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Disaster Risk Management Plan for Quebrada de Humahuaca

Participatory Management Plan for Jesuit and Franciscan Missionary Heritage

Update of the Management Plan of the Historic Monuments Zone of Queretaro (Mexico)

Business Planning for World Heritage Site Managers - a ToolkitPatryMarc

Taking nature into account in the World Heritage Management plan of Strasbourg (France)

Preparatory assistance and establishment of a management plan for the Historic Centre of Agadez, Niger

Monitoring the implementation of the World Heritage Management and Action Plan in the Historic Centre of Florence (Italy)

A model conservation and management plan for the cultural heritage site of Abila in Northern Jordan is being developed jointly by a working group of teachers and students from BTU and Yarmouk University. This model can serve as a reference for other sites in the region. The initiative was followed by a course devoted to development of guidelines for sustainable management ...

Technical assistance for the preparation and establishment of a management plan for Coro and its Port, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

The integrated concept of archaeological and natural sciences has been worked out as an integral part of various courses taught within the Cultural Resource Management programme at Yarmouk University. The above-mentioned endeavours will be followed by further actions planned by the consortium of participating universities. Planned activities will definitely reinforce ...

Early in the implementation of Central African World Heritage Initiative’s first phase, the project partners felt the need to better integrate the project into the whole local ecological, socio-economic and cultural landscape. The World Heritage Centre has since explored possibilities for collaboration with the French Facility for Global Environment, to develop a new ...

The present staff needs to have more knowledge in order to manage this complex situation. This knowledge should be given through a training, which aim should be to move one step closer to effective management. Objectives The objective of the Training will be to increase the capacity of the existing staff and rangers for the management of the World Natural Heritage site of ...

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 the workshop and its recommendations and finally in coordinating the implementation of the management strategy of site: to provide a finalized management ...

The Ancient Villages of Northern Syria constitute one of the most extraordinary archeological ensembles in the world. There are more than 700 sites from the Roman and Byzantine eras located in a vast region. They are located on a series of limestone plateaus known as the Limestone Massif. There is interest in these sites, not only because of their number, but also because ...

Africa is underrepresented on the World Heritage List, particularly concerning archaeological sites. This is why it is important to assist countries in the preparation of nominations. In a territory approximately 350 km long and 100 km wide, on either side of the border separating Gambia and Senegal, there is a series of megalithic sites characterised by four major types ...

The Republic of Cameroun ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1982. Since this date only the Dja faunal reserve has been inscribed on the World Heritage List. In April 2006 the Cameroonian authorities sent a new tentative list, on which the Waterfalls of Lobe were included. This site exemplifies both cultural and natural values and is intended for submission for ...

Situated in an exceptionally beautiful landscape and covering a vast area of 42 km2, Hampi, in India, contains major archaeological remains of what was once the capital of the last great Hindu kingdom and one of the world’s largest cities in the 16th century. Today, it is a living site, with 29 villages and widespread agricultural activity. Hampi is an important Hindu ...

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 tropical forests, mangrove canals and coral barrier reef, the second largest in the world.Increase the quality of existing ecotourism services; Reduce the impact of ...

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 the integrity of World Heritage natural Sites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo represent half of the total area ...

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 ...