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COP28: New Report Quantifies the Impact of Climate Disruptio...
During COP28, UNESCO publishes its first ever quantitative report on the “Impacts of Climate Change in Biosphere Reserves and Global Geoparks in Latin America and the Caribbean”. It shows how increasing droughts,...
12/192023 -
New Tool to assess the effectiveness of World Heritage manag...
UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee - ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property), ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and ...
11/302023 -
New publication of the Consolidated Results on the Implement...
UNESCO has launched a new publication with the Consolidated Results of the Third Member States Consultation on the implementation of the 2011 Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL Recommendation).
11/302023 -
UNESCO trains managers of World Heritage sites in Ukraine in...
From 26 to 30 July 2023, UNESCO organized an intensive training course for more than 20 cultural heritage professionals from eight regions of Ukraine, including the cities of Odesa, Kyiv and L’viv, threatened by i...
08/222023 -
13th International Symposium on Digital Earth Held in Greece
From 11 to 14 July 2023, the 13th International Symposium on Digital Earth was successfully held in Athens, Greece. The Symposium was hosted by the International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE) and was organized b...
08/142023 -
UNESCO diagnosis identifies conservation state of Rapa Nui h...
Among the damage found, much of it as a result of the fires that occurred in October 2022, there are serious alterations in 22 moai, caused by various factors, which must be addressed in the short term. After this...
07/192023 -
UNESCO World Heritage Convention and CITES unite to cooperat...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Secretariat to the World Heritage Convention and the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild ...
07/192023 -
Site Managers from across West Africa mobilise to safeguard ...
Site managers from Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Senegal, gathered from 12 to 16 June 2023 in Toubacouta in the Saloum Delta (Senegal) to reaffirm their strong commitment to work towards the Desired Sta...
07/192023 -
Huangshan Dialogue calls for tech-enhanced heritage protecti...
The 4th Huangshan Dialogue on UNESCO-designated Sites and Sustainable Development concluded Friday in Anhui, China, with calls for more cooperation on the use of digital technologies for heritage protection.
07/142023 -
It is time to build a global Green and Blue Belt: conservati...
The European Union’s Overseas Territories are home to 80% of Europe's biodiversity, but are also on the front line of the climate crisis. To protect these vital biodiversity hotspots, support communities and demon...
07/142023 -
UNESCO designates 11 new biosphere reserves
UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme has approved the designation of 10 new biospheres reserves in 9 countries, and one transboundary biosphere reserve across 2 countries. With these new designations, th...
07/112023 -
Huangshan Dialogue Ends, Calls for Tech-enhanced Heritage Pr...
The 4th Huangshan Dialogue on UNESCO-designated Sites and Sustainable Development concluded on Friday in Huangshan city, located in eastern China's Anhui province. The Huangshan Vision, adopted at the conclusion of...
07/052023 -
4th Huangshan Dialogue on UNESCO-designated Sites and Sustai...
The 4th Huangshan Dialogue on UNESCO-designed Sites and Sustainable Development opened at Huangshan City in east China's Anhui Province on June 29, 2023.
07/032023 -
Call for Case Studies to be Nominated for 2023 HIST Award on...
The International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the Auspices of UNESCO is calling for case studies on best practices of the proposed digital technologies for the conser...
06/052023 -
China to Launch up to 3 BeiDou Backup Satellites in 2023
BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- China plans to send one to three network backup satellites for the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space this year to improve the stability and usability of the constella...
05/152023 -
Director of UNESCO World Heritage visits rehabilitation work...
On Tuesday 2 May, the Director of UNESCO World Heritage, Lazare Eloundou Assomo, accompanied by the Director of the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean, Anne Lemaistre, visited the...
05/102023 -
Call for Applications: World Heritage Young Professionals Fo...
As an integral part of the extended 45th session of the World Heritage Committee, and in the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, the Ministry of Culture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia throug...
05/102023 -
African World Heritage Day 2023
The richness and diversity of this heritage are embodied in natural sites of breathtaking beauty, which are often home to a unique biodiversity, such as the Ivindo National Park in Gabon, listed as a world heritage...
05/102023 -
New discovery of a Viking ship in Norway
A 20-metre-long Viking ship has been discovered using georadar on a mound previously believed to be empty. “This is a spectacular find which sheds light on the earliest Viking kings”, says archaeologist Håkon Re...
04/262023 -
Forum on the 50th Anniversary of the World Heritage Conventi...
On 14 January 2023, the Forum on the 50th Anniversary of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was held in Beijing in a hybrid format.
04/182023 -
HIST and ICOMOS host International Webinar on Space Technolo...
On 30 March 2023, the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the Auspices of UNESCO and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) jointly hosted an...
04/062023 -
CELESTIAL RELIEFS DEPICTING THE HEAVENS UNCOVERED IN THE TEM...
The Temple of Esna, also known as the Temple of Khnum, is a temple complex dedicated to the Ancient Egyptian god, Khnum, and his consorts Menhit and Nebtu, their son, Heka, and the goddess Neith. The temple w...
03/232023 -
Monumental Roman complex discovered in France
In the city of Reims in northeastern France, archaeologists have discovered an ancient Roman-era monumental complex dating from the 2nd – 3rd century AD.
03/232023 -
Odesa inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in the face ...
The World Heritage Committee on Wednesday decided to inscribe the Historic Centre of Odesa (Ukraine) on the World Heritage List. This decision recognizes the outstanding universal value of the site and the duty of ...
03/232023 -
International Day of Forests 2023
Forests are some of the most biodiversity-rich habitats on Earth and contain 60,000 different tree species and more than 70% of all animal terrestrial species.
03/232023 -
Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) focused on ‘Assessing tou...
The Joint Research Centre through the BIOPAMA program launched a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) focused on ‘Assessing tourism services in protected areas: value chain and economic analyses’. The course is base...
03/232023 -
Satellite Images Tell How China Goes Green
China is intensifying its efforts nationwide to make the country greener with a variety of afforestation activities involving both public and private sectors. The country's forest coverage rate rose to 24.02 percen...
03/162023 -
Earthquake in Syria and Türkiye: UNESCO offers support
UNESCO on Monday expressed its support for Syria and Türkiye following the devastating earthquakes that struck the two countries.
02/122023 -
Odesa inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in the face ...
The World Heritage Committee on Wednesday decided to inscribe the Historic Centre of Odesa (Ukraine) on the World Heritage List. This decision recognizes the outstanding universal value of the site and the duty of ...
02/062023 -
Landmarks of Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib (Yemen) added to...
The World Heritage Committee meeting in an extraordinary session on Thursday inscribed the Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib (Yemen) on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
02/062023 -
The Rachid Karameh International Fair of Tripoli (Lebanon) i...
The World Heritage Committee meeting in an extraordinary session decided on Thursday to inscribe the Rachid Karameh International Fair of Tripoli (Lebanon) on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
02/062023 -
UIL signs cooperation agreement with Shanghai Normal Univers...
On 4 January 2023, the Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), David Atchoarena, signed a four-year cooperation agreement with the Shanghai Normal University (SHNU), People’s Republic of Chin...
01/142023 -
Climate Change and World Heritage
World Heritage properties are affected by the impacts of climate change at present and in the future. Their continued preservation requires understanding these impacts to their Outstanding Universal Value and respo...
01/132023 -
IUCN welcomes appointment of Razan Al Mubarak as UN Climate ...
Gland, Switzerland, 12 January 2023 (IUCN) - The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today welcomed the news that its President, Razan Al Mubarak, has been appointed as UN Climate Change High-Leve...
01/122023 -
Hundreds more terracotta warriors unearthed outside Emperor ...
XI'AN, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Over 220 terracotta warriors have been unearthed from a burial pit near Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, the provincial cultural relics bureau said T...
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