'Cash for work' programme launches in Georgia to support sustainable tourism and heritage conservation
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2496
In collaboration with UNESCO and supported by BMZ and GIZ, a ?cash for work' scheme has been launched by the Agency for Protected Areas in Georgia and the Development Fund of Protected Areas of Georgia (DFPA) in the Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands World Heritage property. 20 youth have been recruited as part of the project, and are receiving on the job training in visitor management and heritage conservation. As part of their work, they will be assisting the park rangers in their ...
Join the World Heritage Volunteers 2023 Campaign - working on the furure
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2495
After fifteen years of grassroots youth activities and international cooperation, and on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) Initiative meet the challenge of ?The Next 50' years to involve young people, communities and site managers in building together new, inclusive societies where World Heritage is a source of resilience, humanity and innovation, beyond the constraints of geography and cultures.
It is in ...
Wadden Sea youth starts off global UNESCO environmental DNA campaign
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2498
From 21 to 26 September 2022, nearly 100 youth from local schools collected environmental DNA (eDNA) samples across the Wadden Sea World Heritage area as part of a global UNESCO initiative to better understand how climate change is affecting marine biodiversity.
Ocean species shed DNA into the water around them in the form of genetic material from waste, mucus or cells. Just one liter of water can determine the biodiversity richness in a given area and may contain hundreds of ...
New research and action agenda on culture, heritage and climate change now available online
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2492
"The Global Research and Action Agenda on Culture, Heritage, and Climate Change: Scientific Outcome of the International Co-Sponsored Meeting on Culture, Heritage, and Climate Change?, the result of collaboration between UNESCO and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), co-sponsored by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is now available online.
This represents a milestone partnership towards the full integration of culture in international climate ...
Celebrating 50 years of the World Heritage Convention in Central America
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2497
In order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, known as the 1972 Convention, the UNESCO Cluster Office in San José collaborated with the National Museum of Costa Rica in the framework of a World Heritage Festival, which took place on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 November at the headquarters of the National Museum in San José and at the visitor centre of the Diquís ...
Third cycle of Periodic Reporting in Europe and North America underway: National focal points for the World Heritage Convention meet online
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2491
The Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting started in Europe and North America with a two-day online event (20-21 October) that brought together the national focal points for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention in the region.
In this year of the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention that UNESCO has chosen to celebrate under the theme ?World Heritage as a source of resilience, humanity and innovation,' Europe and North America is the last region to commence the ...
UNESCO's solutions for climate change impact on culture
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2489
UNESCO World Heritage sites demonstrate the impacts of climate change on cultural heritage and are important resources for traditional knowledge and practices and lead the way for heritage-based solutions and strategies. UNESCO is at the forefront of collecting data and evidence concerning climate change's impact on culture. Through the World Heritage Canopy platform, heritage-based solutions for Sustainable Futures including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as SDG13 - ...
UNESCO technical mission to visit Valparaiso World Heritage site in Chile and provide management recommendations
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2490
This expert mission is part of the collaboration offered by the Director-General of UNESCO during her official visit to the World Heritage site "Historic District of the Port City of Valparaíso", which took place in May 2022.
The objective is to provide the Chilean Government and the Municipal Corporation for the Administration of the World Heritage Site with technical advice to help guide future practices and strategies for the management, conservation and protection of the ...
UNESCO finds that some iconic World Heritage glaciers will disappear by 2050
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2488
New UNESCO data highlight the accelerated melting of glaciers in World Heritage sites, with glaciers in a third of sites set to disappear by 2050. But it is still possible to save the other two thirds, if the rise in global temperatures does not exceed 1.5°C compared to the pre-industrial period. This will be a major challenge for COP27.
50 UNESCO World Heritage sites are home to glaciers (A total of 18,600 glaciers have been identified in these 50 sites, covering around 66,000 ...
"Act local to go global?: the World Heritage Cities Programme celebrates World Cities Day 2022
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2487
The 2011 Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL Recommendation) is a perfect herald for the theme of the 2022 World Cities Day, "Act local to go global?. The HUL Recommendation provides a global approach based on shared principles and tools that supports historic cities in developing sustainable urban models adapted to local conditions.
In line with this vision, the World Heritage Cities Programme, as the Secretariat of the HUL Recommendation, is a global network of focal ...
