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Participez aux célébrations du 30ème anniversaire de l'Accord sur la conservation des oiseaux d'eau migrateurs d'Afrique-Eurasie
À l’occasion du 30e anniversaire de l’Accord sur la conservation des oiseaux d’eau migrateurs d’Afrique-Eurasie (AEWA), le Centre du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO se joint à la communauté internation ...
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Join the 30th Anniversary Celebrations of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds
On the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA), the UNESCO World Heritage Centre joins the international community in ...
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From Ratification to Action: UNESCO Empowers Nauru’s Heritage Ambitions in the First National Consultation on the World Heritage Convention
In a landmark move to safeguard its cultural and natural heritage, Nauru held its first national consultation meeting on the ...
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UNESCO and VELUX FOUNDATION Launch Global Initiative to Boost Climate Resilience in Marine Protected Areas
As global leaders gather in Nice for the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), UNESCO is proud to unveil a bold new ...
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UNESCO and Plastic Odyssey Join Forces to Tackle Plastic Pollution in Marine World Heritage Sites
UNESCO and Plastic Odyssey have announced a new strategic partnership to address the escalating crisis of plastic pollution ...
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Rejoignez la campagne de volontariat pour le patrimoine mondial 2025: Construire l’avenir!
Le Centre du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO a le plaisir d’annoncer les projets sélectionnés pour la campagne de volontariat ...
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Join the World Heritage Volunteers 2025 Campaign: Working on the Future!
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the selected projects of the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2025 ...
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A major step forward for the participation of Indigenous Peoples in the future of World Heritage
From 26 to 28 May 2025, a landmark workshop was held at UNESCO Headquarters to reshape the engagement of Indigenous Peoples within the framework of the World Heritage Convention. Co-designed and ...
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Badain Jaran Desert - Towers of Sand and Lakes
Located in the Alashan Plateau in the hyper-arid and temperate desert region of northwestern China, the Badain Jaran Desert is a meeting point for three sandy regions of China and is the country’s ...
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Enhancing Our Heritage Toolkit 2.0
The Enhancing Our Heritage Toolkit 2.0 (EoH 2.0) provides a globally tested self-assessment methodology to support World Heritage managers and actors to evaluate management effectiveness in a World ...
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Ngorongoro: UNESCO has never at any time asked for the displacement of the Maasai people
Further to recent reports and inquiries, regarding the displacement of the Maasai people in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area World Heritage property, UNESCO wishes to recall that neither the World ...
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New research quantifies climate benefits from UNESCO World Heritage forests
World Heritage forests: Carbon sinks under pressure, a report by UNESCO, World Resources Institute (WRI) and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released today, provides the first ...