UNESCO report warns of extracting activities near WHSs
UNESCO, the Church of England Pensions Board, Greenbank, IUCN, and WWF call on investors to adhere to industry commitments and…
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WHUK at 47COM
World Heritage UK’s Chair and President were both in attendance at 2025’s World Heritage Committee (WHC) meeting (or 47COM) in…
Read moreWorld Heritage and Renewable Energy
UNESCO Guidance on Wind and Solar Energy Projects in a World Heritage Context The World Heritage and Renewable Energy – Guidance on Wind…
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At this year’s World Heritage Committee meeting in Paris, 26 new Sites were inscribed on the World Heritage List. They…
Read more7th World Heritage Site Managers’ Forum
Dates: Monday 7th – Wednesday 9th July 2025 Theme: Enhancing engagement in the World Heritage Reactive Monitoring process UNESCO World…
Read moreWorld Heritage & Peace
World Heritage Sites could and should play a more active role in promoting a vision of global peace, heritage experts…
Read moreWorld Heritage Volunteers – call for projects
UNESCO has announced the launch of the Call for Projects for the ‘World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2025 – Working on…
Read moreIntangible Cultural Heritage: the United Kingdom becomes the 183rd State to join UNESCO’s Convention
On Friday 12th April 2024, Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, UK Minister for Arts and Heritage, met with UNESCO’s Director-General…
Read moreBermuda invites UNESCO for Advisory Mission
The Government of Bermuda has invited UNESCO for an Advisory Mission to their World Heritage Site – the Historic Town…
Read moreUNESCO’s World Heritage Visitor Centre Best Practice Explorations
World Heritage UK Vice-Chair Tony Crouch recently took part in a UNESCO ‘Best Practice Workshop’ in Hegra, Saudi Arabia. His…
Read moreWorld Heritage Volunteers – Working for the Future
Call for projects 2024. The World Heritage Volunteers Initiative (WHV Initiative) was created in 2008 within the framework of the…
Read moreIntangible Cultural Heritage ratification by the UK
The UK Government has confirmed its intention to ratify the 2003 UNESCO Convention for Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage,…
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