The latest edition of the World Heritage Map is now available to order! This new design, poster-sized wall map features all 1 ...

UNESCO World Heritage Centre has launched a groundbreaking new report Climate Change in Mediterranean World Heritage Cities ...

As the climate crisis intensifies, both cultural and natural World Heritage sites face growing and unprecedented challenges. In response, the Heidelberg Center for Cultural Heritage (HCCH) and ICOMOS ...

Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration. What ...

This former duck-hunting reserve of the Maharajas is one of the major wintering areas for large numbers of aquatic birds from Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, China and Siberia. Some 364 species of birds, ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreThe World Heritage Committee, Having examined Documents WHC/24/46.COM/8B and WHC/24/46.COM/INF.8B2, Inscribes the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil, on the World ...

The significant number of reports prepared by the UNESCO Secretariat and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee represents an exceptional documentation on numerous conservation issues. It ...

La toute dernière édition de la carte du patrimoine mondial peut désormais être commandée ! Cette nouvelle version, au format poster, présente les 1 223 biens inscrits sur la Liste du patrimoine mondi ...

Une nouvelle analyse menée par l'UNESCO et le World Resources Institute (WRI) révèle que 73 % des sites du patrimoine mondial ...

The property illustrates the Sīma stone tradition of the Dvaravati period (7th-11th centuries CE). While sacred boundary markers for areas of Theravada Buddhist monastic practice vary in materials, ...

Premier atelier de renforcement des capacités organisé dans le cadre du projet Communautés pour le patrimoine à Cuba. Dans le cadre du projet régional « Amérique latine et Caraïbes : Renforcement des ...

Out of a total of over 1200 World Heritage sites, there are only 6 natural and mixed sites within the 23 Pacific Island Countries and Territories, including the largest lake in the insular Pacific, an ...