Kingdom)

Guide 4 – Case study: Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)

Guide 4 – Case Study: Avebury World Heritage site, Wiltshire (United Kingdom)

Guide 6 – Case Study: Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (United Kingdom)

Bridging a spatial and social divide through inclusive planning in Zanzibar Town (United Republic of Tanzania)

Understanding urban heritage: New and Old Towns of Edinburgh (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)Ashraf AliMirna