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UNESCO Launches Groundbreaking Report on Climate Change Impacts in Mediterranean World Heritage Cities
UNESCO World Heritage Centre has launched a groundbreaking new report Climate Change in Mediterranean World Heritage Cities ...
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Nearly Three-Quarters of World Heritage Sites Are at High Risk from Water-Related Hazards
A new analysis by UNESCO and World Resources Institute (WRI) reveals that 73% of World Heritage sites are highly exposed to water-related hazards, such as drought, water stress, or riverine and ...
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UNESCO World Heritage in the Climate Crisis: What Can We Do?
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 ...
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Keoladeo National Park - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
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, ...
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Environmental DNA Expeditions in UNESCO World Heritage marine sites
UNESCO’s Environmental DNA (eDNA) Expeditions is a global citizen science initiative aimed at advancing knowledge of marine biodiversity and the impacts of climate change on the distribution patterns ...
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UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Decision - 46 COM 8B.6
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 ...
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503 Service Unavailable - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
The World Heritage Centre sent letters to the State Party on 13 November 2017, 12 November 2018, 4 March 2019, 3 September 2019, 23 October 2019 and 16 February 2021 requesting information related to ...
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Près des trois quarts des sites du patrimoine mondial sont fortement exposés aux risques liés à l'eau
Une nouvelle analyse menée par l'UNESCO et le World Resources Institute (WRI) révèle que 73 % des sites du patrimoine mondial ...
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Phu Phrabat, a testimony to the Sīma stone tradition of the Dvaravati period - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
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, ...
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L'UNESCO encourage la résilience des communautés à Trinidad, Cuba, par le biais du tourisme durable et de la sauvegarde du patrimoine vivant.
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 ...
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UNESCO and VELUX FOUNDATION Launch Global Initiative to Boost Climate Resilience in Marine Protected Areas
Nice, France – Thursday, 13 June 2025 – As global leaders gather in Nice for the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), UNESCO is proud to unveil a bold new initiative to strengthen the ...
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Des incendies sans précédent, alimentés par le changement climatique, menacent les forêts emblématiques du patrimoine mondial
Dans une mise à jour du rapport conjoint UNESCO-WRI-UICN « Forêts du patrimoine mondial : puits de carbone sous pression », de nouvelles données révèlent que les incendies sont responsables d’environ ...