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Medieval gold ‘lynx’ earrings from Ani Ruins
A pair of lynx-shaped gold earrings have been unearthed near the ruins of Ani, the once great metropolis known as the “city of a thousand and one churches”, on Turkey’s eastern border, across the Akhuryan River ...
12/302022 -
Announcing the release of volume 3 of ‘A Story of Change’
Exposed to intersecting conflicts, climate change-induced disasters and health crises, the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan – collectively referred to as the MENAP region – is home to rich and ...
12/302022 -
The Sustainable Development Goals: Our Framework for COVID-1...
“We need to turn the recovery into a real opportunity to do things right for the future.” – UN Secretary-General António Guterres
12/302022 -
Ancient kingdom reveals its secrets
Editor's note: A national comprehensive research program, launched in 2002, to trace the origins of Chinese civilization, has led to the excavations and studies of key sites that are about 3,500 to 5,500 years old....
12/142022 -
Findings from 3,300-year-old Uluburun shipwreck reveal compl...
More than 3,000 years before the Titanic sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean, another famous ship wrecked in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern shores of Uluburun—in present-day Turkey— carrying tons of rare meta...
12/142022 -
Jade Burial Suits of the Han Dynasty
Threaded hand-crafted from thousands of precious stone slabs with silver and gold during the Han Dynasty about 2000 years ago, ancient China’s jade burial suits were built as armor to the afterlife to prevent mort...
12/052022 -
In China, 2700-Year-Old Face Cream Made from Moon Milk for M...
At a Chinese excavation site with Chinese and German researchers, evidence of a 2,700-year-old male facial cream was found. In their articles published in Archaeometry magazine, the group describes the items they f...
12/052022 -
Archaeologists in northern Spanish have discovered what they...
Archaeologists have discovered what they believe to be the oldest Basque language text, on Irulegi archaeological site, near the Aranguren Valley, about 8 km from present-day Pamplona in Spain’s northern Navarre ...
12/052022 -
Launch of the 2022 IUCN situation analysis on intertidal wet...
This event, supported by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of the Republic of Korea and facilitated by IUCN and the EAAFP Secretariat, will provide an opportunity for three Ramsar Contracting Parties (PRC, DPRK ...
12/052022 -
New research and action agenda on culture, heritage and clim...
“The Global Research and Action Agenda on Culture, Heritage, and Climate Change: Scientific Outcome of the International Co-Sponsored Meeting on Culture, Heritage, and Climate Change”, the result of collaboration...
12/052022 -
Join the World Heritage Volunteers 2023 Campaign - working o...
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 ...
12/052022 -
Traditional tea processing techniques and associated social ...
Inscribed in 2022 (17.COM) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
12/052022 -
New inscriptions to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
What are the new inscriptions on UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage this year ? Follow here in real time the new additions to the UNESCO list in 2022, on the occasion of the 17th session of the intergove...
12/052022 -
HIST and ICOMOS sign MoU for Collaboration on Space Technolo...
On 21 November 2022, Prof. Huadong Guo, Director of the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the auspices of UNESCO, and Dr. Teresa Patricio, President of the In...
11/232022 -
Third cycle of Periodic Reporting in Europe and North Americ...
The Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting started in Europe and North America with a two-day online event (20-21 October) that brought together the national focal points for the implementation of the World Heritage Con...
11/172022 -
UNESCO’s solutions for climate change impact on culture
UNESCO World Heritage sites demonstrate the impacts of climate change on cultural heritage and are important resources for traditional knowledge and practices and lead the way for heritage-based solutions and strat...
11/152022 -
International Event Held to Strengthen Wetland Conservation ...
The International Symposium on the Protection and Restoration of Wetland Ecosystem Functions in Cold Regions was held both online and offline on November 10, 2022，bringing some 200 participants from six internatio...
11/122022 -
UNESCO finds that some iconic World Heritage glaciers will d...
New UNESCO data highlight the accelerated melting of glaciers in World Heritage sites, with glaciers in a third of sites set to disappear by 2050. But it is still possible to save the other two thirds, if the rise ...
11/092022 -
HIST and ICCROM sign Agreement for Collaboration on Space Te...
On 24 October 2022, Professor Huadong Guo, Director of the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the auspices of UNESCO, met online with Dr Webber Ndoro, Director...
10/262022 -
2022 Report on Big Earth Data in Support of the Sustainable ...
The Report on Big Earth Data in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals (2022) was released by the Chinese side at the Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative (GDI) hel...
09/272022 -
Chinese FM chairs ministerial meeting on Global Development ...
NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi chaired here on Tuesday the Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative (GDI).
09/222022 -
UNESCO Global Geoparks Council proposes 7 new Geoparks for e...
The UNESCO Global Geoparks Council met in Satun UNESCO Global Geopark in Thailand and online, on 4 and 5 September 2022, to assess 9 new applications for UNESCO Global Geoparks and 28 revalidations from current UNE...
09/202022 -
Floods in Pakistan – ICOMOS response
Since June, record monsoon rains and unprecedented flash floods in Pakistan have caused mounting casualties, especially among the most vulnerable, displaced millions, devastated homes, livelihoods, infrastructure, ...
09/092022 -
Mohenjo Daro likely to be removed from world heritage list a...
LARKANA: The department of archaeology has called for urgent attention towards conservation and restoration work at Mohenjo Daro apprehending that the site may be removed from the world heritage list if such work w...
09/062022 -
Best practices in coral bleaching preparedness at UNESCO Wor...
On 13 July 2022, experts in coral bleaching preparedness and local management teams from UNESCO World Heritage coral reefs met online to share best practices to recognize bleaching alerts and rapidly deploy monitor...
08/262022 -
Xi Focus: Letter from Xi encourages grassroots heroes to bet...
HEFEI, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- On a UNESCO world heritage site in east China's Anhui Province stands one of China's most famous and iconic trees: the Guest-Greeting Pine. The tree resides at about 1,700 meters above se...
08/172022 -
Heritage experts urge preserving culture of Kuwaiti old mark...
For many years, Souk Al-Mubarakiya, one of the oldest markets in downtown Kuwait City, had served as a popular tourist attraction and a go-to place for the locals who cherish the traditional way of life, until a bl...
07/222022 -
Nepal's quake-damaged world heritage palace restored with Ch...
KATHMANDU, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the restoration project for the quake-hit Nine-Storeyed Basantapur Palace complex in Nepal has been completed with Chinese aid after hard work for nearl...
07/222022 -
The Kiwa Initiative launches new projects and additional con...
In the margins of the Kiwa Initiative Steering Committee meeting chaired by Canada, the Kiwa Initiative awarded grants to ten local projects in the Pacific Island Countries, as well as launched the third Kiwa reg...
07/222022 -
HIST and IUCN sign MOU for collaboration on Space Technologi...
On July 7, 2022, Prof. Huadong GUO, Director of the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the auspices of UNESCO, and Dr. Bruno Oberle, Director General of the In...
07/112022 -
BRICS Academies of Sciences Sign Beijing Declaration on Big ...
On June 16, the BRICS Academies of Sciences Beijing Declaration on Big Data for Sustainable Development was signed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Science of South Africa, the Brazilian Academy o...
06/282022 -
HIST Holds Open Online Courses to Celebrate China's Cultural...
On the occasion of this year's Cultural and Natural Heritage Day, the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the auspices of UNESCO held open online courses to cel...
06/202022 -
Exploring Nature-Based Sustainable Livelihoods Through Commu...
With support from the UNESCO/Netherlands Funds-in-Trust, community meetings were held in each of the four villages in the East Rennell World Heritage site on 28 April and 1 May 2022, to explore potential nature-bas...
06/022022 -
Huadong Guo receives ISC Science for Sustainability Award
On 13th October at the 2nd International Science Council (ISC) General Assembly, Prof. Huadong Guo, the Honarary President of the International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE)
05/242022 -
China's Self-developed Floating Airship Breaks Record
China's self-developed floating airship, designed for atmosphere observation, reached a record altitude of 9,032 meters in Tibet Autonomous Region on Sunday, according to its developer.
05/162022 -
Call for geospatial data on World Heritage properties
UNESCO creates an online Geographic Information System to better protect World Heritage properties
05/102022 -
Biosphere reserve managers and experts to lead actions towar...
Fragile mountain ecosystems and the wealth of services they provide are highly threatened by climate change. Mountain regions regulate climate, air quality and water flows, and contribute to protecting local commun...
05/102022 -
45th session of the World Heritage Committee
Following a consultation of the members of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee, it was decided that the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee, initially scheduled from 19 - 30 June 2022, is postponed.
04/292022 -
Sustainable Development: BRICS scientists hold forum on UN 2...
The Academy of Sciences of BRICS countries – China, South Africa, Brazil, Russia and India – has held an online forum from April 26 to 27 to share big data about sustainable development. Zheng Yibing has the deta...
04/292022 -
Launch: Mentorship Programme for African World Heritage Prof...
In response to the call to empower African experts working for World Heritage, UNESCO in partnership with the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF), ICCROM, ICOMOS and IUCN launched the Mentorship Programme for Africa...
04/122022 -
NASA, ULA Launch NOAA’s Newest Earth Observing Satellite
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket, carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T), lifts off from Space Launch Complex ...
04/022022 -
NASA Announces 13th Round of Candidates for CubeSat Space Mi...
NASA has selected eight small research satellites from seven states to fly as either auxiliary payloads or deployments from the International Space Station (ISS). These missions are currently planned to launch in t...
04/022022 -
Call for application to become a member of the International...
The International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) has long been recognized globally amongst geoscientists as one of the most successful models for promoting international scientific cooperation in geosciences. This joi...
04/022022 -
Call for applications: evaluators for UNESCO Global Geoparks...
In order to carry out field missions in candidates to UNESCO Global Geoparks as well as re-validation missions, UNESCO and the Global Geoparks Network are launching a call for evaluators.
04/022022 -
Endangered heritage in Ukraine: UNESCO reinforces protective...
We must safeguard the cultural heritage in Ukraine, as a testimony of the past but also as a catalyst for peace and cohesion for the future, which the international community has a duty to protect and preserve.
04/022022 -
UNESCO calls for proposals for the 2022 Silk Roads Youth Res...
UNESCO calls on young women and men under the age of 35 to apply for the 2022 Silk Roads Youth Research Grant. The grant aims to mobilize young researchers for further study of the Silk Roads shared heritage. Twelv...
03/302022 -
Biodiversity conventions call for shared objectives to halt ...
The Secretariats of the world’s eight major biodiversity-related Conventions, including the World Heritage Convention, call for an inclusive post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework to halt nature loss and deliver...
03/232022 -
UNESCO sends reactive monitoring mission to Great Barrier Re...
UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre and IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) will undertake a mission to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef from 21 to 30 March 2022 to assess its state of conservation and...
03/212022 -
Ukraine: UNESCO statement following the adoption of the UN G...
Following the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Resolution on Aggression against Ukraine, and in light of the devastating escalation of violence, UNESCO is deeply concerned by developments in ...
03/142022 -
Extension of Deadline: Join the World Heritage Volunteers 20...
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the Call for Projects for the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) Campaign 2022 ‘Resilience and Re-mobilization towards World Heritage’.
03/012022 -
Chinese Researchers Update Lunar Chronology Model
The photo shows the sampling sites on the lunar surface. (Provided by the Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
03/012022 -
Online Webinar on Earth Observation and Data Science for Cul...
On December 15-16, the International Webinsar “Earth Observation and Data Science for Cultural Heritage”, co-hosted by International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage under the auspic...
01/222022 -
Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage visited HIST
Yunfei Qiao, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage (CACH), and more than 10 fellows from the CACH visited HIST on December 7. The delegates visited the China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Sta...
01/202022 -
Yemen: Joint statement by OHCHR and UNESCO on two detained s...
The Director General of UNESCO, Ms Audrey Azoulay, and Ms Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, continue to be deeply concerned for the well-being of two of their staff members who were detained...
01/122022 -
China Unveils First Images Taken by Satellite SDGSAT-1
A group of images taken by Chinese satellite SDGSAT-1 to help meet UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were unveiled in Beijing on Monday.
01/112022 -
2021 Annual Reports on Global Ecosystem and Environment Obse...
China's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) released 2021 annual report series on November 26 to evaluate the latest development trend of global ecosystem and environment.
01/112022 -
UNESCO and ICCROM launch training initiative strengthening m...
On 6 December 2021, UNESCO and ICCROM launched the first edition of their joint training initiative “Improving Management Effectiveness in African World Heritage properties (2021-22)” targeting 25 African countri...
01/062022
