World Heritage Convention news

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

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

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has said that close to half of the world’s natural heritage sites are being “plagued” by wildlife criminals. According to ... More

Controversial plans for a road tunnel near Stonehenge have been finalised, with campaigners opposing the development claiming it would cause "irreparable damage" to the surrounding ... 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

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) has named 25 new properties as World Heritage Sites. The new sites were picked from an ... More

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) has named five new locations in Colombia, Sudan, Jordan, Italy and Germany as World Heritage sites. ... 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