Introduction: On 17 October, ICCROM's flagship programme, First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAR), convened its partners in a productive strategic planning meeting. The objective of the meeting was to identify ways to amplify our efforts in meeting new and unknown risks to heritage...

Introduction: On November 2, 2001, the 31st session of the UNESCO General Conference adopted the UNESCO Convention for the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage. 22 years later, the International Council on Monuments and Sites emphasized this opportunity and interviewed Christopher Underwood, Chairman of the...

Introduction: On October 17, 2003, the 32nd session of the UNESCO General Conference adopted the Convention for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage.Twenty years later, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) emphasized this moment and interviewed Munich Pandit, the Chairman of the Int...

Introduction: From 5 to 9 October 2023, managers from the 50 marine sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List gathered to discuss critical challenges and solutions in protecting ocean biodiversity of outstanding universal value to humanity. The conference’s objective was to accelerate conservation successes by sharin...

Introduction: Published in partnership with UNESCO World Heritage, Our Natural World Heritage showcases 50 of the planet’s most beautiful and biodiverse landscapes, each identified as a site of outstanding universal value and an irreplaceable source of life and inspiration. Over 900 color images and evocative, ac...