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Silk Road Sunken Treasures
"Silk Road Sunken Treasures" is a CGTN documentary on China's latest breakthroughs in deep-sea archaeology. It reveals a hidden part of history, bringing to light the splendor of the Maritime Silk Road. "Silk Road ...
12/302024 -
UCCA Clay: Celebrating rich zisha ware heritage in Yixing
UCCA Clay, by offering a contemporary space for celebrating Yixing's rich zisha ware heritage, is connecting this local craft with global artistic trends. By establishing a dynamic dialogue between tradition and mo...
12/302024 -
Call for Project Proposals: UNESCO-GEF conservation grants i...
The Community Management of Protected Areas Conservation (COMPACT) programme provides conservation grants to civil society organisations for activities that improve biodiversity conservation and promote sustai...
12/202024 -
A user-friendly version of the World Heritage Regional Actio...
UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce that the user-friendly version of the World Heritage Regional Action Plan for Europe and North America (2024-2031)
12/202024 -
Join the World Heritage Volunteers 2025 Campaign!
After seventeen years of grassroots youth activities and international cooperation, the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) Initiative continue to involve young people, communities and site managers in building togethe...
12/202024 -
China Intangible Cultural Heritage: AI-powered museum preser...
Preserving the past through the technology of the future – China's tech giant Baidu has unveiled an AI-powered Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum in Chengdu. Our reporter Tao Yuan takes you to the launch event an...
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Chinese New Year recognized as UNESCO intangible cultural he...
The Chinese New Year celebration has been officially designated as part of UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This prestigious recognition was granted during a UNESCO meeting in Asunción, Paraguay....
12/202024 -
Intangible Cultural Heritage: UNESCO inscribes 3 new Chinese...
UNESCO adds 3 additional items to its Intangible Cultural Heritage List, traditional Li textile techniques, traditional Chinese wooden arch bridges, and the Qiang New Year festival.
12/202024 -
World Heritage and Biodiversity Conservation of ecosystem in...
Biological diversity underpins ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services essential for human well-being. World Heritage properties are some of the most outstanding places on the planet and const...
12/192024 -
World Heritage Programme for Small Island Developing States ...
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are islands of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are some of the most beautiful places on Earth, with atolls of white sand beaches
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Integrated Space-ground Technologies Empower Archaeological ...
A team of international researchers, led by Professor CHEN Fulong from the Aerospace Information Research Institute （AIR）under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has employed an integrated approach to uncover the m...
10/212024 -
HIST, UNOSAT Forge Partnership for World Heritage Conservati...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed on September 6, 2024, between the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) and the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT)....
09/182024 -
Global forum on big data adopts Beijing declaration to accel...
The Fourth International Forum on Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals in Beijing concluded in Beijing on Sunday as the Beijing Declaration on Partnership for Accelerating Sustainable Development through Digi...
09/102024 -
World Heritage List: Northeast China's migratory bird sanctu...
Before we go, let's take a look at the view from the coast of China's Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf. Five nominated sites of migratory bird sanctuaries along the coast were added to UNESCO's World Heritage List in July. Th...
08/262024 -
A major step forward in the protection of African World Heri...
The 46th session of the World Heritage Committee ended on Wednesday July 31st in New Delhi, India. The 10 days of work resulted in significant advances in the recognition and protection of African heritage
08/152024 -
UNESCO World Heritage: 26 new sites inscribed
The 46th session of the World Heritage Committee ended on Wednesday in New Delhi, India. The Committee inscribed 26 new cultural and natural properties on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The session concluded with Na...
08/152024 -
Xi Jinping stresses preserving China's cultural, natural her...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged further efforts to preserve the country's cultural and natural treasures and renew their glamour in the new era.
08/152024 -
Discover the World Heritage Volunteers Initiative and join t...
When the World Heritage Volunteers Initiative was launched jointly with the Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service in 2008, 12 projects involving 153 volunteers were selected. Since then, more t...
07/092024 -
Shenyang Palace Museum celebrates 20th inscription anniversa...
The Imperial Palaces of Beijing and Shenyang were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1987 and 2004 respectively. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Shenyang Palace's inscription on the World Heritage Lis...
07/092024 -
World Heritage Day: Empowering Youth for Sustainable Heritag...
In commemoration of World Heritage Day, UNESCO, NFUAJ, Indonesia's leading universities partnered to engage young people in a dialogue dedicated to heritage preservation.
05/162024 -
HIST Convenes the 10th Session of its Governing Board
HIST Governing Board convened its 10th session on January 18, 2024 in Beijing, China. Prof. Guo Huadong, Director of HIST and Academician of Chinese Academy ofSciences(CAS), chaired the meeting. Prof. Liu Weidong, ...
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