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HIST Summary Meeting for 2014
On December 29th, HIST Summary Meeting for 2014 was held on AIR campus. All the HIST Staff including the director, deputy directors and secretary-general, attended the meeting.
12/292014 -
21st session of the International Coordinating Committee (IC...
Mr. Hong Tianhua, Executive Deputy Director and Secretary-General of HIST and Prof. Natarajan Ishwaran, State Recruited Expert working with HIST on international cooperation projects attended the 21st
12/242014 -
UNESCO Conference calls for protected cultural zones to be e...
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova today called for the creation of “protected cultural zones” around heritage sites in Syria and Iraq. Opening an international conference on threats to cultural heritage and di...
12/052014 -
HIST DELEGATION PARTICIPATES IN THE 6th WORLD PARKS CONGRESS
World Parks Congresses (WPC) are decennial events hosted under the auspices of the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) of the International Union of Conservation of
11/192014 -
NASA Administrator Visits AIR
On November 13, AIR Director-General and CAS Member GUO Huadong met with a visiting US delegation headed by NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden in Beijing.
11/172014 -
Prof. Natarajan Ishwaran Attended the Beijing-Tianjin Academ...
Binhai New Area is a sub-provincial region under the jurisdiction of Tianjin Municipality, China. Building upon previous experiments in Shenzhen and Pudong of Shanghai, Binhai has been set up a new growth area
11/032014 -
First Entrepreneurship Field Training held for African site ...
This Field Training Workshop was devoted to developing a Business Plan and budget for seven pilot projects aimed at bringing direct economic benefits to communities living in or nea
10/302014 -
11 new sites added to Global Geoparks Network
Eleven new sites were added to the Global Geoparks Network at the 6th Global Geoparks Conference, held in the Stonehammer Global Geopark, Canada from 18 to 22 September.
10/142014 -
AIR and HIST Sign MOU with Cambodian APSARA to Provide China...
An MOU is signed between The Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural
09/122014 -
Emergency Response Action Plan to safeguard Iraqi heritage
©UNESCO/Ala Elfellah -(Right to Left): Kishore Rao, Director of UNESCO’s Heritage Division and interim Assistant UNESCO Director-General for Culture, Irina Bokova Director-General of UNESCO , and Mahmood Al-Mulla...
08/172014 -
The World Heritage Convention has entered into force for the...
On 15 May 2014, the Government of the Bahamas officially deposited with the Director-General of UNESCO its instrument of ratification of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural He...
08/152014 -
UNESCO strengthens action to safeguard cultural heritage und...
Recent events in Syria, Iraq, Libya and Mali have highlighted the multiple threats to cultural heritage during crisis, including deliberate attacks, destruction as collateral damage in fighting, the greed of unscru...
08/122014 -
Chinese tourists to Cambodia's Angkor heritage site up 17 pc...
PHNOM PENH, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- The number of Chinese visitors to Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple, one of the World Heritage Sites, has reached 161,700 in the first six months of this year, a 17 percent rise over the s...
08/012014 -
Feature: Denmark's white cliff rises to fame after being lis...
COPENHAGEN, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Denmark's Stevns Klint cliff, recently listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, is attracting a growing number of visitors from home and abroad with its unique charm and special geolo...
07/192014 -
Emergency Response Action Plan to safeguard Iraqi heritage
UNESCO today held a consultation with Iraqi and international cultural heritage experts and agreed on an Emergency Response Action Plan to safeguard Iraq’s rich and diverse cultural heritage.
07/172014 -
The 2nd International Workshop of Space Technologies in Mana...
The 2nd International Workshop of Space Technologies in Management and Conservation of World Heritage Sites was opened in AIR on 2nd July. The workshop was jointly organized by AIR and the International Centre on S...
07/132014 -
'Biosphere' recognition for Brighton and Lewes Downs from Un...
A part of Sussex has been recognised by the United Nations as a "biosphere reserve", ranking it alongside the Amazon and Mount Olympu
07/112014 -
Participants in the 3rd African Ministers Roundtable Discuss...
On the occasion of the 38th Session of the World Heritage Committee (Doha, Qatar), the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa Bint Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, joined the Dire...
07/102014 -
Cambodia celebrates 6th anniversary of Preah Vihear Temple o...
PHNOM PENH, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia marked the sixth anniversary of the inscription of the 11th century Preah Vihear Temple on the UNESCO's World Heritage List on Monday.
07/072014 -
Explore China's World Heritage Site: Zhangjiajie
The 100 Expats event, which is aimed at engaging the foreign community by cultivating their interest in exploring China's rich culture and heritage through their travels, will be held at the scenic area of Zhangjia...
06/292014 -
List of World Heritage in Danger
The 46 properties which the World Heritage Committee has decided to include on the List of World Heritage in danger in accordance with Article 11 (4) of the Convention.
06/242014 -
HIST and Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies ...
The Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies (ACCIMT) is mandated by the Government of Sri Lanka to promote application of space technology for the social and economic development of Sri Lanka. Prof. Guo ...
06/232014 -
S. China Karst extension listed as World Heritage Site
DOHA, June 23 (Xinhua) -- The World Heritage Committee on Monday added an extension of South China Karst, a natural World Heritage Site since 2007, to the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scie...
06/232014 -
World Heritage List reaches 1000 sites with inscription of O...
Doha, 22 June – Botswana’s Okavango Delta became the 1000th site inscribed on the World Heritage List today. Okavango was inscribed as a natural site by the World Heritage Committee
06/222014 -
City of Potosí (Plurinational State of Bolivia) added to Li...
Doha, 17 June – The World Heritage Committee meeting in Doha (Qatar) today inscribed the City of Potosi (Plurinational State of Bolivia) on the List of World Heritage in Danger, because of continued and uncontroll...
06/182014 -
Project of “Remote Sensing for Environment of Angkor site”...
For the second-year implementation of “Remote Sensing for Environment of Angkor site, REAS”, two research fellows, Wang Cheng and Chen Fulong
06/162014 -
World Heritage Committee meeting opens in Doha
Qatar announces $10m donation for new heritage protection initiative. Doha, 15 June —The Prime Minister of Qatar, Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, today announced a
06/152014 -
Canal's World Heritage status to be announced soon
The vast inland waterway system in the north-eastern and central eastern plains passes through eight of the country’s present-day provinces and municipalities.
06/152014 -
Australia Great Barrier Reef outlook 'poor and deteriorating...
The outlook for Australia's Great Barrier Reef is poor despite conservation efforts, with further deterioration expected in coming years, a report says.
06/132014 -
New Zealand provides Cambodia with 3.7 mln USD to preserve A...
PHNOM PENH, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The government of New Zealand on Wednesday signed up to provide Cambodia with 3.7 million U.S. dollars for the preservation and protection of Angkor Wat Temple
06/042014 -
Agreement for Phase II of 'Strengthening Conservation and Ma...
Phase II of “Strengthening Conservation and Management of Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha, World Heritage Property” (2014-2017): Japan continues funding to safeguard Lumbini, Buddha’s birthplace
06/022014 -
Huangshan Dialogue on UNESCO Designated Places and Sustainab...
Huangshan Dialogue, which is organized by HIST (International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage under the auspices of UNESCO) and AIR (Aerospace Information Research Institute of
05/272014 -
Call for Applications: Master's in World Heritage Studies
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (Germany) is receiving applications for the Master’s programme in World Heritage Studies.
05/272014 -
Space technologies helping protect UNESCO designated sites
An international dialogue on the use of space technologies in the protection of UNESCO sites took place at China's Mount Huangshan, a World Heritage Site and Global Geopark, from 26-30 May 2014.
05/262014 -
Xinhua Insight: Silk Road inscription into World Heritage li...
XI'AN, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The multinational campaign to include the Silk Road into the World Heritage list has entered the final countdown, with officials and experts sanguine about its success.
05/242014 -
Twenty six new properties added to World Heritage List at Do...
The inscriptions of the 1000th site and Myanmar’s first property on the World Heritage List, were among the highlights of the 38th session of the World Heritage Committee
05/242014 -
"Engineering powers human progress" -- Director-General in C...
On 3 June, the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, and the President of China, Xi Jinping opened the International Conference on Engineering Science and Technology.
05/032014 -
World Landslide Forum in Beijing
On 3 June, the Director-General delivered an address to the Third World Landslide Forum, held in Beijing, on 2-6 June, 2014.
05/032014 -
Safeguarding sites for sustainable development in Ethiopia
UNESCO Sites are symbols of our work in support of sustainable development. The international community helps us ensure these sites, of outstanding universal value, function as models of heritage conservation and s...
04/302014 -
UNESCO Director-General calls for the protection of all reli...
The UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, has learnt with dismay of the destruction of the historical synagogue of Eliyahu Hanabi in Damascus.
04/282014 -
UNESCO to create an Observatory for the Safeguarding of Syri...
UNESCO will establish an observatory in Beirut (Lebanon) to monitor and assess the state of Syria’s cultural heritage. The decision was made during an international meeting of experts held at
04/282014 -
2014 Annual Conference of China's GGN Chinese Members Held i...
On May 15th and 16th, 2014 Annual Conference of China's GGN Members was successfully held in Shennongjia Global Geopark of China.
04/262014 -
UNESCO Huangshan Dialogue to Kick off Next Week
More than 100 experts from 22 countries will gather in Huangshan of East China's Anhui province between May 26 and May 30 to talk about using space technologies to protect UNESCO designated
04/232014 -
Rally slams Tasmanian World Heritage move
Winding back Tasmania’s World Heritage wilderness is terrible economics, a rally in Hobart has heard.
04/222014 -
Grand Canal of China: World Heritage?
A couple of years ago, China applied for World Heritage status for the country's famous Grand Canal. But the result won't be known until next month.
04/212014 -
Building capacity to collect the heritage of South Sudan
During these troubled times for South Sudan, the need to strengthen a sense of common national identity is as important as ever. UNESCO's Office in Juba continues to assist in the establishment of a public
04/192014 -
UNESCO publishes a practical guide on climate change adaptat...
A practical guide on climate change adaptation for natural World Heritage sites has been published in the latest edition of the UNESCO World
03/242014 -
In China, Double-Edged Sword Of World Heritage Status
The Fujian Tulous, mysterious circular Chinese buildings, were named a World Heritage site in 2008. It has raised both investments and fears.
03/202014 -
China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan seek UN World Heritage status ...
A major cultural initiative is underway. China is working closely with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to seek United Nations World Heritage status for the ancient silk road. The result of the project will
03/162014 -
60th anniversary of the Hague Convention on the Protection ...
Declaration by Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its 1954 (First)...
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