Activities
The World Heritage Centre is at the forefront of the international community’s efforts to protect and preserve. From emergency assistance to safeguard properties in danger, to long term conservation, management planning, technical assistance, professional training, public and youth education, and awareness-building, the World Heritage Centre and its partners have developed a series of initiatives and have been actively involved in the implementation of projects, participatory workshops, seminars and training courses.
World Heritage Convention 40th anniversary
World Heritage is a building block for peace and sustainable development. It is a source of identity and dignity for local communities, a wellspring of ...
Cultural Landscape
History and Terminology
Categories and Subcategories
Meetings
References
Articles
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There exist a great variety of Landscapes that ...
2010 International Year of Biodiversity
The United Nations has declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB). The term biodiversity describes the variety of all life and natural ...
World Heritage – Pacific 2009 Programme
Despite its extraordinary cultural and biological diversity and richness, the Pacific is the most under-represented sub-region on the World Heritage ...
Climate Change and World Heritage
The issue of the impacts of climate change on World Heritage natural and cultural properties was brought to the attention of the 29th session of the World ...
World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP)
Earthen architecture is one of the most original and powerful expressions of our ability to create a built environment with readily available resources. It ...
Sustainable Tourism
The World Heritage Tourism Programme encourages sustainable tourism actions at World Heritage sites. The Programme develops policies and processes for site ...
World Heritage Youth Forum
To foster intercultural learning and exchange and to discover new roles in heritage conservation
A World Heritage Youth Forum gives young people and ...
Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative
Taking into account the growing number of requests to UNESCO concerning the recognition of the value of the dark night sky and celestial objects, the World ...
Small Island Developing States Programme
From 10 to 14 January 2005 the United Nation's "International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable ...
Reducing Disasters Risks at World Heritage Properties
Why Disaster Risk Reduction?
The need for action
Strategy for Reducing Risks from Disasters at World Heritage Properties
Purpose of the ...
World Heritage Marine Programme
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The mission of the World Heritage Marine Programme is to establish effective conservation of existing and ...
Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: Protecting World Heritage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In 2000, UNESCO and the United Nation's Foundation (UNF), launched an innovating project "Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: ...
Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative (CAWHFI)
The Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative is the result of a long consultation between the World Heritage Centre of UNESCO and various partners. ...
Modern Heritage Programme
At the start of 2001 the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) and DOCOMOMO (Working Party for the ...
World Heritage Map
This large format full-color map features the World Heritage sites and brief explanations of the World Heritage Convention and the World Heritage ...
World Heritage Cities Programme
The World Heritage Cities Programme is one of six thematic programmes formally approved and monitored by the World Heritage Committee. It aims to assist ...
Patrimonito
The young heritage guardian
Patrimonito means 'small heritage' in Spanish and the character represents a young heritage guardian.
Patrimonito has been ...
World Heritage Education Programme
The UNESCO Young People's World Heritage Education Programme (WHE Programme) seeks to encourage and enable tomorrow's decision-makers to participate in ...
World Heritage Volunteers
The World Heritage Volunteers campaign is coordinated by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in cooperation with Coordinating Committee for International ...
UNESCO World Heritage Centre’s Natural Heritage Strategy
In October 2006 the World Heritage Centre published the UNESCO World Heritage Centre's Natural Heritage Strategy, which was endorsed by the World Heritage ...
Higher education
Higher education is crucial to the long-term preservation of World Heritage sites. As the World Heritage List grows, there is an urgent need for qualified ...
The World Heritage Forest Programme
One new World Heritage site with important forest components was inscribed at the 35th World Heritage Committee meeting in June, 2011. The Ogasawara ...