Exploring Nature-Based Sustainable Livelihoods Through Community Dialogues in East Rennell, Solomon Islands
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2443
With support from the UNESCO/Netherlands Funds-in-Trust, community meetings were held in each of the four villages in the East Rennell World Heritage site on 28 April and 1 May 2022, to explore potential nature-based, sustainable livelihoods in East Rennell that would be compatible with the World Heritage values.
East Rennell is the first natural property inscribed on the World Heritage List with customary ownership and management. The property was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in ...
UNESCO launches its Strategy to remove African properties from the List of World Heritage in Danger
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2441
On 9 May 2022, UNESCO organized an online meeting to discuss the removal of African properties from the List of World Heritage in Danger.
Despite the richness and diversity of Africa's cultural and natural heritage, the Sub-Saharan African region is one of the least represented regions  on the World Heritage List, but still registers the highest number of endangered properties.
The meeting was the occasion to present the strategy for developing the Desired State of Conservation ...
UNESCO and the Republic of Korea launch the International Centre for the Interpretation and Presentation of World Heritage Sites
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2442
The International Centre for the Interpretation and Presentation of World Heritage Sites as a Category 2 Centre under the auspices of UNESCO was officially established in the Republic of Korea, on 23 May 2022.
The Assistant Director-General for Culture, Mr Ernesto Ottone R., signed the final Agreement for this UNESCO Category 2 Centre, together with Mr Eung-chon CHOI, Administrator of the Cultural Heritage Administration of the Republic of Korea. The signing ceremony took place in ...
UNESCO supports eco-tourism and income generating activities in Lopé National Park in Gabon
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2440
UNESCO and Gabon's National Parks Agency sign an agreement to support eco-tourism and income-generating activities in Lopé. The project which was launched with the support of the Government of Norway to the World Heritage Fund aims to support local communities and develop eco-tourism in Lopé National Park through the implementation of environmental education programs, cultural heritage enhancement, and protection and monitoring of historical ensembles.The Government of Norway ...
International Day for Biological Diversity 22 May 2022: Building a shared future for all life
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2434
International Day for Biological Diversity 2022 is being celebrated under the theme: Building a shared future for all life.
This slogan is very fitting as the 1972 World Heritage Convention celebrates its 50th anniversary and we reflect on the next 50 years of the Convention and its shared future for all life.
It follows the 50th anniversary of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme created in 1971 with a vision to promote a sustainable connection between people and nature. A growing ...
African World Heritage Day 2022: Youth and digital technologies for the promotion and safeguarding of African Heritage
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2439
African World Heritage Day is celebrated annually on the 5th of May to remember and acknowledge the importance of promoting and safeguarding the UNESCO World Heritage in Africa for the benefit of present and future generations. To celebrate the 7th edition of African World Heritage Day, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC), in collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF), hosted a webinar under the theme for 2022: "Youth and digital technologies for the promotion and ...
Principality of Monaco renews UNESCO cooperation to protect marine World Heritage
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2438
Paris, 17 May 2022 ? The Principality of Monaco and UNESCO signed today a new 3-year partnership to strengthen the scientific research of marine sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List and to pave the way for the use of carbon credit to help finance sites' conservation efforts.
The new 3-year partnership will explore how carbon credit can help finance on-site conservation action at select marine World Heritage sites and provide technical guidance to States Parties to the World Heritage ...
Explosion at Hotel Saratoga, Old Havana
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2436
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC) learned with sadness the news of the accidental explosion that devastated the Saratoga Hotel, in Havana, on May 6, causing a significant number of losses and injuries, as well as considerable damage.
The WHC expresses its most sincere condolences to the families of the victims, to the injured and to all Cubans.
"To address this terrible accident, we stand alongside the Cuban people and the Cuban authorities, ready to support appropriate ...
UNESCO remembers Amir Pa?i?
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2435
UNESCO expresses its deep regret at the passing of Amir Pa?i?.
Amir Pa?i? was an international scholar and professor of architecture, and the former Head of the Architectural Department of the Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) in Istanbul, Turkey.
"I would like to pay tribute to the memory of Amir Pa?i? and the incredible contribution he made to restoration and conservation of cultural heritage. His interdisciplinary expertise and dedication to cultural ...
African World Heritage Day 2022
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2427
Message from Ms Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of African World Heritage Day 5 May 2022.
Fifty years ago, the States Members of UNESCO met to adopt the World Heritage Convention, which to this day remains the cornerstone of international cultural cooperation.
In 1978, this essential instrument finally became operational when the first 12 sites were  inscribed on the World Heritage List. They included three African sites, which means that fully one quarter ...
