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On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of 1972 World Heritage Convention, UNESCO is exhibiting a collection of images of World Heritage sites. More than one hundred outstanding photographs are displayed around the UNESCO gates, offering a unique panorama of the diversity of the World Heritage sites. A selection of works by the photographer Yan Bighetti de Flogny, ...

After fifteen years of grassroots youth activities and international cooperation, and on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) Initiative meet the challenge of ‘The Next 50’ years to involve young people, communities and site managers in building together new, inclusive societies where World ...

From 2020 through 2022, UNESCO Jakarta carried out a project “Towards a sustainable future for the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra UNESCO World Heritage site: integrating management and reviewing boundaries for the long-term protection of the Outstanding Universal Value,” funded by the UNESCO/Netherlands Funds-in-Trust, in close coordination with the Directorate ...

The 2023 edition of the UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes was awarded to the Gunditjmara community for its long-standing efforts to safeguard and manage the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, a property inscribed on the World Heritage List since 2019. The laureate will receive US$30,000 as prize. The jury ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) have signed an agreement to reinforce capacity building and quality assurance for Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) and Environmental and Social Impact ...

The Cook Islands and Tuvalu, two SIDS State Parties in the Pacific, submitted their first Tentative Lists in January 2024, marking a significant step in their continuing efforts on preserving their unique heritage. The Cook Islands officially submitted their first Tentative List to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre on 17 January 2024, featuring the “Maungaroa Cultural ...

Gathered in Vilnius on Friday, at the initiative of Lithuania, nearly 30 States pledged to increase their support to the recovery of Ukraine’s cultural sector, through the coordination of UNESCO. A medium and long-term plan of action, drawn up by the Organization in consultation with over 40 international and Ukrainian institutions, will be implemented. There can be no ...

On 22 May 2024, managers from the 29 UNESCO World Heritage-listed coral reefs came together online with experts from the United States National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) to share experiences in monitoring the effects of the fourth mass bleaching event that is currently unfolding around the globe. The world is now experiencing its fourth global coral ...

Turkmenistan,Lack of interpretation and visitor management plan.,At its 32nd session (Quebec City, 2008), the World Heritage Committee requested the State Party to submit a interpretation and visitor management plan and to provide three copies of the completed management plan. The State Party submitted its report on 28 January 2009. A summary management plan activities ...

Italy,a) Construction project of a highway extension in the vicinity of Villa Saraceno b) Uncontrolled development and urban encroachment in the Veneto region,In compliance with Decision 31 COM 7B.113, the State Party submitted on 29 January 2009 an updated report on the status of planning of the highway Valdastico-South, section Vicenza-Rovigo and activities related to ...

Poland,a) Lack of management plan; b) Slow process of consultation with local communities.,The State Party provided a report on 28 January 2009 in response to the World Heritage Committee’s decision 32 COM 7B.102 including on the following issues.   Status of the management plan for the World Heritage property and its surroundings: The reported noted that the ...

Afghanistan,a) Political instability; b) Inclination of the Minaret; c) Lack of management plan.,The State Party submitted a report to the World Heritage Centre on 27 February 2008 which describes the successful implementation of the emergency work carried out in 2007 to protect the Minaret from the nearby rivers' erosion following the destruction of the protective gabions ...

Panama,a) Deterioration and destruction of the fabric of the property by environmental factors, lack of maintenance, as well as polluted water; b) Erosion; c) Absence of management policies included in management plans; d) Uncontrolled urban development; e) Tourism pressures (in particular at Portobelo).,Official information was received by the World Heritage Centre on ...

Bangladesh,General threats: a) Lack of capacity in conservation techniques; b) Lack of management mechanism; c) Lack of monitoring system; d) Lack of human and financial resources. Specific threats: e) Negative impact of telephone tower built by the State Party within the property buffer zone on heritage and landscape value; Property boundaries and buffer zone ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina,Construction of a hotel in the buffer zone of the World Heritage property, not in conformity with provisions of the Master Plan, which was part of the Management Plan included in the nomination file. ,The State Party informed the World Heritage Centre on 9 January 2007 about the establishment of a group of experts to examine the situation and ...

Iran (Islamic Republic of),a) Lack of comprehensive management plan; b) Discrepancy between the potential Outstanding Universal Value of the property and the boundaries of the property actually inscribed on the World Heritage List.,A comprehensive management plan is being drafted within the framework of the financial assistance provided through the UNESCO Japan ...

Canada,a) Mountain pine beetle epidemic; b) Open-pit mining.,The State Party of Canada submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property on 31 January 2006. It states that the previously reported mountain pine beetle epidemic is continuing and is a concern related to forests both within and outside the World Heritage property. Within the serial property, the ...

Romania,Mining pollution (accidental cyanide pollution); ,UNESCO and IUCN have been informed of a Ukrainian navigation project on the Bystroe Canal located within the UNESCO Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, on the Ukrainian side of the border.  Although the Canal does not pass through the Romanian side (which is a World Heritage property), likely downstream ...

Peru,Lack of capacity in conservation techniques; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of monitoring system; Floods/Landslides.,The Secretariat received a progress report from the State Party on 30 January 2004. It presented the efforts in documenting and registering the structures and archaeological material, domestic and burial, discovered ...

Colombia,Tourism Pressure,Upon request of the Colombian national authorities an ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission took place from 29 November to 5 December 2003 to assess the state of conservation of the Church of Santo Domingo in Cartagena de Indias. The ICOMOS mission report was received at the Secretariat on 10 March 2004. A progress report from the Dirección de ...