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1.
Skills Development and Training Courses for Young People
https://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/51
Adopting a more hands-on approach At skills development training courses, young people are actively involved in the preservation of World Heritage, while acquiring new skills that contribute to a better understanding of the importance of both their tangible (monuments, historical centres, natural reserves, etc.) and intangible heritage (traditional know-how, music, ...
Activities Score 11.610103 Date 03/2022
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New Report on World Heritage and Climate Change
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/292
Threats to cultural and natural heritage sites from the effects of climate change are further substantiated in a new report presented at the 12th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change taking place in Nairobi, Kenya. The report, entitled 'The Atlas of Climate Change: Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge' describes impacts ...
News Score 10.695962 Date 11/2006
3.
Peer exchange strengthens Disaster Risk Management for World Heritage in East Africa
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2387
As part of an ongoing UNESCO Heritage Emergency Fund (HEF) project for “Post-fire emergency assistance for the World Heritage property of the Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi, Uganda,” an online peer exchange was organized on 15 December 2021 by the UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa between the site management authorities of the Kasubi Tombs World Heritage site in ...
News Score 10.409902 Date 12/2021
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The Republic of Kenya
https://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/ke
Kenya Kenya Kenya Кения كينيا 肯尼亚 The Republic of Kenya
States Parties Score 10.234189 Date 06/1991
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Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest (Kenya)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/172118
Documents Score 9.993687
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Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest (Kenya)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/172510
Documents Score 9.993687
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Expert Meeting on African Cultural Landscapes, Tiwi, Kenya, March 9-14, 1999
https://whc.unesco.org/en/events/1107
Tiwi, Kenya,Expert Meeting on African Cultural Landscapes, Tiwi, Kenya, March 9-14, 1999
Events Score 9.796324 Date 03/1999
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Mount Kenya
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/111814
Documents Score 9.771102 Date 12/2007
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Entrance to Mount Kenya
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/111808
Documents Score 9.74978 Date 12/2007
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Mount Kenya View
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/111810
Documents Score 9.74978 Date 12/2007
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Shipton's Camp, Mount Kenya WHS
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/111815
Documents Score 9.707414 Date 12/2006
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View from the Summit of Mt Kenya
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/111817
Documents Score 9.707414 Date 12/2006
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Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest (State of Conservation 2000)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/soc/2403
Kenya,,The Centre received a letter dated 11 September 2000 from the Director of the Kenya National Parks in which he transmitted to the Centre a copy of a Legal Notice No.93 dated 24/7/2000 gazetting all that area of land measuring approximately 2,124 sq.km covering Mt. Kenya indigenous forest, the Park and the plantations as National Reserve under Kenya Wildlife Service, ...
State of Conservation Score 9.69231 Date 10/2000
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Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/167561
Documents Score 9.686368 Date 05/2011
15.
Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/125205
Documents Score 9.686368 Date 02/2011
16.
Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/125206
Documents Score 9.686368 Date 02/2011
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Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/125207
Documents Score 9.686368 Date 02/2011
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Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/125208
Documents Score 9.686368 Date 02/2011
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Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/125210
Documents Score 9.686368 Date 02/2011
20.
Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/125212
Documents Score 9.686368 Date 02/2011
21.
Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/125213
Documents Score 9.686368 Date 02/2011
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Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/125383
Documents Score 9.686368
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Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/125384
Documents Score 9.686368
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Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/125385
Documents Score 9.686368
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Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/125386
Documents Score 9.686368
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Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/125387
Documents Score 9.686368
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Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/125388
Documents Score 9.686368
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Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/134087
Documents Score 9.686368
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Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/134088
Documents Score 9.686368
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Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/134089
Documents Score 9.686368
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Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/134090
Documents Score 9.686368
32.
Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/134091
Documents Score 9.686368
33.
Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/134092
Documents Score 9.686368
34.
Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/134093
Documents Score 9.686368
35.
Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/134094
Documents Score 9.686368
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Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/134095
Documents Score 9.686368
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Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/134096
Documents Score 9.686368
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Restoring Life to the Community in Lamu Old Town, Kenya
https://whc.unesco.org/en/sustainable-tourism-covid-Kenya
Restoring Life to the Community in Lamu Old Town, Kenya
Activities Score 9.658448 Date 03/2023
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The Historic Town of Gedi
https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5501
Gedi lies on the coastal region of Kenya, 94 km north of Mombasa town, another historic town. Gedi was a small town built entirely from rocks and stones, which was inhabited by Swahili people of East Africa. This historic town date back from the 15th century, and through careful preservation most of the original foundations can still be seen today. In 1927, the Gedi ...
Tentative Lists Score 9.57727 Date 12/2010
40.
In memoriam: Richard Leakey
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2391
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre would like to express its grief at the loss of Richard Leakey, the renowned paleoanthropologist and conservationist whose contributions helped protect Kenyan heritage and furthered the study of human evolution. Richard spent part of his childhood in Olduvai, in Ngorongoro Tanzania, and his parents Louis and Mary Leakey made important ...
News Score 9.573738 Date 01/2022
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World Heritage site managers from Kenya and Ethiopia strengthen skills for Disaster Risk Reduction
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1986
Following the devastating fire at Mount Kenya National Park in February 2019 and the subsequent rampaging wildfire at Simien Mountains National Park in April 2019, UNESCO organized a capacity-building workshop in disaster risk management for World Heritage site managers and other stakeholders from Kenya and Ethiopia from 11 to 14 June 2019 at Mount Kenya World Heritage ...
News Score 9.569868 Date 06/2019
42.
Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest (State of Conservation 2004)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/soc/1396
Kenya,Agriculture Pressure, Logging ,The World Heritage Centre and IUCN received the State Party’s report dated 10 February 2004. The report notes that the gazettement of Mount Kenya Forest Reserve as a National Reserve in July 2000 legally accords Kenya Wildlife Service the overall mandate to manage the entire property. Any other organization operating within ...
State of Conservation Score 9.533676 Date 06/2004
43.
Mount Kenya Ecosystem
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/102295
Documents Score 9.526514 Date 06/1996
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Lamu Old Town, Kenya
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/197543
Documents Score 9.517495
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World Heritage Committee to inscribe new sites on UNESCO World Heritage List and examine conservation of sites already on the List
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1021
The World Heritage Committee will consider the inscription of 32 sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during its next session, from 16 to 27 June in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap (Cambodia).  Media wishing to attend the meeting must register online. The Committee’s debates, chaired by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, will also be webcast. A press ...
News Score 9.491523 Date 06/2013
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Lamu Old Town (Kenya)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/114528
Documents Score 9.49054
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Lamu Old Town (Kenya)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/114530
Documents Score 9.49054 Date 09/2007
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Lamu Old Town (Kenya)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/114532
Documents Score 9.49054
49.
Lamu Old Town (Kenya)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/114534
Documents Score 9.49054
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Lamu Old Town (Kenya)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/114536
Documents Score 9.49054
51.
Lamu Old Town (Kenya)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/122752
Documents Score 9.49054
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Lamu Old Town (Kenya)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/122753
Documents Score 9.49054
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Lamu Old Town (Kenya)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/122754
Documents Score 9.49054
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Lamu Old Town (Kenya)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/122755
Documents Score 9.49054
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Lamu Old Town (Kenya)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/122756
Documents Score 9.49054
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Lamu Old Town (Kenya)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/122757
Documents Score 9.49054
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Lamu Old Town (Kenya)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/122758
Documents Score 9.49054
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Lamu Old Town (Kenya)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/122759
Documents Score 9.49054
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South Island of Lake Turkana, Kenya
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/168383
Documents Score 9.49054
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Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest (UNESCO/NHK)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/104052
Documents Score 9.475005 Date 06/2011
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Around 100 youth from across Kenya participated in the First UNESCO National Youth Workshop on Culture and Heritage in Kenya
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1806
The Kenyan National Commission for UNESCO organized a three-day workshop from 26 to 28 March 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya in order to increase youth engagement in the conservation and promotion of World Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage. As a State Party to three important UNESCO Conventions in the field of Culture, Kenya has made the Protection of the World Cultural and ...
News Score 9.46502 Date 04/2018
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Business planning at Mpala research station, Kenya
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/123414
Documents Score 9.463737 Date 10/2012
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Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/206336
Documents Score 9.463737
64.
Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171330
Documents Score 9.463737
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Participants in the First Kenya UNESCO Youth Forum
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/167417
Documents Score 9.463737 Date 03/2018
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Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests (Kenya)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/114070
Documents Score 9.454836
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