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Training Workshop on Space Technology for Disaster Mitigatio...
CAS-TWAS Centre of Excellence on Space Technology for Disaster Mitigation (STDM) is formally established in Beijing in 2013, jointly sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
11/222013 -
Prof. Douglas Comer Visits HIST
On September 21th, 2013, Prof. Douglas Comer, Co-president of the International Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM) of International Council on Monuments and
09/232013 -
Representatives of UNESCO and IUCN visit HIST
On September 18th, 2013, Mr. R. Jayakuma of UNESCO Bangkok Office, Mr William Logan, Deputy Director of the International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management(ICIWaRM) under the auspices
09/182013 -
Africa Nature risk preparedness workshop held in South Afric...
The Africa Nature risk preparedness workshop took place from the 20th-25th May 2013 at the Golden Gate Highlands National Park. Organized by African World Heritage Fund with the support of the Government of South A...
08/192013 -
Director-General and CEO of Zhongkun Investment Group Agree ...
On 28 June, the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, and Mr. Huang Nubo, Founder and CEO of the Beijing Zhongkun Investment Group, signed a one Million Dollars’ partnership agreement to support the Organizati...
07/252013 -
"Rivers and heritage" UNESCO Chair created
This project stems from a partnership between the University François Rabelais in Tours (France), the University of Angers (France) and the Mission Val de Loire which is the management body of the Val de Loire sit...
07/182013 -
Dr. Ishwaran Attending Symposium of SAFEA to Commemorate D...
The State Administration of Foreign Expert Affairs (SAFEA) convened a symposium on 10 July 2013 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Mr. Deng Xiaoping’s Remarks on Introduction of Intellectual Resources from all...
07/162013 -
Dr. Ishwaran at Meeting in Seoul
Dr. Natarajan Ishwaran of HIST/AIR was invited as an expert to the Consultative Meeting on a Sustainable Development Goal on Land Degradation Neutral World (LDNW) and on the associated target of Zero Net Land degra...
07/152013 -
Closing ceremony of World Heritage Committee brings to life...
The stone elephants that flank the impressive platform built some eight centuries ago by Angkor's King Jayavarman VII for public ceremonies were surrounded by live elephants as the delegates filed into the celebrat...
06/282013 -
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Meets the AIR Delegation HI...
On the afternoon of June 20, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Sok An met in his residence the delegation of The Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Int...
06/262013 -
Sites in Ukraine, the Iran and the Democratic People’s Rep...
Three sites were inscribed by the World Heritage Committee on Sunday morning.
06/252013 -
Vice Chairman of ICOMOS Mr. Guo Zhan Visited HIST
On May 31, 2013, Mr. Guo Zhan, Vice Chairman of both International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and ICOMOS CHINA,
05/312013 -
UNESCO and Italy launch new cooperation to restore and conse...
Most people know Bamiyan as the site where giant statutes of the Buddha were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.But it is the location of other important archaeological sites too,
05/302013 -
Twelve sites added to UNESCO’s World Biosphere Reserve Netw...
The International Coordinating Council of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), which met in Paris from 27 to 30 May, has added 12 sites to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. The additions bring th...
05/282013 -
Iraq and UNESCO Join Forces to Safeguard Cultural Heritage i...
On 27 May, UNESCO Director-General, Mrs. Irina Bokova, and the Minister of Sunni Endowment of Iraq, Mr. Ahmed Abdul Ghafoor Al-Samarai,
05/272013 -
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Hosts World Heritage Fel...
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is hosting a World Heritage Fellow, Mr. Anoop K.R., Director of Keoladeo National Park in India and Deputy Conservator of Forests in the Bharatpur District of Rajasthan.
05/272013 -
A Day for Underwater Cultural Heritage
The event, intended to highlight the dangers threatening submerged cultural heritage and the need to preserve it,
05/222013 -
Director Guo Huadong meet with the UNESCODirector-General I...
The 28th “Chinese National Commission for UNESCO” (CNC) Conference was hosting in Hangzhou on May 14. The 28 institution members of the committees in China and the UNESCO’s category II centers had sent represent...
05/142013
