World Heritage Centre news

The Great Spa Towns of Europe association (GSTE) is holding its second General Assembly in the UK’s World Heritage city of Bath on 2 March ... More

The state parties of Mexico and Central America have adopted a five-year action plan for World Heritage, following a regional gathering of the World Heritage ... More

Unesco's World Heritage Centre will this week be hosting a heritage workshop as part of its mandate to promote culture and education in Africa. Taking ... More

Mechtild Rössler, director of Unesco's World Heritage Centre, has said the youth population must be prepared to protect the world's heritage for future generations. Speaking ... More

The World Rowing Federation (FISA) has become the first global sports body to make a commitment to World Heritage, teaming with the World Wildlife Fund ... More

Unesco’s World Heritage Centre (WHC) has launched a new platform aiming to help donors find heritage projects in need of funding. Called the Marketplace for ... More

Unesco’s World Heritage Centre has said that its listed reefs are likely to disappear by the end of the century unless global CO2 output can ... More

The history of Bath’s famous Roman baths are to be told as part of a new visitor experience, thanks to a grant of £3.4m (US$4.2m, ... More

Unesco will hold a training workshop in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to address implementation of cultural and natural heritage protection across South America and some ... More

The World Heritage Centre has urged the planet’s governments to expand its World Heritage programme to include sites in international waters. In an effort to ... More

A new UNESCO report has identified climate change as the biggest threat to World Heritage sites, with designated locations in nearly 30 countries at risk ... More

The World Heritage Centre has debuted a travelling exhibition to be displayed at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris, before being distributed worldwide in a digital format. ... More

Reaching its conclusion yesterday (21 October), the CyArk 500 annual summit has brought together top names from across the heritage sector to discuss future strategy ... More

Heritage expert and former director of UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre, Francesco Bandarin, has called on the heritage sector and the governments that support it to ... More

Some of the heritage sector’s top names have gathered in Berlin for preservation specialists CyArk's annual summit. The two-day event kicks off today (20 October) ... More

UNESCO's Blaenavon World Heritage Site in South Wales has been awarded £2.47m for conservation and restoration work. The money comes as part of the Forgotten ... More

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has teamed up with online travel company TripAdvisor in a move designed to mobilise travellers' support ... More