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47 COM Side Event - Extractive Activities in UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Commitments, Risks and Investment Implications
A new report by UNESCO, the Church of England Pensions Board, Greenbank, IUCN, and WWF offers the most comprehensive analysis ...
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47 COM Side Event: Using the World Heritage Convention to deliver on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
With over 1,200 sites and a mandate to safeguard both natural and cultural heritage, the UNESCO World Heritage Convention is ...
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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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Enhancing Capacities for the Conservation of World Heritage Sites in Iraq
Within the framework of the UNESCO/Netherlands Fund-in-Trust project “Strengthening capacities for the documentation and ...
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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 ...
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The 2024–2025 World Heritage Map is now published
The latest edition of the World Heritage Map is now available to order! This new design, poster-sized wall map features all 1,223 World Heritage properties, illustrated with stunning photographs from ...
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Umm Al-Jimāl - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
UNESCO World Heritage CentreThe property is a rural settlement in northern Jordan that developed organically on the site of an earlier Roman settlement around the 5th century CE and functioned until ...
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7th World Heritage Site Managers' Forum
UNESCO World Heritage CentreEnhancing engagement in the World Heritage Reactive Monitoring process UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM and IUCN, under the World Heritage Leadership Programme, are ...
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
UNESCO World Heritage CentreFrom 500 BCE on, the Roman Empire extended its territory across parts of Europe and North Africa until its frontier totaled some 7,500 kilometres by the 2nd century. The ...
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UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Tentative Lists
UNESCO World Heritage CentreTentative List Process States Parties are encouraged to submit their Tentative Lists, properties which they consider to be cultural and/or natural heritage of outstanding ...
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African Heritage Sites Facing Climate Change Workshop 2
UNESCO World Heritage CentreAfrican Heritage Sites Facing Climate Change is a series of workshops and capacity-building sessions launched in partnership with the Foundation for the Safeguarding of ...
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UNESCO to Launch New Report on Climate Change in Mediterranean World ...
UNESCO, in collaboration with the Group on Earth Observation (GEO) and the Greek GEO Office (GGO), will launch a new report entitled Climate Change in Mediterranean World Heritage Cities during a high ...