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One of UNESCO's mandates is to pay special attention to new global threats that may affect the natural and cultural heritage and ensure that the conservation of sites and monuments contributes to social cohesion.
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Reflecting the natural and cultural wealth that belongs to all of humanity, World Heritage sites and monuments constitute crucial landmarks for our world. They symbolize the consciousness of States and peoples of the significance of these places and reflect their attachment to collective ownership and to the transmission of this heritage to future generations.
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News
Ten years on – remembering the tragic destruction of the giant Buddha statues of Bamiyan (Afghanistan)
UNESCO Special Envoy for Preah Vihear meets Thai and Cambodian leaders
Message from the Director of the World Heritage Centre on the toxic spill in Hungary
International Youth Forum Go4BioDiv to be held in parallel to COP 10 for Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan
UNESCO and the Smithsonian sign a Memorandum of Understanding for cultural and natural heritage
World Heritage Committee inscribes a total of 21 new sites on UNESCO World Heritage List
Thirty-nine properties to be considered for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
New project for the preservation of the World Heritage Property in Nepal: Lumbini, Lord Bhudda’s Birthplace starts with funds from UNESCO/Japanese Fund-in-Trust
UNESCO recommends reconstruction of Ugandan World Heritage Site
Director-General calls for calm and offers support following fire and subsequent protests at Ugandan World Heritage site
Google and UNESCO announce alliance to provide virtual visits of several World Heritage sites
Twelve members elected to World Heritage Committee
New UNESCO report consolidates and updates damage assessment of Babylon archaeological site
Documents
Cultural Heritage Review N°58 - World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism
Contents of this issue:
- Part threat, part hope: the challenge of tourism
- Nature tourism in Sian Ka'an
- Communities and tourism benefits at Serengeti
- Art and Industrial Culture: Völklingen Ironworks
World Heritage Review n°57 - World Heritage in Brazil
Contents of this issue:
- Interview with the Brazilian Minister of Culture, Juca Ferreira.
- Cultural heritage national policy in Brazil – Perspectives and challenges.
- Biodiversity protection and Brazilian World Heritage natural sites management as tools of sustainability.
- Brazilian sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
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World Heritage Review n°56 - International Year of Biodiversity
The Convention recognizes the interconnectivity of biological and cultural diversity in identifying and conserving the rich biodiversity of World Heritage sites.
Since 2005, the mission of the World Heritage Marine Programme has been to safeguard the world’s most outstanding marine sites, to make sure they will be preserved and allowed to thrive for generations to come.
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World Heritage Review n°53 - World Heritage in Spain
Special Issue
World Heritage in Spain
Message from the UNESCO Director-General, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura
Map of World Heritage in Spain
World Heritage in Seville: Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias
Interview with María Jesús San Segundo, Chair of the 33rd session of the World Heritage Committee
UNESCO World Heritage Desk Diary 2009
World Heritage series
Desk Diary, 160 pages, 79 colour photographs, trilingual edition: English/French/Spanish. Format: spiral bound, 23 × 22 cm. More
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