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Global Youth Gather in Kenya to Chart Future of Geo-digitali...
Participants of the 3rd Youth Innovation Forum on Digital Earth pose for a group photo at KCA University in Nairobi, Kenya, on December 2, 2025.
12/152025 -
UNESCO Intangible Heritage: 67 New Inscriptions
The UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, meeting in New Delhi (India) from 8 to 13 December, inscribed 67 new elements on the Lists of Intangible Cultural He...
12/152025 -
Khaled El-Enany elected Director-General of UNESCO
The General Conference of UNESCO elected Mr. Khaled El-Enany (Egypt) as Director-General of the Organization, with 172 votes out of a total of 174 ballots. The new Director-General will succeed Audrey Azoulay, who ...
11/072025 -
Breaking Limits of Traditional Data: Big Earth Data Provides...
Global progress toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has stalled and, in many areas, regressed over the past decade, according to a new report released on October 27, 2025, at the World Sc...
11/062025 -
HIST Showcases Space Technologies for Biosphere Reserves Pro...
The International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the auspices of UNESCO highlighted its achievements in applying space technologies to supportthe conservation of Worl...
09/302025 -
China's Xixia Imperial Tombs Inscribed as UNESCO World Herit...
The Xixia Imperial Tombs in northwest China were officially inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on July 11, 2025, during the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Paris. This designation mark...
07/232025 -
Space Tech Lights Path for Innovation at Chengdu Forum, Char...
Chengdu, China – June 11, 2025 – The "Space Information Science and Technology for Building the Innovation Road" Forum opened today in Chengdu, injecting powerful technological momentum into the sustainable devel...
06/172025 -
Logo and Website for Biosphere Congress Focus on Harmony wit...
The logo and website of the 5th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves (5th WCBR)—to be held in Hangzhou from September 22 to 27—were officially unveiled at a press conference on May 16, where organizers also share...
05/272025 -
Global Initiative Launched to Leverage Digital S&T for Susta...
A global initiative aimed at enhancing international cooperation for sustainable development through digital science and technology was unveiled on Thursday at the "International Forum on Science for Sustainable De...
05/272025 -
Initiative for boosting sustainable development via digital ...
BEIJING, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Participants at a parallel forum of the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum in Beijing unveiled an initiative on Thursday, calling for global collaboration to leverage digital science and technolo...
05/272025 -
Int’l forum on sciences for sustainable development held in...
The International Forum on Sciences for Sustainable Development, a parallel session of the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference, was held in Beijing on March 27.
05/272025 -
HIST Launches New Phase to Advance Space Technologies for Gl...
The International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the auspices of UNESCO will launch its third-phase operation (2025–2033) under an agreement signed by the Chinese Acade...
05/262025 -
Korea seeks host city for 2026 Unesco World Heritage Committ...
The Korea Heritage Service is accepting applications from local governments until June 5 to select a candidate city to host the 48th session of the Unesco World Heritage Committee in 2026.
05/162025 -
Chinese Scientist Receives GEO Emerging Leader Award for Adv...
Dr. LIU Linyi, an assistant researcher at the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was awarded the Emerging Leader Award by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) during...
05/122025 -
Chinese Institutions Win 2025 GEO SDG Award for Advancing SD...
The International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS) and the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), both under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), have been awarded the...
05/122025 -
UNESCO and China Strengthen Partnership for African World He...
On 11 March 2025, UNESCO and the Quanzhou Municipality, People's Republic of China, signed an agreement launching the China Funds-in-Trust (Quanzhou) for Capacity-Building on World Heritage in Africa. This signific...
04/152025 -
China Focus: China's First Helicopter-borne Electromagnetic ...
BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- China's first helicopter airborne magnetotelluric detection system has been successfully applied to a plateau railway construction project, the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Aerospace In...
02/242025 -
Study Reveals Uniqueness of SDGSAT-1 in Detecting Offshore O...
A study published in the International Journal of Digital Earth on December 25 introduces a pioneering application of the Sustainable Development Science Satellite-1 (SDGSAT-1) in observing offshore oil and gas p...
01/222025
