African Natural World Heritage site managers assess climate vulnerability
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2505
UNESCO has piloted an online training course on climate change adaptation and resilience in two natural World Heritage sites in Africa, with site managers from Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe / Zambia) and Salonga National Park (Democratic Republic of Congo) joining. The outcome reveals the vulnerability of sites to climate change but offers options to reduce risks.
Climate change is the greatest threat facing World Heritage today, with one-third of natural World Heritage sites ...
Call for Applications: 2023 World Heritage Residence Scholarship
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2503
In 2018, the region of Gävleborg, Sweden, created the international World Heritage Residence Scholarship at the World Heritage site "Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland?. The 5th call for applications is now open until 15 February 2023. 
One aim of UNESCO's World Heritage Convention is to create links between people and promote international cooperation. Peace is a central concept. This World Heritage Residence Scholarship is based on these ideas ? to generate ...
Youth raise awareness to World Heritage and Climate Change through storyboards: Results of the Patrimonito Storyboard Competition 2022
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2502
After launching the Patrimonito Storyboard Competition this summer, the World Heritage Centre received over 700 submissions from young people featuring solutions to the impacts of climate change on World Heritage sites.
Climate change is the defining issue of our time and amongst the greatest threats facing cultural and natural heritage today. Involving the youth is essential to finding smart solutions and building a community to tackle challenges of the upcoming decades. Providing young ...
Ahead of biodiversity COP15, Norway renews its support to UNESCO World Heritage in Africa
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2501
While countries start their last sprint for this decade's UN biodiversity targets (COP15), UNESCO and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs sign a new four-year (2022-2025) Programme Cooperation Agreement. Norway's support of NOK 25 million to the World Heritage Fund makes a significant contribution to safeguarding of the unique biodiversity and rich cultural heritage of Africa.
Scientists have repeatedly warned that nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human ...
UNESCO launches global guidelines for corporate sector to protect World Heritage sites
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2494
On the Occasion of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15), UNESCO has issued new guidance for the corporate sector to ensure that their operations do not put World Heritage at risk. 
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"This guidance is based on over two decades of collaboration with the corporate sector. During this time, companies have really stepped up their support to UNESCO World Heritage sites through their commitments to withhold harmful activities from World Heritage sites.?
Lazare Eloundou ...
Fire and water: Notre Dame and Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland united by artist Mikaela Steby Stenfalk
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2500
Artist Mikaela Steby Stenfalk won Gävleborg, Sweden's fourth World Heritage Scholarship and residence with her project "Dialogue between two interiors". Fifty-two applications from 20 countried were received. The World Heritage Scholarship is intended for professional cultural creators and people who work with, research or have another connection to World Heritage. The scholarship is linked to the World Heritage site Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland, and one of ...
Brazilian youth joins UNESCO environmental DNA sampling at Fernando de Noronha
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2499
On 9 and 10 November 2022, local youth aged 6 to 12 years at Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves World Heritage site joined the UNESCO environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling campaign as part of a global effort to better understand how climate change is affecting marine biodiversity.Amidst sea turtle and dolphin sightings, local children collected water samples at three different locations across the UNESCO World Heritage site, including Baía dos ...
'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 future
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 ...
