New website dedicated to World Heritage Capacity-Building
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2315
The World Heritage Committee, during its Extended 44th session, has officially taken note of the 10th Anniversary of the adoption of the World Heritage Capacity-Building Strategy (2011 - 2021).
To mark this celebration, the World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce that a dedicated capacity building webpage has been made available to centralize all on-going and future capacity building activities: https://whc.unesco.org/en/capacity-building/
These tools and activities are conceived to ...
World Heritage Committee deletes Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City from UNESCO's World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2314
The World Heritage Committee, holding its 44th session in Fuzhou and online, decided to delete the property "Liverpool ? Maritime Mercantile City? (UK) from the World Heritage List, due to the irreversible loss of attributes conveying the outstanding universal value of the property.
Liverpool ? Maritime Mercantile City was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2004 and on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 2012 following concerns about the proposed development of Liverpool ...
Salonga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2313
The World Heritage Committee, meeting online since 16th of July, today decided to remove Salonga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) from the List of World Heritage in Danger due to improvements in its state of conservation.
The Committee welcomed the clarification provided by the national authorities that the oil concessions overlapping with the property are nul and void and that these blocs will be excluded from future auctioning. It also observed that the management of ...
Call for applications, deadline 15 August 2021: New Online Master's degree in World Heritage Studies (MA)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2312
The master's programme in World Heritage Studies (WHS) at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany now opens its doors towards a full online study experience.
The World Heritage Studies programme began in 1999 and its graduates from more than two decades have established a strong alumni network of professionals in the World Heritage field. Starting from October 2021, the programme offers a new study option: World Heritage Studies (Online), aimed at offering a master's degree in World ...
Extended 44th World Heritage Committee session opens in Fuzhou, China
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2311
The World Heritage Committee's 44th session opened today in Fuzhou (China) at the Fuzhou Strait Culture and Art Center, and continues online until 31 July. During the session, the 21-member Committee will notably examine the state of conservation of 255 sites already inscribed on the World Heritage List, 53 of which also figure on the List of World Heritage in Danger. 
In her opening address, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said, "As the ...
Concerns over the Vaquita in the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (Mexico)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2310
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is receiving a high number of e-mails expressing great concern for the possible extinction, in the near future, of the vaquita, a critically endangered porpoise endemic to the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (Mexico).
Inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2005, the property of the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 2019 in light of the critical ...
Rwanda consults UNESCO for technical support in preparation of the Nyungwe National Park World Heritage nomination file
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2308
In the framework of the implementation of the World Heritage Convention, the Rwandan National Commission for UNESCO organized in Huyé from 9 to 11 June 2021, with the technical and financial support of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, a national technical consultation to raise awareness on the importance of this Convention and to elaborate a roadmap for the preparation of the nomination file of Nyungwe National Park (NNP) on the World Heritage List. Rwanda received initial ...
The 4th World Heritage Site Managers' Forum has begun
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2309
This year's Forum is being held online with nearly 100 World Heritage Site Managers from around the world from 7 to 13 July, together with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Advisory Bodies (ICCROM, IUCN and ICOMOS), heritage experts and representatives of various Chinese heritage institutions.  
H.E. Mr. Tian Xuejun, Chairperson of the extended 44th session of the World Heritage Committee followed by Ms. Mechtild Rössler, Director of the World Heritage Centre, Mr. ...
Online Technical Workshop on Heritage Impact Assessment: The Case of Historic Cairo
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2307
A technical workshop was organized to strengthen capacities of stakeholders in identifying and evaluating the impact that new projects may pose on the Outstanding Universal Value of World Heritage sites, in addition to the elaboration of the necessary mitigation measures.
The online workshop was held in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt, and brought together more than 30 representatives of the various institutions concerned with the management and ...
Saving the vaquita from extinction
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2304
Vaquita are one of the world's most threatened mammals, with less than ten individuals thought to remain. These all exist in a small area of the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California UNESCO World Heritage site in Mexico, where entanglement in illegal fishing nets threatens their survival. The site was for this reason inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 2019. The Rapid Response Facility (RRF) is supporting removal of illegal fishing nets to save this ...
