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  • New Guidance Set to Help Reduce Impacts from Development on World Heritage sites

    Description: UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee have issued new guidance for assessing impacts from projects that could potentially affect the planet’s most precious heritage places. Designed specifically for heritage management institutions, governments and project developers, it aims to help find the best possible solutions to meet both conservation priorities and development needs.

    Introduction: While new projects and infrastructures can be crucial for economic and social development, they can also have negative impacts on World Heritage sites’ “Outstanding Universal Value” – the unique qualities for which they receive World Heritage status. “World Heritage sites provide sources of livel...
  • Call for Case Studies: 2022 Global Awards for World Heritage Education Innovative Cases

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    Introduction: 1. Preface: World Heritage Education is not only an important way for people to acquire knowledge and inspiration, but also an incubator for innovative development models of heritage sites. In 2021, WHITRAP launched the global call for innovative case studies on World Heritage Education wi...
  • Cha-Time with SEACHA#15: “Quiapo Heritage District: Faith, Development, and Modern Challenges to its...

    Description: The second series of Cha-Time is under the theme of “Traditional Cultural Wisdom for Climate Action”, which we welcome speakers from the next generation of cultural and climate professionals, ages 18-35, whose work, study, or interests focus on cultural heritage and climate resilience.

    Introduction: Quiapo Heritage District: Faith, Development, and Modern Challenges to its Local Community is going to be held on June 4 at 2.00 -3.00 PM UTC+7. For over four hundred years Quiapo district, which is located at the heart of Manila, Philippines, has been witness to political and economic upheavals,...
  • Call for proposals for the ICOMOS Advisory Committee 2022 Scientific Symposium - Deadline: 30 June

    Description: This year, the ICOMOS Advisory Committee will organise its Scientific Symposium in Udon Thani, Thailand on 29 and 30 October 2022 on the theme "Religious Heritage: Celebrating and conserving places of religious and ritual significance in a global world and in changing climates".

    Introduction: In the context of the ICOMOS annual meetings, the ICOMOS Advisory Committee will organise its 2022 Scientific Symposium on 29 and 30 October at the Udon Thani Rajabhat University (Udon Thani, Thailand) on the theme “Religious Heritage: Celebrating and conserving places of religious and ritual signif...
  • High-Level Thematic Debate of the General Assembly: "Putting sustainable and resilient tourism at th...

    Description: The United Nations General Assembly has met for a first ever dedicated session on tourism and its key role in inclusive recovery and growth. The High-Level Thematic Debate was convened by the President of the General Assembly, His Excellency Abdulla Shahid, in collaboration with the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). In the General Assembly Hall, government representatives joined public and private stakeholders in recognizing tourism’s unique ability to drive positive change.

    Introduction: As part of the "long journey" to recover from the ravages of COVID-19, UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid highlighted on May 4 the need to build a more sustainable, resilient, and responsible global tourism sector. Since the COVID-19 pandemic ground the entire tourism sector to a halt, dea...
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