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Message from the Director of the World Heritage Centre on World Migratory Bird Day

With the slogan “ … and when the skies fall silent?", the World Migratory Bird Day 2016 on 10 May aims to highlight the incredible numbers of ...

UNESCO World Heritage Wadden Sea partners with the UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme at the ITB Berlin

Under the motto “Protection, Prosperity and Conservation”, the Wadden Sea World Heritage and the UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism ...

Annual Report 2015 World Heritage Marine Programme

Friday, 19 February 2016

The World Heritage Marine Programme is pleased to announce the release of its annual report, 2015: A Year in Review. Looking back on the past twelve ...

Trauma surgeons and pop-up clinics

	The Promise of Sydney conveys World Heritage agenda for the next decade For the one-year anniversary of the IUCN World Parks Congress, UNESCO has published the proceedings of this Congress to highlight the recommendations ... Tuesday, 19 January 2016
	A Grazing Pressure Reduction Strategy updated for Simien Mountains National Park A new strategy has been devised to reduce grazing pressure on the Simien Mountains National Park (Ethiopia) (SMNP) World Heritage site and its ... Monday, 21 December 2015
	Mauritania, Philippines and Australia apply for better protection for marine World Heritage sites at International Maritime Organisation Worldwide shipping traffic has increased 300% since 1992, and this growing industry does not leave World Heritage marine sites immune to its ... Thursday, 21 May 2015