Introduction: International Conference "World Cultural Heritage and Authenticity" will be held on 18 and 19 December 2024 at On-site venue and Online. Organisers Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan (Bunkacho); Cultural Heritage Protection Cooperation Office, Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNES...

Introduction: WHITRAP Shanghai, as part of the HeritAP Initiative World Heritage Contribution to Sustainable Development Goals, is launching aCall for Good Practicesto gather examples from heritage practitioners who have integrated sustainable development into the conservation and management of heritage places. T...

Introduction: In 2023, World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO Shanghai (WHITRAP Shanghai) initiated the project on World Heritage Contribution to Sustainable Development Goals (2023-2028) (hereafter ‘the Project’) through the network of H...

Introduction: As part of WHITRAP Shanghai's six-year project on World Heritage Contribution to Sustainable Development Goals (2023-2028), Heritage Practitioners in Asia and the Pacific (HeritAP) initiated the 2024 Call for Good Practices focusing on Environment and Resilience in March. After the evaluation of all...

Introduction: The debate on the relationship between conservation and sustainable development has taken centre stage within the heritage sector and notably in the context of the World Heritage Convention. In the face of growing global challenges and diminishing resources, and with the inscription of more than 100...