Best practices in coral bleaching preparedness at UNESCO World Heritage marine sites
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2468
On 13 July 2022, experts in coral bleaching preparedness and local management teams from UNESCO World Heritage coral reefs met online to share best practices to recognize bleaching alerts and rapidly deploy monitoring and evaluation measures during such events.
Coral reefs have been increasingly exposed to heat stress in recent years due to rising temperatures that result from climate change. Under a business-as-usual emissions scenario, 25 out of the 29 World Heritage reefs are expected to ...
International Day of the World's Indigenous People 2022
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2454
By resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994, the United Nations General Assembly decided that the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples shall be observed on 9 August every year. The date marks the day of the first meeting, in 1982, of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. In 1990, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 1993 the International Year of the World's Indigenous ...
WHITRAP Secretariat General launches the 2nd edition of the Awards for World Heritage Education Innovative Cases
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2467
WHITRAP Secretariat General launches the 2nd edition of the Awards for World Heritage Education Innovative Cases on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention.
The objective is to build an international exchange platform focusing on innovative World Heritage Education case studies, and to provide action guidelines and references for practitioners of World Heritage Education to better guide and promote the development of World Heritage Education in the future.
The ...
Call for Participants - Patrimonito Storyboard Competition 2022
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2466
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to launch the 2022 edition of the Patrimonito Storyboard Competition.
This competition aims to provide young people with an opportunity to use their creative and problem-solving skills to raise awareness about World Heritage sites. The World Heritage Education Programme is welcoming secondary school pupils and youth to create storyboards on the theme of Climate Change and World Heritage. The best submission will be selected by an independent jury ...
New guidance set to help reduce impacts from development on World Heritage sites
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2465
UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee have issued new guidance for assessing impacts from projects that could potentially affect the planet's most precious heritage places. Designed specifically for heritage management institutions, governments and project developers, it aims to help find the best possible solutions to meet both conservation priorities and development needs.
While new projects and infrastructures can be crucial for economic and social ...
Message from Ms Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem (26 July 2022)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2455
From the intertwining roots to the tips of the branches, in a complex habitat, many species come to feed and reproduce, forming together one of the most flourishing ecosystems in existence. And we humans depend on these environments that slow down coastal erosion and are a source of food for many.
This is probably why the Colombian poet Tomas Gonzalez made it the symbol of his poetry collection entitled Manglares (Mangroves), which calls for a return to the essential unity of nature: ...
Palau's Rock Islands Southern Lagoon appoints Chief Resilience Officer
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2463
In June 2022, the Resilient Reefs Initiative was launched in Palau with the appointment of its first Chief Resilience Officer and Resilience Advisor. The Chief Resilience Officer will be tasked with bringing local communities, businesses, NGOs, and tourism operators together in an effort to build an inclusive resilience strategy for this globally outstanding World Heritage coral reef.
The Rock Islands Southern Lagoon (Palau) is the fourth World Heritage-listed coral reef to launch the ...
UNESCO expresses its deep regret at the passing of Dr Michael Jansen
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2462
Dr Michael Jansen was a scholar and professor in conservation engineering, and the Managing Director of the German University of Technology | GUtech · Urban Planning and Architectural Design in Oman.
"We pay tribute to the memory of Michael Jansen and for the immense contribution he made to safeguarding heritage of many countries. He has been involved for decades as expert in heritage conservation and monitoring in many countries. His interdisciplinary approach and open ...
Experts Workshop for the creation of Dive into Heritage digital platform
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2461
With the support of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia a first online workshop on the future UNESCO's Dive into Heritage platform entitled "Expert Workshop on the Dive into Heritage platform's scientific content? was organised by UNESCO on the 12th and 13th of July 2022.
UNESCO is working on the creation of a new web tool "Dive into Heritage,? a comprehensive platform that will host digital data of World Heritage sites and their related intangible heritage for protection, ...
Modern Heritage of Africa: Towards an enhanced representation of the African continent on the World Heritage List
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2460
On 27 -28 June 2022, UNESCO's World Heritage Centre organized an experts meeting on Modern Heritage of Africa and the 1972 World Heritage Convention, with the aim to integrate the modern heritage concept into World Heritage in the African context and provide a new conceptual understanding from an African perspective. It builds upon the work already done in the Centre regarding Modern Heritage Programme, UNESCO 2011 Historic Urban Landscape Recommendation and  follows the ...
