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For the first time, indigenous peoples from across the globe gathered during the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee in Baku, Azerbaijan, to highlight the importance of indigenous languages for safeguarding World Heritage properties. In an event marking the International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019, the indigenous panelists stressed that without language, ...
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,The World Heritage Centre is organizing an Information Meeting regarding the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee.
The meeting will be held online on Wednesday, 30 September for all permanent delegations of UNESCO.The working languages of the meeting will be English and French and simultaneous interpretation will be provided in these two languages.
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Periodic Reporting Tools and Guidance for World Heritage Site Managers in Spanish LanguageEtowarValentino
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,The 14th extraordinary sessionof the World Heritage Committeewill be held online on 2 November 2020,from 12 pm to 3 pm (Paris Time, France).
Following the decision of the Bureau, which met on 16 October 2020,this 14th extraordinary session of the World Heritage Committee was convened.
The working languages of the meeting will be English and Frenchand simultaneous ...
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In the Lakota language of North America, the word “Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ” means “all is related” or “all my relatives” – both human and non-human. In Hawaiian, the phrase “ike loa” means “to see much” and describes a philosophy of lifelong learning to better understand our relationship with the world. And in the nearly extinct Nǀuu language of South Africa, the word “lgqe” ...
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A wide range of books, manuals and reports about World Heritage for adults and young people are available for purchase or download on this website, in several languages.
You may download and print a free general information kit about World Heritage in English, French or Spanish from this website, as well as other brochures and materials.
If you would like to receive a ...
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Australia,,The boundaries of this site have been considerably enlarged to include an important wetland area which should add to the viability of this property.
During a visit to Australian National Park and Wildlife Service offices in Canberra in January, IUCN was informed that notation of this extension would be given to the Secretariat. The new area would be included as ...
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Bruges, Belgium,International colloquium on the challenges and opportunities for the conservation and management of World Heritage cities.
For more information: http://www.wh2012.be/Default.aspx tabid=15268&language=en-US
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Since 1982, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples has provided us with a unique opportunity to raise global awareness of the contributions made by indigenous peoples towards building peace and developing sustainable and resilient societies.
On this Day, we take steps to recognise and acknowledge indigenous peoples as knowledge-holders who have contributed ...
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Room "Pas perdus", Room III, Room V,Empower and Change the World with your Sister and Brother Scouts:An exciting day of discovery to celebrate World Thinking Day through Cultural Diversity and World Heritage. The Scout movement « US Girl scouts Paris » will participate in the day exploring the activities related to World Heritage sites, languages, ...
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Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status. Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education, and many more. Everyone is entitled to these rights, without ...
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The latest version of the World Heritage map, produced by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and National Geographic Maps, has now been published in Arabic thanks to support from the Qatar Museums Authority.
The map is an extremely valuable learning and awareness-raising tool that gives a rich and initial contact with the World Heritage concept, allowing UNESCO to ...
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Naples, Italy,A conference organized by the University of Naples Federico II in collaboration with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.It will be divided in 3 sections: the first chaired by Francesco Bandarin, Director of UNESCO's World Heritage Centre, on "Modern Architecture in the UNESCO World Heritage List"; the second, chaired by Prof. Giorgio Ciucci on "Fascist ...
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,The Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting is coming to an end with Europe and North America which embarked on this core exercise of monitoring the implementation of the World Heritage Convention since September 2022. One of the main outcomes of the cycle will be the Regional Action Plan, for which the national focal points of the region will meet from 19 to 21 December 2023 ...
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Davos, Switzerland,Aim and Objectives
The main objectives of the meeting are to:
Review the provisions on buffer zones and boundaries in the Operational Guidelines;
Review case studies of World Heritage properties, natural, cultural and cultural landscape sites to be presented to the workshop;
Review background papers by the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory ...
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The latest version of the World Heritage map, produced by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and National Geographic Maps with support from the United Nations Foundation, can now be ordered for a modest fee from the World Heritage Centre website. All proceeds from sales of the maps will go toward the preservation and promotion of World Heritage sites.
The map is an ...
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Launched in 1994 at the grassroots level by the UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, this Project gives young people a chance to voice their concerns and to become involved in the protection of the world’s natural and cultural heritage.
The World Heritage in Young Hands education kit includes student activities and ...
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Zimbabwe,,Unprecedented poaching pressures from the Zambian side of the Zambesi River have resulted in the loss of over 100 rhinos as well as loss of human life.
Senior government officials from each country have issued statements of concern and patrols have been reinforced.
Addition of the Lower Zambesi National Park in Zambia to the site as proposed at the 8th ...
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,In the context of the 2022 UNESCO Member States Survey on the implementation of the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL), the Secretariat for the HUL Recommendation organised a capacity-building programme to support designated focal points in responding to the survey.
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In March 2012, the Cultural Heritage Administration of the Republic of Korea (CHA) and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC) launched the Patrimonito National Storyboard Competition, Republic of Korea.
Of the 143 student submissions, 10 of the storyboards were selected by the Korean Cultural Heritage Administration and were then sent to the UNESCO World ...
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Argentina, Reappropriation of land for a settlement scheme,IUCN visited the site in March.
Development of a village settlement by the Province has indeed begun and has resulted in detrimental impacts in this key area of the park.
There are also further plans for dam construction in the park and great concern by local conservationists over the future of this site has ...
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A wide range of World Heritage publications, from periodicals to brochures and information kits, books, manuals, reports, and a map of World Heritage sites are available in a variety of languages for adults and young people.
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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. It aims to sensitize young people to the importance of preserving their local, national and world heritage.
Download the Kits
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The World Heritage Resource Manual Series are intended to provide knowledge and assistance to State Parties in ensuring a representative and credible World Heritage List consisting of well-protected and effectively managed properties.
Published for the first time in English and French language between 2010 and 2013, the Manual Series were a joint undertaking by the three ...
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Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang (State of Conservation 2005)
China,Urban development pressure; Tourism pressure; Lack of management mechanism (no legislation for buffer zone).,On 30 January 2005, the World Heritage Centre received a fax-letter from China’s State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH), informing the secretariat that the Government of Beijing Municipality attached great importance to the conservation of the ...
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Ecuador,Fire,Senior Ecuadorian parks officials visited IUCN Headquarters in March to discuss possible inclusion of a marine reserve surrounding the islands in the Park.
This was strongly encouraged and a workshop on the topic is to be held later this ...
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The International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on World Heritage (IIPFWH) was launched on 25 June 2018 during the 42nd Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Manama, Bahrain.
“Our newly established Forum will focus on capacity strengthening for effective participation of Indigenous peoples in World Heritage processes, and we hope to establish diverse partnerships in ...
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India,Possible construction of a dam,The Committee at its 9th Session (Note: for the inscrption of the site on the World Heritage List) asked to be kept informed of possible construction of a dam on the Manas River.
This proposal has now been rejected and the threat to the reserve has been ...
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Világorokseg ifju kezekben, the Hungarian version of the World Heritage in Young Hands educational resource kit for teachers, has just been published in the framework of the UNESCO Young People's World Heritage Education Project, coordinated by the World Heritage Centre and UNESCO Associated Schools. The Kit introduces the concept of World Heritage education and ...
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With almost a thousand sites inscribed on the World Heritage List, the reach of the World Heritage Convention is vast. To better present one important issue and the work that’s being done to make a difference, UNESCO has produced an infographic on rhinoceros conservation. This attractive, easy to follow poster describes the plight of several rhinoceros species in Africa ...
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United States of America,Tourism Pressure.
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Tourism regulation; control of wildlife infection; invasive species eradication and control,The State Party provided via letter dated 30 January 2004 a detailed updated report on the situation of Yellowstone National Park.
IUCN received the State Party’s report on Yellowstone National Park noting ...
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Philippines,Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of human or financial resources.
Additional Details:
Natural erosion (landslides) through lack of maintenance ,The State Party submitted a state of conservation report to the World Heritage Centre, as requested by the 27th session of the World Heritage Committee.
At its 25th session in 2001, ...
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,The World Heritage Centre, the African World Heritage Fund together with international heritage experts will organise a workshop to discuss and work on the methodology for data analysis and synthesis, following the results of the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting exercise in Africa. The aim is to review a first draft regional report and to outline an initial Action ...
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Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania, 14-16 March 2005
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The UNESCO Dar es Salaam Office, in collaboration with the UNESCO Harare Office and under guidance of UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
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The workshop was convened to familiarize the participating teachers from the sub-region with the World Heritage in young Hands Education Kit published in Swahili in ...
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Wroclaw, Poland,The National Heritage Board of Poland is organizing the Periodic Reporting Follow-up Meeting for Eastern and Central Europe, to be in held in Wroclaw, Poland, from 14 to 15 September 2007.
The main objective of this meeting is to address the implementation of the Action Plan in Central and Eastern Europe as approved by the World Heritage Committee at its ...
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This guidebook for urban and architectural regulation of Cidade Velha (Cabo Verde) was produced within the framework of an international assistance for the elaboration of an ‘Illustrated guidebook of the urban rules of Cidade Velha’.
Its objective is to make the urban legislation of the city of Cidade Velha, inscribed on the World Heritage List since 2009, more accessible ...
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Australia,Road construction,A proposal for revocation of 390 ha of Lindeman Island for expansion of a holiday resort was tabled in the Queensland Legislative Assembly on 27 February 1986. Public interest in this action was high and on 12 March the proposal was withdrawn.
Another potential threat from a proposed silica mine at Shelburne Bay has been the subject of an ...
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China,Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of monitoring system; Fire,In accordance with Decision 27 COM 7B.44 adopted by the 27th Session of the World Heritage Committee, the State Party submitted a progress report on 21 January 2004. According to the report, the following actions addressing disaster and fire prevention have been taken: the ...
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Room IV, UNESCO Headquarters,With over 1,200 sites and a mandate to safeguard both natural and cultural heritage, the UNESCO World Heritage Convention is uniquely positioned to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. At an expert meeting held in Vilm, Germany, in November 2024, a set of recommendations was developed to improve ...
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Room VII, UNESCO Headquarters,A new report by UNESCO, the Church of England Pensions Board, Greenbank, IUCN, and WWF offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the presence and proximity of areas licensed for oil, gas, and mineral exploration and production in and around UNESCO World Heritage sites.
This event will present the report’s findings and explore how such ...
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Tashkent, Uzbekistan20-26 August 1999
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We, the participants of the Sub-regional Workshop have got acquainted with the program and materials of UNESCO World Heritage Kit and UNESCO ASPnet Unit and have come to the following resolution:
to promote and spread ...
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London, UK,The outcome of this meeting shall contribute to the development of guidelines and criteria for the review of sites of interest for the heritage of science and technology on the World Heritage List.The pursuit and application of knowledge underlie all human achievements, many of which have been recognised on the World Heritage List, as for example agriculture ...
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Luxembourg,A conference-workshop for French-speaking journalists ‘Journalism and World Heritage: a new look at heritage', is being organised following the success of the first session in May 2005 in Quebec. The session is being organized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in association with:the City of Luxembourg, World Heritage City and 2007 European capital of ...
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UNESCO Havana, Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean, is pleased to introduce module 6 of the Caribbean Capacity Building Programme (CCBP) for World Heritage, Natural Heritage Management.
The CCBP Training Modules is composed of a core and mandatory training module on the Application of the World Heritage Conventio n and a series of other modules ...
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Montenegro,Proposed dam project on the Tara River; boundary issues; ski development; logging.,Threats to Durmitor National Park by a hydropower plant project were already discussed at the World Heritage Committee in 1985, when the Committee identified the property “for possible inclusion on the List of World Heritage in Danger” and noted “This property ...
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World Heritage Memory Net (WHMNet) is a model global digital library of cultural, historical, and moveable heritage collections related to the current 911 World Heritage Sites of 151 countries inscribed by the World Heritage Committee. WHMNet is a fast, efficient, cutting-edge, online knowledge base which provides universal access to multilingual, multimedia and ...
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Authenticity only applies to cultural properties and to the cultural aspects of ‘mixed’ properties. Authenticity can be seen as the link between attributes and Outstanding Universal Value.
According to paragraph 82 of the Operational Guidelines, a World Heritage property ”[] may be understood to meet the conditions of authenticity if their cultural values (as recognized in ...
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Virei, Angola,From 14 to 23 March 2011, an international workshop, Preparation of the Management Plan of Tchitundo-Hulu Rock Art Site, was held in Virei, Angola. The 10-day on-site training session brought together more than 50 national and international site managers and experts from Angola, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, São Tomé and ...
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Zoom Meeting,The World Heritage Cities Programme team is delighted to invite you to join the UNESCO Chairs Workshop: Protecting Historic Cities and Landscapes - Compatible Design for New Interventions.
This workshop gathers today and tomorrow international UNESCO Chairs and experts around the table to discuss the management and protection of urban heritage, which will ...
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Bulgaria,Development of a hotel and a ski resort ,The report requested at the 9th Committee meeting has not yet been ...
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Patrimonio Mundial en Manos de Jovenes, the second Spanish edition of the World Heritage in Young Hands educational resource kit for teachers has just come off the press.
The 2,000 copies are currently being distributed to ASPnet schools, ASP national coordinators, National Commissions, and UNESCO Field offices in all Spanish-speaking countries in the world.
The WHYH ...
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The property within boundaries of District of Koycegiz is located in the face of Dalyan City and on the right shores of Dalyan Stream (Calbis) which connect Koycegiz Lake to Mediterranean. It was the capital of the ‘Kaunos Region’ between the Caria and Lycia until the beginning of the 4th BC.
The existence of Kaunos had known by the scholars but its location ...
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According to the Resource Manual 'Preparing World Heritage Nominations', "Attributes are aspects of a property which are associated with or express the Outstanding Universal Value. Attributes can be tangible or intangible. The Operational Guidelines indicate a range of types of attribute which might convey Outstanding Universal Value, including:
form and design;
materials ...
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Budapest, Hungary,International Conference on the Historic Urban Landscape and its management in Budapest, Hungary (Collegium Budapest, 23-25 November 2008)
The goal of the conference is to:
1. contribute to the global reflection on the concept of historic urban landscape in an interdisciplinary perspective and on its relevance for the management of historic cities;
2. ...
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On 17 September, UNESCO Assistant Director General for Culture Mr Francesco Bandarin signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding with Ms Francine C. Berkowitz, Director of International Relations of the Smithsonian Institution, creating an unprecedented agreement between the two institutions for cooperation on cultural and natural heritage programmes. Ms ...
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,This international colloquium, sponsored by the German Research Association (DFG), is held at the Technical University Dresden in association with ICOMOS from 13 to 14 June 2014. It will for the first time address the issues of Integrating Heritage Conservation and Flood Control Concepts along rivers and streams.
Increasingly frequent disasters ...
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On 1st November 2015, the Korean National Commission for UNESCO announced a donation of 100,000 USD to the World Heritage Fund.
The announcement was made at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris by the Korean National Commission Secretary-General, Mr Dong-seok Min, in the presence of UNESCO Director-General, Ms Irina Bokova, and the Director of the World Heritage Centre, Ms ...
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Argentina,,Missiones Province in which this park is located has sent a request to the Argentine Congress requesting that the area in the vicinity of the falls be transferred to their administration in order that additional commercial facilities can be developed.
IUCN'sDirector General has sent an intervention to the President of the Republic noting that this is ...
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UNESCO HQ, Room IV,Tourism and Culture Fostering Sustainable Development and Intercultural Dialogue
This international conference will explore new models for collaboration between the European Union and China focused on World Heritage. This one-day event will showcase the EU co-funded UNESCO / National Geographic "World Heritage Journeys in the EU" project. The conference ...
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The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Panasonic have released an online version of the 2012 World Heritage Calendar in five languages. It is available as a website, or as a downloadable stand-alone application or wallpaper.
As the year 2012 is the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the World Heritage Convention, the calendar is expected to raise even more interest than the ...
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Room 1 (MR6) Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre, New Delhi, India,UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in collaboration with the Government of Norway, will organise an event entitled “Boosting World Heritage conservation in Africa to meet global targets for people and planet” during the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee, on Monday 22 July 2024, from 6:30 pm to 8 pm ...
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Hildesheim, Germany,This conference will take up the current problems in the preservation of national monuments facing UNESCO World Heritage sites in Germany, focusing on preventive conservation.Preventive conservation is more complicated in the domain of conservation of national monuments than in the case of museums. The conservation of national monuments not only ...
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The UNESCO World Heritage Centre participated in a round table on “Attractiveness of regional assets: The creation and regionalization of added value” at the world’s first international forum of Purple Economy held in Paris, France, 11-13 October 2011 together with Carlo Petrini (Founder and President of Slow Food) and Daniel Maximin (Commissioner of the ...
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The latest version of the World Heritage Map, produced by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and National Geographic Maps with support from Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United Nations Foundation, can now be ordered for a modest fee from the World Heritage Centre website to recover mailing costs.
The Map is an extremely valuable learning and ...
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Within the framework of the World Heritage Convention, the clarity and precision of the information made available to the States Parties are two essential requirements for an appropriate implementation of the principles relating to its functioning and its application at the level of each country. Experience has shown that many of these principles are generally not well ...
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Trinidad, Paraguay,On 14 September 2016, the Paraguay National Secretary of Tourism (SENATUR) will hold the inauguration of the new accessible infrastructure on the Jesuit Mission of La Santisima Trinidad de Paraná, which will take place in the City of Trinidad, in the Department of Itapua.
In the framework of the engagement assumed by Paraguay for an accessible tourism ...
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Applications Open for the Colorado State University Spanish Language Short Course on Protected Area Management. 6 July – 6 August 2011
Mayor información en español: http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/cpam-course-sp/
More information in English: http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/cpam-course/
Application deadline: February 18, 2011 For over 20 ...
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Tunisia,UNESCO, in collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF), ICCROM, Ecole du Patrimoine Africain (EPA), the Centre for Heritage Development in Africa (CHDA) and the Nordic World Heritage Foundation (NWHF), has developed an Implementation programme to start addressing the priority areas identified in the periodic report. The programme consists of a ...
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Tunisia,UNESCO, in collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF), ICCROM, Ecole du Patrimoine Africain (EPA), the Centre for Heritage Development in Africa (CHDA) and the Nordic World Heritage Foundation (NWHF), has developed an Implementation programme to start addressing the priority areas identified in the periodic report. The programme consists of a ...
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,In the framework of the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting on the implementation of the World Heritage Convention in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, a meeting in form of a training workshop for National Focal Points will be held online on 2 December 2021.
Around 50 participants from 33 countries of the LAC region will be capacitated to the statutory ...
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The latest version of the World Heritage map, produced by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and National Geographic Maps with support from the United Nations Foundation, can now be ordered for a modest fee from the World Heritage Centre website. All proceeds from sales of the maps will go toward the preservation and promotion of World Heritage sites.
The map is an extremely ...
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Once again this year Earthwatch is offering funded training and mentoring in organisational and business management practices to protected areas in Africa. The application period is now open until 27th February 2015.
The Programme is looking to recruit 6 protected areas, who will each nominate 3 members of staff for training during a 10 day residential training course in ...
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The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Panasonic have released an online version of the World Heritage Calendar in five languages. It is available as a website, or as a downloadable stand-alone application or wallpaper.
Featuring stunning photographs of 12 World Heritage sites, the calendar includes informative texts and interesting facts in English, Japanese, French, ...
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The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in collaboration with the UNESCO Field Offices in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), organised a regional online workshop on 2 December 2021, during which national Focal Points from the region participated to talk about the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting.
Around 50 participants from 33 countries of the LAC region were trained in the ...
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Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany,The UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies at the Brandenburg University of Technology is pleased to host an International Conference on "World Heritage and Cultural Diversity - Challenges for University Education". The event is being co-organized by the German Commission for UNESCO, and the conference patrons are the UNESCO ...
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Berlin, Germany,Please note that the documents are only available in the language in which they have been presented during the meetingAgenda List of participants Presentation by Ms. M. Rossler (Introduction) Presentation by Ms. A. Lemaistre (Data Management) Presentation by Mr. K. Hendili (Arab States) Presentation by Mr. L. Eloundou-Assomo (Africa) Presentation by Ms. J. ...
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,This side event to the Extended 44th session of the World Heritage Committee will include presentations on the historic capital cities of Beijing, Rome, Kyoto and Brasilia by key international experts from the perspective of the HUL Recommendation. The discussion is intended to enhance the global dialogue among capital cities on urban conservation and sustainable ...
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18 April 2018 is the International Day for Monuments and Sites with the theme: Heritage for Generations.
If our heritage is what we leave behind for future generations, we need to prepare young people to protect it—and the best way is through education.
The World Heritage Education Programme gives young people around the world the chance to learn about their heritage, and ...
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Mpala Research Centre, Kenya,The Earth Skills Network is a unique partnership between the conservation world and business, which provides training on business planning and effective management practices to protected areas, World Heritage sites, sites on the tentative list, protected area agencies or management authorities in Africa. The call for applications for the 2014 ...
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Thimphu, Bhutan,During the Cultural Atlas Workshop, which will take place on 26 April 2016 in Thimphu, Bhutan, the Royal University of Bhutan and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre will be introducing the very first Bhutan Cultural Atlas Brochure.
The team of experts that collaborated on the Bhutan Cultural Atlas was composed of representatives of the Institute of Language ...
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,The African continent is universally recognised for its cultural and natural diversity and for the richness of its arts. Expressed through its arts, crafts, clothing, cuisine, music, and languages, the wealth of African culture serves as a catalyst for the socio-economic development of the African continent.
As the sole United Nations agency with a mandate in the field of ...
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,The Youth Model of the World Heritage Committee, to be held in Kazan from 1 to 9 July, is designed to attract the attention of young people of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention to the problem of preservating natural and cultural heritage and to raise awareness of youth activities related to the Convention, its role and its international importance ...
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Senegal,,A new road across this park has been proposed.
Already suffering from intensive poaching the road could open up the park to further depredations.
An alternative route has been ...
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The World Heritage Centre received today a visit from a delegation of representatives from the Arhuaco indigenous community of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, included on Colombia’s Tentative List since 2012 as a potential mixed World Heritage property.
The representatives met with the Director and the team of the Latin American and Caribbean Unit of the World Heritage ...
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,“World Heritage governance – Being prepared to manage change and continuity”
Site managers of World Heritage sites from around the world are invited to this year’s World Heritage Site Managers Forum (WHSMF), held in the occasion of the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee meeting.
Applicants from natural, cultural and mixed World Heritage properties are welcome to ...
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With the current COVID-19 pandemic, the link between environmental damage and pandemics has again been established. Many indigenous peoples have warned over decades about increasing threats to natural heritage so important for their survival. Through their traditional knowledge and their relationship to nature, they have long known that environmental dilapidation can ...
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Turkmenistan,,
Illicit excavation at remote sites within the World Heritage protected area of Ancient Merv has been repeatedly noted with concern by Centre staff and UNESCO experts during missions. Since 2001, the Centre has organized, in close co-operation with CRATerre EAG experts, the planning of a systematic monitoring for a selection of monuments at the site ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France,Please note that the documents are only available in the language in which they have been presented during the meetingInvitation letter Provisional Agenda List of Participants Final report on the Berlin Meeting Presentation of the final results of the Berlin meeting and strengths and weaknesses of the Periodic Reporting process (Ms ...
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Bordeaux, France,The subject of this colloquium, organized by L'Association nationale des Architectes des Bâtiments de France (ANABF), is the integration of built and landscape heritage in heritage focused territorial planning. The debates will consider the place of heritage and culture, economic development, craftsmanship, know-how and quality of life in ...
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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.
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Funded by the Flanders-UNESCO Trustfund (FUT), UNESCO starts the development of an online geographic information system for World Heritage
Over a thousand properties are currently inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, almost half of which are located in Europe and North America. To preserve the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of World Heritage sites, potential ...
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A new Chinese edition of UNESCO’s World Heritage Review is being launched by the publishing house World Affairs Press of the People’s Republic of China, UNESCO and Ediciones San Marcos (Madrid). The Chinese edition will be launched at the 28th session of the World Heritage Committee in Suzhou on 28 June 2004.
UNESCO’s World Heritage Review has been published in English, ...
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The World Heritage Information Network (WHIN) is the global network of World Heritage information providers.
It was created in 1995 in order to foster the exchange of information between partner networks and World Heritage sites around the world. In addition to information carried by its partners, news is circulated through WHNEWS, the e-mail newsletter, the printed World ...
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Maupiti, French Polynesia,A Pacific Islands World Heritage Workshop was held in Maupiti (French Polynesia) from 2 to 7 November 2009. The workshop served as a follow-up of the Cairns workshop held in Australia in 2008 and gathered representatives from almost all the State Parties of the Pacific in order to achieve the following objectives:
Build capacities among the ...
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This compilation of 40 case studies on the conservation and management of historic cities is now available in hard copy format, in English, French and Spanish.
The compilation is available online in three languages: English, French and Spanish.
This compilation of case studies on the conservation and management of historic cities Developing historic cities: keys for ...
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Shanghai, People's Republic of China,The Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) is an updated heritage management approach based on the recognition and identification of a layering and interconnection of values – natural and cultural, tangible and intangible, international as well as local – present in any city. It is also based on the need to integrate the different disciplines ...
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Turkmenistan,Agriculture Pressure; Lack of capacity in conservation techniques, Lack of management mechanism (including legislation), Lack of Presentation and interpretation; Earthquake; Looting/Theft
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Lack of co-ordination among international teams working on-site. ,No new information has been received from the State Party. A mission to the Sultan ...
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The third edition of The World’s Heritage is available now, published by UNESCO Publishing and Collins. Featuring all 981 entries on the UNESCO World Heritage List, with all the new sites inscribed onto the list by the World Heritage Committee in 2013.
With only the world’s most spectacular and extraordinary sites making it on to the list, The World’s Heritage (third ...
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,On their long journeys, migratory birds have to navigate through a multitude of man-made barriers. Their flyways are hindered by wind farms, power lines, TV and mobile phone transmission masts, glass windows, tall buildings and other constructions. Huge numbers of birds are killed, injured or displaced each year. Apart from direct fatalities or injuries via collision, ...
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Research Centre Silvia Santagata – Ebla (CSS-Ebla) and UNESCO Venice Office, Turin, Italy,Launched as a pilot programme on the occasion of the 3rd International Forum on Local Economic Development in 2015, with a first international workshop on the management of food-productive landscapes in UNESCO designated sites, the Academy is based in Turin, Italy.
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School of High Studies in social sciences (EHESS) in Paris,On 26 and 27 June 2013, an international colloquium on African cultural policies will be held: cooperation, models and strategies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (École des hautes études en sciences sociales -- EHESS) in Paris, France.
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36th Session of World Heritage Committee Youth Forum: Kazan (Republic of Tatarstan) 1 - 9 July, 2012
The Youth Model of the World Heritage Committee, to be held in Kazan from 1 to 9 July, is designed to attract the attention of young people of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention to the problem of preservating natural and cultural heritage and to raise awareness of youth activities related to the Convention, its role and its international importance ...
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Muscat, Oman,Please find more information on the conference website.
The United Nations has declared 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, providing a unique opportunity to explore and highlight tourism’s potential to help transform our world into a place of prosperity and well-being for all.
Culture that encompasses heritage and traditions ...