Discover the various archaeological and heritage interventions carried out at the Site of Palmyra by national and ...

UNESCO launches the flagship publication “Indigenous Knowledge, Ancestral Places: Navigating Change in UNESCO Designated ...

In a landmark initiative to advance biodiversity science and conservation, UNESCO has supported the Biodiversity Survey of ...

It is with profound sadness that the UNESCO World Heritage Centre acknowledges the passing of Sir Tumu Te Heuheu Tūkino VIII, paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, on 23 September 2025. His loss is ...

The vast natural forest of Yellowstone National Park covers nearly 9,000 km 2; 96% of the park lies in Wyoming, 3% in Montana and 1% in Idaho. Yellowstone contains half of all the world's known ...

This page provides an overview of World Heritage - related events taking place at the IUCN World Conservation Congress (8-15 October 2025, Abu Dhabi). Information will be updated as it becomes ...

Africa–China Symposium on World Heritage Capacity-Building and Cooperation" in Quanzhou, China. This landmark event builds on years of collaboration ...

UNESCO is a non-profit intergovernmental organization. Contributions to UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre—made by individuals like you—are used for projects implemented by experts to protect World ...

There is an increasing concern worldwide over the threats posed by climate change to World Heritage properties, with negative consequences for human well-being. As the impacts of climate change unfold ...

Located between the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea, the property preserves evidence of human occupation from the Middle Palaeolithic and Neolithic periods (210,000–6,000 years ago). Archaeological ...

A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its ...

With its strategic location on the Bosphorus peninsula between the Balkans and Anatolia, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, Istanbul has been associated with major political, religious and artistic ...