Report on the World Heritage Thematic Programmes

WHC/16/40.COM/5D

This document presents an updated report on the activities of the following World Heritage Thematic Programmes and Initiatives:

• World Heritage Cities Programme (2001);
• World Heritage Forests Programme (2001);
• World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (2001);
• World Heritage Sustainable Tourism Programme (2012);
• Small Island Developing States Programme (2005);
• World Heritage Marine Programme (2005);
• World Heritage Thematic Programme on Prehistory (2009) and re-named as Human Evolution: Adaptations, Dispersals and Social Developments (HEADS);
• Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative (2005); and
• Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest (2011).