UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee – ICCROM, ICOMOS, and IUCN – have announced the release of a new manual, Managing World Heritage, a foundational reference document to ...

UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee – ICCROM, ICOMOS, and IUCN – have announced the release of a new manual, Managing World Heritage, a foundational reference document to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A herd of antelope graze near a giraffe in Botswana's Okavango Delta. Murat Ozgur Guvendik/Anadolu via Getty Images Botswana’s ...

World Heritage status is an honor reserved for the planet’s most iconic natural and cultural treasures — places like the Great Barrier Reef and Yellowstone National Park.

If inscribed, the Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape would become South Sudan’s first World Heritage Site. Its recognition ...

The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee came to a close in Paris with the inscription of 26 new cultural and natural properties on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Once again this year, the ...

The Statue of Liberty is a favorite victim of Hollywood's climate change disaster scenarios. There are more than 1,000 World Heritage sites in 163 countries. The report features in-depth case studies ...

The United States is withdrawing from UNESCO, effective at the end of 2026. UNESCO is a longstanding organization formed on the heels of World War II with goals of global peace and security. Several ...

Updating Tanzania’s World Heritage Tentative List is a critical step towards revitalizing the country’s engagement with the ...

Plans to transform a collection of historic mills located within a Derbyshire UNESCO World Heritage Site into new homes have been backed by the council.

Botswana's fertile Okavango Delta is one of the last remaining high-biodiversity ecosystems in the world, home to cheetahs, African wild dogs, baobab trees, crocodiles, termites and owls that catch ...