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Astronomy and World Heritage Thematic Initiative
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Towards a balanced, credible and representative World Heritage List
Why "Astronomy" and "World Heritage"
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Category 2 Centres under the auspices of UNESCO related to World Heritage
In recent years, the framework for training and research in the field of World Heritage has changed significantly. Among the factors that have ...
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Climate Change and World Heritage
The issue of the impacts of climate change on World Heritage natural and cultural properties was brought to the attention of the 29th session of ...
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Human Evolution: Adaptations, Dispersals and Social Developments (HEADS)
Human Evolution related properties represent a process of evolutionary accretion that took place over a vast period of time, offering vital ...
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Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest
"As cultures encompass lifestyles, different ways of living together, value systems, traditions and beliefs, the protection and promotion of ...
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Modern Heritage Programme
At the start of 2001 the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) and DOCOMOMO (Working Party for the ...
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Natural World Heritage in the Congo Basin
Garamba National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo © Nuria Ortega
UNESCO has been taking action in the Congo Basin since 2000 ...
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Reducing Disasters Risks at World Heritage Properties
World Heritage properties, as with all heritage properties, are exposed to natural and man-made disasters which threaten their integrity and ...
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Sharing best practices in World Heritage management
The World Heritage Capacity Building Strategy, adopted by the World Heritage Committee in 2011, responds to the identified needs of a ...
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Small Island Developing States Programme
From 10 to 14 January 2005 the United Nation's "International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action for ...
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State of conservation information system
Article 4 of the World Heritage Convention refers to the conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List and indicates ...
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World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme
For the past 40 years the UNESCO World Heritage Convention has conserved, protected and presented the Outstanding Universal Value of our ...
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World Heritage Centre’s Natural Heritage Strategy
In October 2006 the World Heritage Centre published the UNESCO World Heritage Centre's Natural Heritage Strategy, which was endorsed by the World ...
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World Heritage Cities Programme
The World Heritage Cities Programme is one of six thematic programmes formally approved and monitored by the World Heritage Committee. It aims to ...
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World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP)
Earthen architecture is one of the most original and powerful expressions of our ability to create a built environment with readily available ...
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World Heritage Education Programme
The UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, initiated as a UNESCO special project in 1994, gives young people a chance to voice their ...
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World Heritage Forest Programme
Ranging in size from 18 hectares (Vallée de Mai, Seychelles), to 8.8 million hectares (Lake Baikal, Russian Federation), World ...
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World Heritage Marine Programme
Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve © Alexander Gruzdev
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World Heritage Volunteers
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The World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) initiative was launched in 2008 to mobilize and involve young people and ...
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